Felicia Day

Went to Austin this weekend to visit family.  Reinforced that flying is the modern form of torture   But I hit the jackpot, and I can’t find out who recommended it, but I want to thank whoever recommended Rachel Caine and her Weather Warden series to me.  If I had proper searching on the blog I would be able to figure out who that was.  Step forward and claim credit now!   It was a girl, definitely.

I am addicted to this series.  I love it SO MUCH!  I read all 6 books in the series in 4 days.  Yes, crazy cram session, it was GLORIOUS!  I gorked out like a crazy geek.  Has anyone else had that experience where you’re so immersed in a book that it feels like real life is just a pause from the life that going on in the book that you can’t wait to get back into?  I have that a lot, part of my susceptibility to MMORPG’s I think, total immersion is pretty easy for me.  Well, I stayed in a Weather Warden state for 5 days, resentful to be forced out of it. I can’t wait for the next one!  It kills me that books take so long to come out! (Yes, I hate reading comments like that about The Guild, so why am I saying it?  Because I finally realize it’s a compliment, not a guilt trip! )

I don’t even want to say much about the series to not give it away.  It’s set in modern time, the main character can manipulate the weather with magic, that’s all you need to know, just read.  If you like Anita Blake or any of that genre, you’ll absolutely love this series.  Are there leaps where you go “What?” Sure.  But I couldn’t even put on my critic hat because it’s so enjoyable, so right on for what I was looking for, I decided to just go with whatever was dished out.  Definitely the earlier books are better, but I thought for a long series it sustained pretty well, and the magic system is really interesting and the Djinn are a hot alternative to Vampires and Werewolves which are all the rage.

The character goes through so much awful stuff, kinda like when Nancy Drew was always getting a concussion and you start to think,”Wow, is there some long-term brain damage going to happen here?” but she fights through, and it’s very inspiring, I was totally on her side to kick first and take names later.   I kinda want to go study Kung Fu now, even though she kicks butt with magic not fist, it’s as close as I can get because magical abilities are probably not gonna happen.

On another note, I will be redoing the out of date Halloween banner soon, I promise

So, at the very last minute yesterday, I decided to get a costume around 4 pm. I tend to say I “hate Halloween” then go into a mad dash of desperation because I don’t want to feel left out of the whole festivity thing. So, I went to a big costume store that was literally flooded with people, and what did I see in the girl’s aisle? Row after row of slut/scank/whorey costumes. Ugh. Flatly put, if I have to go to the waxers to get costume ready, that is not the costume for me. Why can’t they have a fun section for girls too? Why would 8 women in a row in front of me want to be a whorey bee? I also have that non-conformist thing going on, so pre-made costumes right out of the box make me shudder too. Anyway, then I went to the men’s section because I figured a small men’s might fit me, although baggy. Ooh, street fighter Ken outfit size…extra large. Mario…extra large. Robin Hood…XXL! Last minute planning is not kind. So, I did what I had to do: Went to the kid’s section. There were some juicy pickings there, mostly in toddler sizes, but a few size 12-14 jumped out at me. Picked one out, walked around with it indecisively for about 45 minutes, then committed, got a wig and a hell of a lot of bronzer at the drug store and this was the result:

Who can guess what I am?! I bet NO ONE KNOWS! Goes to show that I shouldn’t get a costume based on how much the concept makes me snicker not having eaten lunch and at the last minute browsing through dregs of Halloween madness. I dressed as Wendy from Wendy’s burgers 2 years ago, and all the kids said,”Hey! Dorothy didn’t have red hair!” Sigh. 0-2. Maybe I should plan ahead next year?

But…I hate Halloween.