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1) Cell Phone Power Cord found when attempting to find screwdriver. (now where's my screwdriver?)

2) Yesterday was day of complete narcoleptism. I slept at 1am, woke up at 5am, slept at 7am, woke up at 1:30pm, slept at 4:30pm, woke at 11:30pm... slept at 5am. I'm sensing a pattern here: Day 1- back pain. Day 2- SLEEP, Day 3- period? So far no period, but it might mean that I've been ovulating regardless. Today was pretty narcoleptic, too. (re: just woke up again after writing an email and checking LJ)

3) Yesterday was Day of Reading Terry Pratchett. (Yay gifties from

philena!) Yes, I finally read Guards! Guards! and Men at Arms. Fun reading. The devious man doesn't have chapter breaks, which makes stopping difficult and restarting even harder as you'd have to find the original place. I must admit that the twist in the middle of Men at Arms was unexpected and stumped me for a good 50 pages. And the commoner language is very impressive. And Carrot's charisma is quite nicely handled. However, I did not like Vimes for the latter 100 pages or so of that book, too many roughly handled mood shifts. And no of course Terry doesn't have any sort of political viewpoint about monarchism *at all*. Of course not.
There are generally 3 types of re-readability:
One, that of re-reading the entire book a few years from now
Two, that of flipping through and re-reading favorite bits now and then
Three, that of opening the book to find a specific moment when referenced in conversation, etc.
For JinYong books, I do all three, and I enjoy it every time. For Neil Gurgle, I don't do much re-reading for his novels, but quite a bit of flipping-through for Sandman, and I think one day I'd like to read it front-to-back once more. I think it is similar with Pratchett, wherein the lack of chapter structure makes it hard to flip through, but there's a few nice quotes in there that I may want to reference some time. Not certain about the whole-book re-readability, though. I'm usually too impatient. :X. LotR is definitely flip-through-"best-of" type of re-reading. Hmm... Harry Potter, on the other hand, is definitely "sit-back-and-enjoy" type of rereading, and also select referencing, like "how many knuts to a sickle?"

4) Today is designated Day of Applying to Grad School. (so far, wrote a 700-word thing of "what my experiences will bring to the 2007 class", in which I compare myself to curry for 2 short paragraphs, and an email pleading for recommendations.)

5) Dinner time! I shall have rice! The first time in a few weeks!

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your life is interesting

Yay, you found the power cord!
8 days till you come back, w00t

I'm glad you liked Guards!Guards! and Men at Arms. Vimes becomes more likable, I think, as time wears on.

Terry Pratchett actually insisted on rewriting his first published novel (The Carpet People) because it was written when he was young and still enthusiastic about things like monarchy. Some day I would like to read the original and compare.

Neil Gurgle?

'tis how I think of Neil Gaiman. He once mentioned that his signature looked like Neil Gurgle.

I want to know if Carrot and Angua stay together... cause I like cute fluffy couples. At least for perhaps 1 book. What's the book I should read?

I think Vimes becomes a Character as he is used more often.

The next book is Feet of Clay, another good one. Followed by Jingo, and then.. the Fifth Elephant, maybe? I forget. Carrot and Angua... no, wait spoilers are bad. But they are an item at the beginning of the enxt book. I can say that much without spoiling anything.

Incidentally, my paper comparing Buddhism to curry is what won me an A from Shaughnessy. Curry is powerful stuff.

okies, Feet of Clay it is! Whaddaya mean, spoilers are bad? Fess up, now! (I find that knowing spoilers actually makes me want to read a book more....)

Yay for curry. I thought of you when I made that reference. It started out as a cooking reference, but I decided that something that extended cannot be properly expressed in 700 characters. (That still annoys me. Word count, I can deal with, but character count? :/)

btw, tell me your cheesy desires by tomorrow noon, else 'tis all parmesan from here on out!

Yes, Angua and Carrot stay together (at least up until this point), although there are ominous presentiments about their future. That barely counts as a spoiler, no? And I think the it is the fifth elephant after jingo, followed by night watch and Thud!. (BTW, the fact that the discworld books get continually better as Pratchett flogs them out is one of the distinct small miracles of life.)

The Fifth Elephant and Jingo were not as good as Men at Arms or Feet of Clay, I think. However, Nightwatch was fantastic. Thud was not so great. They don't get consistently better; they just don't get worse. BUt yes, that is till a miracle.

To each their etc.

I'm not sure about Jingo, which I think I've read a few times too many, for a while at least. But I really liked the Fifth Elephant

Yay, you found them! I hadn't gotten the chance to present (hehe) before I left, and I'm glad you sniffed them out and liked them.