electricland | the boring personal stuff

- Got the helmet column done. As always, turns out my abject panic was unnecessary -- chief editor and ghostwritee both liked it a lot. I wish I was a judge of my own writing. I still think I could have done better. On the other hand, I think that about everything I write, so there you have it. Squeaked through to publish today -- I'm embarrassed at how little time I gave the guy to review it.

- I am behind on almost everything else, but somehow I don't mind as much.

- My Amazon snark has produced results! More than I expected in fact -- all I really wanted was confirmation of my ship date and some reassurance that it wasn't, in fact, going to be May 11, 2006. This is what I got:

Thanks for writing to Amazon.ca.

First, please accept my sincere apologies for any misunderstandings thus far.

This Is Wonderland: Comp First Season has proven to be a very popular item. [Ed. note: woohoo! Wonder if that means they'll get the cover art up any time soon?]

We have many customer orders for this item, and we've just begun receiving copies from our suppliers. We are filling orders as quickly as we can on a first-come, first-served basis.

To help compensate you for this unexpected change, I upgraded the method of shipment for this order to Expedited as well as shipping these items as they become available at no additional charge.

We expect to ship your order in the next few days. Once it is shipped, we'll send you an e-mail message confirming the date, contents, and method of your shipment.

Thanks for shopping at Amazon.ca.

And in fact the item that's currently available (Failer, Kathleen Edwards) has already shipped. Cool.

- On a similar note, the This is Wonderland site admins finally got around to noticing the DVD was out. I tellya, fan sites are much more on top of these things.

- They also mentioned that CBC is going to be rerunning "selected episodes" from TiW Season 2 and I know scab TV sucks (TM

pretentiousgit) and I must be strong but aaaaaargh.

- Working on the house tomorrow -- new regime for September!

- I really, really have to pack.

Today's house report:

Hi all,

I take it you're all on for Saturday?

Today chicken and artichoke casserole for lunch, with garnish.

Yesterday John did wiring, almost finishing Robin's floors. Today, John went to Rona and got plastic plumbing parts, plywood and a 2 x 8.

Dan and David did plumbing in the morning, and will remove insulation in the knee walls of the third floor to accommodate the foam insulation. Will have a drop cloth to protect the corner-cabinet-from-hell. David and Dan are now on a road trip for same.

Cheers, Helen

Also, my dad has ordered windows. Hallelujah.