I know they’re a total rip-off and a blatent attempt by Lucasfilm to extract even more money from fans, but I don’t care. I’ve finally got my copies of the theatrical release versions of episodes IV-VI. I’m a happy cat.
Guess what I’ll be spending the rest of the weekend doing?
A couple of weeks ago, Lyttletonwitch, who is New Zealand’s most active Bookcrosser (she’s registered an amazing 3,682 books, and released 2,785 of them!), offered me a couple of bags of random books that she was clearing out of her garage (she gets a lot of her books for free – they’re normally ones that…
Had a decent aftershock early this morning – a very noisy 5.3 that rumbled away for ages in that disconcerting way that makes you wonder if it’s going to build up into a really big one. It didn’t, but still not a good way to be woken up at 3am! The really annoying thing is…
One of Ming’s many oddities is an obsession about paper lying on the floor. If there’s a piece of paper on the floor he’ll sit there and paw at it trying to see what’s underneath it, and if he can’t manage to lift it up it usually ends up shredded. The other night I left…
Only the usual suspects at last night’s meetup – we did think we were going to have a new member along, but she didn’t turn up 🙁 Still, as always it was an enjoyable evening. Not many books swapped (something to do with having seen each other on Friday and Sunday…), but lots of chat…
I’ve been feeling (understandably) pretty flat for the past week, and have been having a lot of trouble motivating myself to do anything (other than play solitaire or stare mindlessly at the TV). So after a self-indulgently lazy day yesterday failed to improve my mood at all, I decided it was time to force myself…
I’ve had a busy few days (and am now paying for it with a nasty head-cold). On Thursday lytteltonwitch and I went to see Dramasoc‘s production of The Tempest, starring ORNOT as Prospero (he was very good, as usual (though I think he had a cold), and for a change most of the rest of…