write like you're running out of time

First off, the Chicago Cubs are the 2008 Central Division Champions. All bow to the awesomeness that is the Chicago Cubs.

Second, I played hooky from work (not really; I swapped shifts with a co-worker) to go to the Pec Thing with Mom. Came off with a fairly good haul this time around. Major purchases of note are The Great Mouse Detective on DVD and a set of two of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes films - Dressed to Kill and Terror By Night - on VHS. I hemmed and hawed over that last one, because 1) I really prefer DVD to VHS and 2) I couldn't remember how good the reviews on either movie had been.

Also found a couple more keys to add to my skeleton key collection, one of which is now affixed to the tassel of one of my bookmarks. And Mom thinks its a weird hobby :p

Am currently sans my iPod. The iPod is at this moment at the Apple store/center in California being repaired since it came down with a case of "White Screen of Minor Injury"* on Sunday. It wouldn't be that bad if it weren't for the fact that iTunes likes to slow my computer down a whole bunch and my computer speakers are behaving like two pieces of utter crap (although the Brother could be right and it's actually the sound card).

I've narrowed down my next pup for Dive to two possibilities - Meng (coming in via Apharsites, which probably means major self-threading in the future) and Lucy Cartwright/Sister of Mine from the Human Nature/Family of Blood episodes of Doctor Who. Playing Lucy/Sister could prove interesting, especially since I would bring her in post-Family of Blood where her imprisonment has softened her considerably, and make her an ally of the Tamers rather than an enemy like Jeremy/Brother of Mine.

Have recently discovered the Granada Sherlock Holmes series, and by extension Jeremy Brett. Needless to say the pocketbook is a tad lighter for having purchased three of the four DVD volumes of the series. Not that I'm complaining... *innocent whistle*

I'm listening to Christmas music, so it must be the middle of summer.

*"White Screen of Minor Injury" is described as a malady wherein the screen of the iPod inexplicably goes stark white. Everything is still on the hard drive (or at least it was until the Brother restorted it) - it just can't be accessed through the fog of the white screen.