Before & After & Inbetween

A lot of people make a to-do-list for the seasonal event (vulgo: Xmas). Since I'm a contrary person, I find an undone (and remaining undone) list more useful.

1. season greetings cards
   
   If you ever got cards from me, you know that they either come way too early or way too late. Well, this year the whole card business slipped my mind completely until Dec 13. A quick calculation revealed that the majority of people to whom I send cards would get the card around end of December (if I don't pay express, which is a ridiculous amount of money considering that it's a folded piece of cardboard we're talking about). So instead of rushing off and sending cards late even for me, I decided to admit failure and put the cards on the undone list. Sorry, hopefully next year will be more organized on my end. I love getting christmas cards and deciding about funny ones to send to my friends, but this December... no chance.


2. write a book review about Brent Weeks' Night Angel and Lightbringer trilogies
   
   The two trilogies are a great example of how much depends on the reader in terms of "liking". Get me right, both series (okay, Lightbringer is only at book 1, but I'm already haunting sites and stores to learn about the sequel, because there's really no chance to tell who will turn out to be the villain(eous person) in the end!) have great world building and Mr. Weeks manages perfectly to draw his characters lifelike, as in giving them not only gifts and flaws, but also quirks and habits which are sometimes helpful, sometimes detrimental to their tasks (and daily life). But where Lightbringer's characters had quirks that made them endearing (or at least interestingly real) to me, Night Angel's managed to hit all the "no, thanks, get lost" spots at once. It's a fascinating contrast I would love to explore in an extended review, but frankly, whenever I sit down I get distracted somewhat fierce. I don't want to spend more time sitting in front of the keyboard thinking of... something else. Project closed. Moving on. (Pity, though...)
   


3. finishing this list

I meant to do this over a year ago & I probably shouldn't do this while I am partially depressed, partially angry, and partially pissed - for a whole lot of small reasons that are all minor for themselves, but amount to a truckload of everyday life [insert expletive for "feces" here]. However, after the last three days I'm pretty much convinced that if I don't make these lists now, I'll never make them anyway. So...

( Sorted lists of favorite CLAMP works behind the cut )