mixed bag kind of day

[cornerofmadness]

Bad - started off with slicing open my thumb trying to peel the metallic safety seal off my diabetic breakfast shake. Who knew a thumb had so much blood

good - went to Krogers and the king crab legs were on sale for 12.99$ however they rang up at their 30$ price tag. So I show them the sale sign (which they remove so they can go check on it) and they not only give me back the 17$ difference but 5$ for it ringing up wrong. bonus, crab legs AND money.

good - got all the tests graded

bad - leaned on the balcony railing with my arm and the whole damn support column broke off, cracked teh sofia and fascia and could conceivable tumble the roof and the landlord wasn't around. Must tell him tomorrow (nearly fell on my ass in the process)

bad - sugar went boom (eat right and suffer apparently)

and hey now that I've finished HP7 and I'm looking for stuff to read, how about picking some stuff from my reading list for me. I'll surely review it. so check out my reading list and find me something good to read

ETA - speaking of books and souless corporations both Avril Lavigne AND Disney have manga out there. Avril, i dont' even want to know but DISNEY, please no.

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[nowhere-winry.livejournal.com]

Avril Lavigne isn't the only rock star - what's her name, Cobain's widow, has manga, too.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

she can read??

[nowhere-winry.livejournal.com]

...apparently she can write, or at least that was the implication on the manga I saw. What IS her name. *headshake*

[chaos-by-design.livejournal.com]

Courtney Love. And from stuff she's written, I'd say she's a damn sight more intelligent than Avril.

[nowhere-winry.livejournal.com]

That's her! *laugh* I probably won't read either, actually, though I prefer Avril's music to Courtney's.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that would actually shock me, given what a drug addled tramp she used to be

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

courtney love

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[chaos-by-design.livejournal.com]

Whadya think of HP7?

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[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i liked it

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[chaos-by-design.livejournal.com]

I seem to be the only one who was enraged by it. *sigh*

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[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i think i saw one other person on my list who was but no, i actually liked it a lot

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[lyricnonsense.livejournal.com]

I wasn't enraged, though the infamous epilogue gave me fits.

Darn, I no longer have my "The Epilogue: my antisquee" icon to use. *sad*

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[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah that epilogue was....predictible

[mulzrule.livejournal.com]

Avril and Disney with manga?!!?! Someone shoot me. Actually, I know Kingdom Hearts now has manga so that might be the Disney version. They were involved in making the game after all. Still, what's the world coming too?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's the one, Kingdom Hearts

[lyricnonsense.livejournal.com]

Disney is doing some weird stuff. Last week at the grocery store I saw Disney-endorsed veggies with a cartoon Jack Sparrow on them.

Avril Lavigne's manga is appalling, and I feel the urge to rip it to pieces every time I see it. At least Courtney Love's Princess Ai is actually a collaboration between her and some Japanese manga artist? Avril's has art that looks like those Bratz dolls.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

you are brave. I wouldn't pick up that thing. I didn't know Love was colloborating on Princess Ai.

tell me about it. Disney also has a mickey mouse line of shaped seafood products

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend the Joseph Campbell book - anything by him will be good.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes that was my thought when i bought it

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

Have you read any of 'The Masks of God' by Campbell? Great stuff. I recommend them all but, in particular: 'Primitive Mythology' and 'Creative Mythology'.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i only remember power of myth. I've read many more but i'm lousy with titles so...maybe?

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Kroger should have given you those crab legs for free, cheap bastards. :)

As for your reading list, I'd choose:

Victorian Underworld
Haunted Castles of the World, or
Forgotten New York

Ghosts or history FTW!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

sounds good. I sort of started Forgotten NY. It's mostly an encylcopedia which makes it a little less exciting than i hoped