That's where the computer room is over here at home. So, alright, I can update this at least.

For as long as I can remember, I never seem to do much good around cold weather. Especially when it comes to being at my bookshop, with only one kerosene heater to warm the place up. Sometime soon, I'll have to see which other one still works. I know there's three more stored away in the basement, and one of them should still work.

I have to rely on kerosene heating because one of the heads of the whole marketplace I work at decided to charge an extra 50 bucks of rent a month when I put in any electric heating. Already it costs like 400 bucks a month to rent the building. Believe me I WISH I could make that much in a month, but it's rough. I gave the guy a nickname some time ago. Ebenezer Larry. (Larry would be his first name.) This guy isn't just a moron when it comes to managing chains of vendors, but also a penny pincher. All the time, my dad and I have seen people come and go. There was this landscaper guy who didn't stay for much more than a month, for instance. There were some folks around my shop in which I had befriended, and they too are gone.

The one very good thing about the Chesapeake Marketplace is that in Main Building towards the back entrance are 3 plastic containers full of these old comic books; Marvel, DC, and other comics in between. There's BUNCHES of them! I've already gotten five and I immediately really like the Dragonlance fandom. I have just issue 4 and I hope to find more over there! I also have a Batman, a Spiderman, a Beetlejuice (based on those old Saturday morning cartoons I sorta remember watching), and the first issue of this series called Star Masters. The Silver Surfer is in that (the reason why I got that), and I've yet to get to know the other guys I'm not so familiar with; Beta Ray and Quasar for example. Quasar's kinda cool. He can fly around and do stuff in space without having to use anything to help breathe out there. Beta Ray, I've only just remember the name and that one guy over at his world speaks in the Old English, like how Shakespeare writes his poems and plays.

Anyway, I can't seem to write much of anything when it comes down to really cold weather. After a really long and cold day at work, all I want to do when I get home is just stay upstairs and stay warm. There's just no room for any sort of creative writing; this includes roleplaying.

I'm hardly on any computer at all. The older PC at my store? Forget it--I can't write stories or poems or whatever when I'm so freaking cold. This past weekend? Oh my God... I was wearing two layers of socks and my feet were STILL really, really cold.

I hope spring comes real soon, because I miss writing, period. Meanwhile there's comics to purchase and read, movies to watch, still have yet to rewatch SPN from the old seasons I have again...and those new and old games I've been playing and replaying.

...Oh, and I'd like to mention that I ordered for a very affordable mattress today. Finally. By Thursday, I can say goodbye to the old one in my room that's falling apart. By this week, I can go back to sleep in my room. My cat won't have to cry on and on by the door to the room I sleep in and scratch at it almost every morning. The room I sleep in now is also near the basement, unfortunately.

I've got a few minutes or so to spare to check on at least a few of my LJ buds... Then I've got to get back upstairs. Otherwise I'm going to have to wear gloves to type for much longer than that.

Current Mood: contemplative and semi-bitchy

GO SEE AVATAR. That movie is freaking amaaaaazing! I've seen it twice and I'm still blown away by it. My best non-spoiler synopsis: A former Marine lost his twin brother (a scientist working at another planet--Pandora) in a tragedy and got sent over to Pandora to take the brother's job. The job involves linking his mind and soul into a large blue catlike being genetically bred to get to know the true natives. The environments and creatures are so stunningly excellent. The acting is definitely superb. The story overall is just...wow! Very, very good. I heard this movie made around 75 million at the box office recently.

Also, I've been really getting into Kingdom Hearts 2. (I want 15 yr old Sora and Roxas for muses!) Getting very far, and I just might beat it by the end of this week. I dunno. XD

Current Mood: ecstatic

Not too long ago I just got back from my holiday shopping. If it hadn't snowed so much, and if a turkey wasn't in the oven, then my mom and I could have gone up to the mall across the bridge, miles away from home where I type. Or even the Best Buy over at St. Mary's County.

So, no new anime or manga (or comics) for me yet. Maybe by the spring of next year, I'll have a chance to fulfill the wish list. Or possibly by my birthday next month? I really, really would like to own the first season of Darker Than BLACK. ...I refuse to let myself feel a little disappointment.

Anyway, I got some cool stuff at a couple of the local stores. At K-Mart I found some of the CDs I wanted--Foo Fighters Greatest Hits CD with the 3 Unreleased for Record tracks, Evanescence's The Open Door to which I've been unable to find for a very long time until today, and the motion picture soundtrack for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. (I like that new Linkin Park song, and Staind is on there too. It's been a while since I've heard anything new by them.) I also got some new PJ's and slipper socks. I haven't listened to any of my new CDs yet, but maybe later on I will.

At Gamestop I finally bought the second Kingdom Hearts game. I might as well play that, now that I've beaten the first at least once. I also got Area 51 (rented that one once, and I think my mom and I enjoyed it) and Trivial Pursuit. Once at a friend's party, my mom and I played that game together in a group and had a good time with that. I also renewed my Gamestop membership so I can get more Game Informer mags in the mail.

Before all of that, my mom and I stopped by the local Mattress Warehouse. We found a mattress for my room for a fairly decent price, lower than the prices I've seen online. My chance to buy one then ask a friend to help bring it over to my place may have to be another week though. It feels nice enough, surely much better than the one I have that's started to fall apart.

Even before that, my mom got a few excellent DVDs from the Movie Gallery she works at--the early gifts. The new Star Trek, Aliens in the Attic (in which I watched again today--SO FUNNY), and the other I can't remember by memory right now.

Christmas isn't over for me just yet though. There might be some surprises for tomorrow, and on Saturday, my family and I will go to the movies and see Avatar. It looks cool.

Don't get me wrong. I know what Christmas is all about. I've been having a nice relaxing time with my family. I'm just writing to unload and communicate to those I know through LJ.

( Everything non Christmas related goes here. )

Current Mood: okay