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Name five…

1. ...things you can't live without. Glasses, food, books, cats, phone
2. ... of the best moments in your life. Going to Wheathampstead, taking a glacier cruise to Meares Glacier, adopting Abby, passing the math TAKS on my third try, going to the top of the Empire State Building with Dana and having a pigeon land on my head haha
3. ... celebrities you can't stand. Will Ferrell, Tom Cruise, Larry David, Adam Sandler, Orange Guy
4. ... books you enjoy(ed) reading. The Worst Journey in the World, And Then There Were None, The Starless Sea, Where the Red Fern Grows, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
5. ... items in your purse/backpack/on your desk. Wallet, Excedrin, bus pass, my phone's charging cord, my passport

After like two or three months of rainy weather, it's supposed to be sunny tomorrow! It usually rains in August and then gets nice in September, so this weather is weird, more like Juneau weather. It'll be nice to see the sun and blue sky again!

( 10. Three of your mother's favorite things )

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Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao is the sequel to Iron Widow, where Zetian co-pilots giant robots to fight aliens.

The plot now focuses on dismantling capitalism and keeps deconstructing gender roles.

There's major bi4bi m/f (a pairing I didn't like, but was probably not supposed to like much anyway?), minor f/f, as well as an enby character who appears towards the end. I seriously missed the m/m/f from Book 1 and might not buy the next book.

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Today was the first (official) day the bookstore has accepted donations since we moved locations! We set up a table and canopy thing to receive donations, and stood in the cold windy weather for three hours, what fun :P (I'm still thawing out haha). We got a fair amount of donations..I was hoping there would be more, but we got in some great new fiction titles, DVDs, vintage books, etc. Amazingly, NONE of the customers got upset about us giving books back that we couldn't use, or waiting for us to sort their books (I found two I wanted..yep, new donations are dangerous LOL). I thought we were going to accept donations every Thursday, but Lucie and Shelby aren't sure yet..they want to do a poll on Facebook to see what would be the best donation day for people. They also told us me and Bill we did a great job today..praise doesn't come often from them, so that was nice lol. It'll be great shelving fresh new books!

I was helping mom with a crossword puzzle, and one of the clues was something like "canopy cover/support"..I looked at the letters already there and I was like "...tester?!? No way!!" A tester is another name for a four-poster bed! What are the chances of that?? It made me very happy lol

I hate when I hear a song I love but can't find it, so I found an app called Shazam, which will tell you what song is playing when you open it! I tried it at a restaurant yesterday, and it told me the song was "Helena" by My Chemical Romance. It also has a "lyrics" button and it will follow the lyrics (the words get bigger) as they're being sung. So cool! It's amazing what technology can do!

I had a regular doctor's appointment yesterday, and she said I lost 8 pounds since August?! I have no idea how that happened lol, but I did notice some of my shirts were looser. I haven't really been doing anything different..weird haha

( oct 4-9 )

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Netflix's k-movie Mantis was a lot of fun! It's a spin-off of Kill Bok-soon and focuses on other hired killers originally from the same agency.

I think this one has more humour and more found family feels, but it's also very violent, of course.

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1. Do you ever wonder if the way you see things visually aren't how other people see them? I have definitely wondered that before! I was shocked to learn not everyone sees halos around lights, it's just a "side effect" of astigmatism when not wearing glasses! So weird haha
2. What kind of sounds are the most annoying? Popping/chewing gum, snoring/constantly sniffing, saxophones, etc. One of my coworkers CONSTANTLY groans/mutters to himself which has been driving me INSANE. It would be mean to say something though, he probably doesn't even realize he's doing it
3. When walking through a store, do you shop with your hands by touching/feeling the texture of things? If it's something I'm curious about
4. If you could only smell three scents for the rest of your life, what would they be? Books, evergreen trees, rain
5. What sorts of things do you savor when eating them? Strawberry milkshakes, chocolate chip cookies, bread my brother makes, etc

My cousin Jordan's wife Sarah had another baby yesterday! Her name is Annaka Catherine Pfannenstiel. That's a pretty cool name! Hopefully I can meet both their kids someday, they're not around when I go to Kansas lol

Curti weighs 12 pounds now! I miss being able to hold him with one hand hehe

( oct 2-3 )

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Demon Slayer Movie: Infinity Castle was one of the best cinematographic experiences I've ever had!

The Infinity Castle already looked awesome on the small screen (think of the architectural effects in Inception), it was absolutely amazing on the big one. The background music was perfect for the action scenes. If you have the opportunity to watch it this way, I highly recommend it.

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The first episode of the GL anime This Monster Wants to Eat Me was intriguing! A mermaid protects a high school girl until she gets to eat her. ^^

It's available on Crunchyroll.

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Netflix's j-drama Alice in Borderland Season 3 was great!

I missed Chishiya and Kuina, but good for them that they didn't have to go through more death games. Along with Arisu and Usagi, there's a new protagonist, Ryuji, who uses a wheelchair.

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The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown (Aug 31-Sept 1). How gorgeous is this cover??

*swoons* I loved the glacier scenes!

Mala's Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II by Mala Kacenberg (Sept 2-5). I hate saying bad things about books about the Holocaust, but Mala was super mean to everyone! I suppose it helped her survive, but it still rubbed me the wrong way. Horrible things happened to her family though..such a sad time in history. :( Someone on Goodreads wondered if the cat was real, because it would travel impossible distances too fast. I have weird feelings about this book..

Snow Widows: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind by Katherine MacInnes (Sept 5-12). Kind of written like a historical novel..pretty cool! Scott's wife seemed insufferable though :/

The Escape Room by Megan Goldin (Sept 12-16). More like escape elevator. Revenge was definitely had in this book!

My Patients Like Treats: Tales from a House-Call Veterinarian by Duncan MacVean (Sept 16-18). Aww, the part where he had to put pets to sleep made me cry. :( It's so hard, but the humane thing to do. He definitely treated some interesting animals!

The Institution by Helen Sarah Fields (Sept 18-23). Kind of like The Sanitarium, with serial killers..creepy!

White-Out by James Vance Marshall (Sept 24-28). Trapped in Antarctica after everyone else dies? Yikes!!

They hired a new bookstore manager! Her name is Katrina and I think she starts on October 13. Hopefully she'll work out better than Amanda did lol. Shelby said she got a "dinger" for the front door, which is HORRIFYING to me..I hate those things and I worry it'll give me a migraine (it's so we can give "top-notch" customer service the instant they walk in the door. Bill and I try to anyway, we don't need a "dinger" for that!). Bill was like "it probably breaks easily..." LOL. They really should ask us our opinion of something before deciding what to do..ugh

( sept 27-oct 1 )

my hands are of your color

but i shame to wear a heart so white

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