"Still She Leaves a Light Burning in the Hall..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

Baby, I did stuff to-day.

I got up at crazy o'clock (eight-thirty) and recycled in Newport and went the gym and bought the most amazing balloon for Zara's birthday and yes I do plan ahead why do you ask now shush and then went to a graduation party for the son of one of Mum's close friends--incidentally, did you know they make custom M&Ms? because I didn't, but now I do, and believe that I will use that information to my own ends--and then went to the Oriental house and scraped the paint off the summer kitchen as prep for sanding and painting it. :D I have not been home at all to-day--we got back from Oriental around nine.

Also? I have a shiny. I'll take photographs at some point.

And. What else. OH. TWO CONVERSATIONS OF LIFE SCREWING WITH SOUJIN.

Her: Hey, you're Kay's other daughter, aren't you?
Me: Yes. ^_^
Her: How old are you?
Me: Seventeen.
Her: BAHAHAHAHA. *wipes tear* Seriously, how old are you? Twelve?
Me: ...
Her: Wait, you really are seventeen?
Me: ...Yes.

Me: So I need to ILL Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
Her: We have that in the booksale, actually.
Me: Oo! Really? For how much?
Her: Three bucks.
Me: Ooo. Okay. I'll just buy it, then.
Her: 'Kay. *fetches book*
Me: :D I used to have a copy of this, looked exactly like this one, but I lost it. It was sad because I paid sixty dollars for it.
Her: Really? When did you lose it?
Me: About a year ago.
Her: This was donated about a year ago.
Me: ...really now.
Her: Yep.
Me: ...
Her: ...
Me: Did I just buy my own sixty-dollar book back for three dollars?
Her: I believe you did.
Me: GAHHHH.
Her: Ha ha ha! You don't have to pay for it.
Me: OH I BELIEVE I WILL.
Her: HA HA HA.

See? Totally screwing with me. Cripes.

Comments

[julietveiled.livejournal.com]

...AHHHHHHH both stories are incredible. XDDDDD

Also, I am SO glad you got it back. By whatever convoluted means. XD Cause you have GOT to read it.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

SERIOUSLY, DO I LOOK TWELVE?

XD I will. As soon as I finish Bartlett and the Forest of Plenty, Moll Flanders, and some other thing I have out.

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

You poor dear--! You do not look twelve. I suppose you could pass for fifteen through eighteen--but not twelve. Additionally, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell should never have cost sixty bucks. You, miss, got screwed with a year ago. =( =( (But you have to reeeead it because I play a chaaaaracter--)

[snowyofthenight.livejournal.com]

(LISTEN TO HER. READ IT. *...stops butting in >>*)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. XD People think that all the time, though, I get thirteen and fourteen all the time. It makes me flail. Additionally, I got JS&MN a) hardcover b) when it first came out and c) at a college bookstore, all of which I believe contributed to the price. Also, I'm going to read it eventually. XD

[snowyofthenight.livejournal.com]

That first conversation is my life. XD

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Really? You have my vast sympathies.

[bewareofitalics]

All of us who look twelve and totally aren't should form a club. And then TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

And ow. But on the bright side, hey, you got your book back! :D

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I agree. They'd think we were innocent like children... UP UNTO THE PART WHERE WE DUNGEONED THEM ALL.

XD There's definitely that.

[julietveiled.livejournal.com]

...*cries* People always think I'm older than I am. I don't think I've ever been mistaken for younger. My own age? Sometimes. 2-10 years older? More likely. ...but can I still take over the world with you?

[erinpuff]

I'm so in. :-D

[silverdragon262.livejournal.com]

... I has a birthday? :D

Also.

ahem.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

A birthday you might consent to spend with me? :D

...

AH HA HA HA HA. HA.

[brieboo.livejournal.com]

lol, my violin teacher's mom described me to him as "a little girl". Considering I'm four years older than he is, and indeed, not much younger than she was when she birthed him, this was strange.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. ^^

[zero_pixel_count]

Oh, the age-thing...

...I never really had a problem until I moved down here, and then suddenly all the newsagents wanted ID to prove I was over 16. I'm 26. At that point it just becomes funny...

I'm sure in a few decades when we are middle-aged women, all the other middle-aged women will envy us for not looking our age though :D

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Wow, I guess it has to. XD Or you explode.

They'd better, or I'm going to feel v. cheated. XD

[reconditarmonia.livejournal.com]

How did JS&MN cost $60? Someone ripped you off! But it is indeed the best book and you must read it. ^__^

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

That's what I hear. ^^ Um, it was just out and hardcover and at a campus bookstore, I think that's why it was so expensive.

[prouvairesylvie.livejournal.com]

Those conversations are very funny. Aw, from the pictures you put up, you do not look twelve. :)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

XD Thank you. --And thank you again! ^^ I like to think I just look my age.

[tomecatti.livejournal.com]

XDXD I never get to have conversations like that! Lucky...

[tomecatti.livejournal.com]

Well, not the 12 years old one... You don't look 12... Though your face is very youthful!

[nrtf.livejournal.com]

When do you normally awaken?

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Eh, depends. Anywhere from nine to one, really.

[missingclone.livejournal.com]

hmm... i thought about you today...

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Really? I was thinking about you this weekend.

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

#1: I FEEL YOUR PAIN.

When my boyfriend and I went to visit his brother's and said brother's wife in the hospital when they had a kid, the nurse referred to me as a "little girl" (I think I was 21 at the time). And last month I almost got the under-12 discount at a hotel. *cry*

#2: Duuuuuude.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

1. Ahhhh, that's awful. It's not so bad with me. Much sympathy.

2. THE IRONY IS NOT FUNNY. ALMOST.