Whoof. Where the hell have I been?
Sorry 'bout that there extended absence thing. I will now make several pointed and extremely brilliant observations.
1) The first time I typed the previous sentence, I actually said, "I will not make several..." Never underestimate the vital importance of proofreading.
2) Gossip completely amazes me. J to Sea to Petit to Wang to Shiv to me, all in something less than a day. And miraculously, the Telephone-Game nature of these exchanges did not distort the message, which might be a first.
3) Good lord, but I do love endives.
4) Glue traps referred to as "mouse post-its" is very possibly the single funniest phrase ever uttered. I actually snorted, I was laughing so hard. I do love being the office freak.
5) I like to think that I am not the "office freak," actually. I much prefer "office eccentric."
6) When boys give one completely unsolicited, utterly thoughtful, and amazingly timely presents, chances are very good that one's heart will melt and dribble out of one's feet all over the floor of Grand Central Station. In a good way.
7) Robert Jordan can fucking suck. My. Ass. How can he in good conscience end a book (TENTH in an epic series, for god's sake) by saying, "She had been betrayed! But by whom?" Dun-dun-DUNNNNNN! And if I was not furious enough reading that, I realized shortly afterward that I will be at least TWENTY-SEVEN FUCKING YEARS OLD before I get to find out what happens next. Can you say, "Robert Jordan, will you please suck my ass HARD" with me? I knew you could.
8) For those of you unaware, I am currently a week shy of being twenty-five-and-a-half.
9) When observations 7 and 8 are combined, it means at LEAST a year and a half (and very likely much longer) until Book 11.
10) Oh, that sound? It was just my head exploding.