isaacsapphire

So I'm the proud owner of of Season four of Supernatural as of 4:30 AM local time. Technically the Walmart I work at isn't open at that hour, but they open a register at breaks so people can buy food and stuff.

I haven't actually played any of it yet (I've been busy with car-related chores), but I had a spare moment to look over the whole package. The interior case is plastic this time instead of paper, which should be more durable. On the other hand, the description for "Monster At the End of the Book" says that the books were comic books when they were novels. Baaaad person who wrote the inside notes. Also; they make it VERY clear on the back that you aren't supposed to sell it outside of the US and Canada and kind of makes it sound like they're actually cracking down on that, so if you live elsewhere and want the US version for some reason, you might have a little trouble finding it.

I've spent the last couple weeks driving insanely long periods of time over an insanely large portion of the US (Ok, just the bit north of the Mason-Dixon line and east of the Mississippi). Having tried it, I can attest that chain hotels are mind-numbingly soulless and boring (although they have lots of fluffy pillows). Chain food is pretty much the same: soul-killing and lacking in any sense of place.

I was on too short a trip to do anything about accommodations part way through, but at the tail end I was bypassing the McDonalds near my start point for the day in favor of doing sudden U-turns at 11 AM so I could buy food from an in-home bakery with an "open" flag faded almost white and a hand-written sign advertising donuts. I paid $1.50 for one of the best pastries I've had in my entire life and had a delightful conversation about local history with the lady who owned the place.

I've done this before in unfamiliar cities; just find a likely looking cafe or whatever and try it. Extra points for lots of locals eating there. I've come up with a few duds, but most have been pretty good and some have been excellent.

Save the chains for days when you really can't handle the unexpected, but remember you won't get anything unexpectedly good that way either.

Is it the craptastic internet here at school or does the "streaming video" function on the CW site completely fail to work for everyone else too?
( Pointless, unnecessary ranting )

Ok, last semester I was forced to take Newspaper, so I had to do some articles for the blasted student paper. I got to do the national news section once, and it just happened to be for the edition right after the election, so I actually got to be the one to say that Obama won. I'm sure that'll be one for the grandkids (grandnephews more like). I'm pretty proud of that column, except there was about one word and a comma that I wanted to take out, but I guess that's not bad. Still proud of my opportunity to slant the news the way *I* thought it should go for once.
( If you care... )