'tis the season to be jolly

[theladyrose]

For the record, because I'm terribly unorganized/haven't quite figured out where all of the various holiday presents I've got for friends are amidst the packing boxes, I'll be sending out all gifts in January when we start second semester. To steal an idea from the ever wonderful eldritchhobbit, if you'd like a holiday gift please feel free to leave a comment and I can make you a mix from my eclectic (mostly film score) music library. Please indicate any sort of theme you have in mind, like the Bernard Herrmann/Alfred Hitchcock partnership or fandom related or anything else you can think of.

Alas, my mother's gift won't be coming in until next Tuesday. I'm very tempted to take her car over to the mall and find something but I'm still terrified that I will get into another car accident and wreck it. And this would also require me to steal her keys. Thankfully the insurance company is not going to drop us after all and is willing to reinsure the technically totalled car. Huzzah! And it seems that the other driver was indeed at fault. I must write a thank you note to my witness.

The extra three LJ userpics has seriously made my day; I simply had to bring back my Emma Peel "Too Many Christmas Trees" one for Christmas :D My winter holiday has been quite relaxing so far, and I finally have time to do all of the reading I've been wanting to catch up on. eyepiece_simile, I loved Menfreya in the Morning way more than I'd like to admit! It was a lot less sketchy than I had expected it to be, easily the best trashy novel I've ever read (the only one, really, except for those spoken excerpts of The Marriage Merger on that Britain trip bus ride) You've seriously hooked me on Victoria Holt. And I've been revisiting Agatha Christie whose works are even more enjoyable after a long absence. I'm rather proud of myself that I mostly figured out the identity of the murderer of The Mystery of the Blue Train the first time around.

If only these last two college applications would just complete themselves! In the very likely chance that I will be updating infrequently for the next two weeks or so, happy holidays!

Comments

[eyepiece-simile.livejournal.com]

I knew you would love it! I told you it wasn't that sketchy...much less so than those spoken expcerpts :p

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Hello there! Best wishes with the college applications. And thanks so much for the shout-out! I hope you were able to find something of interest among the mixes I made and posted. If not, I'd be more than happy to make one for you. :)

I may be too late on my request - if so, please just disregard this. If I'm not, here goes. :) I really admire your music knowledge, and you're also one of the few I know who really shares my love of Patrick McGoohan/Danger Man/The Prisoner. I'd love to have a mix related in some way to Number Six or the Village and/or John Drake. I hope that's not too vague. At any rate, thank you SO much for your kindness, and your lovely comments.

Hope you're having a low-stress, high-relaxation holiday. :)