Originally Posted by Kent

My library has an amazing graphic novel/manga section!

Lucky! My local library has like 3 manga volumes and they aren't even in order.

Let's have a kitteh help you find your manga.

I used to have a large manga collection.

Originally Posted by Kirin Rosenbaum

I used to have a large manga collection.

My own personal collection is decent enough

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

Well I managed to MOSTLY catch up but I still have one big task to do. Trying to figure out if I want to try to work late tonight to finish it or work on it over the weekend. I have to do the comms planning for our big yearly event. So basically planning out all of our communications from now until the end of May. No big deal right???

And what did you decide to do?! lol

Originally Posted by Cora

My own personal collection is decent enough

I kept a few. The ones I have are in Japanese cause I think that's just cool. I donated mine to my library and they at the time said they were going to put them in circulation as there was a need for manga as the teens were eating manga up.

Originally Posted by R a n d e h

And what did you decide to do?! lol

Eh I ended up giving up for the night. I worked 4.5 hours yesterday and managed to mostly finish what I needed to. It sucked having to work on my day off though!

What's everyone up to this Monday?

I hope you get paid for working on your day off at least! Or time off in lieu of, whatever works! But I'm glad you mostly got it all finished :)

Today I do not want to be working...not because of my job, just because I want to sit at home and curl up under covers and read. It's so cold today lol. BUT the niece went to a friends house right after school, which means I get to go home to a relatively quiet house

What about you?!

Nah, no extra pay because I'm salaried but it is what it is. It's a relief to have it done anyway.

I'm lucky enough to have the day off myself. I'm playing Dungeons & Dragons with my work team though, haha!

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

Nah, no extra pay because I'm salaried but it is what it is. It's a relief to have it done anyway.

I'm lucky enough to have the day off myself. I'm playing Dungeons & Dragons with my work team though, haha!

"munnies is for catnips."

LOL, yeah, I work hard so my cat can live the good life, lol.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

Nah, no extra pay because I'm salaried but it is what it is. It's a relief to have it done anyway.

I'm lucky enough to have the day off myself. I'm playing Dungeons & Dragons with my work team though, haha!

lol I can’t judge, I do it all the time, but I wish we didn’t

Ohhhh a day off is lovely! Even if you’re still hanging with coworkers LOL

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

LOL, yeah, I work hard so my cat can live the good life, lol.

Not about the human lives pshaw.

Originally Posted by R a n d e h

lol I can’t judge, I do it all the time, but I wish we didn’t

Ohhhh a day off is lovely! Even if you’re still hanging with coworkers LOL

Yeah I mean I have to do it sometimes, especially around big event times but it's not too bad overall. I do need to work on getting into healthier work habits though taking lunch breaks and whatnot.

Originally Posted by Cora

Not about the human lives pshaw.

What ebun is dis game?

OMG I was sitting there waiting for that exact moment when the cat would smack the tower.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

Yeah I mean I have to do it sometimes, especially around big event times but it's not too bad overall. I do need to work on getting into healthier work habits though taking lunch breaks and whatnot.

Ohhhh I’m bad for that. Lunch is hard because what are you going to do away from your desk for an hour?! I tell myself that the little breaks I take throughout the day to answer fb msgs, Mene msgs etc is my lunch.

But some lunch breaks I spend my time doing all our clubs reporting (I belong to a Lions Club, and no I’m not 85yrs old ) so at least I am productive! LOL

Okay I have a first world problem. So the only version of the Crooked Kingdom book available now at the library was a “large print” edition. I didn’t think anything of it. Have you ever read a large print edition?! It’s SO heavy! The book should be 561 pages, but it’s 973 pages because of the large print. It’s uncomfortable to hold. I feel so silly whining but my goodness I will avoid the large print in the future lol

Love coming and seeing cute cat gifs/pics.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

OMG I was sitting there waiting for that exact moment when the cat would smack the tower.

Me tooooooo

I was like, you just know that cat is waiting to smack that tower

Originally Posted by R a n d e h

Ohhhh I’m bad for that. Lunch is hard because what are you going to do away from your desk for an hour?! I tell myself that the little breaks I take throughout the day to answer fb msgs, Mene msgs etc is my lunch.

But some lunch breaks I spend my time doing all our clubs reporting (I belong to a Lions Club, and no I’m not 85yrs old ) so at least I am productive! LOL

Okay I have a first world problem. So the only version of the Crooked Kingdom book available now at the library was a “large print” edition. I didn’t think anything of it. Have you ever read a large print edition?! It’s SO heavy! The book should be 561 pages, but it’s 973 pages because of the large print. It’s uncomfortable to hold. I feel so silly whining but my goodness I will avoid the large print in the future lol

See that's how I credit my lunch break as well. I think to myself, oh I stepped away a few times already, I guess that should count as my lunch break... But really I probably should be disconnecting and actually getting away from my computer for those 30 minutes to rest my brain. I'm going to try to start walking on my lunch break, even if it's just doing laps around the halls. Then I can come back and eat lunch at my desk like I usually do.

Oh, the Lion's Club! That's really interesting! Can you remind me what they do? It's been ages since I've seen one of those around...

I've actually never read a large print book. I wonder if I would like it because you can turn the pages faster and it's easier on the eyes or if I'd hate it because it's so much bigger/seems so much longer...

Originally Posted by Kirin Rosenbaum

Love coming and seeing cute cat gifs/pics.

Same! Blue always finds the best ones.

Originally Posted by Cora

Me tooooooo

I was like, you just know that cat is waiting to smack that tower

Oh yeah, you just KNOW it's going to happen, ahah! I'm a little disappointed that more blocks didn't fall when it finally did.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

See that's how I credit my lunch break as well. I think to myself, oh I stepped away a few times already, I guess that should count as my lunch break... But really I probably should be disconnecting and actually getting away from my computer for those 30 minutes to rest my brain. I'm going to try to start walking on my lunch break, even if it's just doing laps around the halls. Then I can come back and eat lunch at my desk like I usually do.

Oh, the Lion's Club! That's really interesting! Can you remind me what they do? It's been ages since I've seen one of those around...

I've actually never read a large print book. I wonder if I would like it because you can turn the pages faster and it's easier on the eyes or if I'd hate it because it's so much bigger/seems so much longer...

I think you're right, we should all be taking that break to relax, recharge our brains and focus on ourselves for a little bit...it's so hard though . Lunch is in 2 minutes, so I was quickly checking on Mene, but perhaps I shall do some reading!

Lions Clubs are all over and they do charity work, volunteer their time and donate money to all the causes. Our motto is "we serve" because we do! The organization has their global causes: Diabetes, Vision, Hunger, Environment and Childhood Cancer so we all do a lot of work towards that, but we don't shy away from other important causes! Clubs are usually focused on these items in their own community, and if you have enough clubs in enough different communities, then you're all helping the world together. It's a massive organization and it just feels really good to be a part of something that is focused on doing good.

Our club specifically is in a rebuilding stage...the older members were getting tired and not doing much of anything. The club dwindled down to 9 members. BUT, a bunch of us "youngin's" have since joined (I joined last year) and we've been remarketing the club and working on recruitment. We're also planning a huge community parade to help get our name out there into our community. We've done a lot of work for our local food bank too this winter. I'm the marketing coordinator, but I also recently took on the secretary position which I thought was just taking minutes at our meetings...boy was I in for a rude awakening LOL The secretary is the busiest job as you have to do all the clubs reporting on all volunteer hours, all activities past, present and future, all monies in and out, all donations fundraising etc. Thankfully I'm super organized but now I know why they were so excited when I casually said I could help out. DARN! LOL

So when it comes to large print this is my first, and it's exactly as you described. I thought it would feel like I was reading more quicker, and while it's KIND of true, it's more accurate to say that each chapter is daunting because there are SO many more pages, so it feels a heck of a lot longer lol. The book is so heavy! BUT the pages are ultra thin and feel lovely between your fingers, so that's a plus lol

My belly is on a timer. Too late.

I go all cat like before getting out of bed most mornings.

Originally Posted by zigbigadorlube

Oh yeah, you just KNOW it's going to happen, ahah! I'm a little disappointed that more blocks didn't fall when it finally did.

I know! I thought the same thing, but I was so invested by that point in when it was gonna happen I wasn't gonna say it

Hooman's been playing that game for 2 days now.