l00t!

[solarbird]

Following annathepiper, I report that I got l00t!

• I am kind of still in shock that Chibi Somebody (^_^) reached back into my Amazon wanted list and got me 浜崎あゆみのLOVEppears. Utter shock. Yay!
  
• A book! Drawing the Line, a book with a lot of newspaper comics history and interviews with cartoonists, by Gary Groth. I've only flipped through it so far, but it looks interesting.
  
• A sewing machine! This was a huge surprise, mostly because I thought that was awfully spendy for this year, but now I can try some of my ideas. Yay! I totally did not see that one coming.
  
• A really nice ceramic tureen. We never have anything for gravy, but now we do. Plus it can be used for other things. It's food-safe and we'll use it as intended, but I like it as an art object too.
  
• A cute little fairy pen. ^_^
  
• I'm also getting my bike fixed. It's fixable! I've also been told in no uncertain terms that I need a better bike - the one I have is a decent beginner's bike and I'm not a beginner anymore. But that'll have to wait at least a year, so this one's getting straightened out and a new rear wheel and a new rear gear set and a new chain and some new cables which will all be much less than a new bike. So I'm happy with that too. ^_^

Also, classes started today and were boring, mostly because we went ahead and had a sorta-"bio lab" that mostly consisted of yet another run-through of the lab safety rules and then an extra hour and a half of Chapter 25 lecture. Zzz. I think the labs this quarter are going to be even more dull than the labs in fall quarter, but I could be wrong. I hope I am. Why the hell do they teach botany only in the winter? Why not do it when, you know, plants are actually growing?

O well. Two more quarters at Shoreline, I can manage.

Comments

[jeric-synergy.livejournal.com]

It's Seattle: there's still green things, so they must be growing.

I got a Hello Kitty Toaster: it toasts a picture of Hello Kitty on every slice!

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

Because anyone qualified to teach Botany is busy doing other things when the plants are actually growing!

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

The problem with Solarbird's friends list is that there are people on it who can give actual, reasonable answers. :-)

[jessicac.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed botany when I took it at BCC (though they offer it most quarters, not just winter; I took it fall spring quarter and grew flowers in the greenhouse; you're going to have a harder time with that unless Shoreline has a hothouse).

[solarbird]

This is intro-bio-sequence botany and are so much further down the chain than that it's not even funny. I don't think I'll be seeing a whole plant at any point during this quarter. It's mostly cellular and structural level stuff.