And stuff and stuff....
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snogged*I read 10 books in the month of January. Of the ten, the one I was most impressed with was Looking For Alaska by John Green. The one I was least impressed with was: Zen of Zombie by Scott Kennemore. I wanted to kick in his misogynistic face.
*I'm currently reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and I must admit that it's a book to be savored. I can't bring myself to read it quickly because I just don't want to leave her world yet.
*I've seen five movies so far this year (excluding my rewatch of Ghostbusters because I'm trying to only list new movies.)
*I got a Kindle Keyboard with a shiny green book cover. I already have three books loaded onto it and plan to read one of them as soon as I finish The Night Circus.
*I have been watching That 70's Show on Netflix Instant Streaming, but I couldn't even finish Season 4 because of Netflix's stupid expiration dates on stuff and because I was having trouble getting things to buffer correctly.
Up until this past weekend, I hadn't had much issue with buffering, but now, it takes an hour just to watch a 20 minute show. And it's not just Netflix either. My whole damn internet has been slowed down dramatically. Nick, who is also on the same connection, is not having an issue with speed so it's clearly just my computer's fault. We ran virus scans last night, but they found nothing. It could possible be a RAM issue since I only have 512 MB of it on my 11-year old computer.
I wish I knew how to fix this slowness problem because it's really ticking me off.
Sorry to end a mostly shiny list on a sour note, but that's just the way it goes.
*I'm currently reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and I must admit that it's a book to be savored. I can't bring myself to read it quickly because I just don't want to leave her world yet.
*I've seen five movies so far this year (excluding my rewatch of Ghostbusters because I'm trying to only list new movies.)
*I got a Kindle Keyboard with a shiny green book cover. I already have three books loaded onto it and plan to read one of them as soon as I finish The Night Circus.
*I have been watching That 70's Show on Netflix Instant Streaming, but I couldn't even finish Season 4 because of Netflix's stupid expiration dates on stuff and because I was having trouble getting things to buffer correctly.
Up until this past weekend, I hadn't had much issue with buffering, but now, it takes an hour just to watch a 20 minute show. And it's not just Netflix either. My whole damn internet has been slowed down dramatically. Nick, who is also on the same connection, is not having an issue with speed so it's clearly just my computer's fault. We ran virus scans last night, but they found nothing. It could possible be a RAM issue since I only have 512 MB of it on my 11-year old computer.
I wish I knew how to fix this slowness problem because it's really ticking me off.
Sorry to end a mostly shiny list on a sour note, but that's just the way it goes.
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on 2012-02-01 11:58 pm (UTC)Gabrielle
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on 2012-02-03 10:55 pm (UTC)no subject
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on 2012-02-03 11:13 pm (UTC)I finished the other night. :)
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on 2012-02-02 12:16 am (UTC)I'm kinda jealous of your motivation :)
I haven't read an entire book in about six months and I haven't seen a new movie in... I think Star Trek was the last movie I saw. And before that it was Alien Vs Predator.
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on 2012-02-03 11:14 pm (UTC)Do you rent movies at all or do you just not watch them?
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on 2012-02-03 11:29 pm (UTC)I read magazines and newspapers (and I generally read a bunch of non-fiction - conspiracy theory-style crackpot books) but I get most of my fiction for free on the internet :)
No, I don't rent movies. With few exceptions, I'm not a movie person. I like television.
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on 2012-02-02 12:58 am (UTC)no subject
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on 2012-02-02 02:21 am (UTC)I have to say, we are kicking ass and taking names this year, since we read so much in January and saw five movies! We're like twins. :)
HUG
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on 2012-02-03 11:33 pm (UTC)*cuddles Mezz*
I hope the RAM helps too. I think Kit is going to try and find some for us before he comes tonight.
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on 2012-02-02 03:11 am (UTC)I'm sorry your 'puter is causing problems.
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on 2012-02-03 11:31 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2012-02-02 03:27 am (UTC)I've had issues with my computer, too. I turned it last weekend and the screen started flashing, which was frustrating to the extreme! I can only get internet from an internet hub, which I'm at right now, but I really need a more permanent connection than this!
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on 2012-02-03 11:37 pm (UTC)Yuck. That sounds like an awful computer problem.
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on 2012-02-02 11:06 am (UTC)Green skin rules!
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on 2012-02-03 11:35 pm (UTC)I hate it.
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on 2012-02-03 11:30 pm (UTC)Do you have the option to share books with other Kindle users because if you do, I would totally share with you?
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on 2012-02-03 11:38 pm (UTC)