Given Amazon's recent acquisition of Goodreads, I'm considering posting reviews here. So there might be a revival of this space.

In related news, does anyone have experience with/of Audible? The foremost question I have right now is whether or not you can preview audiobooks. Turns out I'm very particular about how my books are read.

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Technically, I think I'm looking for a new drama (Japanese, Korean, I've even loved a Hong Kong drmaa!). When MU was taken down, the communities I got new dramas from dried up, and I don't even know what's out there anymore. Also, I am a particular fussy-pants who generally has to try five or six new dramas before finding one that doesn't make me ( Read more... )

I just vacuumed and there's a fucking clump of Daisy fur in the middle of the room! (No, not Daisy; she's sprawled about a foot from this clump of fluff.)

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The good: Teavana has opened.

The bad: The store design is so bad. I was all ready to buy four types of tea all on impulse and maybe some sugar from beets, but there was just no way at the counter, and I couldn't deal with all the noise around me ( Read more... )

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Rachel Swirsky recommended this story about zombies with an interesting new take on the topic. It's very powerful.

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So I don't mind at all that the mail person left the package (of yarn!) in front of my door today. I really don't. What I find perplexing is that it was waiting for me as I was on my way home from the post office to pick up the package (of pre-yarn!) that the mail person wouldn't leave in front of my door the other day (Sunday!). The one I had to ( Read more... )

I have just placed what is becoming my annual Elann order. Two sweaters' worth of yarmz will be heading my way as soon as they pack 'em up and ship 'em out! (You may say something silly like "only two sweaters a year?" but rest assured, I have many many yarn sources ( Read more... )

Thanks for all the cute things yesterday. They did help. ^_^

Now, if only customer service would get back to me about my request to trade in November for another May. And since they're a matched set, I should return December, January, February, and March while we're at it.

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