Question(s):

Is Strangers with Candy (the movie) any good? I never saw the T.V. show. The commercials for it didn't look enticing, but I <3 Stephen Colbert, so...worth the rental? Do I need to see the T.V. show to understand it?

I've been sick in bed all weekend and it doesn't look like I'm going to be better soon. Help me out! Movie/book recs, anyone? I'm so in the mood for a fun comedy, but I'm not a big slapstick fan and I don't like gross humor. Gay/lesbian content would be a plus.

Thanks! :)

So the Complete Guide to the Baby-Sitter's Club is pretty much the coolest thing ever. I <3 Amazon. I <3 my new book. Fanfic is going to be so much easier (and accurate!) now. OMG a map. I am such a dork, but I am a happy dork.

mizzmarvel is just happy that I'm not going to be pestering her with stupid questions anymore, I'm sure. :)

But a couple quick BSC questions for those of you on my flist with book familiarity. The only books I own are in the first 15. I would really like to read a couple books that feature my favorite fanon characters so I can get a better canon idea of who they are. So:

1) I would like a Mary Anne book where Richard has more than one line.

2) I would like a book with good triplet interaction (bonus points for a good look at Byron).

3) I know that there is a book where Logan gets made fun of by a football team guy while baby-sitting. What book is this? I want it.

Suggestions? I have a little spending money and want to grab a couple books. Thanks!!

I was stuck in a waiting room for much of yesterday, and the only reading material I had was my grandmother's copy of Nora Roberts' Irish Hearts. The book really should be titled "Nora Roberts' Guide to Sexual Harrassment." What a skeezy book. :(

I found out that author who was very important to me as a wee lesbian lives in the same city I do! She wrote the book Crush, which was the only lesbian young adult novel I had. It's a typical YA queer book--sad, melodramatic--but it was a huge relief as a young teen to have a book with characters who were (kinda) like me. And she lives somewhere around here! I kind of want to stalk her.

And in happy news, my library was selling a bunch of old CDs (and books and movies). I got La Traviata (my favorite Opera, and not just because of the kickass Mulder/Krycek fanfic based on it) for only two bucks! She shops, she scores! :)

I have been reading and enjoying many of the book recs y'all gave me.

mizzmarvel: Juniper was awesome, and I'm waiting for Wise Child to come.

moon_peonies: I loved Luna. Boy Meets Boy was...weird. Good, but kind of odd. It took me awhile to get into it.

felinephoenix: OMG RUNAWAYS IS SO COOL.

rainbowgoddess: I just started Travelling Mercies. There were like 90 copies at the library...I found out Anne Lammott lives around here. So far, I like it. Bitchfest was great.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. You all are saving my life. And I have so many more books to go! :)

I started a grandma blog, as I thought it would be the easiest way to keep in touch with our family. Also, I didn't want this LJ to get taken over with grandma stuff. So from now on, all things grandma will be at grandma_and_me.

Grandma is very sick, and it looks like she won't be living for much longer. I ended up quitting school because I can't away from the house very long. I was hoping to get into a couple online classes, but the money I had for a laptop fell through (long story that I can't go into right now...I will when it's resolved) and so I am now a 24/7 caretaker and LOOSING MY MIND. I sneak down to the library and use their computers when I have a chance, which is why my posting has been so sporadic.

If I've missed something, I'm sorry, it's not intentional. If you really want me to see a particular post, PLEASE email me.

Since I'm not in school, I've gotten a chance to catch up on my reading. Sir Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life by Peter David are both good, though the sequels weren't as great. I also read The Whole Woman by Germaine Greer and was struck by how sometimes I would wholeheartedly agree with her, and sometimes I thought she was completely nuts. One chapter I loved her, the next chapter I thought she should be shot. Weird. At the very least, she inspired a lot of emotion, which is I guess the mark of a good author. :)

And a plea, friends. Please rec me some books! I'm stuck in a house all day long, and I'm getting tired of Dr. Phil. I'm looking specifically for gay/lesbian books (fiction or non-fiction), sci-fi/fantasy, and young adult books. I would prefer light-hearted, easy reads, but I'm desperate for anything at this point. :)

How is everyone else doing?

School is going well. My Spanish professor and my History professor are both cool, and class is really fun and interesting. My sociology prof, on the other hand, is an asshole. Also, his class is boring as hell, which sucks because I find sociology fascinating. It's sad when the textbook is more interesting than the teacher. I have a gorgeous commute, though, and even though it's 2 hours long, it's a pretty two hours. I'm thinking of bringing a camera along sometime and posting pictures.

My grandma is doing okay. She has a doctor's appointment tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes. She's been kind of angry with me recently--I think she's just chaffing under the knowledge that she needs help.

I've fallen head first into Terry Pratchett. I don't know how I've lived this long without him. I've also been reading a lot of feminist texts (yay for a big school library) and an essay is formulating. I'll probably post on it in a few days.

PS: Readers of christianitysex will understand when I say that raven55 makes me drop to my knees and thank God for making me a lesbian. :)