Mistress Darkness

So, today I bought a couple of books for 20 Pound, probably spend about 50 Pounds on amazon for used books and another 40 Pounds for new DVDs and such. But I think it was worth it. I had hoped for a jumble sale and to get some cool books even cheaper but times are hard and rare books that are worth something cost.

So what I got myself today was (apart from birthday presents for friends) is

Invaders from Mary by Ray Garton (the novelisation of a childhood fav)
The first three books of the Mallory Towers series (to Germans better known as Dolly)
A sci-fi Novel by Steve Perry which sounded interesting
A vampire novel(I think it is a one) called the "Light at the end"
A werewolf novel called Wolf Tracks which seemed to be a classical story
A Dark Sun novel called The Verdant Passage
And three others

I also ordered several V books, not all have arrived yet, but some are shipping in from the US.
I'm keen on Pursuit of Dianna, as it is the one I have not in German.
Today the Alien Swordmater arrived which is my favourite from the series.
I got three others and three more on the way.

Otherwise one Shadowrun Novel and one of the Battlestar Galactica Series (the most expensive purchase) but I love this one.

DVDS: Blood Ties Series, Bourne Trilogy, "won't say", Once bitten, Who framed Roger Rabbit, Airplane I and II and Primeval Series 3 (which I haven't seen yet).

I guess apart from Watchmen Director's Cut I am done ordering anything this year.

... and got myself a pizza, the event was fairly expensive as I also needed grated cheese to avoid the thing becoming an oversized cracker. However, ordering one would have been even more expensive.

I cannot wait till I am back home. I just have to try and not eat everything good I missed at once. Like a real pizza, this one was barely adequate but at least it stopped my kraving for the time being.

Otherwise I am a bit behind with my assignments, mainly the paper I have to end in at the end of this month :( But it is not something complicated to write just time consuming.

Now that I have solved my not so urgent problems, I might have time to finish it. What are my not so urgent problems? Well, I need to figure out what to do about my extra weight when I travel back in December. I still want to go to the second hand book shops and see what I can find and that will amount to tons of extra weight. Especiall considering the orders I made via amazon.co.uk so far.

I bought two Games equaling 2 ordinary DVD cases with one single DVD, the Ultimate Bourne Colleciton three ordinary DVD cases with one DVD. I got the three Sidney Sheldon books from ASDA, then there are the Austen books I brought with me (those alone weigh 1,2 kgs) and I ordered more today: 2 old movies and the Bloodties DVD set. Althoughn if they still can get it another movie. It is free of charge but of course I do have to think about the extra weight. If I take 2 kgs more with me I am over the limit and I can only store it in my hand luggage to begin with. *sighs*

But then again I also leave something things behind and if necessary even the big 1 kg towel. I guess maybe I do not need to sent a package - but if I do, then I will only if I have over 2 kgs otherwise I just pay the extra fee at ryan air and have it all with me. It is not that bad here, but I guess that I think about the day I return constantly is a sign that I am not that amazed (except maybe by the no delivery charge from amazon ;)

I've been reading a lot and ordered some books in the past days, all for the university.

One of the seminars I plan to participate in is called "Slavery in Writing". There are we reading six "books" :

"The History of Mary Prince" by Mary Prince
"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Becher Stowe
"The Sugar Wife" Elizabeth Kuti
"Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route" Saidiya Hartman
"A Harlot's Progress" by David Dabydeen

For another seminar we are reading three books I always wanted to read, and one I already owned:

"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
"1984" by George Orwell
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell

And just for myself I re-read yesterday the first Skulduggery Pleasant Novel and afterwards finally the second one. I was not disappointed, it is easy, fast and funny.

Online I'm still busy re-vamping fanlistings, creating an icon archive for all kinds of vampire and werewolf icons, as well as making buttons (slowly)

I did re-vamped the [+]Agents (Matrix Series) fanlisting with two new skins and some extras. And finally made codes for Starbuck,Stephanie Edgley and the Gotham City fanlisting.

Incidentally I almost went back on track with the Matrix fanfic, but talking to Tersha and watching Criminal Minds with her, got us an idea for another fanfic. A Criminal Minds one, oh well let's see how that will turn out. But now time for something nice to eat.