Ugh...

DHL delivered the box for Eloisa today. Time to start figuring out where I'm going to back everything up. This frightens me more than I can say. What if I miss something? My pictures directory alone is 5 gigs. I'm just going to have to boot up X2 in target disk mode and praypraypray that she doesn't decide to do the non-booty thing afterwards, though I'm pretty sure that problem was an artifact of the stupid Mac data transfer program, since I've used TDM several time since with no drama.

Ugh.

Book Review: The Falls

I'm way behind on my book reviews - finished 2 books recently and haven't said anything about them! (Oh, the horror!)

While we were on vacation in Maine, I read Joyce Carol Oates' The Falls, which was a gift* from my dad, largely on the basis of the geography.
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Anyway. I definitely will read some more Oates, but it'll be either when I'm in a really happy place or in a really depressed and wallowing-in-it place.

*My family has this thing where rather than just passing books on after we've read them, we wait for gift-giving occasions and wrap up the pre-read books to give. Of course, Mom also reads newly-purchased gift books BEFORE she gifts them. So, y'know...

Book Reviews: Anansi Boys

I know I may get strung up for saying this, but I have not been universally impressed by Neil Gaiman's straight-up fiction. I adored Good Omens, but that's clearly not going to be a good example of Gaiman fiction. I more than adored Neverwhere, but I wasn't thrilled by Stardust. I picked up Anansi Boys over the holidays and finished it a couple of weeks ago.
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See, this is why I should jot down my thoughts about books sooner after finishing them. Right now I'm in the middle of Charlie Wilson's War, which is a fantastic spy novel and then you realize that it's TRUE!

Movie Reviews: Dead Man's Chest

On the off chance that somebody hasn't seen it yet...
( Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest )

And if Pirates III does not feature Keith Richards falling out of a coconut tree, I will be SORELY disappointed.

halle-freaking-lujah

X^2 still boots independently after I used target disk mode to back up Eloisa. Now to de-auth E from iTMS and let her cool down before I put her in the box that Apple sent me today.

*kisses laptop*

Safe travels, friend.