Probably because they were grey, and so we don't believe in their existence!

There is no such things as grey socks! And most definitely not on the Sage banner!

Well, everything is done, and I'm off! And I'm bringing a ton of tiny tomatoes again.

Welp that plan failed miserably. Killed lots of orcs. Zero thank you cards written. :P Gotta play some by myself and try REALLY REALLY hard to strategize and think logically.

This weekend should be fairly quiet. Fiancee has to work on Saturday so I'll be all alone in the HEAT. Maybe I'll hunker down with TDSOH for a re-read. I know I should do some laundry, and probably vacuum. Other than that, not much goin' on...

And I'm home again. The trip back went pretty well, no noisy drunk guys this time, only the train from Amsterdam ended a little early, because the AC wasn't working. Luckily, the train I was supposed to change to in Düsseldorf stopped in Duisburg as well, so I didn't have the whole hassle of trying to figure out how I was supposed to get where I was supposed to go, and getting my reservation changed (since the tickets I had were only valid for those particular trains).

Glad you guys had a good time at the festival! Weekend adventures with friends are the best :)

My weekend was alright.. Saturday was HOT so I stayed inside a lot. Powered through ~250 pages of GoT. I'm definitely enjoying the story + the complexity. Question for all of those who have read the series... So it's obviously mainly Starks vs. Targaryans (sp?) but is there a "good" and "evil" side? Like in Smarch, the overarching conflict seemed to be Eddons vs. Autarch Sulepis (though not apparent in the beginning) and the Autarch was definitely an evil character. Right now I'm about 450 pages into the first book, and there has been more talk of the Starks than the Targaryans, so it seems as though the Starks are "good", but it could become another Southmarch vs. Qar, where the Qar aren't REALLY evil, just misunderstood. Obviously I don't want to know big plot details, but a hint to whether or not there is a good vs. evil theme would be appreciated ^.^
Sunday was a bit cooler, it actually STORMED! With RAIN! (haven't had much this summer, lol) Smoked some hookah with the fiancee, mostly just chilled.

Yesterday was fun >.< Didn't get to sleep until 11pm Sunday, was woken up at 130-2am by a blood-curdling scream from our lovely neighbor, no clue why, got up again at 4:30am for the gym, arrived at 5am to find the gym not open because the manager with keys overslept, hung out for 10-15 min, jumped ship and went back home for 2 more rounds of coals on the hookah before getting ready for work. And then my boss said "I need help putting invoices in Quickbooks!" (our accounting system, and this is VERY mindless zombie-esque work) so then I was totally cross-eyed by the end of the day, due to lack of sleep and very boring work...

Oh yeah, I really hate when people try to talk to you when you're clearly doing something, like reading. I've run into it places like the doctor's office, parks, waiting outside a store or office building for someone, etc. Maybe if I was sitting there and looked bored it would be different, but even then I'm not a fan of strangers randomly talking to me.

Having one of those weird days where lots of things annoy me that normally don't. Hmph.

Better day today. Went for a walk last night after baking cookies, then took a nice cool shower and started on some thank you cards. Today I tackled and conquered the treadmill at the gym. Then at work! Annoying lady behind me is camping, OCD coworker is out, and head boss is on vacation! So it's just me, stoner coworker, and boss lady in the corner, so to celebrate boss lady bought us each a drink at the cafe in the building.

How old is he? For twelve years and older it should be MST and MST only. 'Cause it's the best of them all and it will make himmsearch for something alike his whole life ... in vain, probably.
Will read your weekend adventures another time, am too tired now.
*huggles everyone around sleeplily*

I think he's 15. Maybe 16, I'm not sure.
Not much of a reader, though, so I don't want to scare him off with four huge books... so no MST quite yet.

If it should be a single volume I'd recommend Neverwhere. Absolutely brilliant and not too long.

Not fair. The day started nice enough, went to the forest and found a lot of blackberries (which were protected by thorns and nettles, my fingers are still stinging a bit when I type), but when we came home, all of a sudden I started feeling kind of sick, shaky and cold - I really don't want to fall ill! I think I'll head off to bed soon today.

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Ad1tu wrote:

Powered through ~250 pages of GoT. I'm definitely enjoying the story + the complexity. Question for all of those who have read the series... So it's obviously mainly Starks vs. Targaryans (sp?) but is there a "good" and "evil" side? Like in Smarch, the overarching conflict seemed to be Eddons vs. Autarch Sulepis (though not apparent in the beginning) and the Autarch was definitely an evil character. Right now I'm about 450 pages into the first book, and there has been more talk of the Starks than the Targaryans, so it seems as though the Starks are "good", but it could become another Southmarch vs. Qar, where the Qar aren't REALLY evil, just misunderstood. Obviously I don't want to know big plot details, but a hint to whether or not there is a good vs. evil theme would be appreciated ^.^

I just finished the second book last night (a definite upside to these long train rides, lots and lots of time to read!), and so far, no-one's actually evil. Various degrees of unpleasant, yes, but not really evil.

Anyway, I made a quick trip to the bookstore to pick up books 3 to 5, and now I'm kind of torn about what to read, because Sahi lent me her copy of The Dirty Streets of Heaven, so I've started that too...

I read them all and Magpie is absolutely right. No evil houses. The Others are definetly evil but their appearance is random and seldom. If there is a House antagonism it is Stark vs. Lannister. And they all change alliances like laundry ... kind of ...