So, season 4.5 of BSG is finally coming to Yes. When are they showing it? Daily. At midnight. Excellent timing, guys.

Oh, what the hell. At least it starts next week and I will finally see it OMG. *Dies*

In other news, I finished The Bone Doll's Twin last night and I'm going to order the rest of the series in a couple of months. I have all sorts of thoughts, which I may post about later.

I was meaning to pick up the laptop yesterday evening, but the shop was closed when I got there (after leaving work early). This morning I went there and the tech said he tried to call me and couldn't catch me -- they can't retrieve my data, he needed my okay to format the disc.

There was no writing on there, the only good side effect of the block. My simming backup was far out of date, enough that I think I'll just throw in the towel and start over. It's just a game, after all. I might do a prosperity challenge with custom skins and stuff. I don't know. Anyway, I'll be picking up the computer tomorrow.

Meanwhile, I've been reading Morality for Beautiful Girls. I'm about halfway through, and I love it.

Verb Noire, still totally skeletal and waiting to coalesce. Nonetheless, I want to link to it now and follow up and where it's heading.

There is also Transcriptase, which the bio-geek in me rejoices over the name, and the lit-geek wonders why I haven't read their entire archive yet. Last night I also made a book order from Amazon to try a bunch of new stuff. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is not yet out in paperback, so it will have to wait.

I also may be writing a script for a werewolf movie. This should help me develop my plotting and pacing skills.

The new year started last night! I greeted it with brisket and coughs. Yes, I have a cold/flu/throat infection of some sort, which I've been struggling with since Thursday night. I'm trying to weather it out at my parents' house, and taking the opportunity to do some laundry for free. And eat their food.

Man, I need these days off. Too bad the DVD drive on my new laptop doesn't work, which means no music, no computer games and just general suckitude. I'll have to get to work early on Thursday so I can leave early and make it to the computer shop to try and get it fixed. I also have to call Lenovo support and get the installation discs for my OS, so I can install the Hebrew language pack. And then I have to figure out how to etch Hebrew letters onto the keyboard. I don't want to use stick-on letters, they always fade so quickly.

I'm reading Soon I will Be Invincible. Despite consensus that Doctor Impossible is the more interesting POV character, I still find myself preferring Fatale.

My new laptop is delayed. They said ten days on Friday. I'm hoping it'll be less, although I can make it through another weekend. Worse come to worst, I'll spend it watching Doctor Who marathons. When I finally have it, I can rehook my home internet and return to civilization, not to mention finally listening to the two CDs my brother got me for my birthday. No, I don't have a stereo, and I'm not buying one, either.

I finished Forest Mage yesterday, and am buying Renegade Magic soon, hopefully tomorrow. Reminiscent of the original Farseer trilogy in more ways than one.

On Thursday my brother and I watched James Cotton live. It was incredible, even though I was very tired and nearly dozed off more than once. Seriously, his band was so awesome that for a second I thought the bass-player would spontaneously combust. I will seek and post clips at my soonest convenient access.

So the last post should explain why I haven't updated, as I hate accessing my journal from work. I've been reading more, and I ripped through Shaman's Crossing like I haven't ripped through a book in ages. I stayed up late reading twice this week, despite exhaustion both times, because I couldn't put it down. I heart Nevare and I can't wait to read Forest Mage. Also, the last part is coming out in paperback in November.

I am having a belated birthday celebration tonight, and my new laptop is supposed to arrive today or tomorrow (after a two week wait) though I have a sneaking suspicion that it will be late. Other than that, all is normal.