The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land, and other news

HEY HI HELLO!!!!

Today, I went out to the bookstore (actually, i went to buy movie tickets 5-6 hours before, to ensure not being sold out, then to the pharmacy because the people with me needed detergent, then i wandered to the bookstore while they were paying, and stayed there for a bit). I found this book in the discount section by Diana Wynne Jones, called "The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land". I think it was supposed to say "The Thorough Guide to Fantasy Land" but whatever, it's still amazing :D

An excerpt after the cut!!

Patrons of Inns are mostly AVERAGE FOLK with a sprinkling of STRANGE RACES, and are put in the INN to make the barmaids too busy to serve you and to provide loud conversations followed by a TAVERN BRAWL. In some cases they also show suspicion and growl when you talk to them. All of this is known by the Management as 'atmosphere'. But you should listen to what they say over their tankards of BEER. They will always have the latest rumour, and this will give you a hint about what the DARK LORD is up to now.

Dark Lady. There is never one of these – so see DARK LORD instead. The management considers that male Dark Ones have more potential to be sinister, and seldom if ever employs a female in this role. This is purely because the Management was born too late to meet my Great Aunt Clara.

Did I mention this makes me happy? Very Very Happy. It's basically a dictionary of fantasy things, written in a funny way :D I'm essentially going to use it as a pick me up/ reference book for fantasy stories in the future :D

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Oh, and I watched Alice and Wonderland today. Great movie, the effects were amazing, and Mia Waka-whatsit was amazing, and hot in her armor at the end. I quite liked the ending... and the line that she says "I will make my own path!" I also loved how the writing was done. Though I'm not entirely sure the White Queen is any better than the Red Queen... she was kinda weird...

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I didn't fail my linguistics exam!! I almost did, but I didn't really, so :D