Mostly about the books

[annathepiper]

First and foremost, huge congratulations to shadowhwk, whose very first e-book is now available for online purchase and download! Go Sarah! :) :) I will be buying and downloading a copy when I get home to my computer.

Second up, I have chugged through Anne Perry's fourth William Monk novel, A Sudden, Fearful Death, and naominovik's third Temeraire novel, Black Powder War. Comments will be forthcoming over the weekend. I'm now working on Elizabeth Lowell's Always Time to Die.

My expedition to Target was successful, and now I have several more pairs of summer-weight pants with which to get through the last few days of my contract. (Today, my pants are dark blue. I mention this mostly because they go stunningly well with my pink Great Big Sea shirt and socks in shades of blue and purple, as well as my hat! I feel all colorful and coordinated and stuff.) solarbird got to purchase some cute clothing as well, and last but not least, we ate out at a Thai place in downtown Bothell to celebrate spazzkat's official acquisition of a JOB!

Looking forward to the weekend, even though I have to take the cat to the vet for her bi-annual old lady kitty exam. But, weather permitting, there will also be biking to Woodinville to see X3. And reading! And watching Doctor Who! And writing!

Friday is good.

Wednesday evening miles: 2.4
Thursday miles: 4.0
Friday morning miles: 1.6
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1087.15
Miles out of Rivendell: 629.15
Miles out of Lothlórien: 167.15
Miles to Rauros Falls: 221.85

Comments

[shadowhwk.livejournal.com]

*beams* Thanks!

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Ooh, you sound so colourful! I'm just wearing blue jeans, blue suede shoes ... ooh, new socks (they're blue with pink flowers), a blue sleeved raglan, a my red CANADA sweatshirt. I have to say, the sweatshirt makes me really happy.

[annathepiper]

Most welcome! I'm looking forward to adding this to my collection of books written by ex-Willowholt authors. ;D

[annathepiper]

Woo, lots of color there. And hey, as a longstanding Elvis fan, I must also add that blue suede shoes are a natural plus. ;D

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh I know, I love Elvis!

Don't you step on my blue suede shoes!

[annathepiper]

*beam* A fine, fine Elvis ditty. I wish I had blue suede shoes!

Have you ever heard filkertom's filk version of "Blue Suede Shoes"? ;)

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard it.

I got my shoes at REI. :-)

[annathepiper]

You'll have to get me to sing it for you next time I see you in person. I would tell you more, except it really just has to be heard. ;)

And REI, gotcha! Cool.

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Haha, awesome, I'll look forward to that.

Yes, I love REI. I got a good discount with my dividend and discount from using that.

[annathepiper]

Yay, discounts!

At the very least, I will have to sing this thing for you if we meet up at the GBS show at Bumbershoot. :D

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I just realised recently that I may not be able to go to Bumbershoot. :-( I told my parents I might go with them to this conference thing that weekend in Raymond, WA. I may not need to go to it though. They really want me to meet an old friend of theirs (the guy who married them) that weekend, but I may be able to do that just Friday night. We'll see, hmm.

[annathepiper]

Awww, missing Bumbershoot would be a bummer!

But perhaps you can still see one of the other GBS shows that weekend, since there will be a plethora of them!

[ceallaighgirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm thinking that maybe if it is at the right time, perhaps I can catch the Victoria one! That would be really nice.

[annathepiper]

I've since found out that the Saturday Vancouver show is going to be in the evening. HRmmmRmRMmm. I will have to see when the Bumbershoot show will be to see if I can make it back down here in time!

Hrmmm. It would seem to imply to me that if GBS is playing Vancouver on Saturday night in the evening (around 7pm, I believe), they will be playing Bumbershoot at the very least in the late afternoon or early evening, since they will have to have time to get down there, get fed, get set up, have a sound check, etc.

This might still be doable. :D