remind me again why I look forward to getting reviews?

Public service note to reviewers:

When the writer says, IN ALL CAPITALS, in her author's note, that a story is a ONE-SHOT, you will not win bonus points by asking her to continue.

Chances are, she DOES NOT CARE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, and is not eagerly thinking of new ideas to make you happy. Instead, she is cursing you in foreign languages and wondering what she did wrong in a past life.

Yes, she's happy that you like the story enough to want more of it.

But she still thinks you're bloody stupid.

(Yes, even you down there in the corner.)

remind me again why I look forward to getting reviews?

Public service note to reviewers:

When the writer says, IN ALL CAPITALS, in her author's note, that a story is a ONE-SHOT, you will not win bonus points by asking her to continue.

Chances are, she DOES NOT CARE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, and is not eagerly thinking of new ideas to make you happy. Instead, she is cursing you in foreign languages and wondering what she did wrong in a past life.

Yes, she's happy that you like the story enough to want more of it.

But she still thinks you're bloody stupid.

(Yes, even you down there in the corner.)

furniture shopping, and Revenge of the Sith

Part the First: Furniture Shopping

Mom and I headed out to Ikea at about 10:30 this morning, and spent about an hour and a half looking at stuff -- we would have spent longer, but unlike my mother, I can be decisive when I need to, and I stopped her from looking at more things and saying "But what about..."

Of course, then we realized that we couldn't possibly fit everything into our minivan in one trip, and we also probably couldn't lift the loveseat with just two of us. So we packed up the chair, the table and chairs set, and the random cushiony type things, and drove home to enlist my dad.

And we went back, and we picked up the loveseat, which Dad and I managed, in our immense cleverness, to actually fit into the minivan with enough space left over for me to actually sit in a seat, instead of crouching in the gap between the front seats and being madly illegal.

Go us! And go me -- I have much new furniture for, I believe, under $600 total! ($200 for the sofa, $100 for the washable cover, $100 for the table and chairs set, $100 for the living room chair, $60 for its cushion/cover, and $8 for dinky little seat covers for the dining room chairs.)

I love Ikea. :-D

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Part the Second: Revenge of the Sith

I think I will cut this for spoilers, even though the movie's already been out for over a week. Aren't I nice?

( movie reactions )

To summarize: good movie, some serious flaws, could easily have been fixed if George Lucas A) could write dialogue, B) treated Padme as a real person with a real job instead of a plot device, and C) had a slightly better understanding of human behavior.

furniture shopping, and Revenge of the Sith

Part the First: Furniture Shopping

Mom and I headed out to Ikea at about 10:30 this morning, and spent about an hour and a half looking at stuff -- we would have spent longer, but unlike my mother, I can be decisive when I need to, and I stopped her from looking at more things and saying "But what about..."

Of course, then we realized that we couldn't possibly fit everything into our minivan in one trip, and we also probably couldn't lift the loveseat with just two of us. So we packed up the chair, the table and chairs set, and the random cushiony type things, and drove home to enlist my dad.

And we went back, and we picked up the loveseat, which Dad and I managed, in our immense cleverness, to actually fit into the minivan with enough space left over for me to actually sit in a seat, instead of crouching in the gap between the front seats and being madly illegal.

Go us! And go me -- I have much new furniture for, I believe, under $600 total! ($200 for the sofa, $100 for the washable cover, $100 for the table and chairs set, $100 for the living room chair, $60 for its cushion/cover, and $8 for dinky little seat covers for the dining room chairs.)

I love Ikea. :-D

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Part the Second: Revenge of the Sith

I think I will cut this for spoilers, even though the movie's already been out for over a week. Aren't I nice?

( movie reactions )

To summarize: good movie, some serious flaws, could easily have been fixed if George Lucas A) could write dialogue, B) treated Padme as a real person with a real job instead of a plot device, and C) had a slightly better understanding of human behavior.