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First, a happy birthday to liabrown and izzat!!

Secondly, even though I don't celebrate New Years, I hope all of you have a happy one.

No comics today, even if they were delivered nothing was interesting. This has been a year that's killed most of my interest.

Work was okay.

And, getting it just under the wire, my final book foo of 2008.

Finished: Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman (reread)
Started: To be announced. Haven't decided yet. Will probably be a reread, though.

Thoughts on FP behind the cut. Spoilery a bit in terms of feelings and tone, but not really in terms of plot elements (except basic back-of-the-book type description). Short version: Pretty good on a mixed read, but starts better than it ends up, and YMMV a lot.
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And to close up, here is my 2008 Reading List! Cut for your sanity (includes some links to the full text of the books, made available online by the authors)! These are listed more or less in order of reading (any two books next to each other may or may not have been read in the proper order, but with rare exceptions any book on the list was read earlier than a book two numbers down. Not that anybody cares).

1. The Paradox of the Sets, by Brian Stableford
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59. Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman (reread)

Wow, 59 books. And I wasn't even really trying for the '50 books in a year', and pretty much (with the exception of a few books read online) just reading while walking, at work waiting for it to start, or in the laundry room. Not bad if I do say so myself. Interestingly, I didn't realize that I discovered Karl Schroeder and read through most of the Culture books all in this year. Also read a lot of books involving, in one way or another, the concept of the Singularity.

Haven't done one of these in a while.

I'm hungry.

Dream Foo: Possibly the weirdest dream ever. ( Read more... )

Meh, I want to RP again, but I'm still too damn picky.

Commercials annoying me recently: What the commercial is vs what impression I get from it! - ( Read more... )

New TV season starts soon. So far the only new show I've seen and kinda dug was Jericho (downloaded the first episode). Still have hopes for Heroes, but haven't seen the first ep yet (I know it's available, I just haven't gotten around to it). And of course returning shows are love.

Oh, and remember the convention? Turns out I was right. According to another browncoat (who actually saw me but didn't know who I was or that they knew me from online), Christina Hendricks (Saffron) showed up on Saturday, pretty well right at the exact time I was leaving the convention. If t'weren't for bad luck, sometimes I think I'd have none at all. ;)

Book Foo:
Finished: Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card
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Started and Finished: Shadow of the Hegemon, by Orson Scott Card
Again, thoughts and quote (and again, very low on spoilers).
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Started: Swan Songs, the Complete Hooded Swan Collection by Brian Stableford (Wednesdays)
Will be starting: Shadow Puppets, by Orson Scott Card (Fridays and Sundays)

Ha-ha, today I found $20! Of course, it was _my_ $20, but it was $20 I thought I must have lost somewhere, perhaps in the laundry. Turned out it had somehow got on the floor near my hamper.
That makes me feel better.

Working on a WIDW for Runaways after BKV leaves, based on a thread on the BKV forums (put some initial thoughts there, these'd be a little more detailed).

Haven't really written much, writing-wise, this week. Well, anything (aside from my alternaljournal). Still been good about not napping if I don't write first, at least, but I was getting into a decent rhythm (wtf is up with that word, it never looks right) going. Oh well, maybe I'll officially declare this week a vacation in honor of labour day holiday and get back in to the rhythm.