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Dear Clo,

Quit buying more books until you've read all the ones you have. You need the money more, you have plenty to read (The Count of Monte Cristo awaits in all it's insanely-long glory as a last resort) and it really shouldn't matter that you just found Kelly Link's latest book of short stories on Amazon. It really shouldn't.

...Yes, even though it's Kelly Link. Back away from the confirm button, just close the page-

Okay, so it's too late on that count. But stop now. Really. Stop.

Love and bowing-in-the-middle concern,

Your already-overburdened bookshelves.

~

I really didn't need to buy that book. Crap. I probably need to start listing all the things I can bear to part with on Marketplace this weekend.

And there is no relation between post and icon, I just loved the picture that damn much. Much to my parents' dismay, I don't appear to have "grown out" of the WWE quite yet.

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Today, on a total whim, I went to Lancaster to see Twilight. I started out thinking maybe I'd see something Oscar-nominated like ...Benjamin Button but Twilight's down to just the weekend showings now and I figured I might not get to see it cinema-ised if I didn't go now. Besides, how can I mock with authority if I haven't seen it?

I really enjoyed it. More in hindsight, because while actually watching it I kept going "WTF?!! No one talks like that!" but I keep thinking back and giggling because Edward Cullen is essentially a giant dork who can kill you while Bella wasn't nearly as much of a snot as she was in the book and Charlie was adorable.

Several things annoyed me though. Repeatedly. ( Read more... )

Oddly enough, although I didn't find...fine I'll fucking Google it ROBERT PATTINSON all that attractive most of the time (his hair was too hilariously distracting and his makeup too hilariously pale but the dorky humour moments were sweet), I did find myself thinking of Julian from LJ Smith's The Forbidden Game. I guess there are similarities but I totally wouldn't have pegged RP as my mental Julian (oh for them to make that a movie... *wistful*). Also Jenny gets way more points in the awesome stakes than Bella. Actually now I;m drawing parallels with Labyrinth... is there a trend these days that heroines once would've told the good-looking demons/vampires/bad guys where to stuff their undying love but now we're getting the "Oh I will love your undead ass forever!"?

Odd thought. I think I'll contemplate my book/DVD collection later.


Anyway, after Twilight I ambled around Lancaster to pick up everything I needed, like a collar & nametag for Casper so when he inevitably gets lost when we let him wander, whoever finds him can call us to give him back *touch wood*. When looking for a collar I tried a shop that I avoided like the plague for three years of university. It sells things for pets, like beds and dog leads etc. but... well, it has a giant stuffed horse in the window and I wasn't really expecting much, except I could see they had collars and leads hanging up so I thought I'd give it a shot.

On asking for cat collars I was presented with a whole basket of choice, in an entire rainbow of colours complete with rhinestones, holographic silver patterns and frilly edges. In the entire basket there wasn't one collar that Casper wouldn't have suffocated me in my sleep for making him wear and they were £10 each. I've never backtracked out of a shop so fast in my life.

I eventually got him a pretty, stretchy, safety-clasped red one from an actual pet shop. He is of course entirely ungrateful for it and spent all of Demons attempting to scratch off the bell and, when that failed, walking over my laptop keyboard as payback. Don't let anyone tell you cats are not evil.

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It's decidedly odd being back in Lancaster though, especially on my own because it just doesn't feel like I'll be coming back to Ulverston instead of my room on campus. However, I think I mentioned before how beautiful the train ride to Lancaster from here is and this morning, with thick frost and the sun rising (it was half eight. I know, on a Saturday; don't die of shock) it was... gorgeous.

So gorgeous in fact that I tried to take pictures despite only having my terrible cameraphone and the train windows being dirt-encrusted. Then it was so pretty that I got carried away and ( there're quite a few )

At Grange-over-Sands station there's tall, arched windows that look out over beach and sea and mountains. It looks like a mural painted on, something out of Narnia. My picture didn't come out and you really have to see it to believe just how incredibly weird it looks. I'll have to stop one nice day and take a proper photo because really... how many train stations overlook beach and sea and mountains? Crazy.

However, after a really fun and pretty day I ruined the benefit of all the walking I did by caving to the lure of a Mint Choc cupcake from The Yummy Cupcake Company. So much for being good. *woes* I bought it from the market stall but that website just told me there's a shop now! That's top of my visiting list for the next Lancaster trip then. (Ooooohhhhhh... check out the flickr gallery. o_O)

ALl in all, a good - if uh, bad calorie-wise - day. Yay! And wow, this got kinda long. x_x Sorry y'all.