Lizz the Word Worm
13 July 2008 @ 09:31 am
omfg! comics! superheroes! cats shagging dogs! it’s chaos!  
01. So far this summer at OfficeMax, I've been averaging about 18-20 hours per week. (Hey, it's better than nothing?) This week? Sunday through Thursday? 37.25 hours. Apparently people are going on vacation and it's the start of our BTS sales. Geeminee Christmas.

02. I just finished Children of the Mind. *sigh* Hooray for Orson Scott Card. I think I'm going to read Dune by Frank Herbert before I read Ender's Shadow. Heh, this is the Summer of Sci-Fi for me.

03. I'm going with Ste and BJ to see "The Dark Knight" at midnight. WOOT. No, it doesn't matter that I haven't seen a Batman movie before.

04. FRAKKING HELL. CHRISTOPHER MOORE IS GOING TO BE AT COMIC-CON. I'm gonna go sulk in the corner.
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Mood: getting ready for work
 
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Lizz the Word Worm
10 July 2008 @ 10:00 am
this is the time in the videos...  
"What if I promise to like you no matter what?"

"You can't make a promise like that."

"Okay, if I wake up to find you strangling me or smothering me, then I'll stop liking you."

"What about drowning?"

"No, I can't open my eyes under water, so I'd never know it was you."


-Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card (page 150)
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Mood: amused
 
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Lizz the Word Worm
05 July 2008 @ 02:37 pm
1953 - first base for building  
Ste and BJ bought me The Ultimate Lego Book from Goodwill today. Best $1 buy ever.

[By 1998, over 2.3 billion minifigures had been made. Also, the Lego Group makes more tires than any other company in the world. And the first Space set came out in 1979. Okay, I'll stop now.]
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Mood: enthralled
 
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Lizz the Word Worm
04 July 2008 @ 05:59 pm
we had a sewing-machine experience  
"Boa tarde, Tia Valentina," said Olhado.

Grego didn't even look up.

"Am I interrupting?"

"Just in time," said Olhado. "We're on the verge of reconceptualizing the universe. We've discovered the illuminating principle that wishing makes it so and all living creatures pop out of nowhere whenever they're needed."

-Xenocide by Orson Scott Card (page 489)

Olhado is totally my favorite of the Ribeira von Hesse children. :)
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Lizz the Word Worm
22 June 2008 @ 10:14 pm
"maybe we are like harun and tanvir"  
From Michelle and Indy:
1. Take a picture of your bag
2. Now dump everything out and neatly adjust them, and take a picture (no matter how embarrassing)
3. Talk about the items inside. Detail

( I don't carry around much. )


P.S. After I finished my reread of Ender's Game the other day it occurred to me that I should really read the rest of the series. I'm reading Speaker For The Dead right now (and totally loving it) and I think Olhado is really neat. (But this is my first time reading the rest of the series, so no spoilers please.)

P.P.S. Speaking of the Ender series: Peter Wiggin for Hegemon '08, LOL.
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Mood: hot
Music: "i will possess your heart" - death cab for cutie
 
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Lizz the Word Worm
22 June 2008 @ 01:22 pm
"i think you need a few more books"  
I finished my card catalog!

Every book I own has a card and every card is in alphabetical order. Woot.

I just counted the cards: I have 333 books.
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Mood: accomplished
 
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Lizz the Word Worm
17 June 2008 @ 07:35 pm
in case you didn't know...  
I [really, truly, absolutely] love Ender's Game.
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Mood: satisfied
 
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Lizz the Word Worm
29 May 2008 @ 06:01 pm
i'm gonna kick joss's ass  
01. Guess who is now the proud owner of a complete hardcover set of A Series of Unfortunate Events. *DANCE OF JOY* Good gosh, I can't tell you how long I've been looking for The Reptile Room in hardback. But I have them all now! Wheee!

02. Joss and Eliza talking about Dollhouse. Everytime I type "Eliza" I actually spell out "Elizabeth" and then go back and delete the last four letters. It's habit, I can't stop.

03. Another Why I Love Fox video with a bunch of people (not like the TJ one).

David: Don't you like working at Fox because you get to kiss David Boreanaz?
Emily: Not really.

(Speaking of Emily and David, an interview with them at the Upfronts. They are so CUTE.)

04. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST.
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Mood: impatient
 
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Lizz the Word Worm
27 May 2008 @ 02:52 pm
jeremy thinks it might have stealth capabilities  
01. Went to Borders and picked up My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton today. When I was going through my books I realized I didn't have either of those and that's just. Not. Acceptable. (I did find my SIGNED copy of On The Far Side of the Mountain though. ♥)

02. I finished the list for the first fully packed box: 112 books. Now I need to start on Box #2.

03. Why TJ Thyne Loves Fox. It's actually kinda funny. He's so TWITCHY, I love it.

04. I finally got around to listening to the final [;_;] Official Lost Podcast of the season. ( I already miss D&C. )

05. Mom and I watched the pilot of "Sports Night" over lunch today and we've decided that we want outtakes from Jeremy's insane speech on the gag reel. Please?
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Mood: geeky
Music: "the ice is getting thinner" - death cab for cutie
 
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Lizz the Word Worm
26 May 2008 @ 10:45 pm
that box is gonna be damn heavy  
Because it's taking me a while, it's super fun, and I'm ridiculously proud of this card catalog project I've got going, I come bearing photos.

( On the off chance I'm not as nerdy as I think and someone else is interested. )

I don't have a hard number on how many books are packed away yet (once I finish typing that damn list...) and I haven't even started on the books that are still on my shelves. THIS IS SO MUCH FUN.
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Mood: nerdy
 
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