i actually got a lot of rants/worries to spew out, but at the moment i want to focus on the good things.

my mom's coming home from the US first week of april. this wasn't really planned, but i guess she wants to come home to see the first of her children graduate (not me). lol.

she's bringing the graveyard book with her, yay. abram got a secondhand hardcover copy on ebay for only $9.00, which is really great. i don't mind secondhand copies as long as they're in good condition, and abram showed me the book via webcam this morning, and it looks mighty fine. ^^

ah, the weekend is here, thankfully. i can rest properly. i'll need all the rest i can get before my mom arrives - there'll be mad shopping sprees during her first few days here, i'm sure. ^^;;

oh hi.

in case you were wondering how the hell i got into your flists, i used to be losethesmog. XD

i just wanted a shorter username, that's all. i wanted to have my full first name as a username, but someone took it and I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY.

but a 4-letter username is fine by me.

i used my younger brother abram's (ILUSM ♥) paypal account to buy the rename token. i convinced him to apply for a paypal account for his credit card because it's safer for online purchases, and recently he's been buying more on ebay and amazon. i helped him with his paypal registration and he went directly to ebay afterwards to look at more stuff. XD

i tried to save face (BECAUSE I SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF MYSELF BEING THE OLDER SIBLING HAVING TO USE MY YOUNGER BRO'S CREDIT CARD) and did the sisterly thing: warn him from getting too tempted to buy lots of stuff online.

..a warning which i'm not really listening to myself, going and buying a rename token, of all things. =_=

addendum: abram's also buying a hardcover copy of the graveyard book for us, in time to put into a balikbayan box they're sending next week. he should be sainted, really. ♥

SPOILER! HARRY AND DRACO GET MARRIED IN BOOK 7!!

rofl.

do i abandon all hope of not seeing spoiler entries in my friends' page when deathly hallows comes out? XD

i don't think anyone can prevent themselves from reacting. >.> and i heard there was some sort of leak? o.O

i doubt i will be getting a copy of the book anytime soon. i'm thinking of waiting for a full hardbound box set (like the one they made for books 1-4, but why would i get a set that had only 4 out of 7 books?) and maybe get that one instead.

picked up a couple of interesting reads from my multiply network. XD

( children, love, hatred. )

( a '300' movie review. ahlavet!! )

when i was in grade school my life mission was to fill up my library card such that by the end of the school year i would have three library cards stapled to each other. i was an in-your-face geek. i would read anything. i miss those days (although i still am a geek in more ways than one). XD

this memory was brought to you by team7's post promoting RODCON 2007. i wanna go!

i've been meaning to join this group to bring back my long-lost love for reading and books, but as charsequil put it, there is barely enough time for me to read anything other e-mails and memos and LJ. XD

which is why i think DailyLit is an absolute godsend. it's bringing back the love part by part. ♥ i just might be able to finish War and Peace finally. XD