{ I need love not some sentimental prison. }

[delga]

edit: perverseparagon and fallapartagain, I owe you both betas. I'll try to get those to you today. Sorry I didn't send them last night; I suddenly found myself quite busy. Hope that's okay.

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So, around 11pm last night, Milton suddenly got easier? I don't know what that is. Perhaps my brain finally bridged the verse-prose divide. Hmmm. Anyway, I'm a book behind what I should be, but I realised that the timetable makes space for that so I don't need to rush to catch up. Instead, I have 8 chapters of Grapes of Wrath to read today. This is all good, though, because I'm enjoying that novel.

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It's a good thing that my 9am is tomorrow and not today because I woke up at 11am. I need to go and buy some Nytol, and go to sleep at 11pm.

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Damn. The primaries are damn exciting this time around. We still don't really know which candidate is taking what, do we? (Seriously, the '04 primaries were basically done by Super Tuesday, if I remember right). BBC tells me that Clinton won fewer states but more delegates (is that right?)

Also, and someone needs to explain this to me, is it true that the voting practises are different for Republicans and Democrats? As in, the former uses the first-past-the-post system, and the latter uses proportional representation? How does a difference like that spring up? And why?

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LOLS, Shitwood tonight. This will likely be the highlight of my week, which is depressing on a whole other scale. (Um. I'm not going to be watching Ashes to Ashes, Keeley or no. I do like watching that fandom go insane around me, though.)

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WOEFACE. So, basically, I'm in a fiscal rut and am going to have to sell off a lot of my boxsets (most of which I haven't watched myself yet - some of these are brand new, never been watched). So. I'm going to spend my weekends marathoning single seasons, and then sell on the sets. I'll have a list later in the week, if anyone is interested. The list will definitely include: Buffy seasons 2 & 3 [sold!], Spooks seasons 1-5 (separate) [housemate is interested], and Murphy's Law seasons 1-5 (boxset).

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Did I mention that one of our fridge/freezers broke? Because YEAH. Not of win, particularly. We DID make pancakes last night, though, which was HILARIOUS. First there was too much flour. Then there was still too much flour. So we had to keep adding milk, and it wasn't spreading properly on the pan so we were getting fat, misshapen pancakes... lols, fantastic. The later ones were much better. They were all delicious \o/

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Need to start looking at graduate job openings. UGH REAL LIFE.

Comments

[denorios.livejournal.com]

You're braver than me. No matter how broke I get I can't bring myself to sell my DVDs, because I know I'd only end up buying them again at the some point!

I may be interested in season 2 & 3 of Buffy and possibly 5 of Spooks - what sort of price would we be talking here?

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Well, you should see the number that I'm keeping, LOL. No, it's really hard, but needs must. Sigh.

The Spooks S5 is basically brand new and they're selling at £18 so I'll probably sell mine for £15 once I've watched them once. My housemate wants the Spooks sets, though, so might want to wait until I put up the whole list at the end of the week? Then I'll know for sure what's selling and what's not.

The Buffy DVDs - S3 is brand new, untouched. They're selling for £15-£17. So. £12 per boxset, £22 for both. If you want me to put those aside for you right now, I can do that. If the price isn't too steep!

[denorios.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll pass on Spooks, I think - there's a reason I didn't buy it the day it came out like all the others! But yeah, I think I'll take you up on the Buffy boxsets, if that's okay?

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

That's fine! I'll cross that off the list. I'll pack and send tomorrow. I don't think I have your address (I might do - I haven't properly checked the postcards post)? You have my email address, though, or you can message me via the LJ thingwhatsits?

[denorios.livejournal.com]

Sure, I'll message you via LJ with my address. Do you want paypal or a cheque?

[noorie.livejournal.com]

random poetry

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks for the link!

[pretty-cynical.livejournal.com]

Clinton only won 8 states, but has more delegates than Obama because she won California, which has the most delegates: 441.

Voting practices don't vary by party, they vary by state. Most states have a primary or caucus for both parties. Some states will only choose a candidates for one party (Democrat or Republican). Some states will choose candidates for both parties, but at different times.

I've learned about types of voting you've mentioned and have never heard of them used in the primaries. Maybe in the general election in November?

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

No, what I mean is: when a Republican wins a primary, he takes all the delegates in that state (majority takes all). When a Democrat wins a primary, it's because they win the greatest number of delegates in that state. (Unless I'm reading the BBC report wrong, which is possible.)