So I brought my swatches again, and tried to go into it with an open mind and not regret not being able to have my first or second choices too much. It came down to a two-way between a deep plumish purple and a berryish brown-purple. I finally decided to go with the berryish brown-purple. It depends on the quality of lighting what shade really pops out to the eye. I really like it.
So then on my way home, still wanting that book, I decided to stop at the bookstore again and called Seth. Now, I don't know if I've ever spoken about just how bad Seth's computer at work is, but it's pretty terrible. Slow as molasses and several several years beyond the replacement date. It also crashes regularly because it doesn't have the specs to run the programs he needs it to. Like Word. And Excel. Happily, I manage to catch him as he's waiting for an email from someone and wheedle him into opening up my email and getting me the coupon code # so I could buy my book. He's such a sweetheart. ^^ And I got my book.
I tried to put off reading the book for as long as possible, knowing that if Stephanie Meyer did as well on this one as she had on Twilight, I wouldn't want to put it down. So I pre-washed the velvet (now it's *super* soft... ahhhh) and was going to start cutting or surfing online, but my heart wasn't in it. The book was right there! Calling to me!
I mostly resisted the siren call until after Seth came home and we came back from hanging out at Alex's house. Then I jumped in and let the aliens in the book eat my brain. 7 hours later the sun was starting to rise, and I closed the book. I even managed to squeeze in 3-4 hours of sleep before I had to get up and go to work. I managed pretty well the next day, thankfully, though it helped that only one guy came in to buy anything before the Magic players and my replacement showed up around 5pm.
The Host was a great book. It's a body snatcher alien invasion scenario, with the main characters being the alien named Wanderer and her human host, Melanie, who refuses to just disappear when Wanderer tries to take over her mind. The book raises some fun ethical questions and makes you empathize with the alien 'souls' as well as the plight of the last handful of free humans. What makes a person a person, and all that. Then there're the love stories. :) With Melanie and Wanderer two separate minds in one body, it gets interesting. Not going to spoil it though. It even had me tearing up at parts, although that could be chalked up to lack of sleep. ^^
Yesterday I really got down and got a lot of work done on my doublet. I love that collar on it. It rocks. Hopefully the rest of it will go together as smoothly as it has so far. *knocks on wood* Here's a progress shot from last night. I've since been working on the peplum (the flaps at the waist for the sewing-term challenged) and will then be jumping into the lacing band to attach the plunderhosen to, and then the sleeves and wings on the sleeves. So lots of fun! :D After that I'll finish attaching the lining and a few little details, and the doublet will be done! Hopefully that'll happen by next week. I'm really looking forward to starting on the pants.
Oh, and one more thing. Dad told me about the 'manga' version of Twilight you found on the amazon.jp site, and although I hate to burst your bubble... It's not a manga. It's just the Japanese version of the book chopped up into several smaller books with sporatic manga-style illustrations throughout. This site here has scans of all the illustrations if you're interested.
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