gleeeeeeeeee!

NATE GOT ME A KINDLE. FOR MY BIRTHDAY. AND THEN INSTEAD OF MAKING ME WAIT UNTIL MY ACTUAL BIRTHDAY, HE GAVE IT TO ME EARLY SO I COULD BASK IN ITS AMAZING E-READER GLORY.

BEST.
BOYFRIEND.
EVER.

I've been meaning to write about this for several days, but since I spent most of the holiday weekend over at his place, I ignored his laptop in favor of my shiny new delicious toy. Also, Trauma Center 2, but that's because I like zapping germs with lasers (!?!?!?) and repairing damaged tissue with antibiotic gel. *snort* I love that game.

But yes! The Kindle! I immediately dubbed it "The One Ring" (because it's my birthday present, and also because it's preciousssssss)* and set about downloading a slew of free classic literature. However, carrying around an instantly-accessible library of literary classics isn't nearly enough for me, so I downloaded several more freebies from Amazon and...then ended up buying a few other books as well. Self-control? Pfffft. Who needs that?

In the six days that I've owned The One Ring, I've managed to work my way through four and a half books**. The One Ring, oh how it tempts. Tempts with its sweet tempting temptation...

I have to say, I feel really lucky to have a boyfriend like Nate. He knows how I am about books and reading, and how I have a mini-meltdown every time I run out of books (or if I'm over at his house and finish the book I brought with me). E-Readers like this...they're not cheap. Even though he told me that he wanted to get me one and even though my response was something gleeful and incoherent, it's still a pretty big risk to take gift-wise and it means a lot to me that he thinks I'm spiffy enough to warrant it.

Puppies, you guys! Puppies and cupcakes! When it comes to him I turn into a great girly pile of sheer mush, but he makes me so happy that I don't even care.

Which is why I'm gleefully writing such things here, because I know that someday in the future I'll be like, "Aw, Nate, look -- I squeed about you to my friends on the internet! Lookit how young and cute and squishy I was, with all the lovesick squishiness!"

And Nate, bless him, will smile over the squishiness and then gently mock me for naming my eReader after something from Lord of the Rings, because that is how we roll.


* And because I am the dorkiest dork that ever dorked, but you knew that already.
**If I didn't have a midterm to study for all weekend, I probably could've bumped the number up to five and a half, but, you know, responsibility. Work kinda got in the way yesterday as well, but that's okay. Work lets me earn money so I can buy MORE BOOKS! :D

gleeeeeeeeee!

NATE GOT ME A KINDLE. FOR MY BIRTHDAY. AND THEN INSTEAD OF MAKING ME WAIT UNTIL MY ACTUAL BIRTHDAY, HE GAVE IT TO ME EARLY SO I COULD BASK IN ITS AMAZING E-READER GLORY.

BEST.
BOYFRIEND.
EVER.

I've been meaning to write about this for several days, but since I spent most of the holiday weekend over at his place, I ignored his laptop in favor of my shiny new delicious toy. Also, Trauma Center 2, but that's because I like zapping germs with lasers (!?!?!?) and repairing damaged tissue with antibiotic gel. *snort* I love that game.

But yes! The Kindle! I immediately dubbed it "The One Ring" (because it's my birthday present, and also because it's preciousssssss)* and set about downloading a slew of free classic literature. However, carrying around an instantly-accessible library of literary classics isn't nearly enough for me, so I downloaded several more freebies from Amazon and...then ended up buying a few other books as well. Self-control? Pfffft. Who needs that?

In the six days that I've owned The One Ring, I've managed to work my way through four and a half books**. The One Ring, oh how it tempts. Tempts with its sweet tempting temptation...

I have to say, I feel really lucky to have a boyfriend like Nate. He knows how I am about books and reading, and how I have a mini-meltdown every time I run out of books (or if I'm over at his house and finish the book I brought with me). E-Readers like this...they're not cheap. Even though he told me that he wanted to get me one and even though my response was something gleeful and incoherent, it's still a pretty big risk to take gift-wise and it means a lot to me that he thinks I'm spiffy enough to warrant it.

Puppies, you guys! Puppies and cupcakes! When it comes to him I turn into a great girly pile of sheer mush, but he makes me so happy that I don't even care.

Which is why I'm gleefully writing such things here, because I know that someday in the future I'll be like, "Aw, Nate, look -- I squeed about you to my friends on the internet! Lookit how young and cute and squishy I was, with all the lovesick squishiness!"

And Nate, bless him, will smile over the squishiness and then gently mock me for naming my eReader after something from Lord of the Rings, because that is how we roll.


* And because I am the dorkiest dork that ever dorked, but you knew that already.
**If I didn't have a midterm to study for all weekend, I probably could've bumped the number up to five and a half, but, you know, responsibility. Work kinda got in the way yesterday as well, but that's okay. Work lets me earn money so I can buy MORE BOOKS! :D