soprano_no_eiji and I went book shopping today, hitting up both a Borders and a Barnes and Noble. Since I have a small trust fund made up of Barnes and Noble gift cards that I've accumulated over the years, I went crazy, and I ended up with the following bounty:

~ Kyou Kara Maoh! volumes 1-5
~ Emma volume 9
~ Gakuen Heaven volume...2, I think
~ Eight Men Out (I've ( Read more... )

...but I shall not let it!

Last year, the offseason did come pretty darn close to killing me. Oh, it made a valiant attempt at it. But I escaped by discovering the oh-so-glorious Ookiku Furikabutte was indeed available for me to watch on Veoh in January. (For those who want to know, Oofuri's first DVD set, containing the first 13 episodes, is set ( Read more... )

Bad news: There will be no trip to Pawtucket this year after all - the family will be doing small day trips instead because we simply ran out of time to plan anything. Waaaah, I miss going to Rhode Island ( Read more... )

I seem to find the lamest ways to spend my off-days. Today it was shredding papers for my parents (at one point I had shredded so many that the machine overheated, so I ran out and grabbed beef lo mein from my favorite Chinese restaurant and by the time I'd gotten it the shredder had finally cooled off).

On the upside, my father returned from ( Read more... )

I got to buy books today! My Pennsylvania college is miles upon miles from any bookstores - well, there are quite a few in town, but they were designed for tourist season and cater to those people visiting. So now that I'm back in my New Jersey stomping grounds, I wanted to splurge on some books, which I did. I picked up a bunch of Victorian books ( Read more... )

I have just returned from a local book fair, which means I bought things that would've cost me $20 at Barnes and Noble for about $1.

My quarry:
~ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Tom Stoppard (Yay! I've always wanted to read this, actually.)
~ 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?' - Spike Milligan (For those who don't know, he's one of the Goons.)
~ The ( Read more... )