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[bleumanda]

Well... Tristram was fired from Gringott's. Something about them cutting back on employees to save on gold, but as I quote from one of his now daily letters, "They're a fucking bank. Tons of bleeding gold lying around. Why not just use some of that?"

So anyway, now he's lying around at home, owling me every day because mum and dad have gotten tired

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[childish_pranks]

Ancient magical artifact restoration? Youre into old boring things then?

[bleumanda]

I really am. A guilty pleasure, I suppose. Don't get me started on old book smell.

[dressedtoquill]

Practically orgasmic, isn't it?

[bleumanda]

Tracey doesn't know what he's missing. But I imagine that the aromatherapy might be one of the perks of the job.

[dressedtoquill]

Quite possibly. It's an acquired taste, really. Speaking of books, have you read any good ones recently?

[bleumanda]

Lately, I've been in a bit of a mood, so I've reverted back to Macbeth. It's the literary equivalent of comfort food. But my father recently sent me a copy of another muggle book, called 1984. Have you heard of it?

[dressedtoquill]

Oh, Macbeth, dear, what is the matter? Comforting? A bit on the sadistic side, really.

I never have. How is it?

[bleumanda]

Oddly enough, it's an extremely comforting book. Helps you realize the size of your problems. You sit there reading it, and suddenly you think: "At least my wife hasn't killed herself and I don't have the entire British army after me. Pretending to be trees."

I haven't really picked it up yet but it seems intriguing enough. One of those books about Muggle society becoming a dictatorship.

[dressedtoquill]

Ah, true. I tend to lean more towards the cliched Happy-story-to-make-you-forget-about-everything-for-a-moment route.

Isn't it a dictatorship now?

[bleumanda]

I tend to go for Jane Austen when I'm in that sort of mood. Ever read any of her works?

Most likely. Write what you know, yeah?

[dressedtoquill]

I've read some of it. The feminist touch definitely appeals to me, but her plot lines tend to be a little repetitive. Ever read any Nikolai Gogol? Dead Souls is deliciously satirical, for a Muggle author tedious subject. The aftermath of the Russian Revolution and all that.

I suppose so. So...they all are under one dictator, then?

[bleumanda]

Austen is a guilty pleasure, for sure, and I've heard of Gogol, but unfortunately have never read. Could you lend it to me sometime, perhaps? I'll give you some Albert Camus in return, because as much as I do love Shakespeare when I'm in a mood, The Plague is still one of my favourite novels.

[dressedtoquill]

Sounds like a plan! It's a bit of a worn copy, it was my uncle's, but it's still readable. I'll leave it on my trunk for you!

[childish_pranks]

I know exactly what I'm missing, yet I'm rather fine with missing it.
It doesnt intrest me. To slow, to boring. Our attention spans are slowly growing shorter and shorter!

We need things! Fast! Like those ruins researchers! We dont need crap slow archeology, we need SPEEDY ARCHEOLOGY!

"You got 15 minutes to find the lost city!"
"Alright! Lets go!"

[bleumanda]

Haha it could be made into an extreme sport, with loud music and random things on fire, and explosions and dragons and whatnot. Then would my chosen career path excite you, Tracey?