Hurrah! Two joyous packages the mail brings! One contains a positively groovin’ music mix from Renata, bearing all sorts of highly entertaining holiday favourites such as “I wanna be Christ” by Stuart Davis, “The Night Santa Went Crazy” by Weird Al, and Space Ghost’s “Twelve Days of Christmas”. I can’t wait to listen to it all! It also contained a great deal of candy. The other joyous package contained a DVD of “Spaceballs” (unopened) purchased on eBay, plus a hardback “Men at Arms” which was so inexpensive that I couldn’t resist (and still in perfect condition). Same guy, so there was no extra shipping cost. I figure that if I have several copies of Harry Potter in case someone wants to borrow them, I might as well get spare copies of my other most frequently lent books, especially when they’re sold dirt cheap. Muaha!

I’m getting my friend Nancy hooked on the series, as well. She’s lending me “Star by Star”, the most recent NJO Star Wars book, and I’m lending her “Guards! Guards!”. Which reminds me! I finally found a copy of the G!G! graphic novel on Amazon UK for 8L (about $12, which is fairly good for a huge graphic novel like this), which is quite an improvement over the absolutely ridiculous $50-60 offered in the Amazon US shops. Now I just have to see if I can find a cheaper copy at Half Price Books. Fellow RMLer Sean found the Mort graphic novel at a Half Price Books, so I’m hoping they might be offering “Guards! Guards!” as well. ::skips about merrily::

Meanwhile, I’m virtually finished with Chungy’s scarf. I just have to figure out how to bind off the end, knowledge which is easily gleanable online (doesn’t coining words just make your day?). Now I’m working on a slightly smaller one for my “aunt” Nancy, my mom’s best friend. If I have time, I want to do one for Mrs. Felice, as well. My own Markscarf has been put on the backburner for quite a while.

So, in short, schnoogles abound to Renata, for being groovy; Thomas Pendergast, for shipping so quickly; Nancy, for being malleable; Other Nancy, for being the most wonderful woman in the world; Sean, for being informative; Mrs. Felice, for putting up with me; and Chungy, for being my best friend. Not to mention everyone reading this, for tolerating my ridiculous blog obsession. Happy Holidays to the lot of you!