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SOCCHAN: *walks on stage* *looks left* *looks right* *looks down* *looks up* *looks forward*
SOCCHAN: ...
SOCCHAN: Well, that could've gone better.

Long story short, this week has had more ups and downs (mostly emotional) than I would like to think about ¦D Not quite as bad as a shoujo manga ~~yet~~, but still in Not-Funsville, one of the largest cities in Complicated Land. Today, I lost my car key and missed my second French class of the semester - which might not be too bad, seeing as I may not actually be signed up for it, through some sort of screw-up. Still, it's one of my favorite classes, so if I can't take it, I'll be sad. I still don't know what my grades were at the end of last semester, due partly to laziness and partly to not remembering my &^%*)) student ID number. (Password? Fine. Memorized. ID number? Outta here.) The rats are doing okay, I think, though I need to figure out what to do about the squeeky roden wheel; it's keeping me awake. Also, Arthur is an attention whore. No, really.

Thankfully, daydreaming about a "one day" manga is keeping me relatively sane. (That, and the occasional dose of CFUD.) It's going to have cross-dressing and a band and bad puns. And also trampled clichés, because I'm like that. And I'm not entirely sure what else, but someday I'll find out.

Anyway, please excuse today's brief lapse into being bitchy/complainey/mopey. I try not to do it often, even with the whole "It's your journal, you can write what you want" argument; frankly, dwelling doesn't usually help my mood much, and I'm usually bored by my own bitching. That said, my time today is running low, so anyone who could provide me with sanity savers (links, book/author recs, the works) for tomorrow? I'd be forever indebted and all that.

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What kind of book recs do you want~?

I tend to like low fantasy/sci-fi, with a side order of magic realism (as long as it's not too depressing). I can deal with high fantasy/space opera, but not usually for the length of an entire series, though if it is I'll try it as long as I don't start with the first book. Standard fiction is also okay, but it can't be too soapy. Humor is always a plus. Characters being stupid are not.

So I guess anything in that range? *wonders briefly if her standards are too high* Comic book/manga recs are also good.

I like the Ukiah Oregon series by Wen Spencer, which is modern urban SF but ackshuny. Also good is her genderbent Cinderella story, A Brother's Price.

If you can find copies of elsewhere and Nevernever, I do recommend them. Urban fantasy. Kinda rare, now.

...also, Horatio Hornbower: Midship Wizard is a cute book.

Are you reading Shonnen Daily? If you go back in the tags, there's some awesome series.

Thanks! I'll take a look around, see what I can find.

Can't say that I am; I'll take a peek.

*huggles* How's the Tanya Huff book-hunt going? Also, I am on the last page of the four-page Tentacular thing I showed you when we met. Well, without shading, which I'm kinda iffy about whether or not I want to tackle that all....

And ditto on the kind of book recs question.

*snugs back* Saw some at the library the other day, but was at a loss for which one to start with ^^a Decided to figure it out later. Oooo, tentacles ♥♥♥ And considering the number of potential places to shade provided by tentacles, I don't think I'd blame you if you skipped it ^^a

See previous response, then, I guess.