amatyultare

(above quote is from this delicious bit of sporking.)

•My car has died. Really, really died. As in, getting it to start might require a Ouija board. What happened? Don’t ask me. I was driving to work Monday when I noticed there was smoke coming out of the hood (!!!) so I turned around and came back. Eric and I poked around at the engine, etc, and Eric told me to turn it on so we could figure out the source of the smoke. I did, it turned on...and quietly died. And wouldn’t turn on again.

So for my last few days of work, I am driving Erica’s car. This is a less-than ideal solution, though, as the suspension is not in great shape. Good thing I had given my two weeks’ notice at Microdyne, eh?

•Speaking of Microdyne--last two days, yeah! My manager still has not chosen a replacement. I have basically given up. Starting Friday, the day after I leave, work will STOP on the contract because NO ONE WILL BE DOING IT. Wonder how long it will take them to notice.

Also, we are up to 200+ unanswered customer emails. Good times. *headdesk*

•I’ve been thinking about it on and off this weekend, and I am steadily more apathetic about Twilight-rantage. Let me just say three things, to get them off my chest. (If any of my readers wish me to elaborate on my points or give examples, I of course shall.)

Edward Cullen is not ‘the perfect guy’: he is creepy, manipulative, and bipolar. And a stalker. (Seriously, find the leaked chapters of ‘Midnight Sun’ and read them, they are scaaaary.

Bella Swan is passive-aggressive, codependent, and has a martyr complex.

Stephanie Meyer cannot (or, perhaps, simply ‘does not) use the English language properly, let alone eloquently. I think one review (from Sweden!) perfectly sums up the stylistic aspect of SMeyer’s work using the immortal phrase “violent adjective-mongering”

Also, I highly recommend you check out

xlormp for a truly delicious parody: The Most Popular Book In The Whole World. No, seriously, read it:

There were three thoughts I was thinking,
that I was absolutely positive were accurate thoughts:

One, Xlormp was a space alien.

Two, there was part of him, and probably it was
all of him, that wanted to blow up my planet.

And three, I was really, really hungry for quesadillas.

One more thing, and I swear I’ll stop. There is a Twilight drinking game! This clearly needs to be adapted for the movie once it’s released.

•On the topic of books, was I the only person who didn’t know there was a new Tamora Pierce book out? Is Terrier the latest Tamora Pierce book? My library is pretty good about getting her stuff, so I figured it was, but it was published almost two years ago.....anyway, I really like Terrier and I support the romance even though it is SO DOOMED. Also, the earlier-and-darker Corus is quite intriguing.

And now....a little Agatha Christie before bed? I think so.