Yesterday may have sucked...

BUT TODAY TOTALLY KICKED ASS!

First up, the Rangers won, baby! They're going to the World Series for the first time EVER and it's going to be awesome because they're going to win! And then there will be a riot.

Second, I got my Kindle today and it's become my favorite possession. I've had so much fun with it. Pretty soon I won't go anywhere without it. ;P

And the final reason this day kicked ass... I won the Second-Hand Saturday giveaway on Reading Teen! What! I knew they'd love that story! And I chose the Immortal Beloved ARC because I really loved that book and want to own a copy of it.

AH! Best. Day. EVER!

Now I have to pick a giveaway winner of my own on Whatchyareadin?. Later!

I want to cry

Ugh. Tonight was crap. Work was super busy, so I was running around a lot. And then I had a giveaway itch, so I entered a crazy amount of giveaways and didn't get anything read. I'm supposed to review Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton on Saturday. ...I don't see that happening. And, AND!, I have WAY too many books to read. I honestly never thought I'd complain about that. But my TBR bookshelf is completely full (and starting to bend in the middle from the weight), and it's spilling onto my desk and inside my car. And then I go and enter all these giveaways? What's wrong with me?

I think I have a problem.

In better news, I might be going to a Sci-Fi convention with my mom on Saturday. William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorin, Christopher Lloyd, Brent Spiner, and Tom Felton will be there signing things! I really hope we can go and I can meet Tom Felton. I have a 'he's too young for me but I don't care because he has a British accent and is super cute' crush on him. My mom wants to get all the Star Trek cast members. So... there's that.

Oh! And I get my Kindle tomorrow! Yay!!!! I'm super excited about it! I'll be able to read galleys on it, which will be great since I get too distracted reading online. The interwebs are not a good place for a person who likes shiny things (see: blog's profile pic).

I started writing RG again, which was really nice. I've been too busy this week to do anything with it, but I have high hopes I'll finish the whole thing by the end of the year. What a relief that will be.

As of right now I'm reading: Angelfire (see above), The Passage by Justin Cronin, and Nevermore by Kelly Creagh.

Up next: Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Rage by Jackie Morse Kessler, and Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink, plus several manga volumes!

Now that *that's* over...

I finished The Iron Daughter tonight. It's like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I don't know why I didn't catch on to Meghan's immaturity during The Iron King. I guess I was too enthralled with finding out about the world Julie Kagawa created. But it was very apparent in Iron Daughter. That and when did Ash and Meghan fall in love with each other? When they were fighting for their lives against the Iron fey? I'm sorry to break it to y'all, but that's an adrenaline rush. Not. Love. *headdesk* And of course there was a "love triangle". *glare* I'm so sick of love triangles that I refuse to read anymore books that have them until such a time that I can stomach them again.

On to happier news, I received my giveaway win on Saturday! I now have so many books on my 'TBR' shelf that my Star Wars action figures have been momentarily relocated to the 'Books To Be Given Away/Resold' shelf. ...you read that right.

Last night I was talked into (i.e. guilted into) playing Halo Reach with the boyfriend. I've previously stated to him on several occasions that I do not like Xbox's controller and I certainly don't like playing Halo. I still stand by that statement after over an hour playing Halo Reach. Give me a Sony game station any day over Xbox. I'll even take a Nintendo game station.

That's all I've got. Until next time... mwah.

I won a book!

That's my big news of the week. I won a copy of Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Kowel from Cecelia Bedelia, who is now my best friend even though she doesn't know it yet. (Not in a stalkerish way, I swear.) I just genuinely love people who give me free books. I enter about ten giveaways a week, it seems, but I never expect to win one.

Also, I finally finished The Angel Experiment by James Patterson. It's the first of the Maximum Ride series. It was.. alright. Definitely intended for children, though. I'm not going to read the rest of the books since I have far too many others waiting on my bookshelf.

I've been working on something new. A short story from the Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance kind of inspired me to do something a little different. I don't know if it'll go anywhere, but when the mood strikes to write, I have to go with it. Otherwise I might lose it altogether and then the lynch mob of RG readers will find me. *grimace* (I'm working on it, I promise! ...don't hurt me.)

Until next time, stay classy blog readers.

Oh, Hai

I'd completely forgotten about this blog... man, this makes me wonder about other blogs I might have floating around the interwebs.

Anyway, update on life. I'm back on tweeter. I'm also reading quite a lot. You can find my ratings and the occasional review on my Goodreads profile. I'm also involved in a YA/Adult review site aptly named WhatchYAreadin?

So, that's me. What's going on with you?

Blog Rec

If you want to laugh over how the 'other side' lives, i.e., your husband, boyfriend or significant other, while you're indulging in all the Twilight stuff out there, definitely check out this blog.

Twilight Widowers Anonymous

It's hilarious! And I pimped it out on the podcast, which should have a new episode up sometime tonight.

It's Funny

I love getting the emails or PMs asking me when I'm going to update because it's funny. I feel like I'm writing all the time. True, it may not be what they're following at the moment, but I do write a lot.

A lot, a lot.

The boyfriend sat me down the other day as a sort of intervention because he felt I was spending too much time on the computer.

I didn't know how to answer him because to me, it seems like I'm always trying to catch up. Between the podcast, writing two multi-chaptered fics, the online community stuff, and keeping in touch with the friends I've made online, I AM online most of the day. Plus I listen to tons of music and watch whatever movies or television shows I've downloaded inbetween the times I'm not online. So I see where he's coming from. From his viewpoint, I'm just online. From mine, I'm clearly doing different things and never really getting anything done.

Eh.

I don't know what to cut down on, though. I thought about it all day yesterday. I love writing. Now that I've started, I find it hard to stop. Plot ideas rattle around in my head all day long. Lines I want Edward or Bella to say pop up at random times and I'll find myself hunting for a piece of paper in my car while driving so I can scribble it down before I forget it. I love doing the podcast. I love talking to Caitlin, Danielle, and Claire about this thing that has become such a big part of my life. And I love talking to/stalking the women I've met online.

But I am going to cut down... around him. That might mean I'll have to skip a podcast episode recording here or there, or be a little later on my updating, but so be it. Because I love John (that's the boyfriend, btw) and I'll push aside what makes me happy a little bit to make him happier.

It's all about compromise, right? Finding that balance. (Hah! I knew I could use it at least once in this post.) -serious time again- So if that upsets some people or makes them go into a frenzy... whatev. He's more important to me.

God, when did I get so freakin' sappy?

I'm going to write something dirty now for a friend's birthday... Later.

April?? WTH?

When did April sneak up and kick me in the ass? Not cool, April. Our friendship is over. No more enjoying your showers or looking for Easter eggs for us. We're done. You're supposed to at least let your 'friends' know when you're coming, not just show up and crash the party. Did you lose my cell number or something?

Besides my anger at April, life is... eh. Work, boyfriend, reading, podcast, occasionally writing, trying to find a balance between all that and keeping up with my friends - the list can go, but I'll stop there.

I finished Chapter 16 of 'I've Been Looking For You'. Now I'm just waiting for vjgm to validate it so I can post it over on FFn. Also working on Chapter 12 of 'Resident Geek' and outlining my Twilight Gift Exchange story so I can start working on that in between my other stuff. (Dear lord, why do I agree to more?)

We recorded episode 12 for the podcast this past Saturday, and it should be out soon. I'm really excited about this week's subject cuz we're FINALLY talking about slash! (One of my favorite subjects. Hah!)

The boyfriend's camping, starting tonight. I'm going to have three blissful nights to myself! (You'd understand that excitement if you lived with someone and you value your personal space every once in a while.) I'm hoping those nights will be spent writing and catching up with everything I need to do.

Here's to hoping!