Serendipity

Did you survive the Second Great LiveJournal Blackout?

I come bearing bad news from Gollanz's sales department who emailled me back:

Dear Customer,

I'm afraid that this book has been postponed until May 2010.

However, we do have a new title from Scott Lynch coming in July 2009
titled 'The Republic of Thieves'.

*sadfaces*

Still have man flu.

...reading
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Honestly, I don't know what to do to make the rest of my flist (other than circe_tigana, who's already converted) read Scott Lynch's books. I love them terribly much.

...playing
LittleBIGPlanet
still. I've just beaten the boss of the Noooo York level and won a plane. I also want to figure how to make a pimp daddy bouncy lowrider.



I'm currently sporting a schoolgirl outfit and deelyboppers. (With wellies) I'm still looking stylin'

and a LOLCat to finish:


ETA: It appears that the Shoebox project has been hacked.

ZOMG! We had an earthquake. I realise that us Brits are going to be soundly mocked by people who live in more earthquake prone areas ("5.3? I do farts that measure on the Richter scale higher than that" etc etc) but for us it's all rather exciting and a bit surreal.

About half twelve last night Bilbo woke me up. He was stalking up and down at the bottom of the bed all fluffy and angry. About five to one he huddled down behind me knees and started doing this horrible growling interspersed with spits and hisses. Then the earthquake hit. Because we were much further away it didn't feel like the Dudley quake. It was like a lorry thundered through the house making everything rattle and vibrate before dying away.

As soon as it was past us Bilbo stopped growling, curled up and went to sleep. He's obviously a little ginger earthquake detector.

( cut for a bit of chat on the quake )

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My new batches of glass came in the post yesterday and I was all looking forward to experimenting with them but then idiot me left them at work. Gah. So I'll be experimenting with them tonight instead.

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In other news I'm currently reading the second Locke Lamora book Red Seas under Red Skies. I called the first book a cross between Casanova and Ocean's Eleven, but this second book is even more so as they are actually trying to rip off a casino. Only this time crossed with Pirates of the Caribbean as where I'm currently reading Locke and Jean are training to be pirates. Yarr. I'm really, really enjoying it.

In the movie of the books in my head Locke is currently played by David Tennant (because he's slim, pretty and also slightly funny looking) and Jean by Matt Damon (Maaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttt Daaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmooooonnnnnnn) (because he's handy with the old fighting and would be able to do the actiony stuff with ease). (And yes I do realise that David Tennant is about 10 years older than Locke is in the book) I'm still working my way through casting the other characters. Those of you who've read the book already: got any suggestions?