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Jun. 20th, 2004 01:27 amJust finished the fifth Sandman collection, a story arc called "A Game of You". I'm not going to go into that here, I think...but suffice it to say, I liked it a lot. Why, I'm not entirely sure...I think the reason I like the whole series, really, is that it provokes both immediate, emotional reactions and later, deeper thought. A lot of things tie together very well; a character mentioned in passing in one story shows up as a major player in another. I wonder if this wasn't intentional, perhaps, to show how we're all interconnected in dreams...?
In any case, this series originally started as something I picked up idly (I don't even like comics, generally speaking), but I'm really getting into it, and thinking about possibly buying it at some point - I think I might wish to read it more than once, and there are lots of things (see point about interconnectedness) that might be nifty to look up at some point. Unfortunately, the whole series costs $137.32 at Amazon (and that's with the Super Saver Slow-ass Snail Shipping and without any of the nifty extra stuff, just the original 10 books). And I'm not sure I really have the space for it anyway, being as I'm moving every couple of months and trying to stay relatively light on the possessions...
Ah, well. I do have vague aspirations to be in a semi-permanant apartment/job situation by next fall. Perhaps I'll think about it then. Or maybe one of you generous folks with some cash to spare will get it for me for my birthday. =P
I wish LiveJournal wasn't populated almost entirely with starving college students like myself sometimes...or maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places. Does anyone know if there's a "rich lonely people who like to buy gifts for cute young things they barely know" community anywhere?
In other news, I've decided I'm going back to Juneau next semester. A lot of reasons for this, really. I had vague ideas about going to Anchorage this time around, but I finally realized the reason I don't want to go back to Anchorage right now - the male from whose genetic material I was conceived. I don't like the guy, and he's acted like a real dipshit lately, as usual. And he's totally clueless about it, as usual. He doesn't seem to understand that I don't like him - for instance, when we incidentally ended up talking to each other on the phone the other day, I don't think the fact that I pointedly *didn't* wish him a happy birthday or a happy Father's Day registered. *sigh*
In any case, I think that's one of the major reasons I've been avoiding going back to Anchorage. If I was there, and especially if I was living with my grandmother, I'd have to have some sort of relationship with the guy, even if it's just telling him "Fuck you. You stopped being a parent when I hit puberty and I think you've acted like an utter dipshit for much of your life".
So...yeah. Don't want to have to put up with my sperm donor. Also, there're a couple of really neat things about Juneau that I like - the closeness to the ocean, for one, and the fact that it's absolutely gorgeous, for another (as opposed to Fairbanks, which is pretty but rather blah). Plus they have much milder winters than here (thank you!) and lots and lots of rain. And Ryan's there, of course, though he wants to move to Anchorage when he's got enough money saved...maybe mid-year. Maybe we could even take Becky with us. *grin* In the meantime, I can work on my English degree and contemplate the wonders of lakes and mountains and such...*shrug*
In any case, this series originally started as something I picked up idly (I don't even like comics, generally speaking), but I'm really getting into it, and thinking about possibly buying it at some point - I think I might wish to read it more than once, and there are lots of things (see point about interconnectedness) that might be nifty to look up at some point. Unfortunately, the whole series costs $137.32 at Amazon (and that's with the Super Saver Slow-ass Snail Shipping and without any of the nifty extra stuff, just the original 10 books). And I'm not sure I really have the space for it anyway, being as I'm moving every couple of months and trying to stay relatively light on the possessions...
Ah, well. I do have vague aspirations to be in a semi-permanant apartment/job situation by next fall. Perhaps I'll think about it then. Or maybe one of you generous folks with some cash to spare will get it for me for my birthday. =P
I wish LiveJournal wasn't populated almost entirely with starving college students like myself sometimes...or maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places. Does anyone know if there's a "rich lonely people who like to buy gifts for cute young things they barely know" community anywhere?
In other news, I've decided I'm going back to Juneau next semester. A lot of reasons for this, really. I had vague ideas about going to Anchorage this time around, but I finally realized the reason I don't want to go back to Anchorage right now - the male from whose genetic material I was conceived. I don't like the guy, and he's acted like a real dipshit lately, as usual. And he's totally clueless about it, as usual. He doesn't seem to understand that I don't like him - for instance, when we incidentally ended up talking to each other on the phone the other day, I don't think the fact that I pointedly *didn't* wish him a happy birthday or a happy Father's Day registered. *sigh*
In any case, I think that's one of the major reasons I've been avoiding going back to Anchorage. If I was there, and especially if I was living with my grandmother, I'd have to have some sort of relationship with the guy, even if it's just telling him "Fuck you. You stopped being a parent when I hit puberty and I think you've acted like an utter dipshit for much of your life".
So...yeah. Don't want to have to put up with my sperm donor. Also, there're a couple of really neat things about Juneau that I like - the closeness to the ocean, for one, and the fact that it's absolutely gorgeous, for another (as opposed to Fairbanks, which is pretty but rather blah). Plus they have much milder winters than here (thank you!) and lots and lots of rain. And Ryan's there, of course, though he wants to move to Anchorage when he's got enough money saved...maybe mid-year. Maybe we could even take Becky with us. *grin* In the meantime, I can work on my English degree and contemplate the wonders of lakes and mountains and such...*shrug*
