Hullo Intranets! Lots of things happened in the three weeks since I last checked in (obviously)! In an effort to not bore you with the details, I'll cut every topic so that you can pick and choose from the tl;dr at your leisure!

( 1. I got fired! )

( 2. We had family visiting! )
( 3. I almost had a boyfriend! )

In summary, my real life these past few weeks has been made of failure, and I took it the way I always take it, which is by escaping from it by acquiring a new fandom. Which brings me to points 4 and 5. Please be warned that from here on out, there be SPOILERS.

( 4. I watched Doctor Who! )
( 5. I watched Torchwood! )
( 6. I read Victory of Eagles! )
( 7. I watched the Avatar finale! )
( 8. I watched Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog! )

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. MY LIFE, THIS JULY. Also, I managed to see Get Smart and Iron Man twice, missed The Dark Knight's opening week and instead saw the UNBELIEVABLY BAD MAMMA MIA. DON'T SEE THIS MOVIE UNLESS YOU ARE SOME SORT OF MASOCHIST. ACTUALLY, I THINK I HAVE TO GIVE THIS ANOTHER CUT JUST TO ADEQUATELY EXPRESS HOW HORRIBLE THIS MOVIE IS.

( 9. I watched (and hated!) Mamma Mia! )

So anyway, if you have learned anything from this epic post, it is that you should avoid the majority of Mamma Mia! at all possible costs. And that I am most certainly not dead. Now I am going to go help get ready for my mother's annual birthday party/family reunion/picnic in the park which is taking place tomorrow. The theme this year is "Sunday In The Park With George" which we have cheerfully corrupted into parasols, polka dots, and picnic food. What can I say, it makes my mother happy.

BUT ESPECIALLY TO NAOMI NOVIK. WAHHHH, THE LAST 50 PAGES OF THIS BOOK. OH LORD. I KEEP BURSTING INTO DRY SOBS.

LAURENCE LAURENCE LAURENCE LAURENCE LAURENCE LAAAAUUURREEEENCCCCCE. TT^TT

DAMN IT. WHEN IS THE PREVIEW CHAPTER COMING? I CANNOT EVEN CONTEMPLATE HOW LONG IT WILL BE UNTIL THE NEXT BOOK COMES OUT.

So I woke up late today and basically threw on clothes as I ran out the door. A cursory glance to make sure I wasn't wearing anything horribly wrinkled was the only thought I gave to my choice of clothing today.

After class, I spent the day lounging around reading Empire of Ivory. BTW, there was about a two week period during the first part of the book when they thought Temeraire was going to die. You'd think that would be the perfect time to reaffirm Laurence and Temeraire's relationship--you know, force them to stop taking each other for granted in an intense way. Except it WAS TOTALLY GLOSSED OVER. NAOMI NOVIK, EPIC FAIL. I think this series is sort of like a bad relationship that I just can't seem to let go of because I remember how heart-wrenchingly wonderful it was in the beginning.

Then my roommate flies by telling me she's going with floor people to see Across The Universe again (we went and saw it together the day it came out). I love the movie, so of course I drop the book (UGH UGH UGH) and go with.

On the subway, one of the two floormates says to me, "Are you wearing that shirt on purpose?"

Long pause. I look down and see that I am, in fact, wearing this t-shirt.

"Actually, no. But now I love it about a thousand times more than I did three seconds ago."