The good and the bad (and the game and the rec)

[thistlechaser]

The good: Joan of Arcadia. The one new show I like this season. Creative and interesting and intelligent.

The bad: Advertising on the back of the fortune in your fortune cookie. WTF? When did this start? My cookie with tonight's dinner had an ad for a website on its back.

The game: My Final Fantasy Tactics Advance finally came. I so hate Amazon. I need to stop using them. (I've said this before, I know.) Not even with their free shipping, with paid shipping, it took them two months to get the game to me!

The rec: Recced by laurelwood first, I'm adding mine: Sans Merci. Starting with Snape at age eight, it tells of his life through his school years. It's one of the best Snape stories I've read in a long time, as well as (definitely) the best post-OotP/using-OotP-details story I've ever read.

Rocking characterization on Lucius, Voldemort, and the Marauders, but the only (minor) issue I had with it was its take on Dumbledore. (However, I think my vision of Dumbledore is being clouded by a lot of this sex-fiend silliness that has been popping up about him of late.) Very worth reading; I said to Frothy_Bugbear that I would be willing to stay late at work to keep reading it. Anyone who knows how much I hate my job should know what kind of a recommendation that is. :)

Comments

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

FFTA came out less than a month ago. Still, you have had to wait for quite a while.

Strange...my experiences with Amazon have mostly been good.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh, did it? Huh. I guess I pre-ordered it then, or something.

And yeah, every time I have a bad experience with their paid shipping, I remember that you always have good with their free.

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Huh. I've never had a problem with Amazon's shipping. Maybe it was delayed because the game went out of stock?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

That's possible, but more often than not, I have problems with their shipping...