There is money in. the banana. stand!

Does anyone want a Dreamwidth code? I have lots to give away. I always post at DW and just crosspost to LJ, makes it pretty easy.

A Clockwork Angel arrived from Amazon yesterday. Am pretty excited about that one. I still haven't read Mockingjay yet, though. Can't decide which one I want to start first.

I guess Mad Men won the best drama Emmy on Sunday (I'm so out of touch I didn't even know the Emmys had come and gone) and people are starting to grumble because they've had a lock on it for the past 3 years. I would probably be grumbling too, except that I LOVE that show and things I love so rarely get that kind of love and attention. Though as Jade points out, I would have been OK with Dexter winning, particularly after the last doozy of a season.

TV Show Meme, Day 28 - First TV show obsession: Quantum Leap. It was the first show I ever got so into that I begged my mom to push my bedtime out one hour so I could watch it. I loved Sam Beckett and Al and the crazy adventures they'd go on. It's funny because I've never considered myself to be a fan of science fiction (growing up, I was like, that's a boy thing), yet if I think about it, even at the very start I was a big science fiction fan. I just didn't know what it was. In my mind, sci-fi had to do with aliens/spaceships (a la Star Trek/Star Wars, neither of which I liked) and weird scientists and scary Twilight Zone music. Yet shows like Quantum Leap (and fave movies like Back to the Future) were science fiction. I just didn't have my definitions right. But now I know better. I'm a sci-fi geek!

cross your fingers

So I think I might be allergic to Jaime. Or if it's not Jaime, it's something. In the past couple of months I've developed some weird itchiness on my arms and around my face -- nothing too bad or serious, but today it feels extra bothersome. I've been suspecting that I might be allergic to Jaime/cats, as he's basically the only thing in my life that's changed recently. I have the usual symptoms of itchy eyes and sometimes feel congestion, but that part's not that bad. I'm not sure if it all points to allergy, though, because the itchiness on my arms doesn't seem like it's a normal symptom. Maybe it's just a bout of eczema that I've somehow developed at this point in my life? O.o That seems weird, though.

Anyway, I've purchased some otc allergy medication and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it works. Because if it doesn't and there's something else wrong, I'll have to make a trip to my doctor's. I've already seen her a number of times this year for other, unrelated problems... she's going to be like, omg wtf's wrong w/ you.

On the other hand, if it does work, it means I'm allergic to Jaime, which means I'm going to have to keep taking antihistamines for years. ><

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HPB's having their annual 20% off sale and I went and picked up Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn books. Tom Sawyer/Becky Thatcher is one of the earliest pairings I can remember shipping -- not that I knew what to call it back then. It might have pre-dated Anne/Gil. Anyway, if the Internet had been around back then, I probably would've gotten sucked into Tom/Becky fanfic.