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So last night, my roommate discovered mold growing all over the walls of her bedroom, and this morning we noticed that the wall of our kitchen that adjoins the bathroom (as her bedroom does) is bubbling and puckering. Obviously, we have a leak of some kind—gosh, I wonder if that could be connected to the hole in the bathroom ceiling we told the landlord about in December, which he just patched over without investigating the cause? So now we have to wait two days for anyone to fix it, and the job may be so extensive that we won't have anywhere to live while they repair. Oh, and also, this afternoon our neighbors got into a violent altercation and we had to call the cops on them. Happy Valentine's Day, us!

So here's some distraction booklog. SIGH.

( 1. Candide — Voltaire )

it would be nice if cravats came back. Cravats are hot.

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( 2. The Valley of Fear — Arthur Conan Doyle )

Doyle’s Holmes and Watson are like pizza and sex for George Carlin—even when they’re bad, they’re pretty good.

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( 3. The Liars’ Club — Mary Karr )

it’s not something I can examine or read with any pleasure.

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( 4. The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man — Daniel Stashower )

after Jude Law’s impeccable Watson from the new movie, I am feeling a tad spoiled.

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( 5. The Impostor’s Daughter — Laurie Sandell )

I never have to think about this stuff when I’m reading about fighting crime or blowing up spaceships.

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( 6. Sum — David Eagleman )

I guess happiness, or even hopefulness, aren’t intellectually stimulating enough.

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( 7. Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded — John Scalzi )

I think Scalzi’s scathing sense of humor—which I enjoy—may be better taken in small doses than absorbed all at once like this.

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( 8. The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity — Mike Carey )

one of the most electrifying graphic novels I've read in a long time.

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( 9. The Unnamed — Joshua Ferris )

“I will be wary of what Ferris does next.”

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( 10. The Checklist Manifesto — Atul Gawande )

I love how Gawande makes you think about systems, communication, and simple ways in which the world can be made better.

Total Reviews: 10/35

Crack Fic! L Is For the Way You Look at Me

All right, so I ate a piece of pie (pecan, for the record) and decided to cheer myself up by writing some crackfic. Hence:

Title: L Is For the Way You Look at Me
Rating: G
Genre: Crack! Starring Castiel, Dean, Sam, Crowley, Lucifer, two police officers, and a pigeon.
Spoilers: Through 5x14
Length: ~900 words
Summary: Castiel comes up with a new plan to defeat Lucifer. The pigeon is incidental.
Note: I L-O-V-E my betas, aesc and siriaeve!

( L Is For the Way You Look at Me )