Cleanliness is Next to...Impossible

[mrockwell]

Writing

My triolet, "Into the West," is available in the latest issue (#3) of The Shantytown Anomaly, along with some other really good genre poetry and stories. It's only $3; pick up a copy. You won't be disappointed!

Also, I may have an opportunity to do some faith-based pro-military writing, which I'm excited about. More details as things firm up.

Everything Else

So, I've really been looking forward to the new season of Battlestar Galactica. Hubby and I watched it last night and...well, we were disappointed. Even aside from the blatant analogy to the war in Iraq (I thought Ronald Moore was producing this, not Michael?), it was sort of plodding and obvious and just not everything I'd hoped it would be. It did have a good cliffhanger ending, so I'm not tuning out by any means, but I hope future episodes will be a little less heavy-handed.

In other news, we were planning on getting built-ins for our library, but plans aft gang agley, so now we are going to be picking up four sets of 6' tall bookshelves and assembling them ourselves (about $2000 cheaper than the built-ins), which means I have to clean up that room. Unfortunately, YB has been using it as a playroom, and he may not be to happy with having to share it with a few thousand books. Guess we'll find out.

Interesting thing #30: My mother wanted to name me "Brandywine," after Tolkien's river, but my grandfather objected, saying people would call me "Booze." While I'm not sure I really care much for my mother's second choice, at least the only thing that rhymes with Marcy is "Parsley."

Comments

[moonmelody.livejournal.com]

Ooohhh...bookcases! Have you looked at Ikea? They have a great bookcases, different wood finishes, very solid, and affordable. I'm hoping to have mine in (in the back room, which is meant to be an office/library) by the end of the year.

[mrockwell.livejournal.com]

I looked on-line, but not at the actual store. We're thinking about getting these"

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=479854&No=40&Nr=200000&N=201641&An=browse

But it depends on if they have them in stock, because we have pretty plush carpeting, and we want to make sure there are no stability issues.

I love bookshelves. I would live in a library if I could. :)

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

I second the Ikea idea if there are any near you.

I bought these from Ikea:

http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/25071_PE097595_S4.jpg

Real wood, not laminate and particle board and very, very stable.

[mrockwell.livejournal.com]

Oooh, those ARE nice! Do they have any with doors, I wonder?

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

The whole line is here, although they usually have more in the store than online.

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?topcategoryId=15561&cattype=sub&categoryId=15890&parentCats=15561*15639*15651*15890&storeId=12&catalogId=10103&langId=-1&chapterId=15927

And I really like this one, which they didn't have when I bought mine.

http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/45785_PE142132_S4.jpg

[mrockwell.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links! The ones with the glass doors are quite shiny! :)

Sadly, they may be a bit out of our range, but we may hit the (somewhat) local store anyway - haven't had swedish meatballs and langenberry soda in awhile. ;)

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

I do what I can. :)

And they might have something nice in the store that isn't online. They always had twice as much product in the store when I lived in California.

When I moved here I ordered all my furniture from Ikea online and had it delivered. The only thing I couldn't get was a computer desk, because they were out of stock of all the ones that matched my other furniture.

So I went to Staples and bought what they had, which is particle board. Two and a half years later, the desk is falling apart. The closest Ikea is over three hours away, so going there to get a new out is out of the question. I need to find a place in town that sells real wood for less than
$500 really soon.

[saetter.livejournal.com]

I was kind of disappointed in BSG too. The Iraq parallels were a bit over the top and forced, but that's not what bothered me. After an hour, I started getting ansy and felt like doing something else. In thinking about it, I think there were too many storylines they tried to advance and too many drastic character changes to pull off. It's not too much of a stretch that Tigh is pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable, or that his wife will do what's necessary to protect him.

I think it was the Starbuck storyline and Galactica/Pegasus parts that dragged for me. Starbuck was sucked in too fast, and Apollo's changes we too drastic. He never struck me as the cut and run kind of guy, even with a few (dozen) extra pounds. I felt that as well last season when he almost died and then gave up the desire to live. Is it the actor or the writing that make his changes so hard for me to swallow?

Anyway. Still a fan, but disappointed.

As for the bookcases, build them. :) For the same money, you could buy the woodshop and wood to make better bookcases. Whenever I go into a furniture store, I cringe when I look at the quality of materials... Then I see how much they want for particle board! /faint

Your hubby's an engineer. If I can build nice furniture, he can. :)
(Sorry Hubby Rockwell)

[mrockwell.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I turned to my hubby (not Rockwell, BTW - we have different last names) after BSG was over and said, "I sure hope Starbuck is just playing along; otherwise she is officially too stupid to live."

RE: Building bookshelves. Ideally, that would work, but hubby's schedule is a little packed, and will be for the forseeable future, so...