Ok, so I write this damn blog post, really long, full of contest entries that got me double entries, and I go to post that damn post button, when low and behold blogger decides it not work! It deleted all my words! And I was stupid enough not to save!!! Argh! I hate when this happens. Now, I have to try and rewrite all that I have already forgotten, trying to remember whose blogs I posted to to win books and so on... Also, I forgot the randomness that I wanted to share! It was really good randomness!
For those of you who don't want to read all this, no new updates yet on writing. I'm hoping that I can finish the short in another session, maybe two. Right now it looks like I'm averaging one session a week. Pitiful. Some writer I'll ever turn out to be. Anyways, I'm hoping to get back on track with school and then write. I've even kind of suspended all reading outside school. :( Really depressing, that. Reading is my vice, my baby, my relief. And I don't even have the urge to read. I'm been restraining myself from going to the bookstore and getting all the new stuff that came out at the start of this month, because buying future distractions is not a smart way to go.
In other news, my fish is not dead. I swear to god I thought it was dead, head buried in the rock-thingies. I thought that all fishies died and turned upside down, but hey, there certainly isn't a fish god saying they can't get stuck in the rocks and die just to make things more interesting. Anyways, I thought Fantasia died, and I experienced major pangs of failure at the fact that I can't keep a fish alive. :( My plant is still kinda green. Kinda. Does it sound like I suck at life? This is like the halfway mark for me of moving out, and the damn fish dies. I just about had heart palpatations when it decided to unbury its head and swim around looking at me. There are two marks to successfully moving out of your parents house and living on your own. Contrary to popular belief, they are not laundry and learning to fend for yourself in the kitchen; rather, it is about buying a plant and keeping it alive (synonymous with a fish), and holiday decorations. When you can liven up your apartment or dorm or whatever with these basic necessities, then you know you are on your way to becoming a self-sufficient adult. I already have two totes of holiday junk, and a live plant and fish. Maybe, as the next step, I should buy a froggie companion for my beta. Do betas kill anything else in the tank? Mr/Ms. Fish-Fish doesn't look too violent...
Anyways, to the contest posts. I found like twenty different contests over the net the other day, and applied for everything! So, here they are. Most are still open, so all three people reading this can go apply for free books too! And for all of those contests that want my email, you can find it in my profile. :)
Book One: I Like You, by Amy Sedaris, is a book about entertainment - hosting parties, recipes, all that good stuff. The book is supposed to be great and unique. So I, of course, applied. The link is here, from fabulous Booking Mama, http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/2008/10/review-i-like-you-giveaway.html. Contest ends Friday!!
Book Two: The Space Between Before and After, by Jean Reynolds Page, looks to be an interesting read, involving a rather new concept of putting songs to the book - a bountrack, as coined by the author. Link is here, http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/2008/10/jean-reynolds-page-introduces.html, and the contest ends Sunday the 26th. Hustle on over! The more reviews she gets the more books she gives away!
Book Three: Sarah's Key, by Tatiant de Rosnay, is a book about WWII with the main girl being just ten years old in France. An interesting time period as always, this book looks interesting, and is receiving quite a bit of praise. The link, http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/2008/10/another-sarahs-key-giveaway.html, and the contest ends the 31st.
Book Four: The Lost Diary of Don Juan, by Douglas Carlton Abrams, is yet another historical fiction about the less liked aspects of men personified. :D Yeah. One copy of this book, the contest ends the 24th here, http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/. You have to scroll down a bit to get to it, but it's a free book, a little work is worth it!
Book Five - actually a group of books, is a possibility to win (I think) a box of books for Halloween! Ten books! You have to enter by noon Friday, tomorrow Friday, though. I'm hoping with a small deadline I'll have better chances. :) Here's the link, though, since I must to get extra entries: http://deweymonster.com/?p=976#comments.
Book Six: is not even a book, but a makeup kit. :D I love free stuff and thus apply for anything. This lucky giveaway is of mineral basics, which is supposed to be great stuff. Head on over here, http://nursemommy07.blogspot.com/2008/10/mineral-basics-review-and-contest.html, to check it out. Ends today, so be quick! (Sorry the blog got so late, blogger was being a pain in the ass. :( ...)
Book Seven: Yet again not another book, but a cute craft kit. :) I love crafts. head on over here for some little pompom backpack dudes, http://shelleypb.blogspot.com/. Scroll down a bit to find it, ends the 27th.
Alright, I think that was everything. If I forgot one and said I blogged about, I'm so sorry! Let me know and I'll do what I can to make it up to you!
I've got absolutely nothing else to say at this point. I have two tests tomorrow with pretty much no studying done as of yet. Good week.
Tchao!
BK
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Yes, mine is to win the whole box of books!
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