The Diary of Firefly's Lake

I made possibly my last trip to Borders yesterday. At least the big Borders that's 20 minutes away. Talk about depressing. At least when Game Crazy closed, I knew I had Game Stop nearby and that the guys there were pretty cool now (even if it meant I had to brave the mall way more than I wanted to). The only thing comparable with Borders is Barnes and Noble... and that's, well, maybe it's not that much farther, but I've never been there. And it was hard enough to get to Borders, which was closer.

*Sighs* Anyways, I was able to get a lot of stuff. They still had lots of inventory... just a lot of it was hard to find. When I looked and the manga section, I wasn't able to find a single volume that I needed next. They were either so old that they weren't even in stock anymore, or they were on 55 and didn't have the earlier ones. So, my Mom and I looked around and picked up some volume 1s that looked interesting, not that I really need to have that many more manga series to start. ^_^;

I was sort of sadly disappointed the Young Adult section. I only ended up getting two books. Certain areas were really picked over, and not a lot was really jumping out at me like I was hoping. It could also be that I've visited Borders twice in the last few months and the one at the mall a couple of times, too. But still, I was expecting to get a lot more.

And if you want to talk about picked over, the cd section was a mess. I thought I'd get a few of those for really cheap, and there were a few I was considering, but I decided against it. I bet there was at least one I would have loved to get, but everything was so mixed up, and I didn't have the energy to look through it all. There were so many people at the store. I constantly felt a panic attack coming on.

I guess the really great things I got were Chamber of Secrets and Twilight audio books. I always loved the audio of the Harry Potter books. I had 1-3 on tape, but it's so hard to get around to listening to them that way. I have one portable tape player... which I don't carry around. So, yeah. And I've heard that the woman, who reads Twilight, has a lovely voice. At 40% off, it seemed like a good idea. I guess I just wish I would have bought another Harry Potter set, too. I mean, the bigger ones were $75 originally. I'd have saved more that way, although the prices on Amazon are not that much more. But when I got home, I ended up making an order on Amazon of a few things I wasn't able to find at Borders.

Either way, I ended up basically out of money, but you should see the stack of stuff I got! I'm so glad I saved up for this trip. But I just don't want it to be the last one. Maybe... maybe I'll go back for another audio book, but it would be a real bummer to go there for one thing and have it be gone. ~_~; Though I'm sure I could find something.

Another sad thing I realized while I was at Borders is that now, I'll never be able to see a book of mine on a shelf there. Never.

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I absolutely go back to my favorite things. I've read the Harry Potter books at least 3 times; the first 3 probably 10 or more times. Just in theaters, I've watched all the Harry Potter movies at least 4 times, most 7 or more. I saw Peter Pan in theaters 10 times, at least 3 times since then. I've seen A Walk to Remember and Titanic probably at least 5 times, even though I sob every time I watch. Genius I've watched countless times after heartbreaks and bad days. I watched my favorite Disney movies over and over when I was young. I'm surprised my Lion King VHS still plays. Though I expect that's common for kids.

Even some of my newer favorite movies, like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Lost and Delirious, I watched my favorite parts over and over for a week or so, enjoying my new obsessions. HeH.
 
Also, though the question is just talking about books and movies, I've played Kingdom Hearts probably 4 full times, many other partial times. I've played Final Fantasy X twice. I'm not sure how many times I played Super Mario RPG, but I'd say at least 5. I really need to finish 2nd playthroughs of Shadow Hearts and Covenant. And I've watched and read NANA tons of times! I've seen every episode of Degrassi at least twice. I also listen to my favorite podcasts over and over again.

Basically, there are no limits on re-enjoying things I love. But of course, you do want to make sure you give new things a chance. You never know when I new favorite may arise! For instance, today I read the first volume of Mars, and I'm totally in love. I'm so happy to find something new to obsess over. Especially to try and get me through the coughing fit end of this cold! Basically, it's been tea and tissues and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep for the last 7 days. I'm definitely feeling better, but the coughing has been disrupting my sleeping the last few days, and I can get really messed up over loss of sleep.

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I actually have never read as much as other people thought or expected. Being a writer, I can see why people would think I read more. I'm not sure why I don't, but I find inspiration in all sorts of mediums. So, would I trade abilities with another author? No. I admire Jo Rowling very, very much. And I'm thankful for what her creativity has done for my life. But I can write already, in my own style. What I'd wish for instead, is something that I don't have, to gain the artistic ability of Ai Yazawa, so I could draw out my lovely characters exactly as I see them. I still wouldn't trade it for what I have now, but I wish so much that I could draw the things I see so vividly in my mind.

Intense spoilers. The post I promised...

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This is the place to find a list of my favorite fanworks from all across the web. Also, feel free to make recommendations of any fanworks (of fandoms I'm interested in) that you think I'd like in a comment.

I used to spend so very much of my time reading and writing fanfiction. Though that time has passed, I still love quality fanworks and this will be the place where I list them.

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