'Dead to Me' so funny!

The overworked and under funded bureaucracy that is the Department of Extraordinary affairs and their love of training pamphlets is OMG funny. There are zombies and evil cultists and surrealists stirring the pot, plus a bookshelf runs amok.

Books I've read in 09 - Part 1

So up to just recently my livejournal was pretty much used only for tracking the books I read in the course of a year. It seems silly to have a separate page just to track that stuff so I'm thinking of consolidating that here. After searching in vain for a widget or gadget that does just what I want it to without maintaining the list at some third party site I'm going to do it this way. Occasionally there may be Amazon links for these, but it was to much of a pain to do that tonight.

March:
Book 22 - Unquiet Dreams by Mark Del Franco
Book 23- Unfallen Dead by Mark Del Franco
Book 24 - Dead to Me by Anton Strout
Book 25 - Fruits Basket, Vol. 22 by Natsuki Takaya

February:
Book 6 - One More Bite by Jennifer Rardin
Book 7 - Fanged and Fabulous by Michelle Rowen
Book 8 - Sunshine Sketch by Ume Aoki
Book 9 - Genshiken Official Book by Kio Shimoku
Book 10 - Tangled Up in You by Rachel Gibson
Book 11 - See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson - Love this!
Book 12 - It Must be Love - also by Rachel Gibson - apparently I'm on a roll
Book 13 - I'm in no Mood for Love - by Rachel Gibson, yep definitely on a roll.
Book 14 - True Confessions by Rachel Gibson
Book 15 - S.S. Astro - By Negi Banno
Book 16 - Shoulder-A-Coffin Kuro - by Satoko Kiyuduki
Book 17 - Sunshine Sketch, vol 2 - by Ume Aoki
Book 18 - Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
Book 19 - Midnight's Daughter - Karen Chance
Book 20 - Blue Pills, a positive love story - by Frederik Peeters
Book 21 - Jellaby - by Kean Soo

January:
Book 1 - Suzunari! by Shoko Iwami
Book 2 - Silver Master by Jayne Castle
Book 3 - Unusual Suspects edited by Dana Stabenow
Book 4 - The Runaways, vol. 1 by Brian K Vaughan, Adrian Alphona, and Takeshi Miyazawa
Book 5 - Mean Streets by Jim Butcher, Kat Richarson, Simon R. Green and Thomas E. Sniegoski

Minor PicSpam

The kindle, passport and gadget cases I ordered from SmileRecipe on Etsy arrived in the mail today and they are fabulous!  The Kindle fits perfectly into it's case and they are all extremely well made.  In a little bit I'm tossing the kindle in my purse and heading out to get some fresh air and hit up a coffee shop and do a little reading

And as promised here are pictures of the super cool wooden baker that came home from the thrift store last weekend.  Every time I see him in the kitchen window it makes me smile.

 

 

March in Denver

Denver in March is always so weird with it's unpredictable crazy weather.  One week ago it was in the 70's, yesterday work closed down an hour after I got in due to a blizzard that went nuts minutes after I got to work.  We got about 4-6 inches at our house with drifting up to over a foot.  Work was closed again today, and now the sun is shining brightly again and the snow has started melting though the drive in this morning would of been awful.

So I've been puttering around the house, playing COH and watching anime.  The wonder pups have been getting lots of attention and are currently sprawled in a chair and on the sofa napping away.

Lovely Weekend

We had spectacular weather last weekend, it was all sunny and bright mid 70's spring weather.  So of course it's been chilly and in the 40-50s the last two days.

Sweetie and I did a burst of housework Sat. morning.  He was fabulous we got everything done zippy quick.  He then took a nap while I ran errands and went thrifting where I found an awesome german baker figurine that is still waiting for better light so I can take a picture.  Saturday afternoon our friend L. brought her misbehaving computer over for Sweetie and we hung out for a bit before I ran off to spend the evening with S.

On Sunday Sweetie did a bit of work and then we went to the zoo.  Which was very fun even if it was crowded and I heard a woman tell her kids that a one humped camel wasn't actually a camel, it may have been a cow or a horse and that the storing water in their hump business was just an urban legend.  I'm really hoping she was joking and not really that crazy.

Weekly Roundup

In: 14

2 plush easter Domo-Kuns from Target

1 Easter Dinosaur - gift from my Sweetie

3 books - 1 new 2 thrift

1 Magazine

1 Plastic container - Container Store - it's going in the fridge

1 ceramic canister - Urban Outfitters

1 Glass jar - Target - fridge storage

2 cds - thrift

1 Wooden Baker figure of AWESOME!  - thrift - Pics will be posted when there is light

1 pillow case - thrift

2 - baseball caps - zoo

Out:  63

2 magazines - recycled

Charity:

1 toothbrush holder 

8 tea towels - charity

1 wreath

2 candles

1 spool of kite string

2 mugs

1 magazine rack

1 sweater

5 books

1 cord bag

Friends:

34 books

2 shirts

2 pairs of slacks

<---- Random image from my favorite rest stop in Southern CO.  We always stop there on the way to Santa Fe because I love the weird beaver. 

Nothing really exciting to report.  The week has been twisty and weird because of changes at both mine and Sweetie's jobs.  We both still like where we work and everything is still okay for both of us.  However, it's unsettling when everything gets thrown up in the air like it has been.  The fact that I really enjoy what I do and the people I work with makes the crazy easier, but still there is just so much uncertainty I can take!

In other news I'm anxiously awaiting the custom Kindle case, accessory case and passport cover I ordered from SmileRecipe on Etsy.  I have one of her DS Lite cases and love the fun fabrics she uses and quality of construction is just fantastic!

Thinking of Etsy, I'm currently sorely tempted to order a sugar skull and sakura blossom drawing for the weird little niche in our hallway, additional temptation comes from a plaster sugar skull decorated with sakura blossoms

Kindle!

For the longest time I thought eReaders were kinda silly.  For someone suffering from an extreme case of booklust in my mind there wasn't any way an electronic gizmo would ever replace the experience of reading off of dead trees.  As a serious gadget/computer freak it was a strange disconnect, normally I'm about nifty computery things - it's one of the reasons I work in IT.  

We'd talk about eReaders on occasion at work, and I'd scoff and make comments about single use gadgets, buying books twice, and waiting for a couple more generations to work out all the kinks before anyone should really buy one.  In my defense the Kindle v1 was hella ugly and the competitors are more expensive and most likely I'd have problems getting them to play nicely with the Macs we use at home.  I swore up, down, and sideways that I wouldn't even think about getting one until there were color displays and larger screens.  I'd used eReader apps on my iPhone and thought the screen was to small and buying books was seriously annoying - sync issues and poorly designed confusing websites.

But Amazon was tricky, they released an eReader app for the iPhone,  for free.  And well there was a sequel to a series I wasn't to sure if I was hooked on yet, and Sweetie was out of town, and I was bored, and Amazon makes it so easy to shop...  I read 2 books on my phone in 2 days, it was fabulous even if the screen is tiny.  But it sucked the battery life hard, so I started reading reviews of the Kindle - still convinced that I didn't need one, but travelling can be a pain because I either bring the wrong books, not enough books or too many books, and I wanted to read in the office during lunch without having any of the guys give me funny looks about the romance or urban fantasy that I was reading (I'm a weird geek, I am not a fan of hard science fiction and that just breaks a couple of my co-workers), and I'm running out of bookshelf space yet again, and I've lost 35 pounds and deserved a treat and well... I'm just a sucker for gadgets and books and the only surprise is that I didn't get one sooner - no that's not quite true - the kindle v1 was really fugly.

 

Weekly Roundup

In: 11

2 pairs of Pants

2 Shirts

1 Belt

3 books

1 vintage Fire King ramekin

1 big jar of buttons

1 Kindle v2 which is awesome!

Out: 18

3 books - p.b.s.

3 planters

1 shirt

10 pairs of jeans

1 Shower Curtain

Not even Eddie could save it

We watched Igor last night, and thankfully it was a netflix rental and not a purchase as it was AWFUL. The animation was pretty, and Eddie Izzard and John Cleese were fabulous as expected but the writing was bad, the story was stupid, several of the side characters were beyond annoying, and Jon Cusack was seriously miscast as Igor. There was an awful song about loving fat women and it ended with a group of blind orphans wandering around a community theatre stage - yes it ends with community theatre - singing the "I can see clearly now the rain is gone".

Pants pants pants

A friend lent me 3 pairs of pants as most of mine are insanely baggy and we're both to cheap to justify buying all sorts of new pants while losing weight.  By the time she's had her baby and can fit into them again I will be into a smaller size.  Add them to the one pair that I have that still fit and a pair I picked up at the thrift and I can clean out another pile of pants in my closet!

Weekly totals

In:  35

Thrifted:  30

Duvet cover with 2 matching shams

2 pillowcases for hero capes - one has space ships and planets on it, the other is fuzzy purple

Kokeshi Doll

6 planters - Death to the metal planters that I'm beyond sick of

Book for A.

Pair of jeans

2 shower curtains - lovely and 100% cotton, eventually they'll be cut up and used for the fabric

toothbrush holder

2 magazines

Mug from Starbucks in Seattle

5 books

1 towel - it has little green crocodiles on it and I'm planning on making a stuffed bird out of it

   

Fabric Store:

Bits to make play tutu for a friends little girl

Book Store and Amazon:   5

2 Books

3 Magazines

Out:  125  

Donated with a few things given to a friend

5 books

Dress - to friend

5 Shirts - to friend

Garden Sign

6 Candles

5 Candle holders

28 pieces of clothing

6 small rugs

24 vhs tapes

2 lace table runners

hunk of fabric

reusable bag

step stool

4 mugs

3 plates

4 bowls

Kitchen curtain

2 books on tape

22 christmas decorations

Tossed: 2

Manky tool box

Duster

Given to a friend's little girl:  1

Homemade fairy tutu 

Weird week - Doodz

Okay, due to all sorts of weirdness at work me and a bunch of other people got 4 days off this week.  The weather was lovely and I spent time with a friend, figured out how to make really cool play tutus for kids with the help of youtube, had lunch with Sweetie, and in general had a lovely time.  It was kinda sad when I got the call last night asking if I would be able to report back to work this morning.

While I was off my friend A. got me hooked on the TED conference videos, and one afternoon was spent enjoying the sunlight in my office with the kitty watching all sorts of cool videos.   I totally want DVD sets of all the conferences now.

Also had a chance to get my Anime groove on this week and watched all 13 episodes of Disgaea - which was cool.  I just love anime like this and Space Pirate Mito that about 2/3 of the way in have a totally off the wall plot twist with a completely bizarre ending.  It was silly and goofy and totally kid friendly - even if I'm now saying Doodz all the time, just like the Prinnys.

Sweetie is off at a very small con that one of our friends puts on every spring.  Since participation is mandatory and the events include improv it's not really high on my list of things to do.  So while he's gone I'm spending a weekend at home with the wonder pups.