...but I've started writing again. This time I'll finish it before posting bits of it. It's game-stuff, and may be approaching fanfic ( Read more... )

My withdrawal symptoms are mainly psychological. I'll distractedly reach for a cigarette that isn't there. Then I'll have to convince the "but I wannit!"-part of my brain that, no, there hasn't been some kind of mistake.

Luckily, the books that I ordered on the 30th have arrived. Blisss...

A cold beer, birdsong and the hum of an old laptop. Things are good.

My local supermarket has 'American week'. this means (among other things) decadent yogurt with flavors like toffee/popcorn, cranberry/chocolate, and chocolate muffin. I bet you Americans eat that kind of stuff all the time. Heh.

I bought some.

I also ordered a lot of books (a fool ( Read more... )

Rpg.net appears to be down. Waah! What should I do? I know, marvel at my newly arrived American Fantastic Tales box set.
I'm not usually very sentimental about books. If I can read them that's usually enough. Still, I can't quite get over how lovely these two volumes are. The type is aesthetically pleasing. The books have heft without being heavy. ( Read more... )

I've just ordered American Fantastic Tales edited by Peter Straub. Two huge doorstop book with short stories from Hawthorne to Lovecraft,  Tennessee Williams to Kelly Link.
I had a gift certificate, but I still had to shell out a chunk of change. 'Course it's worth it.

I'll post my opinion of the stories as I plow through them.

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Hm, I haven't done anything lately (apart from putting out lacklustre job applications), and I feel strangely ashamed ( Read more... )

If you only read one more Stephen King story, make it Harvey's Dream.