Like I need another obsession.

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I just finished reading Twilight.  It took me a grand total of 2 days.  And I just ordered the next one from Kinokuniya.  I don't know if there is a way to check instore stock or which stores have it on that website and I didn't really feel like hunting.  Plus they let you pay C.O.D. (for a 200 yen charge) instead of furikomi or credit card so I said what the hell.  And its only 1600-something.  I don't know when it will arrive but I should make sure I have cash in the house for it.  :D  Then I can pass it on to Andrew when I'm done with it.  Or maybe regift it for Christmas.  There are a total of 4 books in the series and a draft of the fifth got leaked on the internet so she decided not to publish it (yet).  If the next one (or three) are as addictive as this one... I almost feel ripped off when I pay 20$ for a book and am done it in 2-3 days.  Luckily I borrowed the first for free.  I really wonder if its just going to be three more books of "Change me!  I love you!"  "No, I won't!  But we'll be together forever!".  But no sex.  Because the author is mormon.  I think her intended audience are "young adults" so definitely no sex.  Poo.  We'll see how New Moon pans out.

My computer is being stupidly slow and I don't know why.  I even restarted it today.  I guess I need to do a spyware scan and clean up the registry.  It's starting to piss me off.

Keigo's mom wants to end our lessons. :(  My last lesson with him will be on December 17th.  I can't believe it's been over a year!  She said she wants him to concentrate more on his cram school and I guess English isn't that much of a priority.  I understand that.  I was starting to get the feeling like... he was bored?  He wasn't very into it this week.  And I'm not a real teacher.  I don't know what I should be teaching him or even how.  So it's probably for the best.  I will miss him though.  And the extra 200~250$ a month.  I just hope he keeps reading and can hold on to his English until he gets to middle school (not that school in Japan actually teaches kids anything) and that he keeps an interest in it enough to become fluent.  It was a great job.

Now that I've finished the book... what else do I have to do?  Write my own!  lol  I've been itching to write another chapter of Equilibrium.  But just haven't got the energy.  It feels like I've done a shitton of writing recently.  I'm definitely excited to see the feedback I get from je_ficgames and je_holiday.  :D

Comments

[genki-grandma.livejournal.com]

I liked Twilight, too. The next few books aren't quite as good but it was an intriguing series. I thought the lack of explicit sex was more than compensated for by the intense sexual tension. It sure motivated me to turn the next page and the next and the next... I actually like your writing better than Stephanie Meyers because you have such a gift for detail and setting. I always feel like I've been someplace else after I read things you've written. And I'm definitely excited to READ what you've been writing for je_ficgames and je_holiday!

[maiaide.livejournal.com]

My friend told me he was reading this vampire romance (and he never reads) and lent it to me when he was done with it. Coincidently, I got an email from my friend in Canada saying she'd just read the same book and said it was nice to lust after the main character. I started reading it and was really wondering about the writing... there were a few places I had to stop and go back and reread but it got better about 1/4 of the way thru. At work I checked out her website and did some background reading (I didn't even know it was made into a movie!) and even the author said she thought the start was the weakest. I guess better than the ending and leave the reader disappointed. But I was thinking, "Man, my stuff is way better than this!" Which gives me hope that maybe I could publish one day....

[iaoiua.livejournal.com]

Should I spoil?

There's a baby in the mix — and you know something has to happen for a baby to drop by d:

[maiaide.livejournal.com]

Vampire offspring! Alright! I did some reading on the next books (BAD!) and know that Jacob Black (the werewolf! which I wasn't surprised about... had that one coming) is in the mix somehow. Excitement!~ It's a relief to know I can get the books here... even if I have to pay for them. Oh well. It makes me happy that Andrew read it first.

[iaoiua.livejournal.com]

Yeah. He and the baby — and I won't say more.

Well, like it or not, it's an international phenom.

[maiaide.livejournal.com]

I suppose it is. Although I don't think the big wave has crashed onto Japan's shores yet.

[frazzled-niya.livejournal.com]

Was it a good read. I know a LOT of people have bagged the book and the movie. Still curious to see the movie though XD;

=( no more lessons?...Bummer dude. If he gets a big corporate job in the future english can and most likely will be a HUGE asset to him.