Got all my eBay stuff shipped off except for the Super Paper Mario game… The winning bidder hasn’t paid yet. Gah, next time I set up auctions I’m going to specify that I’ll only sell to people with feedback scores of ten or greater. Oh well, if he/she still hasn’t paid by the 20th I can report him. I think eBay will refund my listing fee after that, right?

I made chocolate rice pudding last night. I’d have preferred the regular variety with raisins in it, but lacking said fruits I decided to throw in a packet of Swiss Miss. Anyway, it was the perfect way to use up some ingredients I’d been wanting to get rid of. (Namely some milk set to expire in a few days and a ziploc bag of steamed rice I’d been keeping in the freezer for over a month.) Tasted pretty good. Especially with a bit of ReddiWip on top.

Hyperion is getting really good. I was sure I’d hate the detective’s tale (”The Long Good-Bye”), but it turned out to be the most informative of the bunch so far. Finally, some explanation about the TechnoCore! The stuff (shamelessly) lifted from Neuromancer was more than a little cliché, but that only accounted for a few pages of the eighty-five comprising that section.

I learned today that there are actually four more books in the series — a further 2,176 pages. That’s a little daunting. Prior to this revelation, I thought all the mysteries would be wrapped up in The Fall of Hyperion, the sequel to my current volume. I like the setting and I’ve gotten accustomed to Simmons’s style, but I don’t know if I want to make that kind of commitment. These things should come with a warning — “Part 1 of 5 of a ginormous saga.”

Okay, GTG. (I shouldn’t have started this post at 11:30 PM.)

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