I've been spending a fair amount at Book Depository lately, and my current bookmark is one of the ones they send out with your purchase.

The bookmark is "Books you should read as voted for by our customers" on one side. I looked at it and thought there was a strong Australian influence there; it includes works like The Thorn Birds (I know it was ( Read more... )

I've never done the Boxing Day sales here in Australia, mainly due to the fact that we have a family Christmas each Boxing Day, and because I've lived in the country for so long, and the sales there aren't fantastic (mainly due to the stores only ordering in just enough stock for Christmas; when we were in M****** they would often sell out of stuff ( Read more... )

I think my favourite thing about "Let's Kill Hitler" at 18min 30sec in is ( spoilers, sweetie )

I've been listening to my "musicals" playlist on my iPod on my way to and from school lately, and randomly imagining the perfect fanvid to songs. (Magneto is Defying Gravity, y'all!)

I... kind of now want an epic muti-show Law & Order vid to Officer Krupke from West Side Story. And a season 6 Spuffy vid to Something There from Beauty and the ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to say this for a while, and a stint of YouTube surfing has reminded me of it: If anyone every actually thinks, re: ( name and stage of a recently released film that really isn't a spoiler anymore but I'm cutting anyway )

I'm over at TVTropes, looking at the page for tropes in The King's Speech.* I was Much Amused by this sub-section under "Deliberate Values Dissonance":( cut for vague spoilers about the nationality of characters )

The last time I purchased some Stuff from Borders I -- gasp! -- had to purchase a 10c bag. This shameful circumstance came about because I'd already filled my reusable bags, and didn't have a spare hand for the Borders stuff. It was entirely poor planning on my part, and the first time I've had to do so ( Read more... )

Currently, the only honey in the pantry is honey I purchased for my tea. And we've been having meals that need honey, so people have been raiding it. I'm fine with people using my honey. Really. I'm completely fine about it -- just ridiculously anal and suspicious. "You didn't use the knife you already had butter on in my honey jar?!" People ( Read more... )

Back in 2006, I purchased an awesome purple skirt (actually, it was technically aubergine -- which, hey, 2006? I loved for more than my love of purple). Since I'm one of those girls who loathes shopping for clothing (I still wear knit tops from the same shopping trip), when I find something I like and suits me (which is not something that happens ( Read more... )

Okay, dilemma! ( Oscar spoilers )