Why Are Books So Expensive?

[anogete]

I was terribly bored with my old default icon, so I've changed the default to Jarlaxle, the sexiest dark elf this side of Calimport.

The doctor's office just called to remind me of my appointment tomorrow. Gah. Not to be a whiner, but I really hate pap smears. My regular doc is out for the week, and I need to get this done ASAP so as to avoid a lapse in birth control pills. So, I get to show my bits to a new guy, which isn't exactly comforting. Never did I think the day would come when I'd say, "I want Dr. Gieri back." I will miss our conversation about my shy cervix. At any rate, the ten o'clock appointment will give me an excuse to take a long lunch that involves ice cream. Ice cream is mandatory after any sort of meeting with any sort of doctor.

Hopefully, I'll have part of my post-DH (SS/HG) fic uploaded to TPP sometime this week. I need to do a final read-through of the first chapter before I release it to the archive. I finally gave it a title--"Breathing Love"--which was taken from a poem by Lord Byron. Because we all know how much I have the hots for those Byronic heros. If I had endless amounts of cash, I would buy Atara Stein's book on the subject. I just can't rationalize spending nearly fifty dollars on a book, though.

Comments

[duniazade.livejournal.com]

Ha! I loved your comment about doctors and PAP smears - I feel the same. May I inquire what the conversation about the shy cervix was?

And where can I find Jarlaxle the dark elf?

[anogete.livejournal.com]

I was at on the exam table, and the doctor was poking around down there. He was trying to get a sample off my cervix for the pap smear, but he couldn't find my cervix. He said that it was "shy" and hiding from him. I had no idea my cervix was so bashful.

Jarlaxle is in a series of books by R.A. Salvatore. They are part of the larger world encompassed by Forgotten Realms (or Dungeons and Dragons). He's a mercenary and spy who likes to gather information and use it to his own benefit. He grew up and thrived in a culture where women rule and men are not much more than slaves or things to be used and discarded. He was so good at surviving that he became more powerful than many of the women in the city, which was basically unheard of. Even though he grew up being put down by all the women around him, he still likes women, especially sexually. He makes all sorts of jokes about it in the novels.

[duniazade.livejournal.com]

Dead with laughter! The cervix story is funny and endearing at the same time - though sometimes I wonder if doctors are not simply short-sighted and too vain to wear glasses.

Thanks for the dark elf reference - it looks very interesting.

Courage for your appointment tomorrow, and do eat a lot of icecream!

[ccangel42.livejournal.com]

gah! i went there today. when i laid down and looked up and there on the ceiling was a picture of a cat sprawled out sleeping on it's back with it's legs spread...i started laughing hysterically.

thank god we only go once a year! they really should come up with something for guys to have to go through!

[neriah.livejournal.com]

God L-ord. I have known you too long when I recall previous conversations about your shy cervix. Maybe that lingustic guy can give it some tips.

[fishchick.livejournal.com]

I am like, almost three years overdue for a pap smear. When you are pregnant, you basically have to move into the doctor's office and after having everyone in the practice with their hands up my jank for nine months, I can't bring myself to go back.

I'll regret it one day when I discover I have some kind of terminal cootch disease.