Random Dionysian Fandom Chick

Insert vague-rambly-type update here:

first, the car: Has been given to the body-shop people, who state that, if the part comes in on time, car should be done by sometime wednesday. Which means that that's the earliest I can take it over to Randal to get him to look at the emergency flashers/battery drain issue. So I should get home no *earlier* than Thursday, but I have no real idea how accurate that is. :( I miss my Brian. Especially since I'm rereading all the "Death" novels, which of course brings me to point 2...

"... in Death" by JD Robb is crack. Not to be read while having major anxiety issues, as there is all sorts of heavy psychological shit for both the main characters and involved in the homicides Eve investigates, but otherwise lovely lovely lovely stuff. This is my second time through most of these novels, and the first time I've read the middle chunk of them altogether rather than spaced about 6 months apart like when they came out. She publishes about 2 a year (with the occasional bonus novella in an anthology every 3 or 4 years) and even though there are over 20 books in the series (yep, they've been out since the mid-nineties) the books have spanned just over 2 years "book-time". Maybe close to three. But it's a completely different take and makes more sense in terms of character development to get it all crammed together like that, because it's much closer to what it's like for Eve and Roarke and the gang. And I want to make soundtracks for this, because of point 3...

fandomsounds, fanmix, and fst. (Also dhr_soundtrack). They're lj comms that do fandom soundtracks. Lots of Lost, HP, and such, as well as some manga/anime. But well worth checking out, and I can't wait to get home to my CD/Music collection so I can play. ::Pouts::

Finally? New cross-stitch project, cause I can't afford new projects and here I have access to all my mom's fabric, thread, and books, so I get a "kit" for free. I can't seem to find an online photo, so I can't show it off for now. It's the Endangered Young'uns "Golden Lion Tamarins" though.