Man, I suck, again - haven't posted here since 2010.

Around that time I got Bee1982's old job and it's been running my ass off ever since. In April my father died, so that had me off kilter, and around the same time the other trainer where I work ended up leaving, suddenly, so I've been running even faster and been kind of grateful for that because it hasn't allowed me a lot of time to think. When I'm home I collapse into escapist reading. I joined a group which reads through the Master and Commander series by Patrick O'Brian, and I try to constantly have something else on tap as well - right now it's 'Dracula.'

I'm not a big fan of vampire stories, and this one, though it's supposed to be the definer of the genre, is really kind of silly and doesn't make sense. There don't seem to be any internal rules for vampires. I'd say this is more of a 'magical realism' style story, and I hate those because there's never anything sensible about them, there are never any rules I can discover. However, the characterization is good. :)

Time to go to work!