Actually RL stuff this time! Gasp!

Test in Psych today. Thinking I maybe got in the 'B-' range, but I can't be sure yet. There was a lot I didn't remember from the presentations. Plus, the last question was kinda funky. Still, the sub was cool. (Our regular teacher was out for a doctor's appointment, I think. She was tested for cancer earlier this year, and this is... I'm not sure, actually. I think I spaced out for that. Anyway, I'm not happy that she's (potentially?) sick, but I am happy that I got to have a different teacher today.)

Had a pretty good day at work. Went out and delivered a card shuffler to an elderly lady who visits the shop. It was pretty cool. Went to see Fortinbras with the family afterwards. Cool play. Had much fun pointing out to Dad that it was a form of fan fiction. Still don't think it's possible for me to make a living off of it, unless I work off of old mythology, folklore and legends.

Managed to find a copy of Paulo Coelho's By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept at a used book store. Hard-back, and cheaper than new paperback editions are going these days, too. Copyright 1994. Exploring the feminine side of God (almost?) a decade before The DaVinci Code (and doing a better job of it, IMHO; if nothing else, the quality of the writing is better). I have deep love for this book. It has a prayer I'm very fond of. It has Catholic overtones, like pretty much all of Coelho's work (though The Fifth Mountain leans more towards Judaism), so it's not for everyone. It does acknowledge the idea of a feminine side to all religions, though, and the male lead even says that he's only following the Catholic path because he was raised Catholic.

Like many of Coelho's books (all, I think), it doesn't dwell on names. Only the main character is named in this one, in fact. I think only three are named in The Alchemist, and, while there are a bunch of names in The Fifth Mountain, most of them don't come until the end and even then are 'new' names. I'm actually very fond of the sparse naming technique; it makes the names that are given stand out more. CLAMP uses it, too, in xxxHolic. It's either very creative, or very lazy ^_^ Possibly both. I may have to look into doing that for myself sometime.

Now, I think, I have been up entirely too long, and will go to bed if not to sleep.

Yet another reason Why I Love My Brother

So, I've been watching the Naruto dub, because it's actually half-decent and because there's probably no way I'm going to get it fansubbed as I am allergic to Bittorent and a couple of other reasons that I could list but won't. Anyway, it's the Wave Country arc, which I love like a mad loving thing, so Tomas (my little brother) has had to put up with me fangirling Haku and Zabuza (mostly Haku, and being very happy that they didn't make him a girl in the dub, yay!). So today was the episode where Naruto and Sasuke finish their tree-climbing training, and where Haku meets Naruto outside the battlefield. And I'm very (vocally) excited because "this episode has lots of subtext for a pairing I really like :D" Tomas, both proving that he has not been paying very close attention to me and making me crack up, says, "Who? Sasuke and Haku?" I promptly burst out laughing and explain that no, that wasn't the pairing I was thinking of, and that it probably wouldn't be very possible anyway (while attempting to skirt spoilers).

I want to see that pairing written now, though. It would probably take massive AU or AT or something, but I want to see it done for the sake of the crack and the pretty. Someday. Somehow.