Scarlet, in the library, with The Complete Works of Shakespeare

[3rdragon]

This book is a murder weapon! Honestly. It's about 8" x 10", and it has 2057 pages. Yes, 2057. Count them. Or maybe don't. Admittedly, it's the really thin kind of paper used for large books, but still.
Murder weapon or not, yay to Jax for lending it to me. It would be difficult to have a readthrough of Midsummer tomorrow without a copy of the play to read from.

In other news, I was nearly late to swing tonight because of a phone conversation with my dad. I managed to disentangle myself from him when I wanted to, but then my brother announced that he wanted to talk to me, too. You have to understand that my brother is 15 (soon to be 16; egads, I need to start looking for a birthday present.), and that he NEVER talks to me on the phone. Not willingly, anyway. And when he is coerced into it, or happens to pick up the phone, it's like pulling teeth to get him to talk. And since he was volunteering to talk to me, I figured that I ought to talk to him. His news: World of Warcraft has added some kind of mouseover effect that he apparently considers to be very cool. I don't think he understands that while I consider World of Warcraft to be a very addicting and effective incarnation of a time wasting occupation (there is a reason that my computer doesn't have any games on it), I don't actually care about it. On the other hand, it does mean that Isaac is voluntarily talking to me on the phone. And occasionally sending me e-mails. So I generate the proper responses.
Really, though, he's turning into such a teenage geek. I'm going to see him on Wednesday or Thursday, and he was so excited by a development in World of Warcraft that he couldn't wait three or four days.

If you're curious, I was slightly late to swing, but so was everyone else (and CMoore and Toby, who were teaching the lesson, were later than I was, and the only in-charge-ish person who showed up was even later than CMoore.)

Comments

[violaclaire.livejournal.com]

Yay, Midsummer! *is slightly jealous, as hasn't had time to look at her Complete Works in months*

Isaac is almost sixteen? Ye gods, I feel old.

[3rdragon]

Yes, Midsummer! Unfortunately no one showed up to read it with me. Luckily in the course of my ambling around wondering who would be willing/have time to read it with me, I saw Kayleigh, our friendly neighborhood English major, so I ambushed her (no, the book was not used) and persuaded her (with little difficulty) to read the first few scenes with me. That was fun.

I'd forgotten that Helena told Demetrius that she was his spaniel. No wonder he doesn't like her.

Yes, Isaac is almost sixteen. He'll be able to learn to drive soon. And if you feel old, think how I feel!

[banzaisebastian.livejournal.com]

And if you fail to read all the way through it, you can always bludgeon an innocent bystander with the book. Just as long as you make sure no blood or hair is on it when you give it back to me and that the spine is intact. The book's, not the victim's.

Seriously, though, you're very welcome. ^_^

Also, well, teenage geeks are always cool, although I personally believe that his geekhood would surely be cooler if he was into something else. Like DnD or Star Trek. (Whatever happened to the awesome old school geeks?)

[3rdragon]

He did play DnD in middle school, but I think that he lost his group (what's a group of gamers? A cohort?), and he likes Star Trek well enough. He obsessively watched all of DS9 when we borrowed it from a friend. He really likes Dr. Who, as well.

Okay. I'll make sure that the book's spine remains intact.