Less than an hour...
Nov. 10th, 2006 10:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpI'm pretty much packed. The space I thought I'd save by getting rid of about 20 pounds of copied dictionaries has been reclaimed by stuff going back with me so as not to be left behind, possibly for good. I had hoped to put it all in one bag, so as to be less conspicuous traipsing along Moscow streets (where, I am told, it is -5°C and snowing... brrr). Ah, well.
I've only my backpack left to fill with my computer and necessary accessories. I've given my copy of Flags of Our Fathers and Tales from Margaritaville to Dwight, who is staying for the next campaign (the early team for which is arriving on the plane we're taking out of here), and I'll probably leave the Sherman/Cragg Pointblank book behind, too. I didn't really enjoy the book that much, though it had its interesting points. My major complaint was that, having read it, you get the feeling that several chapters were left out.
As I may have mentioned before, I don't mind characters recurring through a series of books (heck, it's part of our culture, y'know?), but I start to chafe at cliffhangers, and if the loose ends in Pointblank were left in merely to have something to tie off in a future book, then I will be one disappointed fan.
Enough literary criticism. I need to get a move on. The next rock will be thrown from Moscow.
Cheers...
P.S. Would you believe it? After having recently announced that its users are on replicated servers, attempts to get to Fastmail.fm are coming up "server not found"! I'm sure it's temporary, and I have no urgent mail to receive (I hope) or send, but still...
I've only my backpack left to fill with my computer and necessary accessories. I've given my copy of Flags of Our Fathers and Tales from Margaritaville to Dwight, who is staying for the next campaign (the early team for which is arriving on the plane we're taking out of here), and I'll probably leave the Sherman/Cragg Pointblank book behind, too. I didn't really enjoy the book that much, though it had its interesting points. My major complaint was that, having read it, you get the feeling that several chapters were left out.
As I may have mentioned before, I don't mind characters recurring through a series of books (heck, it's part of our culture, y'know?), but I start to chafe at cliffhangers, and if the loose ends in Pointblank were left in merely to have something to tie off in a future book, then I will be one disappointed fan.
Enough literary criticism. I need to get a move on. The next rock will be thrown from Moscow.
Cheers...
P.S. Would you believe it? After having recently announced that its users are on replicated servers, attempts to get to Fastmail.fm are coming up "server not found"! I'm sure it's temporary, and I have no urgent mail to receive (I hope) or send, but still...
