An Unexpectedly Good Start to the Week

--Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix comes out this week
--New music by the following bands: Crowded House, Interpol, Spoon, They Might Be Giants, Bad Religion, Beatallica (please, check them out, it's worth it...no, really), Buffalo Tom, Ministry, and Reel Big Fish with the BEST. TITLE. EVAR.

Oh, and I have a new schedule starting TOMORROW.

Yes, that's right. After complaining all this time (and putting in the request to change, oh, I think sometime in February or March??), I get an email from the scheduling person asking if I was still interested in the 8am-4:30pm schedule. It was all I could do not to answer back with "oh HELL YES." ;) Which means:
--no more staying past 6 because of customers/branches calling at 5:59pm
--no more having dinner at 7:30pm
--more writing time at home
--more reliable commute (I hope)
--more time to do errands if need be

Yes, I'm happy about that, why do you ask? ;)

Posty #2: Book report and a book meme

1)I FINALLY finished His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman last night. It wasn't as good as I'd hoped it would be, but in the end it wasn't that bad at all. The pacing was a bit too slow, and Pullman's habit of using full names whenever possible, even if totally unnecessary, was a bit irritating, but for the most part it wasn't bad at all. It had some pretty neat ideas and had a very well-built world (or should I say "worlds") in which the characters moved. I'm actually interested in seeing how the first book will translate onto the big screen and how they'll attempt the other 2 books as well.

2) ( a book meme snagged by ebonypearl )