An actual update (for once)

[citrus_cactus]

It's been a month since the move, and I'm gradually getting settled in to my new life and a new routine, which also means a return to fangirling. I realized I really hadn't played any sort of video game since a "delightful" trip to the DMV in February (so much fun, I got to go back the next day! 9_9), so it was fun to pick up Pokemon X, change into

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[lelenmargyle]

Yeah, I had no idea when I was a kid that Le Guin wrote mostly for adults. I loved Catwings (of course, how could I not, at any age?), but now I'm glad that I've circled back to her and discovered what else she has to offer. I've read all of her Earthsea books already. They're all good, but the social commentary of The Tombs of Atuan was particularly interesting to me. I really, really appreciate her brand of feminism. I guess I'll admit that I'm a little bit of a snob when it comes to sci-fi/fantasy -- There's so much of it out there that I have a hard time slogging through the ones that are "merely" entertaining (Although I do make exceptions -- Actually, this one probably has something to do with her being a woman writing in a genre that was a man's world at the time, so n/m? Norton apparently influenced Mercedes Lackey, and I'm pretty sure they even co-wrote something together eventually.)

Funny you should mention The Last Unicorn. I've definitely seen the animated adaptation (which I remember thinking is a bit odd, but reeeeeeeally prettttyyyy). There was a recent graphic novel adaptation of the book, which also looks reeeeeeally pretttttyyyy. I actually picked it up awhile back but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Yes, all of this, and I have not read the original book -- But the biggest draw for me has been the prettttyyyyy unicorn (so sue me). X3 Maybe if I really like the graphic novel, I'll read the original too, to see how faithful the adaptation is.

I'm tempted to get a Dilbert calendar at some point (next year, I guess, at this point), because Dilbert is so bone-cuttingly true sometimes that I can't even. X3 (I remember how boring I found that strip when I read the comics page as a kid, but experience goes a million miles in this case. Oh, have I seen the light (/darkness?)!) But yes, I'm not sure if it really makes me feel better (because I'm not alone) or worse (because universal truths are universal and mostly unchanging). I currently have this comic pinned to my cubicle wall, because it absolutely applies right now. (Is it a bad sign that I found it in the bottom of an old cabinet that we cleaned out? Evidently someone else in my group (who is no longer with the company) thought it applied at some point in the past. And it still applies. Hm. I shall proceed warily. XD) It's taken me months to get all of the access permissions and software that I need to do my job, so I share some of your frustration, I think. ("Did you put in a ticket?"/"Yes I did, and here's the ticket number."...6 weeks later: "Do you still need this?"/"Yes, I do." -_-)

Ahahaha, well, as I told you, I *would* probably name my plant if I didn't have animals to fill that spot in my family. But for the heck of it, I asked my husband what he thinks its name should be (since he's the one who bought it), and the first thing he said was "...Sansei? Sensei?" -- So, sure, we'll go with "Sensei." :D (What we can learn from that plant, I'm not certain... How to be resistant to cat bites? :) )

[citrus_cactus]

Yes ooh the graphic novel is good (I um... REALLY like The Last Unicorn, if that isn't about to become painfully obvious XD;;;). It's certainly a more faithful adaptation and it really does justice to the poetry of the book's prose, but I do have great fondness for the movie too (maybe since I grew up on it. One of my friends with kids actually asked if she should rent it for a nine-year-old's sleepover and even loving it as much as I do I couldn't in good conscience recommend it because... well, it IS odd, and there are scenes I know she (the mom) would find objectionable. Sigh-- those girls are never going to know what they're missing out on, though, come to think about it, I could recommend the book to them too!). The DVD release actually cuts out the (three) swear words that were in the VHS version and it makes me sad, mostly because it really lessens the impact of the lines they were uttered in. Oh, and I really like this song, which (given the context in the movie and the overall themes of the book) is SO MUCH about transition from girlhood to womanhood I just ergh WOW ANYWAY I'll shut up now, but you should definitely sit down sometime and enjoy the pretty unicorns because, seriously, PRETTY UNICORNS (and Molly Grue-- she's the best!) <3

Now that I think about it, a friend at my old work recommended the graphic novel series "Fables" to me, which I guess is about a bunch of fairy-tale characters living in a modern city. It still sounds kind of intriguing, so I might have to seriously consider looking into it...

And oh yes, I forgot your plant wasn't meant to have a name. Well... being a loving cat mama is no excuse! (...just kidding) But thanks for giving it one anyway. Now I can sleep easy :)