I saw Up today. It was good, but I also thought it was very sad.

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...and I forgot until just *this* moment that running the AC with all my windows open is stupid. /headdesk

I forgot until just this moment that I have AC in my apartment. /facepalm

And people wonder why I don't cook more...

Taxes got done and filed in plenty of time yesterday. My dad's ex-partners did my return for me this year, for which I'm very grateful. Between two separate jobs and what my dad left me, it was a lot more complicated than past years. I was very surprised that I'll be getting a refund and not having to pay more through the nose.

"A perfect face,
a perfect place,
a perfect world
for the end of Kara Thrace."
-Samuel Anders

That quote keeps coming back to me, for some reason. Can't seem to keep the brainstorming train on track long enough to see where it's trying to lead me, though.

The raid on Borders was successful. I have gained 25xp and the following loot:

• Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman (I've been reading a lot of Gaiman recently)
• Old Man's War, John Scalzi (an older recommendation from wolf_of_mibu)
• Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum (I had to know how the book plays compared to the movie)
• The Book of Jhereg, Steven Brust (first three books of ( Read more... )

I'm now entirely out of new things to read. This is entirely unacceptable, and shall be rectified on the morrow.

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