People Should Go Read about Harry the Wizard
50 Books in a Year Update:
20. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
21. Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Book One in The Dresden Files)
Reading Lolita in Tehran was great, but in some parts it felt like reading an English class. Still, an eye-opener into life in Iran in the early-ish 90s.
Storm Front was awesome, and I finally have a book series to read that hasn't ended (yet). I also like this Harry Dresden wizard much better than the Harry Potter wizard--little less emo angsty teendrama broody over fate and destiny. I'm wavering over buying the one season of The Dresden Files that's out, because I don't want to spoil the series by reading the books. I know I'll love the books on their own, but if I finish the novels and then watch the series, I won't like the series on its own because I have this dratted expectation of it.
I went to the local Starbucks yesterday (no, the other local Starbucks) and after messing around with the Wi-Fi, I got my portfolio finished and sent after I ate breakfast.
Really, the biggest reason I'm worried about the portfolio is that their instructions were only to "revise" the sketches of the poems we had. Nothing else about what to do with the poems. So, I don't know what their definition of "revised" is. Completely rework it until a few words are only left? Or are tweaks okay? I should've emailed with that question earlier, but I didn't so now I'm kinda just stuck biting my lip and saying, 'Oh well.'
And this local Starbucks redeemed my first (and only) experience with Starbucks coffee. Considering that one experience was at 5AM in the Sea-Tac airport, I suppose that should be filed under 'duh, of course it did.'
Neil Gaiman's coming to the University Bookstore October 3rd!!! I would've deleted the email the notice came in without reading it, but I'm glad I didn't! Christopher Paolini actually comes three days later, but there's more information about his visit than NG's, so I'm hoping maybe it won't be too crowded. And while my copy of Good Omens isn't battered and looking well-loved yet hopefully he'll be signing books, too. Sorta makes me wish I read his Sandman graphic novel, but...what can you do?
I sort of want to go to Paolini's event, but..."tickets are going FAST!" doesn't make me feel very positive about how crowded it will be. It might even outdo ex-President Clinton's visit to the UBS last year.
I bought a MyBook external harddrive, which I'm very pleased about. 320GB for $86 is a total win! My sister mentioned she'd been meaning to get me one of the $200 ones from Costco but kept forgetting, and while that would have been very nice of her.....what the heck would I have done with 1 terabyte of space??? a rhetorical question if there ever was one
I almost bought the Fray comic, because Borders had it at long last. My interest in Fray's story, though, doesn't rate high enough to invest $20 in it, so I put my money toward buying the latest issue of Buffy and Storm Front instead. Hopefully my neighbor across the way might have it come this school year, so I can borrow it from her and read that.
And I hate tummy viruses. The ones that make your stomach upset for no reason. Grrr.
"Oh. Is this, um. Harry Dresden? The, ah, wizard?" Her tone was apologetic, as though she were terribly afraid she would be insulting me.
No, I thought. It's Harry Dresden the, ah, lizard. Harry the wizard is one door down.
It is the prerogative of wizards to be grumpy. It is not, however, the prerogative of freelance consultants who are late on their rent, so instead of saying something smart, I told the woman on the phone, "Yes, ma'am. How can I help you today?" --Storm Front by Jim Butcher
20. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
21. Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Book One in The Dresden Files)
Reading Lolita in Tehran was great, but in some parts it felt like reading an English class. Still, an eye-opener into life in Iran in the early-ish 90s.
Storm Front was awesome, and I finally have a book series to read that hasn't ended (yet). I also like this Harry Dresden wizard much better than the Harry Potter wizard--little less emo angsty teendrama broody over fate and destiny. I'm wavering over buying the one season of The Dresden Files that's out, because I don't want to spoil the series by reading the books. I know I'll love the books on their own, but if I finish the novels and then watch the series, I won't like the series on its own because I have this dratted expectation of it.
I went to the local Starbucks yesterday (no, the other local Starbucks) and after messing around with the Wi-Fi, I got my portfolio finished and sent after I ate breakfast.
Really, the biggest reason I'm worried about the portfolio is that their instructions were only to "revise" the sketches of the poems we had. Nothing else about what to do with the poems. So, I don't know what their definition of "revised" is. Completely rework it until a few words are only left? Or are tweaks okay? I should've emailed with that question earlier, but I didn't so now I'm kinda just stuck biting my lip and saying, 'Oh well.'
And this local Starbucks redeemed my first (and only) experience with Starbucks coffee. Considering that one experience was at 5AM in the Sea-Tac airport, I suppose that should be filed under 'duh, of course it did.'
Neil Gaiman's coming to the University Bookstore October 3rd!!! I would've deleted the email the notice came in without reading it, but I'm glad I didn't! Christopher Paolini actually comes three days later, but there's more information about his visit than NG's, so I'm hoping maybe it won't be too crowded. And while my copy of Good Omens isn't battered and looking well-loved yet hopefully he'll be signing books, too. Sorta makes me wish I read his Sandman graphic novel, but...what can you do?
I sort of want to go to Paolini's event, but..."tickets are going FAST!" doesn't make me feel very positive about how crowded it will be. It might even outdo ex-President Clinton's visit to the UBS last year.
I bought a MyBook external harddrive, which I'm very pleased about. 320GB for $86 is a total win! My sister mentioned she'd been meaning to get me one of the $200 ones from Costco but kept forgetting, and while that would have been very nice of her.....what the heck would I have done with 1 terabyte of space??? a rhetorical question if there ever was one
I almost bought the Fray comic, because Borders had it at long last. My interest in Fray's story, though, doesn't rate high enough to invest $20 in it, so I put my money toward buying the latest issue of Buffy and Storm Front instead. Hopefully my neighbor across the way might have it come this school year, so I can borrow it from her and read that.
And I hate tummy viruses. The ones that make your stomach upset for no reason. Grrr.
"Oh. Is this, um. Harry Dresden? The, ah, wizard?" Her tone was apologetic, as though she were terribly afraid she would be insulting me.
No, I thought. It's Harry Dresden the, ah, lizard. Harry the wizard is one door down.
It is the prerogative of wizards to be grumpy. It is not, however, the prerogative of freelance consultants who are late on their rent, so instead of saying something smart, I told the woman on the phone, "Yes, ma'am. How can I help you today?" --Storm Front by Jim Butcher