giveaways

Today, I gave stuff away. I managed to get up the nerve to take Hunny's leftover food to the local animal shelter for donation. They didn't seem to mind that the bag was already open, and they were very sympathetic, and told me to feel free to come back if I ever felt ready for another animal companion. I didn't start crying until I was back in my car. Seeing as it's my time of the month right now, I think I did remarkably well. (I'm now ever-so-slightly-but-nicely sloshed after a bit of red wine for the cramps - medicinal purposes and all that.)

Then I dropped off my old cell phone at the Verizon store. They have a donation box for used phones, which are refurbished and given to the local domestic violence center for use by the women the center helps. Of course, the donation box is at the back of the store, so you have to wade through all the sales people and merchandise displays, but since I already had a cell phone from Verizon, there was nothing they could sell me.

Finally, I dropped off a bunch of books, CDs, and DVDs at the library - stuff I don't read, listen to, or watch anymore. And that reminds me, I need to get a new library card...

I've been listening to the audiobook versions of the His Dark Materials trilogy this week. Philip Pullman does the narration himself, and other actors provide the voices of the characters. The audio versions are really good, and given my ordeal two weeks ago today, I'm even more enthralled with the idea of an animal daemon familiar - or it could be my Iroquois blood attracting me to it. And it may be just my buzzed state, but I wonder if the alethiometer mentioned in the books was inspired by the Antikythera Mechanism. Anyway. Can't wait for the first movie in December.