Christmas...

[plutherus]

Mmmmmm....nothing says Christmas like a fresh barbequed eel.

I had a great Christmas this year. Christmas party with friends last weekend, where I ended up with "Railroad Tycoon 2", which I spent all morning playing today. Then an entire day to myself today. A few phone calls, and messing around on the computer all day. Got the Geeks Without Borders web site put together (it's at www.gwob.org if you wanna check out what we got so far). Finished the cheesy science fiction book I was reading, and made a good beginning into Thomas Payne, and gave amazon.com another $50 of my money for some Neitzsche and a history of China. Watched Anastasia and South Park Christmas specials.

Total gifts I got this year: A flannel shirt, The Fellowship of the Ring on DVD (which I actually did not previously have), the computer game Railroad Tycoon 2, and a whole bunch of chocolate, candy, and cookies that I kept finding in my cube at work every time I returned to it.

Total gifts I gave this year: An amazon.com gift certificate, The new Harry Potter game for Nintendo, Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar trilogy, and a bunch of CDs full of pirated movies. Nothing says I Love You like the gift of stolen property.

Oh, yeah, and the eel was wonderful.

Comments

Guy Gavriel Kay

[plutherus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Kay is by far my favorite fantasy author. Though I think he really comes into his own with his second book, Tigana, which many say is his best. He had just helped Christopher Tolkien compile the Silmarillion before writing Fionavar, and it really shows. Though for anyone interested in middle-eastern themes, The Lions of Al-Rassan is extraordinarily well-done, I think. I just got Lord of Emperors (finally!), sequel to Sailing to Sarantium, and it's in my large and growing stack of books to read...

Re: Guy Gavriel Kay

[aset.livejournal.com]

I have read all of those. Lord of Emperors is great. I wish there was more to read.