From my Notepad

[active_apathy]

And now, toward my Little Black Book Of Entry Notes.

It's a little a6 affair; the kind of thing that you can tuck into a bag or a coat pocket, with the kind of spiral binding that neatly holds a pen. The front cover is nondescript black plastic, the back cover is slightly beaten cardboard, and the pages are a nice, heavy, crisp paper that's lovely to write on.

(Hello. Function, is it? Please, please, take a seat. I just need to finish going over a few things with Form. I'll try not to keep you waiting for too long.)

All this is important, because the biggest note on the page says, in big messy handwriting, "Serenity RPG! Squee!", with more exclamation marks, more 'e's, and some underlining. Just in case it's not blindingly obvious, my copy of the Serenity RPG came in today (though, to be fair, it was in a box with a few other copies). I've had a brief flip through it so far, and I find myself rather liking what I see - especially the way there's a table in to just make up words for when techy stuff breaks.

Below that, there's another note. This one is scribbled in worse handwriting, possibly a result of violent gigglefits. This one says, "seeing film?"; I managed to kill myself laughing when the poor sod collecting my money, when he asked if I plan to see Serenity.

The next item says "apathy_games - poll". I really do draw the little comm thingy in my notepad, and the little lj-person for LJers. Thts was supposed to tell me to write the poll tonight, but it's going to have to wait until tomorrow. At the very least, it'll give me a chance to flip through my newfound shiny and properly decide if I want to make it a poll question or not.

The last note says "Guards! Guards!". I bought it for free on Wednesday (yay loyalty programmes!) and finished it tonight, after the end of Spooks and before journeying into the Intarnets. fireyfox, I pretty much entirely agree with your opinion of it; while the silliness is all still there, I prefer the, wossname, humour to that of the earlier books. It has the feel of settling into a style that just completely works.

The other half of the page is just crisp, white paper, waiting for another set of entry notes; the scribble in the other half has been neatly struck through, a sign that it's been posted and that new reminders and details can squeeze themselves on for their turn to become another slice of Internet.

Comments

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Oooh, shiny.

But, no. I don't like Rincewind either. The entire rest of the Disc is just plain fun, but Rincewind is exceptionally irritating.

I already find Death to be quite entertaining.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

</span>. Yes. That's exactly what I meant.

[one-bullet-left.livejournal.com]

Clearly you caught html-itis from me. And you will do more than find Death entertaining. He will become dear to your heart. Wait 'till you read Hogfather, that's all I'm saying. (I suggest you do this around Christmastime, as it will help you keep a sense of humour about all the Holiday Stupidity.)