Fly like an Eagle...

Yes, now every time I hear that I automatically think: Postal Service. Especially today! I just got back from the post office.

mmmontserrat, clare_dragonfly, and dynastic_queen, on the way are the 'homemade' presents from a post awhile back. I hope you like them, if not, please regift them to a good home! I didn't realize how very hard it is for me to let go of things I make, though I'm getting better.

gelsey, your patterns (and a little suprise - it's powdery, but not anthrax, though I'm not sure some people wouldn't call it 'hazardous' ~.^) are on the way.

lyonza, the last of your Snerffle prizes are winging their way across the Atlantic. Well, not yet. Right now I'm sure they're still in the Post Office I dropped them at, but they will soon be on the way!

So now I am free and clear, with the exception of a few drabbles and Really Bad Poems I owe revoked_soul and penchaft. But I should have sent off everything physical that I owe people. If I've forgotten something (besides, you know, that XBox I don't remember promising anyone...) please let me know.

Also, I'm really trying hard not to break down and buy a new stove. The one we have is still sort of working, and I don't need more debt, but... but... I waaaaaaaaannnnnttt one! :/ The washer and dryer will be paid off this month! Can't I use that as an excuse? ;)

So it makes me a bad person. Maybe

My f-list is flooded by reports of Heath Ledger's death. My first reaction was "who?" Then upon reading a bit of a linked story, "oh, him!" As in, I remember '10 things I hate about you' and 'A Knight's Tale' and... I've already forgotten, one of the others I've seen (not 'Brokeback Mountain', still haven't seen that one). My final reaction was, "hmph."

Honestly, I care very little about celebrities or celebrity news. I know not who is sleeping/married to/having babies with who. I'm probably lucky if I can correctly guess 'alive or dead' in most cases (okay, for now I know this one). And only once in awhile, if they're really famous and I've seen them in lots of things, can I correctly name who played a part (though there are some I still get mixed up). And in some cases ("Shut up, Leonardo, you weren't even nominated") only through a joke or tangential story.

So it sucks you're dead, Heath. It also sucks that today (in the US alone) almost 1,900 people died of heart disease, 1,500 people died of cancer, 300 people died in accidents (mostly wrecks), and 12 people - in my age group alone - were murdered. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. And I bet very few of them get more than one or two lines in the news, if that.

All men created equal? Well, you certainly don't die equally.

Me? I'm more concerned with my crappy, intermittent internet service, so pardon me if I'm grouchy. It's been a rather rough day.

Also: no duckies yet. :( *le sigh*

In other news...

I went through and counted my 'to be read - fiction' pile. I can't remember if my goal was to reduce it by 50% or 90%, but either way at the rate I've been checking books out of the library and buying new ones I'll never make it.



That's just the (mostly) paperback fiction that's in the bedroom. The rest of the accounting will have to wait until February when we get the new bookshelves and unpack the hardbacks and non-fiction.

Current count: 168
Read this year: 2
Percent complete: 1.1

Whooo!