misc.

Potterwatch: 167 of 3964. A bunch of people clearly haven't picked up their copies yet. Slackers. Also, there's a copy going begging on the Best Bets shelf at Alderwood branch! Nobody's touched it for 3 days! Get out there, people!

Tour de France: Vinokourov fails blood test, Astana out. This really disappoints me. While I'm not a year-round cycling fan, Vinokourov's Tour has been an incredible story of guts and determination after a bad fall early on. I'm dismayed to learn he was cheating. Dammit.

LJ: I thought work had finally blocked it because of my obsessive reloading. Turns out it was a power cut.

House: Jen and John rented something called an Oddjob, which is apparently of the awesome, and finished another row of blocks. Two partial rows left to go! Tonight: concrete floor. Then we can't work on it for two days while it sets.

Travel: I bought my ticket yesterday! England here I come. September 22-October 6. mrs_cake and I can go to the airport together.

Entertainment: Went to see Ratatouille again last night. SO wonderful.

Trainwrecks: Apparently Lindsay Lohan has bet she can take Becks away from Posh? Honey. Sweetie. Go back to rehab and CALM DOWN. We all feel bad for you.

btw

I am really touched that 3 1/2 people (counting thebitterguy) have offered to lend me their copies of HP VII to save me from the library hold list!

You all rock. I'm kind of enjoying the wait, though.

Uh-oh.

In the last 24 hours we've had a power blackout in San Francisco, an explosion in Dallas, and an oil spill in Burnaby.

So, two things:

1. I disapprove of all these things. 2. Clearly, this corner of the continent is next.

(ETA having looked at a map: actually, maybe more like Winnipeg, or somewhere in North Dakota.)