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Just went to check my email and was puzzled to see an "your Amazon order has dispatched!" title because I hadn't ordered or preordered anything due for dispatch. Except reading on revealed that it was for the Hunger Games sequel. Which wasn't listed for release until SEPTEMBER 7TH. My expected delivery date was September 14th.

Amazon I love you. So so so much. No doubt it'll arrive on Tuesday when I'm stuck working the coffee shop (whole 'nother whinefest there which you'll probably get tomorrow or Sunday) until 1pm but dude, still. I AM RIDICULOUSLY EXCITED.

This makes up a little for the fact that I have cramps and want a shower but I stopped to watch Paul McDermott on David & Kim (already <3'd his Converse on Twitter; however, I really have no love for your morning tv hosts Aussies. You need the BCC, stat. I mean... talking about her nits? Eeeewwwwwwwwwwwww. Thankfully Paul seemed equally weirded out by it, so it's not just my Britishness kicking in) and while I oogled Paul McDermott's Converse-wearing, my father stole the bathroom. Even though they have an ensuite. If they aren't going to use the damn thing then I may as well have had their room and then I wouldn't have to tiptoe up an extra flight of stairs to avoid waking them every night. Faaaaaaail!

Early book dispatches and Mr McDermott do make up for a lot though. <3


edt: This would've been so much easier than trying to make my own Cool Wall on my pinboard at uni. I would of course not use the preprinted magnets and instead would be printing out MYRIAD people, things and TV shows to fill it with. I kind of want to make a sticky Cool Wall LJ post now which I can update every so often. Hm. What would my standard of Cool be though? Considering I don't really buy in to Jeremy's former Kristen Scott Thomas reaction method.

Today I redesigned my IJ and walked to the post office to post a letter for the 'rentals. This is all I have done. Apart from have odd dreams all last night, which didn't really require much effort on my part.

I would feel lazy, except it's the first time in a couple of months that I've really had a few days off together in which I can do nothing. Tomorrow I'm meeting all the Waterstone's people for a 'goodbye temps' meal (and a chance to catch up on the gossip from this week, which I've been missing), so it's not like a totally wasted week. And I'm working next week! This is well-deserved downtime. (Sh. It works as an excuse.)

In the meantime, I've decided that watching Farscape is the order of the week and I'm four episodes into the first series. Long way to go yet but I'd forgotten how much I love it. It's so awesome. *hearts* How does everyone in the world not see the awesome of this show?

Speaking of awesome shows, something may be of interest to people with more money than me right now (but not much! Go amazon and their prices lately); Amazon have the complete DVD collection of Buffy for £71. It's kind of shockingly excellent and I wish I could afford even that... but my Rough Guides to Australia and New Zealand came today, which reminded me that I have to be good. No more buying of DVDs unless absolutely necessary for my sanity.

Apparently you can also get refunds for any price changes for things you bought in December. My Dark Materials books have actually gone up in price, so it's no use to me but it's a nifty feature for people kicking themselves for not waiting for the sales (so many of the things I got for Christmas are insanely cheaper now. My Squall figure's gone from £18.99 to £9.99 and I'm kicking myself). Worth looking in to.

And now it's Cheeseburger Thursday, so I'm off to make myself my cheeseburger. I'm considering making it Cheeseburger Wednesday for a couple of months to coincide with the new series of Torchwood. Mmmm. It might be hard to change a tradition that's gone on this long.

DEAR AMAZON, YOU HAVE HAD FARSCAPE IN STOCK FOR TWO DAYS. DISPATCH, DISPATCH YOU BASTARDS, SO I CAN STOP OBSESSIVELY CHECKING THE BLOODY SITE. NO LOVE FOR YOUR SLOWNESS, CLO.

Why am I still awake at 3am, even though I'm tired? Battlestar Galactica is stupidly addictive and just when I thought "right, last episode on this disc and then to bed", it gives me a freaking to be continued. Involving *Starbuck*, who I loved from hearsay even before I watched the damn show. So, naturally, a cup of tea was made and sod the time, I can sleep in tomorrow.

And I'm online because I was just checking the prices of the second season. Which, thank you for your Evil Temptations play.com, is now cheap while the first season is almost a tenner more expensive than I paid for it. Combining to make me feel smug and also to contemplate spending money I don't have right now on the second season because I foolishly forgot to add it to my Christmas list.

(Shush about my behindness with seasons. I had no Sky at university and parents who wouldn't know a series link if it jumped up and bit them. I'm just happy I don't have to wait a week for the next episode after that damned cliffhanger.)

C'mon Amazon. I need a distraction from cheap BSG second season goodness. You know you want to post my Farscape. Dooooooo ittttt.

It makes me inordinately happy that the two top items on this list are both Hot Fuzz. The world is as it should be.

Dear Amazon,

NO COOKIES FOR YOU.

No love,

Clo

Thought it might be nice to catch up with some of my favourite children's books so I hopped on over to Amazon marketplace (since it's rare to find my favourite children's books in print now which is terrible -- those books were what made me read as a kid, so why can't they be kept on offer to kids now? Just because there're countless superb children's books out in the last few years, it doesn't mean the old ones should be forgotten.) After spending more money than I meant to on most of The Animals of Farthing Wood series, checked out my recent orders on a whim before closing the window -- and had, in big, emergency red letters, beside each one, "payment revision needed."

Which reminded me that I hadn't updated my debit card info since it expired a few weeks ago. Figured fine, not a problem and went to add the new card info. Only for Amazon to make me do it over and over for each order and then sometimes twice because they were "working on revising a problem". Ten minutes later, it finally looks fine but now I'm paranoid there'll be all kinds of problems.

However, kind people providing me with Robin Hood have made my day one of shiny. Not even the galeforce winds outside (we're on the side of the country catching the 70-80mph gusts and I'm genuinely waiting for my window to blow in or the roof to fall off) can dampen the awesome that is people giving me stuff I missed *the morning after*. I love people sometimes.

Only, the question now is... do I watch it now? or do I save it to watch over dinner tonight?

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Mmmmm.