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Work continues to be stressful. Will there ever be a week when I don't say that?

This week was more stressful than most because I could not work late to try to catch up on things. With ben out of town, I have to get home at a decent time to save the dogs.

In happy news, they are taking me off the AWF account. That account has been a mess from day 1 and I've never been able to catch up and get things back under control.

Unfortunately the account they are putting me on instead, League of Women Voters, is a very very active account with a lot of work involved. I will never catch up on anything. Ever.

I'm tired all the time.

I hope things get better in the summer. Summertime was usually a bit slower at defenders. I hope it is here too. I need to rest. Going full speed every day is killing me. I don't know ho anyone else there does it.

Other things:
- New dog walker did not kidnap my dogs. Yet. Still worried.
- Ate tiny pies on Thursday. If you are in georgetown, I recommend the tiny pies from Pie Sisters.
- Winter arrived. We have 35mph winds and wind chill in the single digits. Maggie does not understand why I don't want to go outside and play with her.
- Cleaned out the fridge. Horrifying things resided in the back.
- Bought comic books. Small child was totally blown away that you could have a subscription to all your favorite titles held for you at the store.
- Contemplating going to a korean bath house next weekend.
- Seasoning my cast iron pots today. It makes the house horrifically smoky, but it also keeps the house warm.
- I miss ben.

Book: The Diamond of Darkhold

The final book in the Ember series. I liked it about as much as I liked the second one.

The ending seemed to indicate that there will be no more. I hope that's wrong. I feel like there are plenty of more stories to tell about that world.

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Manga: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, vols 1-3

The first time I read the Sailor Moon manga, it was for hours on end at my local borders with my high school friends.

Reading the reprint makes me feel nostalgic. Both for the time when my friends and I could all hang out like that and for the ideals that I built in my head from reading the stories.

The new translations, by the way, are much better than the old ones. In some places they word things a little weird ("bro" instead of "oniisan" for example), but overall, the translation feels a lot more faithful.

The art has been cleaned up too. The artist went back through the original art - updating portions of it, cleaning up panels, and adding embellishments. Comparing to a few old volumes of the original print I have, I would even say they printed everything at a higher level of quality too.

I feel like I should dig out my vcr and watch my old fansubs now.