Look, there are some things that should not just sneak up on you like that

[drakyndra]

Oh, argh. Surprise Daylight Savings went and screwed up me good today, and that was on top of finding out in the middle of the night that my phone battery had died, and my phone didn't even have the decency to do that obnoxious beeping to remind me to recharge it. Which meant I missed several calls from my mother informing me she was in Melbourne and wanted me to come out for dinner with her and The Sister.

Yeah, that was kind of annoying.

On the plus side, the other day the HouseMatt came home utterly smashed, and proceeded to provide fa11ing_away and me with much entertainment. And lulz. Lots and lots of lulz.

Amongst other things, we ended up quoting large chunks of Romeo and Juliet at each other. Don't ask me why, since as far as I am aware the HouseMatt was the only one who'd been drinking.

And so ends my mid-semester break. *sigh*

In fannish news, I really hope the translators are quick with this weeks FMA, because there is flailing about it on my flist, and judging from the screencaps I've seen, I really want to see it. (And then there's rumours the next episode is going to include some anime-only Hohenheim flashbacks, and, well, it's Hoho!flashbacks. How could I possibly resist?)

And I am totally open to discussions of Unseen Academicals, since I am finished (and looking at discworld, so have some others). I quite liked it, though that is a given seeing as it's a Discworld book. It doesn't top Night Watch or several others of my absolute favourites, but I'll have to reread before I decide about where it fits on my personal ratings

Comments

[neadods.livejournal.com]

My first impression of a book is rarely the lasting one. I didn't think much of Thud or Fifth Elephant at first, but they've both grown on me. And there's an audio vs book thing going on too - I loved the witches as books to the point that I can't really bear to have anyone read them to me because they get it "wrong," while I'm loving the life of Vimes in audio, listening to all but Guards Guards a couple times a year.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

There are some books that I love on first read, and some that take a bit more time to get through to me. The fact that I read this one literally in the middle of the night - and there was an interruption part way through by drunk housemate and absurdity probably didn't help. Though Romeo and Juliet was rather fitting given certain things in the book.

I don't listen to the Pratchett audios, so that isn't an issue for me.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I've gotten to the point where I'm quite soothed by the sound of Stephen Briggs' voice. He does well with the audios.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I just have problems with listening to people just reading for long periods. I start to tune out fairly quickly.