So... I've been reading this book, Sweater Quest. an often-funny memoir about an insanely difficult pattern, an out-of-print book, some discontinued yarn, and the crazy... er, determined knitter trying to put them all together. It all ties in to a knitwear designer who-must-not-be-named, for fear of a cadre of lawyers materializing out of the blue ( Read more... )

I got into the Not For Tourists guides after meeting with Maddykins in New York. I definitely recommend it. It has proven an invaluable resource, especially when navigating the NYC subway... :D


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Because I don't tweet, ******* !

* Lost University... yay! Got my ID, got my "Class of 2010" t-shirt, got my books on Egyptian Hieroglyphics for History 101... I'm just about ready to get started--well, except I don't have a blu-ray player... :p ( Read more... )

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Angels & Demons trailer

"Fellas, you called me" ...wtf? That's ridiculous!
And changing the camerlengo's name... why??
Oh, well...

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Finally saw the trailer for Angels & Demons on the big screen.( cut for fannish ranting... and book/movie spoilers )

Ewan McGregor as Carlo Ventresca in Angels & Demons... interesting... very cool indeed...
and with SAG appearing to be "all bark and no bite when it comes to going on strike" (or at least, so says Variety), production should go smoothly from here on ( Read more... )

Ok, so we changed our minds after a mild attack of teenybopperphobia, and skipped the party... but at least got one of these at B&N... :D

Finished Eclipse with about 12 hours to spare. ( Read more... )

Finally got around to reading Twilight. It took a while to get over the "teenage fluff" label (a few chapters), but once I got past that, it was actually pretty good. Although the reader they got for the audiobook was dreadful. Probably selected because she does have a beautiful voice--which doesn't automatically mean you should be doing voice-over ( Read more... )