Daily Show, reading, manga

I had a strong urge to watch the Daily Show yesterday, and I actually remembered to have that urge *before* 11 o'clock, but then I also remembered that the television in my room is no longer working (Interestingly, the wire's been completely severed and is now being held together by electrical tape. This allows me to see anything I want providing it's white static. The more electrical savvy of my family will doubtlessly fix it *cough*sincetheybrokeit*cough*, but it's doubtful that it will happen before, oh, June.) I was rather upset since I wanted to see how they mocked dealt with the whole pope thing, but thankfully, I remembered that not only could I download it off of bittorrent, I could also go to the Comedy central website and watch. Incidently, if you haven't seen their "This Week in God" segements, you don't know what you're missing;)

I am spending most of my time reading for pleasure, which is honestly the best way I can ever think of to spend a vacation. Screw traveling. Read Dime-store Magic, and Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong. The writing wasn't the strongest and was rather heavy handed on the exposition dumps, but characterizations were good and worked at avoiding many of the obvious cliches. Oddly enough, I'd only picked up the books since I thought they looked interesting in Britain, yet upon reaching the US (and buying them with my 10% discount here) I discovered that they were actually some books I'd overlooked since their covers were done in the same style as Laura K. Hamilton's stuff which I was trying to avoid. Interestingly, the back blurbs were completely different in the US and UK, with the US one being more accurate and more like something I wouldn't read, while the UK one actually sounded interesting, leading to my own slight disappointment discovering the American blurb was more accurate. Ah well. They were decent reads. Also finished Saiyuki 7 - it's lovely to finally be getting beyond the anime's plot - and W-Juliet which fufilled my favourite manga/anime theme of crossdressing, but was a bit, er, too girly and lovey for my usual tastes. I still think I'll read it, but only by wincing a bit at the shoujo. Other than that, I've just finished rereading Pratchett's Lords and Ladies and am now getting into The Golem's Eye.

But first, I think I'll finish off BSG. Kobol's Last Gleaming, here I come!

Daily Show, reading, manga

I had a strong urge to watch the Daily Show yesterday, and I actually remembered to have that urge *before* 11 o'clock, but then I also remembered that the television in my room is no longer working (Interestingly, the wire's been completely severed and is now being held together by electrical tape. This allows me to see anything I want providing it's white static. The more electrical savvy of my family will doubtlessly fix it *cough*sincetheybrokeit*cough*, but it's doubtful that it will happen before, oh, June.) I was rather upset since I wanted to see how they mocked dealt with the whole pope thing, but thankfully, I remembered that not only could I download it off of bittorrent, I could also go to the Comedy central website and watch. Incidently, if you haven't seen their "This Week in God" segements, you don't know what you're missing;)

I am spending most of my time reading for pleasure, which is honestly the best way I can ever think of to spend a vacation. Screw traveling. Read Dime-store Magic, and Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong. The writing wasn't the strongest and was rather heavy handed on the exposition dumps, but characterizations were good and worked at avoiding many of the obvious cliches. Oddly enough, I'd only picked up the books since I thought they looked interesting in Britain, yet upon reaching the US (and buying them with my 10% discount here) I discovered that they were actually some books I'd overlooked since their covers were done in the same style as Laura K. Hamilton's stuff which I was trying to avoid. Interestingly, the back blurbs were completely different in the US and UK, with the US one being more accurate and more like something I wouldn't read, while the UK one actually sounded interesting, leading to my own slight disappointment discovering the American blurb was more accurate. Ah well. They were decent reads. Also finished Saiyuki 7 - it's lovely to finally be getting beyond the anime's plot - and W-Juliet which fufilled my favourite manga/anime theme of crossdressing, but was a bit, er, too girly and lovey for my usual tastes. I still think I'll read it, but only by wincing a bit at the shoujo. Other than that, I've just finished rereading Pratchett's Lords and Ladies and am now getting into The Golem's Eye.

But first, I think I'll finish off BSG. Kobol's Last Gleaming, here I come!