A List of Things

1. Due to some nonsense with Yahoo, I've deleted my account. If you need to contact me, you can do so through my gmail address: knotmagickknitter (at) gmail

2. Read Recently: Haunted London by Richard Jones
While hardly the end-all-be-all of travel haunting books, this was really fun to read and includes stories of over a hundred haunted places in London. A few I've been to, a few I'd never heard of, and a few I knew more about than was mentioned in the book. If you're into that sort of thing, then it might be nice to pick up before your next trip. Each entry includes a brief overview of both the haunting and the history of the location, as well as it's location on a map and the nearest tube stations.

3. Read Recently: Sailor V manga, vol. 2
If Pacific Rim didn't restart my anime kick, then this definately did. I'm a huge Naoko Takeuchi fan, have been for years. I love her art style and I can't tell you how excited I was when I found out that not only are Sailor V and Sailor Moon getting reprints with all new (better!) translations, but there's going to be a reboot of the Sailor Moon anime starting later this year. So far details are very hush-hush, but I'm stalking a couple of the SM boards and fansites looking for details.

4. Watched Recently: Ripper Street
I love Matthew Macfadyen. He stars in this excellent Victorian-set crime drama (available on Netflix), and if you haven't seen it yet, go find it. It's wonderful. That is all.

5. Currently Watching: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
I watched the first FMA series (most of it) when it was first coming out in the US. My college roommate was completely obsessed with the series, so really it was unavoidable. It was good.

Brotherhood is so much better.

I find myself incapable of watching less than half a dozen episodes in a sitting, and I don't remember the last time I did that with an anime. 

This one is also on Netflix.

6. Caffrey continues to get a workout. Can I just say again how much I love, love, love using a typewriter for outlines? My current outline in progress is top secret, however. I might give a few details next week, if I decide to pursue it. If not, it will go into the file I've started for outlines.

7. Since he's been getting so much use, I'm starting to think that Caffrey needs a bit of a makeover. The grey 70s look just isn't me, and I've got a tube of royal blue acrylic paint that has been sitting unused for some time, not to mention several cans of spraypaint. But that is likely a project for another time, since I STILL haven't pulled out the steampunk typewriter. I've started to three or four times this week, and then gotten distracted by other things. Perhaps over the weekend. We'll see.

8. Lists happen when I am both in a funk and when I'm feeling super creative. For once, it's the later. My brain is going in about a hundred directions at once, and it wants to DO ALL THE THINGS. I'm trying to rein it in with some knitting. It may need to be tied down with something stronger than yarn.

Anime and Manga for Sale

I am currently selling the following series. Unless otherwise marked, they are all the complete and in like-new condition (the only damage you mind find is some yellowing of the manga, but these volumes are in some cases up to ten years old).

I am definitely selling:

Excel Saga (boxed set)
Forbidden Dance (manga)
Absolute Boyfriend (manga)
Bubblegum Crisis
Trinity Blood (volume 1)
Angelic Layer (volume 1)
Inu Yasha movies 1, 2, and 3
Gravitation: Lyrics of Love

I am also considering selling Loveless (manga, vol. 1-8), Megatokyo (manga, 1-5), Azumanga Daioh (manga, complete), Noir, Those Who Hunt Elves (boxed set) and Yami no Matsui (boxed set).

If you are interested in any of these, drop me a line and we can hash out prices and details. I'm thinking $15 for a complete series/boxed set, but the rest is up in the air and I'm willing to negotiate. If you are interested in any of this, please leave a comment with some way that I can contact you.

Christmas in July

Sheesh, I've really been slacking off on this whole writing thing.

I swear, everything sort of came together today.

For the last few months (okay, maybe a year or two. Or three), I've been wanting to get a new TV. The one I had was a cheap off brand I got when I turned sixteen. The picture has always been dark on it, and the sound has been absolutely horrible for a while now; i couldn't even tell that the singer on the closing theme song of a movie I was watching was female, it was that bad.

So this morning I broke down and got a new one. It's a 19" Phillips and weighs about 1/3 of what my 15" Sanyo did. I christened it by watching the first disk of the first season of Charmed, which I also got while I was at Walmart.

I stopped by the PO box and found a new flag tucked in there--Qatar, from Spirals, as well as well as the first volume of the Blood Ties novels, a gift from Mackenzie's Momma. Then, when I checked the mail at the house, I discovered my box from Borders had come, including a volume of Fruits Basket, two of Absolute Boyfriend, and the second Bridget Jones movie.

Of course, all of the swag isn't just for me. I've also updated my Etsy shop, so you can go find some things for yourself, too. I put up some jewelry pieces, and I'll have more in the coming days. I've got six days off over the next two weeks, so I'll be putting in a lot of crafting time. Go on over and check it out.

Now, if you will excuse me, I am off to roll in my swag and bask in the glow of an LCD TV.