A certain librarian just bought her husband Metallica tickets for Christmakwanzakkah. She has lower-level seating, about 7 o'clock (maybe 7:30) if the stage is at 12 o'clock. AND a free copy of Death Magnetic is included.

Now, if I could just rent a black 1967 Impala to drive to the concert venue with, life would be perfect.

In YA lit news, the 2009 books are starting to come in, so I'm starting a backlist of YA books to post about here. I'm also going to try to get some adult stuff read. It's been too long and I'm starting to feel a little burned out on YA. Right now I'm actually going backwards in time and age a little bit and reading Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath, which I think is very much the sort of book that my quirky childhood self would have enjoyed. I'm only about 15 pages in but I'm totally entranced by Primrose's voice.

Is it just me, or is everyone in entertainment news talking about fanfic these days? It's been a subject of two NY Times articles, plus there was a mention in yesterday's BuzzSugar, and fan issues have turned up lately in the Wall Street Journal and all kinds of book and library blogs. Fellow fans, are we becoming more visible, or is fanfic becoming an accepted form of entertainment, or...

In my own fic life, I'm enjoying spn_summergen immensely but not commenting enough. I am also sketching out my hp_darkfest fic, because it's going to be somewhat labor-intensive. When I first saw the prompt they gave me, my reflex was to send it back because I thought it was terrible. Then I did the very smart thing of talking to dettiot about it because she is very wise in the ways of fandom. She helped me figure out a way to make it work and I think it should turn out cool. I'm also working more on a Numb3rs fic cycle and I have a few short SPN fics and...yeah, sleep is for other people.

Did anyone else watch 90210 last night? I think I was supposed to love it and I didn't. I guess I'm not much for soaps. I'm more the police procedural sort. I watched the original when I was in junior high and it was THE show my friend Jen and I discussed at school the night after it aired, so I'm definitely part of the nostalgia audience The CW wants to reach. Maybe part of my problem with the new 90210 is that it seems to take itself way too seriously and it's much too self-aware. Or maybe I'm just not that into watching other people's fake drama. Maybe both. I always thought part of the appeal of the first one was Brandon and Brenda's fish-out-of-Minnesota-water honesty. It was clear that they had strong ties to their hometown. In the remake, Kansas might as well be Ohio might as well be Illinois might as well be Wisconsin. Like all Midwestern states are interchangeable. Yes, yes, I know, as a Supernatural fan I should know that all Midwestern states are interchangeable with Vancouver, but that's not quite what I meant. I'll give 90210 4 episodes and if it's as boring as Gossip Girl I'll find a new police procedural to watch.

Oooh, oooh, and am I the last person to know that The Nighmare Before Christmas is coming back to theaters in 3D this October? I'm so excited! I need a Nightmare Before Christmas icon!

126: trying not to faceplant