Squee!!!

[castalia]

Look! All J&W fans go take a look at what cimmerianwillow drew for me! My own Bertie and Jeeves, to be matted, framed, and hung on my wall :) Isn't she amazing?

Life is good, much better than yesterday.

Got my application for substitute teaching turned in, and tomorrow I'll be calling to set up an appointment for fingerprinting and a background check (mandatory now, evidently).

Went to McKay's Used Books to look for Wodehouse, to no avail. I did leave with a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories with original Strand Magazine illustrations, and two Terry Pratchett hardbacks - Guards, Guards! and Wyrd Sisters. They had a ton of the Pratchett hardbacks for $5, but I can't afford to get all of them at once. Maybe next time.

Had a great time in the Chatterley's chat tonight, even though Toots kept hitting me on the head with a frying pan, and she and krzykat sat on me. Brats :P

I'm about halfway through Moab is my Washpot. It's a fascinating book and I'm enjoying it so much. I hope one day Stephen will write another novel about the next 20 years of his life.

Thanks to all of you for cheering me up yesterday. You're the best!

Comments

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

This picture is getting a place of honor on my wall. I love it so much. Having creative friends is a wonderful thing :)

It is indeed a wrench, b/c while rationally I can tell myself buying them all now would be cheaper in the long run, I really need to keep to my budget until I've got a steady paycheck again. Yay for you, though, purchasing The Colour of Magic! That is indeed the first book in the Discworld series, and I look forward to hearing your take on it. I think you'll really like the universe he's created :)

I just love that pic of them playing chess together. It was such a tease, considering he stopped writing when he got to his arrival at Cambridge. I'm sure you'll pick it up sometime, though. We're all such incorrigable influences on each other's reading ;)

[rosabuddatchery.livejournal.com]

It's a terrible argument and never gets easier no matter how many times you go through it: buy the book, don't buy the book...what is there to do? Usually the struggle ends for the better if you buy the book. Restraint is a good thing though and I admire you for it. I'm afraid I didn't buy The Color of Magic, but I did take it out of the library and started reading it on the subway. I didn't get far, but I liked what I'd read and look forward to seeing what direction the story takes. :) For the nonce it has to be put on hold because there is Jeeves to read, but I specifically took it out with post-Jeeves misery in mind, so I believe it will fit the bill accordingly. :)

That picture was a terrible tease. When I was rifling through the photos, I kind of whispered, "there aren't any more of both of them? what gives?" but *cough*after reading the ending*exuent cough* I realized the book ended before Hugh came along. Still, it looks a wonderfully cool read and when the Jeeves angst hits its climax, I know it will make me feel better.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid the restraint didn't last long, as I bought that copy of The Most of PG Wodehouse yesterday. Willpower? What willpower?

You read the end already? For shame :) The good thing is that he does mention Hugh quite a few times throughout the book. Plus, I just finished reading a lovely passage on his love for Wodehouse and Jeeves stories, which made me smile.

[rosabuddatchery.livejournal.com]

Is that the one with the Drones Club stories--Freddie Widgeon and what not?

I know…wretched to the last, I am. I figured since it wasn’t fiction, there wasn’t any harm in reading the ending, but it was still a jerky thing to do. H’m…interested in the Hugh and Wodehouse refs…h’m…oh, but dash it, not till I’ve made a dent in the list--damnable siren songs.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

There are some Drones stories, as well as Mr. Mulliner, Ukridge, Golf stories, one Emsworth story, and the Quick Service novel. It's a big book :)

Heh. If you can be a bad influence re fanfiction, I can pimp books mercilessly ;)

[rosabuddatchery.livejournal.com]

Ah! I've taken that one of the library--didn't get very far with it save some Drones stories due to, well...you know, Jeeves books and all--and it looked very nifty. :)

We're all such frightful enablers. I don't know whether to be thankful or terrified. ;)

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know how it is :) I probably won't look at this book for a while, b/c I've already read the Jeeves stories it has.

Maybe a bit of both ;)

[rosabuddatchery.livejournal.com]

Ah, but that's the nice thing about your purchase: the book will always be there, ready for you when the time is right.