Mini State-of-Me + Booklog

*pants* Hi! I'm sorry I've been so absent. I actually had a really nice birthday weekend—and thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes!—but other than the short period I was able to lose myself in pretty new dresses and yummy Italian food, I have been stressing out pretty much constantly. As things stand right now: I have three days left at Bad!Job, which BossMan seems to have taken to mean he's obligated to dump as much work on me as possible; CR and I have a new apartment almost locked in, but getting it is going to of course mean a ton of work packing and moving and repainting the old place, the last of which I really kind of resent; and on the New!Job front, well...I've applied for several, and there are two I really, really want. One's with TOKYOPOP, the manga company. It's a copy editing job, so I would be copy editing manga for a living. How awesome is that? Amazingly, not quite as awesome as the travel writer job at Student Traveler Magazine. International travel required! I can't think of anything I'd rather do.

But of course I haven't heard anything yet. *whimpers* Wish me luck, okay?

So now, Booklog, because the routine of posting it is pretty much the only thing keeping me posting at all.

Week 11: 12-18 March 2007

( 59. Abandonment — Kate Atkinson )

It's really clever and interesting, and if you can find it anywhere, I really recommend it. Don't be scared off by the cover.

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( 60. Ball Four — Jim Bouton )

I adored this book, and it made me want to adore baseball like I used to. And it made an encouraging argument in favor of being outspoken, too. It really is more than just a sports book.

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( 61. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman — P.D. James )

With only a moderately interesting mystery backed by a main character who remains pretty blank, there's just nothing all that memorable here.

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( 62. Survive the Savage Sea — Dougal Robertson )

if you're interested at all in survival stories or like scaring yourself with tales of sharks nipping at people's ankles, this book is incredibly gripping.

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( 63. 21 — Patrick O'Brian )

I love Jack and Stephen. They are among the all-time greatest fictional characters for me. 20 books, or 20-almost-21, can never be enough. I guess I'll just have to start over at the beginning and read the series again.

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( 64. The Masqueraders — Georgette Heyer )

it really was a blast to read. I look forward to getting my hands on more Heyer in the future (I already have These Old Shades checked out from the library).

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( 65. Fruits Basket (Vol. 1) — Natsuki Takaya )

I have the next two volumes also, and hopefully, after I read them, I shall be able to come up with some more interesting and deeper things to say. *crosses fingers*

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( 66. You're an Animal, Viskovitz! — Alessandro Boffa )

It's a really terrific, creative book, and in the wrong hands could, I imagine, lead to a whole new round of "John and Rodney are turned into WHAT?" fic. ;-)

Total Books: 66

And...that's a lot of reading. I am tired now. Too bad I have to get back to work. Three more days! THREE MORE DAYS.

IMPORTANT ETA: Several people were asking me about this, but now, thanks to the amazing and generous siriaeve, wychwood's and my story/art/music mix, Bootleg: The Best of the Puddlejumpers is back up! Yay!

So...

...if you could ask Jason Segel anything, what would it be?

*tricks flist into doing her job for her*

(Although, okay, this is really not my fault. This interview was assigned to someone else, then cancelled, then assigned again to someone else, then moved forward to after when I was going to be gone...and suddenly it's mine, first thing tomorrow morning. I don't need this added stress!)