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tirethminet 05-03-2009 03:30 AM

no, we're not even since that's a salething and this was a comic store.
it's like the difference between ebay and amazon.
p:

anyway, next time you see a cheap phantom, get it for meeeee. :<
i really want a french one, though, (cause imma language nerd) so i might get one from amazon.fr someday.
but i still want english so i can read it. XD

Dream_and_Die 05-03-2009 03:40 AM

Hey I wanted a copy too. XD I was looking for another copy, just because I wanted more (^_^) and there weren't any. Also they had a language section but no goods books really in there.

Plus, you got four free comics, you could have picked one up for me but you didn't. See.

Excuse me, I have to go pick up my belts and hangers. My dog won't stop following me since it's raining and she's laying on the uncomfortable things.

tirethminet 05-03-2009 03:53 AM

to tell you the truth, there wasn't much of a selection.
and you probably wouldn't have liked what they did have.
plus you didn't tell me you wanted any. p:

Dream_and_Die 05-03-2009 04:16 AM

I didn't tell you? Really?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dream_and_Die (Post 1764414261)
I want free comic books... Where?

:blink:

tirethminet 05-03-2009 05:11 AM

i gave you the site and you never said anything back like you wouldn't be able to go.
or what comics you wanted.
the comics they had available were on the site.

ps.
you never told me you wanted me to get them for you. p:

Dream_and_Die 05-03-2009 05:43 AM

Details details. You're psychic, you should know these things about me. XD

tirethminet 05-03-2009 06:29 AM

psychic, but slow. you should know this by now. XD

Iltu 05-03-2009 02:37 PM

Leenie- I read a few reviews and a summary, and I just didn't think it would suit me. D: If I happen across it, I'll read a few pages to see if I'm wrong, but I don't think I'll actively look for it.

BTW, I got Vampirates from the libarary, all three. o: Or are there more than three yet? It'll be a long while before I get around to them, but I AM SO EXCITED. THEY ARE GONNA ROCK.

AND IF THEY DON'T. UGH. I will blame you for getting me excited to read them. >:| *seereeus fayse*

Dream- That doesn't make me feel better that you got so many cheap books and I still lack them, but I'm glad you proteced your inky children!
Haha I got that phrase from Inkheart donotjudgeme. D:

However, I do get to spend nearly two hours in Half-Price Books tommorow... *thoughtful* So maybe I'll end up not being so jealous of you anymore. ;)

ljosberinn 05-03-2009 02:57 PM



I got the Wolverine Origins from Forbidden Planet yesterday. <:

Plus a handful of other stuff. I like the idea of Free Comic Book Day, but I wish they would do it properly and actually have like, proper comic books for free. These are more like samples to get you to buy more and I think that should always be free. Also, there's always a very narrow selection. But hey, I'm not really complaining, I got free samples and uhm, I really need more things to spend my money on? Wait, no...

Bah, I need to go buy groceries. Will be back later and hopefully there will be someone here, because I need more excuses for not doing my essay.



Iltu 05-03-2009 03:06 PM

I knew it was free comic book day yesterday, uh, I think... It was yesterday? Yes? Am I mistaken? But I never got into comics, so it's never been of special interest. D:

HOW ABOUT FREE BOOK DAY. I WANT THAT. THAAAAAAAAAAAT.

Have fun buying your groceries. And also, hopefully I will be here to distract you friom your essay when you gat back. We can talk about Emiliana Torrini and books or some such thing. ...Or about Emilian Torrini writing a book.

That would be awesome. :XD

tirethminet 05-03-2009 03:29 PM

@iltu - awww :[
it's a sad day when people don't like books. ;_;
well, the fourth one came out on april fool's, but your library might not have it yet.
I PROMISE THEY'RE AWESOME. :<
a little slow to start, but AWESOME.

omg two hours in half price books? ::jealous::

HEY WELL, IN BRITAIN, THEY HAVE WORLD BOOK DAY WHERE YOU CAN GET (tiny) BOOKS FOR £1.

@ljos - ;__________;
i wanted the origins free comic, but i went really late, so they didn't have anymore.
it would be cool to, like, have a 5-10 free book limit of any comic under, say, three dollars. (basically no tpb or special runs or whatever)
i think what it is, though, is some sort of sampler for comic newbies so they can get sucked into reading comics.
even though the only real ones who know about fcbd are comic nerds. XD

YOU MUST DO YOUR ESSAY. >:[

Iltu 05-03-2009 03:39 PM

It did!? CURSE MY LIBARAY. THEY BETTER GET IT SOON. *rawrs* Well, before I finish the first three, anyway.

...They better be prompt about getting Richelle Mead's upcoming novels as well, or I may just cry.

Books being slow to start is usually okay with me! I try to give books around 60-200 pages before I toss stuff. And half the time I finish them anyway. Besides, alot of the time when people say a book is slow/starts slow, I think it's horribly interesting. XD

Yes. o: Some kids get money for good grades, and my dad was like, "Do you want anything for doing so well in school?" which he's never done before, and I told him I wanted a trip to Half-Price Books without being rushed. HE SAID OKAY. And he's just gonna leave me there when he takes my siblings to guitar practice. XD I'm like THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS much excited.

I'M GONNA MOVE THERE OKAY?

tirethminet 05-03-2009 04:00 PM

you should probably actually tell them to get it now if they don't already have it on order. x3
being slow to start, i meant there was a chapter or something of them being all... not awesome. XD
::fails at descriptions::

omg. BEST CONGRATS PRESENT EVER.

ehehehehe, i wish we had some sort of awesome book event.
but america fails a little. :<

Iltu 05-03-2009 04:13 PM

I'll check the system again sometime today, and if they don't have it, I'll send them a sugestion like "WHAT GIVES?" Usually, they're pretty prompt about getting requests and suggested books in.

Except for two times. But one of those two is only published in England, I think. And the other time was a book that my mythology teacher said is impossible to find. He had to fight tooth and nail to get enough copies for his classes, so. I can understand if the libaray is having some trouble. o_o

I can deal with that. I'll just keep in mind that they'll start being awesome soon. o:

I KNOW. I'm real happy. I'm like "OMG SO MUCH BETTER THAN MONEY." Because I can't SPEND money if I'm being told I have ten minutes in bookstores! D< You want me to make decisions that quickly? Um, impossible! Books are precious babies. It's like adoption. You can't just be like, "Okay done!"

Yeah. D: I think we have a day when you don't have to pay taxes on books and laptops and other educational things. In some states. But we need MORE.

ljosberinn 05-03-2009 04:22 PM



Iitu, yes it was yesterday. And aha, if Emiliana Torrini wrote a book it would be all really random and disjointed text about her day and faeries and stuff. With doodles.

SHE SHOULD TOTALLY WRITE A BOOK.

Tireth, Free Book Day? What how when where why how what?? I didn't know about that.
And yes, that would be really cool. It is quite a new thing though isn't it? So maybe they're waiting for the large bookstores to pick up on it, would be easier to attract comic newbies through that. Though I must say, giving away more "proper" comics would most certainly attract much more people. Everyone loves free fancy stuff.

Wahh don't hit me! I woke up so late and then I had to buy groceries and now it's almost half five and my brain usually turns off around dinner time.
I am going to try to do some work all the same. At least try to read a bit more and stuff.

I broke my headphones before I went out. They were the bestest headphones I have ever ever ever had and they just snapped as I was putting them on. And HMV didn't have the same type. ;_____________;
I am dressed all black, in mourning. (Actually, the all black was a coincidence as I got dressed before I broke them. But still.)



Iltu 05-03-2009 04:26 PM

I WOULD BUY THAT BOOK. Like, in four seconds. If it was $50, I would buy that book. It would be about ninteen levels of amazing. Especially those doodles.

Your poor headphones! That is so sad when stuff like that happens. D: We should have a funeral.
And while we're at it, let's form a search party for my iPod. ._. She's been missing a long long time. I MISS HER. COME BACK TO ME, THE SHINEY DOOM. COME BACK HOME.

Yes my iPod is female and also I named her. D: WHAT?

ljosberinn 05-03-2009 04:34 PM



So would I.

My iPod's name is Mikael. :3
And that's too bad yours is lost. I want a new one actually because Mikael is only 30GB and I have... way more than 30GBs of music. But I'd feel weird buying a brand new iPod since there's nothing actually wrong with mine. Except lack of space. So I'm going to wait till it actually breaks. Which, given the average life span of appliances like that, shouldn't be too long. e____e

Oh, yeah, I was going to do laundry.



Iltu 05-03-2009 04:51 PM

Mine is named The Shiney Doom. If you didn't gather that. She's purple. And shiney. Hence her name. I was going to name her D'iala after my friends RP character, but D'iala is a boy and my iPod is a girl. So that wasn't going to work at all.
Holy goodness! My iPod holds like, 8 GB of music. :gonk: But I only ahve like 3 or 4 GB. Mostly because my computer with all my music on it DIED. ;_; But I think I only had like 4 GB on there anyway, and I've gotten a few of the same songs again.

Ick. I hate doing laundry.

Annig 05-03-2009 05:04 PM

I wonder if I'll make this.. (probably not XD)
Challenge: 50 books (15000 pages) by april 1 2010!

Start challenge: april 1 2009
number/title/start(d-m-y)/finish(d-m-y)/pages
1. the five people you meet in heaven / 1-04-09 / 2-04-09 / 208
2. if you could see me now / 2-04-09 / 3-04-09 / 336
3. where have all the boys gone? / 4-04-09 / 5-04-09 / 340
4. moonshine / 6-04-09 / 8-04-09 / 704
5. the personal shopper / 28-04-09 / 30-04-09 / 425
6. het leven uit een dag / 6-04-09 / 8-05-09 / 190
7. playing with the grown-ups / 10-05-09 / 13-05-09 / 243
8. slave of love / 28-05-09 / 1-06-09 / 271
9. the tenth circle / 1-06-09 / 3-06-09 / 373
10. hoe overleef ik mezelf? / 27-06-09 / 27-06-09 / 152
11. hoe overleef ik met/zonder jou? / 27-06-09 / 28-06-09 / 160
12. hoe overleef ik mijn ouders (en zij mij)? / 28-06-09 / 28-06-09 / 160
13. lekker weg! / 3-07-09 / 5-07-09 / 240
14. laat me! / 5-07-09 / 8-07-09 / 288
15. de donkere diepte / 8-07-09 / 8-07-09 / 180
16. if I live to be 100 / 9-07-09 / 11-07-09 / 224
17. being nikki / 16-07-09 / 17-07-09 / 352
18. italian for beginners / 28-07-09 / 29-07-09 / 384
19. thanks for the memories / 29-07-09 / 2-08-09 / 488
20. the host / 20-08-09 / 21-08-09 / 624
21. ghost girl / ? / ? / 320
22. insiders / ? / ? / 480
23. kissed by an angel / ? / ? / 230
24. the power of love / ? / ? / 225
25. soulmates / ? / ? / 235
26. the year of living biblically / 11-12-09 /
27. nineteen minutes / ? / 30-12-09 / 455
28. le petit prince / 01-01-10 / 01-01-10 / 100
books: 27/50 (54%)
pages: 8387/15000 (55,9%)

Iltu 05-03-2009 05:12 PM

OH. The Five People you Meet in Heaven is a GREAT book. <3 Did you like it?

ljosberinn 05-03-2009 05:16 PM



I have a little over 34GBs of music on my iTunes, and I still have pleeeeeeenty of music I haven't added yet. ._____.

I've always wanted to read The five People You Meet In Heaven. It's on my superdupermegalong list of Books To Read.



Cherry Who? 05-03-2009 05:18 PM

DAMMIT, I FORGOT ABOUT FREE COMIC BOOK DAY. ;-;
Not that I know of any comic book stores near me, but... There's three comic book series I've been wanting to read (V for Vendetta, Sin City, and the Firefly ones), and I haven't been able to get a hold of them yet. I doubt I would have found them, but I would have liked to have at least remembered. ><


@ iPod/tunes conversation - I ORDERED AN iPOD THE OTHER DAY. :D A cute little blue refurbished 4gb 2nd gen nano. Can't waaaait.

Iltu 05-03-2009 05:21 PM

ljos- You put me to shame. D:

Put it at THE TOP of your superdupermegalong list. It's wonderful.

Cherry- Ouch! There's always next year? *pats*

EDIIIIIT- OH MY GOSH I WANTED A BLUE ONE. When is it gonna come in!?

ljosberinn 05-03-2009 05:39 PM



Cherry, V for Vendetta is amaaaazing. Watchmen as well. I haven't read Sin City or Firefly, though I'm very curious about Sin City.

Iltu, har har. And it is already high up but I have plenty of books I am reading currently / have bought already so I will finish them first. x_____x



Iltu 05-03-2009 05:46 PM

I need to read Watchmen! It sounds really really awesome.

Haha, I know the feeling. But when you do get around to reading it one day, you will let me know what you think, won't you?


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