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Spider-Squisher is an Important Role of Any Relationship

Me: Hey, are you brave?
Ex: … No. Why?
Me: There’s this huge fucking spider and my mother refuses to kill it for me. So I’m hiding in my room.
Ex: Also, I’m not too happy about anything that starts with “Hey, are you brave?”
Me: Me either. That’s why I asked you.

Aside from that spider, there’s an acrobatic spider that resides in my bedroom; I can tell from the web that goes from one corner to the opposite corner, to the door, then across the room to the window, to the light fixture, to the TV, and then to both of my bookcases and then down to my desk.

My acrobatic spider and I have an agreement: He doesn’t let me see him and he lives.

Book Review: Hero

Title: Hero
Author: Perry Moore
Genres: fantasy, LGBTQ, science fiction, young adult

I don’t usually buy hardcover books, but when I was wondering through Barnes & Noble the other day while waiting for the movie theater to open, I impulsively bought two (which is why I am now broke) hardcover books including this one.

I don’t think I’ve ever actually encountered a YA novel before about superheroes which is unfortunate, really. I’m a huge fan of NBC’s Heroes and sometimes have a crush on Wonder Woman because, come on, Wonder Woman is awesome.

One thing I like most about this book is that the jacket didn’t mention the main character, a teenage superhero in the making, is gay. Again, I’m not sure I’ve actually encountered a YA novel before with a gay character that isn’t clearly labeled somewhere.

Everything superhero is banned from his home by his dad, a former, now disgraced, hero without powers. Because, of course, it’s not enough Thom has to hide his position within the League (the same organization that disowned his dad after a particularly tragic, but misunderstood incident), he also has to hide his sexuality from both the town as well as his homophobic father.

I really enjoyed this book and I’m definitely looking forward to reading the future Hero sequels by Perry Moore.

Excuse Me, I’m Off to Mourn the Loss of My Baby

On Monday, for the first time ever since I got my sexy MacBook Pro a year and a half ago, I drank something next to it. I didn’t even think of it. I was sick as hell, my head felt cloudy, I couldn’t breathe, and I just needed some sort of beverage.

Said beverage turned out to me milk.

Milk that turned out to be very bad for my computer. Particularly when I didn’t turn it off right away because my cold-medicine-induced stupor made me, well, rather effing stupid. I’m not even computer illiterate. I just wasn’t thinking.

Very, very, very expensive mistake. Expensive mistake that made me cry. Very expensive mistake that made my keyboard act as if it was possessed by Samara¹.

My dad fixes computers for a living. Spilling milk on it voided my warranty anyway (any problems it has can be blamed on aforementioned evil milk) so he popped it open, cleaned it out, cleaned under the trackpad, tried everything.

Keyboard is fried, trackpad is done for, has massive start-up issues (hit the button, wait for a minute before it makes any indication it’s going to start up at all — and sometimes it doesn’t start up at all) and won’t stay in sleep mode properly.

So today I go to the Apple Store at the mall because 1) I need an external keyboard² for now and 2) I’m applying for a job at another store in the mall. I asked for a quote on what a repair would cost.

Turns out said repair would cost about $1,200 USD. When I could just get a brand new iMac or MacBook with 2 GB of RAM, 2.16 GHz processor, and 160 GB of space (as opposed to my current 1 GB of RAM, 2.0 GHz processor, and 100 GB of space) with about the same amount of money with my student discount.

The thought of spending that much money on an item after only a year and a half of having my MacBook Pro makes me want to cry even more. I was planning on having this computer for several more years. I love this computer–I don’t want a new one! This one is the perfect size, sleek, sexy, and exactly what I need. But I’m definitely not putting up the cash for a brand new one either. I’ll live with a new MacBook despite my dislike of glossy screens, assuming I get this job. I’m probably going to wait until Leopard comes out to buy it to save myself US$119 (again, with student discount).

Hey, whatever computer I get it will always be better than what I had before my current love–a third-hand 400 MHz Dell laptop with broken hinges, 256 MB of RAM, and a 20 GB hard drive that only ran when I got it into the mood.

1. Well, perhaps not as much as that one time on a very, very old Dell laptop I had where I was typing and then everything was inserted backwards (siht ekil tsuj) and my then-girlfriend did not help with my fear that I was going to die in seven days. Have I ever mentioned that I went to a Christian summer camp where part of The Ring was filmed? And I’ve been in the cabin? ↩
2. Turns out it’s very difficult to do anything on your computer when 1) you cannot type and 2) it’s in various naked pieces. ↩

New Layout & Reworking Some Content

As I mentioned yesterday, I wasn’t too fond of that layout. I’ve changed it to the current one. Very rainbow. Very, very rainbow.

I also reworked my about me page quite a bit, though I still need to add a few things.

I’m going to try to get as many mini-reviews of books up soon as I’ve read over 60 books in 2007 already. I’d really like to keep a reading log.

Television for Kids Scares Me

This video makes me fear for the future of the kids watching this show. It also makes me wander about all day singing this terrifying song.

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