Books, and what to read next (this weekend, though)

I deleted my former post, because I didn't like it!

I attempted to get to it before someone saw it, but I didn't.

TRAGIC! And like it says on my wall where I sleep, c'est la vie.

SERIOUSLY! I noticed that yesterday night when I was going to sleep. I don't remember writing it, but I'm sure I did. So that's nice to know it's just THERE to remind me of stuff. Truth.

I didn't even realize that Meg Cabot's new book was being released today. Seriously. So when I signed into Twitter, I was all '??' at all the stuff on there about it. Shhhhhhhhhhaaaaaeesh! OH well. You can tell that I'm not about to go run out and buy it...

Not just because her twitter style is impersonal, as Shelly Quade said, but her books are EXPENSIVE! Like, the adult books, brand new, even in paperback, are a ridiculous price. And I don't have that kind of spare change around. *I will empty my pockets to show you*

AND I DID. (Except not because my skirt doesn't have pockets! LIES OF THE INTERNET!!!11)

It rained a lot today. TRUTH! Not like last Friday, but still quite a bit.

I'm putting a lot of score music from Harry Potter on my ipod. But it's okay though, because it's nice to listen to when I'm reading and stuff. And what am I reading right now?

*dundundun*

NOTHING! I have to decide on what to read next. I did find Letters to Julia, though! And I was like "COOL!" because it was exciting. But to be honest, I think I misplaced it again. *sigh* I think I'll just finish reading Storm Winds or The Wind Dancer. As I think it'll be a nice thing to just GET INTO! BUT, I have to wait until the weekend, as I'm tuckered down with end-of-the-year assignments and exams. SUCKY!

At least I'm almost done!

- Possum

Twitter, how it ruined the illusion!

You know how a lot of people like Twitter? Heck, I'm one of them. I LOVE being able to read tweets and see what's a-happening with people. I mean, Maureen Johnson is an amazing tweeter (...), that talks to her fans, AND manages to remain funny at the same time. However, there are SOME famous people that are just "..." on Twitter.

Overall, I enjoy following all my favorite authors. The majority of them don't even really talk just about their books, but what's up with them, and whatever seems to be the BIG NEWS of the moment. And it's cool! Just now, I saw a tweet from Mj talking about how she's eating. I mean, whoo? It's nice to know information like that.

I like it!

So when I find out my MOST FAVORITE AUTHOR EVER WHO I SIMPLY ADORED wasn't as awesome, I was disappointed. I put too much hype on her, that she couldn't stay on that pedestal. And oh okay, I'm fine with that. But when I started to realize how much I idealized her without really THINKING about her, I got kind of angry.

I do this a lot. Once I find something, I LOVE IT. There is not much middle ground for me. (See this as a warning...?) Of course, there are some people I just like without being a near stalker, but then there are some who... They don't really fall under TRUE BLUE POSSUM STANDARDS.

And Meg Cabot was one of them.

I did a project on how I would go to Key West, Florida just to find her. I wrote into her when her blogs asked for it. I joined the forums on her website to see other Meg Cabot fans. I even joined a ning network and was upgraded to moderator because of my obvious love for her.

SURE, other authors say she's AWESOME, and she's NICE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? Yeah, she seems to LOVE her fans, but she's not really NICE NICE NICE to them. And it all kind of stems back to twitter. I don't know why, but when she tweets to her fans, I get angry.

Why?

My sister pointed this out to me. My sister was on her twitter page, and realized Cabot was "talking" to her fans. Except she wasn't even naming who they were. If you're familar to Maureen Johnson's twitter style, you realize when she answers questions from her fans, she'll put their name. Maybe it's just the crazy way MJ does business, but it's COOL.

Or maybe it's just because she's a nerdfighter that she's like that?

Because Meg Cabot? She is DEFINITELY NOT a nerdfighter.

But back to the point: Cabot does NOT do that! She'll just ANSWER THE QUESTION. Sure, the tweets are limited, but still.

And I know it's practically blasphemy to say this about Meg Cabot, queen of young adult, but seriously.

I put her too far on a chair of awesome, and she came falling down. But she'll come back on a regular level soon enough.

Or at least I hope so.

- Possum

P.S: There is also the fact that the majority of her fans are just .... !!! THEY'RE SO STUPID! A generalization, I KNOW, but still.

Library fines, oh my.

Today is when I turn off my lights and sit in the dark for an hour at 8:30 to 9:30. Why you may ask? While I do have a liking for the dark when I'm attempting to sleep or get away from BRIGHT THINGS THAT MAKE MY HEAD POUND, today is the day of Earth Hour!

It's exciting.

So I've got my candles already set and ready to go. It's also kind of rainy and just 'bleh' outside, so I assume I would need candles anyway. Candles make a relaxed atmosphere, which rain kind of washes away.

Atmosphere being described as "a place is the general impression that you get of it". And if it's relaxing, it'd be an impression of RELAXATION! I don't know I went that far with that particular thought.

I woke up rather late today. I was shocked when I turned my head to my alarm clock thing: 2:33PM! What?! How could I sleep THAT late? I was surprised myself. All I did last night was read articles on Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Dramatica (which took an hour + out of my life), but still. You'd think I wouldn't waste my day away. >.>

I started to work on my essay, with preparations of my arguments like I would preparing for a debate. I don't know why I did this, but I got a lot more work done that I normally would. (I.E: I got my general points made up.) I got distracted by my library card, though. My fines at the moment are $30 dollars. That's ridiculous. Apparently I don't have the ability to return things on time. But I already knew that; common knowledge about Possum is well known to everyone (in my life).

I have to renew my library card. But because I don't even LIVE in the city where I go to school and BUY stuff, I have to PAY a FEE to USE the LIBRARY. That's ridiculous! Well, because I'm eighteen, you're allowed to get a card for free, but before I go about doing that, I have to pay my fines. I hate that. It's too much work. But I mean, it's my fault for not even returning the books on time, so I understand.

I just hate when fines accumulate. It's annoying.

Anyway, one of the features they have on the MY LIBRARY CARD section or whatever, is that you're allowed to see a limited reading history you have. Aka: What books you took out of the library. Looking over mine, I've got a LOT of Meg Cabot books. It's exciting, believe me. I've also got Sarah Dessen, Maureen Johnson, and randomly enough, John Green. I don't even remember reading a John Green novel before BEDA, but apparently I read An Abundance of Katherines. Or at least took it out of the library. Odd! Looking over the first few pages of my copy now, it's familiar. I just remember that I stopped reading it after the first chapter. Ooh, bad. I wonder why, though.

Probably because I had 50 other books to read! (Yes, in my one time take out of 50 books, there is a RECORD of those 50 books.) I was going to show you the list, but I don't know. If you're curious enough, just ask. (I know you probably will, Leah.) So yeah. Libraries are amazing, and I just wish I am able to go to them more often without a worry of money.

Which is ironic, because of the BEST THINGS about libraries is they're normally free.

Consequences of being a procrastinator of returning things, and living outside of city limits.

Curses.

- Possum

Just some babbling about contemplating the absence of school in my life for tomorrow!

PROs and CONs of staying home tomorrow:

PROs:
I'll be able to sleep.
I won't be in school.
I won't infect anyone else! (As I think of others!)
My supervisor said that I could stay home, if need be.

CONs
I'll be missing school/co-op.
I won't be in school. I don't want to miss anything in my classes.
I'm not even that sick. So shouldn't I keep my "sick days" for when I'm like, incapable of getting out of bed?

So I don't know. It's just a thing in my mind right now. I was allowed to stay home today (something I really wanted to do) but I felt bad about just missing school like that. So I was kind of dead on my feet today. I was tired, too! Like I didn't even go to bed until like... 4AM (Mugglecast, of course) and y'know, that's fun.

It was okay, though. I just had some medicine in me. Aka: Why I was so sluggish. You notice how medicine does that to you?

I'm just kind of trying to convince myself something, so pay no attention to the blog.

Yay! I'm sick when Meg Cabot is sick. I LOVE IT. We have something in common! Awesome, amirite?

Yeah.

Cosine is looking at me right now. Cosine being my cat, of course. Cosine and Willow are getting that "cat look" now. I mean, they obviously looked like cats before, but now they're looking like ACTUAL CATS and not kittens! You know what I mean? I don't know if I even explained that right, but it's cool. I especially notice it when I get home and I see them both sitting on my bed looking at me.

YES! When I got home today, as I was making my bed (I had to get them off my blanket) they stayed! They just sat on my pillow and waited for me to finish. Once I was done that, they went back to their spot. And when I woke up this evening, they were still there.

I slept because I was tired, by the way. When you're sick, you really just want to do that!

But I think I'll be better for tomorrow. True that!

- Possum

Hey! Check this ning out.

My sister's trying to start a Twilight Bark right now. I'm all "my ears!" because it quite hurts. She's succeeded if the bark requires TWO real dogs, and two HUMANS acting like dogs. Yes, I joined in with the barks going "whoowhoowhoo" DOG STYLE.

That's now over and I'm just eating an oreo cooking. Yummy.

So if you're a fan of Meg Cabot, you should check out this ning about her. It's really only just getting started, but it has potential. You should really post in the forums, where nobody posted but me for the most part. !!

So hm, today was my first day back from March Break. I've got a student teacher in my second period class, but I don't know anything about him. My teacher wasn't there, so it was full of supply teachers. So he didn't actually talk. WHICH BY THE WAY, it was so hard to get back into the swing of things. I was all "..." when she handed out work to do. I was all lalala, I don't want to do this! So I just sat there talking to the people at my group, today. Distractions ftw!

I'm tired now.

- Possum