I'm AFK for *four days* and you guys leave me at skip=400 !? Dude.

I also came back with nearly 20 more books than I left with. Not entirely sure how that happened.

The uncle from whom the majority of those books were acquired was complaining about having nothing to read. I find this a completely incomprehensible state of affairs.

If I ever get caught up on internet today I'm starting work on a new bookshelf in my room. And getting out the soldering iron and attacking my laptop.

(If you want to know what I was up to over those four days, ask stellar_dust. Or, okay, maybe I'll get around to making a real post about it at some point.) (She also did a proper update about last weekend's camping trip, btw.)

(okay, I'm through my flsit. Now I just have 80-some tabs to read. Lunch first.)

Things I like about visiting the relatives in Ohio, 1, 2, 3 out of many:

#1: Donut Fair mini iced twists from the Nickles bakery day-old outlet near my grandparents' (now my uncle's) house. Best eaten by the bagful. They are the perfect blend of Krispy Kreme's melt-in-your-mouth gooey succulence and Dunkin Donuts' wholesome cakey goodness, and they get even better the staler they are. (Actually, the take-out donut of preference in that area now seems to be Tim Horton's, which made me do a double take every time I saw it. The Canadians are invading! Haven't actually tasted any yet though.) (Donut shops are an interesting element of regional geography in the US, even more so than other foods. The mere fact that I have equal access to DD and KK should tell a moderately-informed American approximately where I live.)

(Also! I have now seen actual Timbits for the first time! [At the yard sale where I got the groovy hat I'm wearing in this icon.] They're just *donut holes*! That's a relief. My imagination was not being helpful there, what with the slangy uses of the word 'bits' and the fact that it visualizes Tim Horton as some bizarre hybrid of David Horton and Tim Allen.)

#2: "Mike-Sell's" potato chips. They are delicious.

#3: Barq's Red Cream Soda. This should need no elaboration. (Someday I want to visit the Caribbean just so I can try Fanta's red cream, and see if it's as good. And I need to get my hands on some Dr. Browns sometime, too.)


Still working on all those tabs.