things that you can’t say tomorrow day

[chrryblssmninja]

My old old keys-broken computer died (my fault- ask if you want the embarrassing long story), so I'm slowly transitioning to the computer my brother is handing down to me. My work files have copies online or on flash drive, but we're going to see if data retrieval isn't too expensive because that's much easier. From now on I'm using Dropbox or a similar online system for storing (non-confidential) files.

I've kept up with a few online networks here and there, but I didn't keep up with LJ flist and rarely checked Tumblr, so if there is anything you want me to see, let me know.

Things I have done in the past few weeks?

- wrote one short story
- wrote this review of Hannibal for YAM-Mag.
- finished reading several books
- watched all of Orphan Black season one in a day
- bought the Pizza Dog issue of Hawkeye as well as the all-female cast X-men issues 1 and 2.
- used my Cal Alumni Association privileges to start borrowing from the UC Davis library
- went to the Dave and Busters in Roseville. I ate so many doughnut holes but they were so good. Played the stand-up Fruit Ninja game the most.
- lol my mom just watched all three seasons of GoT and it was interesting to watch her reactions.

Also, one day I was late for the bus, so I walked to work. I heard the train coming, and when I ran to the train tracks, the traffic beams were already down to block the cars. I managed to run across the tracks and was a block away when the train finally crossed.

Comments

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

I point-read it aloud to my brother with sound effects.

[icequeen3101.livejournal.com]

Orphan Black is soooo good! :D

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

There were times when I accidentally thought, "Wow, they look like sisters." and then of course - they're played by the same person! but I like how each clone is an individual.

[icequeen3101.livejournal.com]

Haha, I know, they're all so different. It's creepy

[malinowy.livejournal.com]

Read anything good? As if I need more books on my to-read list, but still.

And gah, I should totally backup stuff on Dropbox too. While I have an external HD I am not sure I trust it enough.

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

I'd say the book I'd recommend most is The Fall of the Stone City (Darka e gabuar), by Ismail Kadare. I don't know if you'll like it, though. It's the story of a town in Albania throughout WWII and later dictatorship, surrounding the storylines and rumors surrounding two doctors with the same name. It's very dark and approaches magical realism at points, but also has some social humor.

There's also Dagger of the Mind, by Kenneth Fearing, which takes a drawing-room type murder mystery at an artists' colony and injects it with noirish sensibility along with some humor in parodies of certain types of artists. The ending freaked me out.

[malinowy.livejournal.com]

The Fall of the Stone City sounds intriguing. Anything to do with 20th century history and some magical realism sounds like something I should take a look at.