First confession in nearly a year
Went to St. Joe's with my mom for First Friday Eucharistic adoration, Mass and confession. There's a new priest offering the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and he was exactly the priest I needed to talk to. He's very compassionate and open-hearted, and he definitely was listening to what I had to say. He offered some counsel which I needed and wanted to hear, and for once I could sense Christ working through someone in the Church! I'm going to make a note to go to confession to him the next time I go, if he's available.
Other fun stuff that happened: LAST NIGHT -- made my once-a-month trip to the Salem, N.H. Barnes & Noble, where I picked up among other things,
-- A new blank journal with a Japanese print of a snowy, star-lit scene on a bridge;
--Also a nifty (and oh-so-fun to read) book on Goth culture and etiquette entitled "Gothic Charm School" by the lovely .
--I also leafed through the new issue of "Realms of Fantasy", which features an editorial on the demon lover motif in fantasy, starting with Twilight (which was par the course, considering that for better or for worse, it's the most popular paranormal romance at this time) and moving on to obvious things like Dracula and Byron's poetry... and then it reached for the Book of Enoch and the account of the Grigori; cue much rejoicing in my head! I'm teaching myself to forbear with Twilight talk, but any editor or writer who discusses the Grigori is a hero to me, since the Grigori are so sadly underused, but are sloooowwly starting to come into the limelight.
--I also did a good deed and purchased a book to be donated to a local charity which is collecting books for kids in low-income families: in this case, I donated a copy of Richelle Mead's "Vampire Academy".
--Also treated myself to a red velvet cupcake and an iced chai from the cafe. For some reason Asato, the Nephillim in my NaNo novel, was "hanging around" in my head and went into paroxysms of glee over the cupcake. Note to self: no red velvet cupcakes while I'm working on this NaNo.
TODAY: Went to Burlington intending to check out any deals at the Hallowe'en stuff store, but they had closed for the year. Better luck next October.
As is expected, I ended up at the Barnes & Noble, where I picked up:
--Another Japanese print journal, this time with the famous "Mount Fuji and a ginormous wave" picture (I'm reserving the Japanese print journals for notes, etc. on anime fics, for obvious reasons);
--Also a new twist on an old tale, namely "Vampire Darcy's Desire", a retelling of "Pride & Prejudice", only with Mr. Darcy as a dhampire (half human/half vampire, able to go out in daylight) and Mr. Wickham as a vampire who's bedeviled the Darcy family for generations. I've always imagined Wickham as a vampire and I'm very much looking forward to this book. The author is a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and from what I can see, she's done a good job of making this book a delight for both Janeites and vampire lit fans (no randomly sticking fangs on characters, as in one very bad attempt at a vampire adaptation of P&P that I'd come across)
--And in a fit of whimsy, I also got the Harvard University National Lampoon's parody rewrite of Twilight, entitled "Nitelight". I also did a bad, bad thing: I took several copies of this book and stuck them on a huge display of Twilight gewgaws.
--Waiting for me at home was the latest of another series of packages from Amazon.com containing the first volume of "Descendants of Darkness" (aka. Yami no Matsuei). I got the series somewhat bass-ackwards (picked up books 6, 7 and 8 at Harrison's in Salem, Mass., found book 5 in the Burlington B&N, found 1, 2, 3, and 4 on Amazon, but they got shipped in reverse order), but at least now I can get a start reading the series...
Once I get my NaNo typing quota in: I managed to write my word count for the day out, longhand, while I was riding the bus. I've been maximizing my time very well this first week, I just hope I can keep this up till I hit 50K or the month is over or I finish the book, whichever comes first.
Other fun stuff that happened: LAST NIGHT -- made my once-a-month trip to the Salem, N.H. Barnes & Noble, where I picked up among other things,
-- A new blank journal with a Japanese print of a snowy, star-lit scene on a bridge;
--Also a nifty (and oh-so-fun to read) book on Goth culture and etiquette entitled "Gothic Charm School" by the lovely .
--I also leafed through the new issue of "Realms of Fantasy", which features an editorial on the demon lover motif in fantasy, starting with Twilight (which was par the course, considering that for better or for worse, it's the most popular paranormal romance at this time) and moving on to obvious things like Dracula and Byron's poetry... and then it reached for the Book of Enoch and the account of the Grigori; cue much rejoicing in my head! I'm teaching myself to forbear with Twilight talk, but any editor or writer who discusses the Grigori is a hero to me, since the Grigori are so sadly underused, but are sloooowwly starting to come into the limelight.
--I also did a good deed and purchased a book to be donated to a local charity which is collecting books for kids in low-income families: in this case, I donated a copy of Richelle Mead's "Vampire Academy".
--Also treated myself to a red velvet cupcake and an iced chai from the cafe. For some reason Asato, the Nephillim in my NaNo novel, was "hanging around" in my head and went into paroxysms of glee over the cupcake. Note to self: no red velvet cupcakes while I'm working on this NaNo.
TODAY: Went to Burlington intending to check out any deals at the Hallowe'en stuff store, but they had closed for the year. Better luck next October.
As is expected, I ended up at the Barnes & Noble, where I picked up:
--Another Japanese print journal, this time with the famous "Mount Fuji and a ginormous wave" picture (I'm reserving the Japanese print journals for notes, etc. on anime fics, for obvious reasons);
--Also a new twist on an old tale, namely "Vampire Darcy's Desire", a retelling of "Pride & Prejudice", only with Mr. Darcy as a dhampire (half human/half vampire, able to go out in daylight) and Mr. Wickham as a vampire who's bedeviled the Darcy family for generations. I've always imagined Wickham as a vampire and I'm very much looking forward to this book. The author is a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and from what I can see, she's done a good job of making this book a delight for both Janeites and vampire lit fans (no randomly sticking fangs on characters, as in one very bad attempt at a vampire adaptation of P&P that I'd come across)
--And in a fit of whimsy, I also got the Harvard University National Lampoon's parody rewrite of Twilight, entitled "Nitelight". I also did a bad, bad thing: I took several copies of this book and stuck them on a huge display of Twilight gewgaws.
--Waiting for me at home was the latest of another series of packages from Amazon.com containing the first volume of "Descendants of Darkness" (aka. Yami no Matsuei). I got the series somewhat bass-ackwards (picked up books 6, 7 and 8 at Harrison's in Salem, Mass., found book 5 in the Burlington B&N, found 1, 2, 3, and 4 on Amazon, but they got shipped in reverse order), but at least now I can get a start reading the series...
Once I get my NaNo typing quota in: I managed to write my word count for the day out, longhand, while I was riding the bus. I've been maximizing my time very well this first week, I just hope I can keep this up till I hit 50K or the month is over or I finish the book, whichever comes first.