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I made a mistake last night by thinking I could just read a little bit, before going to sleep. Ended up finishing the book and when I actually went to bed it was almost seven in the morning... oops. But at least I'm reading books again. That's good, sort of.

So, of course I only got up at three pm today and now I'm not tired, even though I have a lecture tomorrow at nine. >_>

Also the Toews/Kane fic is now 8,600 words long and I have no idea how to actually make them get together. Well without resorting to sudden love confessions... This is annoying because I would rather work on my other fic, but right now I feel like I need to finish this first. Mostly because I know this could be done in about 2000-3000 words if I could just figure out what I want to happen instead of getting distracted and starting to sprout random facts about the verse they live in.

The new Teen Wold episode was great and I will enjoy the increased screen time for Stiles as long as it's going to last. Hopefully the writers won't screw him up too badly.

There was this article on PPP (the leafs blog thing) about how much Tyler Bozak sucks. And okay, he's not the best center out there etc etc, but he's played really well this season and actually had a positive effect on Kessels numbers, not to mention that they kept pointing out how badly Bozie plays without Kessel, although the minute amount was super small and I don't think they should draw conclusions about that (and doesn't Bozie get PK time? Which Phil doesn't. I'm not sure about this though, but if it's true wouldn't that explain some of it?) Anyway, I have way too many feelings about Bozak and it's getting out of hand... Did not sign up for this!

So the game was kind of weird, I had trouble paying attention to it for some reason... But the Wild won, so all's well that ends well. :D

Then I went on a shopping spree and ordered Patrick O'Brian novels from the Bookdepository. They were under 5€ a piece, so I had to get them: The Post Captain, The Mauritius Command, Desolation Island and The Surgeons Mate.

I'm missing some books, like the first one, third one and the sixth one, but I figure I can get those later and I did find all of them as audiobooks and I'm already listening to the first one. I just really want the actual books, because I can't really follow all the sailing terminology from the reading and it also get's a bit boring sometimes, so it's much easier to skip when you're reading it for yourself.

I really want a new e-reader too, because I can't fix my kobo and I need one. =( I think I might have to wait until closer to Christmas though and then order it and tell my mom it counts as a present.

Last night when I was going to bed I made the mistake of taking a book with me. To be fair, I didn't think it would be so good that I would have to read the whole thing through, but I did. Luckily it was a short book, so I was able to finally fall asleep around four (seriously 176 pages!!! That is so short! And it had pretty big print too). Even more lucky I didn't have lectures today. Anyway I got one of those Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books on sale from the bookstore yesterday and that's the one I read. I was really surprised how much I liked it, but then again I really liked the early Southern Vampire Mysteries (True Blood) books too. Also it worked really well on its own, even though it was like the 19th book, but it wasn't like I couldn't follow what was going on.

There was a lot of het sex/sexuality in it too and it took me a while to get used to that after reading so much slash for the past 7 years. I mean usually in the 'real' books I read there isn't any sex 'on screen', especially because I read a lot of fantasy. I had no idea what the books were actually about before I read it, but I was also impressed with the polyamorous relationship Anita had with all her men, brownie points for that. I also got the impression that she's at least a bit bisexual? (she didn't flirt or sleep with a woman though, so I'm not sure) and some of her boyfriends might be too? Anyway, I'm going to read some more of these.

I even found some of them for free e-books, but my Kobo is frozen and I can't reset it or fix it, so that makes me sad. Especially because it's not like the thing was that cheap and I only had it for about a year. :(

Oh and first French class went well. The teacher was super nice. I'm actually looking forward to going to the lesions and maybe I will even learn a bit of French. :) I wish our language teachers had been this nice when I was in middle school/high school, I might have actually learned some swedish/german back then.

Tomorrow I'm going to arilyn9's place and to tracon. Whee~

I'm still not sure if this is all too good to be true, but right now things are great. The Wild have a four game win streak going, whee~
Also I found out that Mikko Koivu is going to be a dad. That came out of the blue as I didn't even know he had a girlfriend. Guy sure likes to keep his private life private.

Oh and the Ducks beat the Blackhawks! I was ready to give up on the game during the third period, but I should have known better. The Ducks don't just give up. :D Also Selänne got his 670th goal. Six hundred and seventy! It boggles the mind.


Have I mentioned yet how the NHL websites are hilariously bad and they love puns. A lot... :D



( wild stuff )

And look I have some non hockey things to post as well, it's a miracle!

( a few photos )

1) Finding a story that looks promising and seems well liked, reading it for a bit and just leaving it because it's not the kind of thing you like. This is the weirdest one because I don't get it myself... Like there is nothing obvious wrong about these fics, they have good grammar and the sentences make sense (unlike some of the things I write) but something in the style just rubs me the wrong way.

2) People not using capital letters in the beginnings of sentences and with proper nouns. Seriously why is this a thing? I have seen this in fics that have been betaed, so it must be a conscious choice by the writer. So annoying.

3) Fics where the pov jumps around from one sentence to the next, or between paragraphs. This is a deal breaker for me, I just can't keep reading.

>_>

In other news... =D I'm going to go visit arilyn9 for a few days. That's always fun. If I manage to get to the train station in time, that is... I haven't used the bus from my new apartment before this and I have no idea which ones still run on Sundays. Oops. ^_^;

I have been reading actual books again! \0/ It's pretty sad how rarely I do anymore... Fandom and fanfic in particular have really ruined my reading habits.

Well anyway, I've had the Song of Ice and Fire boxset for about a year(?) but I never really started reading them, because by then I had been kind of spoiled by the TV show and fandom in general. Everyone kept saying how everyone dies and I don't really like that. (also the first few episodes I watched didn't really convince me it would be worth my while. [too much random female nakedness and fucking for my taste] I'm looking forwards to rewatching it and seeing if I change my mind)

But finally I got over myself and read the first book (finished it on Tuesday) and I really liked it. I'm now about one third through the third book (a Storm of Swords) and yeah I'm going to finish all of them...

When I first saw the first book in my local library I just passed by it (this was in the early 2000) and for some reason I never read them. (I think because at some point someone said they were like the rivals for the Wheel of Time series and that one is my baby) So it took the HBO series to come out for me to get my ass into gear. (I don't want to see it before I've read the books. I like being that annoying brat who points out how much better the books were... Well except for the Lord of the Rings. I was really surprised when I started reading the first book by how much younger everyone is compared to the show)

I think it really shows what a great writer GRRM is that I keep reading these, as most of the characters are highly problematic, or just flawed. (and not in fandom approved ways where you woobiefie them and think they'd be fixed by a hug) Even the characters you think are okay and who you root for keep making these really stupid mistakes and make me go 'NOOOOOO! You idiot, stop! You should listen to X who is telling you you are making a mistake!' Or "NOOOOO! Don't trust X, they will stab you in the back!!!!' and they never listen. *le sigh*

But I think I'm rather let down by the body count to be honest... Only one (main pov) character has died. I'm hoping that will change, because a lot of the people in this world should kick the bucket imo.

It's also kind of annoying that I keep thinking that this series is called a Game of Thrones when it's not! /0\ But a Song of Ice and Fire is so long and hard to type *whine*

Also this kind of boggles the mind:

If you are curious, here some samples. The numbers are approximate and should omit indexes, appendices and stuff not directly belonging to the text itself.
Discrepancies are often due to the fact that Microsoft Word consider “it’s” like one word, instead my data is measured considering it as “it is”, so two words. This can usually add a +5-10k compared to “official” wordcounts.

A Song of Ice And Fire - George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones: 298k
A Clash of kings: 326k
A Storm of Swords: 424k
A Feast for Crows: 300k
A Dance with Dragons: 422k
Total: 1M 770k
≈ 1,770,000.

But found in a forum post (http://fantasy-faction.com/forum...
A Song of Ice And Fire - George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones: 284k
A Clash of kings: 326k
A Storm of Swords: 404k
A Feast for Crows: 300k
Total: 1M 314k
≈ 1,314,000 + 422,000 (ADwD from loopingworld) ≈ 1,736,000.

I have already read more than 600,000 words...

Took this from tumblr, so not mine but fire_head's


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And now I've killed some time. I'll see The Avengers in an hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \0/

My dog is an adorable moron. I'm still here at mom's and I had to bring the rats (of course) but they are hidden away at this alcove thing I have in my room, because Luna is way too interested in my rodent friends and would most likely terrify them to death if they saw her... but anyway, she can still hear them rustling in their cage and it's kind of driving her bonkers. She just keeps watch in front of the doors most of the time (if she's not distracted away) poor animals. ^_^;

Then for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to read this insanely epic length Glee fic where Quinn and Finn swap bodies and Quinn falls for Rachel because she needs to pretend to be her boyfriend and Finn is just adorable as a girl and and... It's a wip and already almost 300,000 words. I'm clearly insane, because I don't even like Glee.

Mom is going shopping tomorrow for sales and promised to buy me new socks. My life, so exciting. (although I do really need new socks quite badly)

It's kind of cool to know I just had my last class for this semester. I still have a few essays to write and a few more exams to take but no more classes for me.

I went to visit arilyn9  last Thursday and came back home yesterday so that was a fun trip. It's always great to talk about fandom stuff with someone. We went to see the little red riding hood movie and it definitely was better than Twilight (except for the directors continuing love for fake flowers). I really liked how the werewolf looked but I would have liked to know more about the lore, like could the werewolf control his change? and it seemed like the wolf was still completely sentient and aware even when in wolf form. ...just in general there should have been more wolf stuff. =)

We also watched The Game of Thrones episode and I have to say I didn't like it much. I guess I like my fantasy a bit less gritty and definitely with less incest. I mean it's pretty realistic to show the women and pretty powerless and not really bad ass but still, I like my fantasy where the women can do stuff too and not just simper in the background (or get rapes and sold off as happens in the Game of Thrones) I think it's a good thing I started reading the Wheel of Time instead of the Song of Ice and Fire when I was a teenager.

arilyn9  also taught me how to use tumblr, so do you want me to follow you on it? If so drop your username in a comment. ^_^

I should start packing and go home for the weekend. I haven't been there for a while so it should be nice. I have kind of missed my doggy. I wonder if we still have snow there, almost all of it has melted here and all of it was gone where arilyn9 lives.

*Gulp* I just realised that I only have 11 days to finish my bbb fic... ^_^; Let's hope I can kick my ass into gear and actually write the damn thing, after all I have already spent so much time on it and it would be a real shame not to get to post it.