Do you think there's somebody out there better than the one you've got? Well, there's not.

[vovat]

As of today, bethje and I have been dating for seven years. We didn't do much today, but we plan to go out to dinner and to the movies later in the week. We did exchange gifts, though, so I might as well tell you what I got:

• Hyacinths and Thistles, by the 6ths
  
• All Hail West Texas, by the Mountain Goats
  
• The Sims 2 "Open for Business" expansion pack
  
• Three Oz books: Chris Dulabone's Toto in Oz (not to be confused with Gina Wickwar's Toto of Oz) and The Three Imps of Oz, and Margaret Berg's Ozallooning in Oz
  

We did get ice cream at Coldstone Creamery today, and I eventually got a copy of the new They Might Be Giants album, The Else. The first store we tried (and the only one that was an actual music store) was sold out, and said they wouldn't get any more in until Friday. Barnes & Noble had a copy, but it cost $18, which I decided was too steep. Circuit City didn't have it at all, but that particular Circuit City never seems to have much of anything anyway. I finally found it at Best Buy, but they only had one copy, so Beth will probably get hers on Friday (assuming the music store really does get more copies by then). She's not as impatient as I am. {g}

We already have tickets to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix tomorrow, so that should be cool. Expect some reviews in the near future.

Comments

[dragonxbait.livejournal.com]

I just saw the aforementioned movie (early!). I am awesome. I liked it but it is short..probably shorter than it should be.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think a book that length could possibly be made into a movie short enough for kids to want to sit through without cutting a lot of stuff out. Still, don't be surprised if my review tomorrow (or whenever I get around to writing it) consists largely of "Why did they have to leave out [X]?"

[dragonxbait.livejournal.com]

To put the shortness in perspective- longest book, shortest movie thus far.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

I wonder what Half-Blood Prince will be like on-screen; there was much less actual plot in that than in Order.

I won't get to see it until at least Sunday, and there are already two people on my f-list going tomorrow who are going to want to talk up a storm about it!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Now that I've seen the movie, I didn't think it really needed to be that much longer, but there were a few things I wish they'd have included. Then again, there were other things I think they could have cut out. Still, I think it's kind of weird that the movies seem to be getting shorter as the books get longer.

[obsessical.livejournal.com]

Congrats, man. I'd say more but i've got to run, i'm on my way to seeing OotP as well :D

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[shadarko.livejournal.com]

happy anniversery

tell me how you like ozolooning

[vovat.livejournal.com]

happy anniversery

Thanks!

tell me how you like ozolooning

I will. I actually used to be in communication with Margaret Berg back in the days of the Oz Story Circle. At that point, she was writing The Reading Tree of Oz, and I know she submitted it to Buckethead Enterprises, so I wonder why that hasn't been published yet. They do seem to have an enormous backlog, but I was under the impression that she'd finished Reading Tree before Ozallooning.

[k1cup.livejournal.com]

Congrats.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Thank you.