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creative_excess

Love Is Hot, Truth Is Molten

Jul 28, 2009 15:32

Woohoo, the wallet is back in my hot little hands, safe and sound. I guess there are worse places it could have ended up besides Bank of America, although they couldn't call me to tell me I had left it there, seeing as how I don't have an account. Anyway, this means I have a lot of time on my hands that I was expecting to have to spend canceling ( Read more... )

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hercrabbiness July 28 2009, 23:06:43 UTC

Good for you, for finding your wallet again! I know how stressful the possibility of losing something so important is...

How did you like White Oleander?

creative_excess July 29 2009, 05:09:56 UTC

Yeah, seriously. I had already moved to the acceptance stage of the process because I was seriously convinced it wouldn't be at TJ's or BoA, so I had a minor grateful freakout when they presented me with it.

I really liked it a lot; the writing was very evocative. I'll definitely be checking out her other stuff in the future. I'll keep it in a safe place so a shark doesn't eat it before you come back again.

(Oh! I almost forgot to mention, a Comcast bill for July came, it's about $60 because the original $30/mo promotion ended. I'm going to go ahead and send in a check for the whole amount, but if I could get your cut of that sometime in the future that would be keen. Thanks!)

hercrabbiness July 29 2009, 07:07:31 UTC

I might actually be coming down to Santa Cruz soon to pick up a piece of furniture or two, so when that time comes, I can get the book back and give you a check. :)

I'm glad you liked White Oleander! I haven't found an actual writing style I've loved in such a long time! Unfortunately, she's only written two other books (though she's currently working on another). One of them, her earliest one, really doesn't sound good to me, but I really liked Paint It Black. At first I didn't like it too much because of the whole Punk scene and the kind of life the main character liked to live, but despite all that, it really found a special place in my heart. I also found it to be very healing when I've had relationship or other serious life problems.

creative_excess July 31 2009, 01:12:33 UTC

Okay, cool! I'm actually leaving tomorrow morning to go to Stockton and then on Tuesday I'm flying up to Washington until the 14th or so to see my mom...if you were planning on coming sometime in between then, would you like me to hide one of the keys out front for you?

Yeah, it definitely drew me in. It actually reminded me a bit of a novel I had to read recently for a Korean-American Lit course I took last quarter, Edinburgh, it has the same sort of writing quality that is both rather dreamlike and very down-to-earth at the same time...sort of cathartic, I guess. I'll put Paint It Black on my TBR list posthaste!

Oh, also, I was a dummy and accidentally dropped your book the other day so the cover is slightly bent at the corner now. I'm really sorry, and if you're one of those folks who likes their books pristine and undamaged (like most of my books seem to turn out...), I'll totally buy you another copy. It was a silly accident and I feel really bad after you were nice enough to lend me your copy. -_-

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yurasama_love July 29 2009, 00:40:51 UTC

...I'm pretty sure I know Logan. How weird that we know the same people.
YAY FOR RECOVERED WALLET!!!
BOO TO PARANOIA!
I hope everything turns out well for you.

creative_excess July 29 2009, 04:47:22 UTC

Haha, you may be thinking of a different Logan, this one just turned a year old. (I am vaguely aware of another, constantly drunk Logan who is friends with Braden and Norvell, so that may be the Logan you know. I've only met that Logan once or twice, though.)

Ha, thanks. Things seem to come out pretty even with the ups and the downs, so it could be worse.

delicious! * Complete with hand to forehead. 08wolverine July 30 2009, 06:58:19 UTC

Hey Im trying to round up some pictures i can send to Bryan (Lbs dad)So fill free to post any cute ones you may have taken here. =D

Re: delicious! * Complete with hand to forehead. creative_excess July 31 2009, 01:13:14 UTC

Ha, sure! I have about a thousand to go through, but I'll pull out the best ones and upload them so you can send them around. :)

Re: delicious! * Complete with hand to forehead. creative_excess July 31 2009, 05:26:36 UTC

Hokay, here we go: http://ddr.mytenser.com/v/fig/logan_s_1st_birthday_2009/

They're pretty high-resolution if you click on the picture to enlarge, and even bigger if you click "Full Size: 3456x2304" that's in the corner of the enlarged picture.

Some were taken by me, some by Mike. Hope you like!