Still kind of in a funk, sleep-deprived and lethargic. It's been kind of a bleh week. Laptop battery (Sony VAIO) has kind of lived out its lifespan; on a full charge, it dies in under 2 hours. Which isn't enough to last through an entire lecture at times. Need to make a decision on that front, whether to replace the battery or get a netbook/ultrabook/MacBook or something... really bad timing either way, & not looking forward to forking over big dough.
Penguin (the publishing company) recently launched Razorbill, a Young Adult literature imprint, here in Canada, and held a launch party on Wednesday night at The Baitshop, which was an interesting experience to say the least - my first [publishing] "industry" event.
Despite a few mishaps (such as distractedly purchasing too many tokens, forgetting to grab a transfer), I managed to get there pretty smoothly via public transit. The Baitshop is a skateshop/gallery sort of place by Queen St. W, so the area was totally unfamiliar. It was a little sketchy finding the Milky Way, which is literally just a dark alleyway, unlit, with really cool graffiti on both sides, that leads to the corner where The Baitshop was tucked away.
It was kind of intimidating, considering that it was a publishing imprint launch, but really cool to experience nonetheless. Met some really nice people there, which was great. Test in the morning (which I still needed to study for) so unfortunately chose not to partake in the wine. Pretty sure I was one of, if not the, youngest person there. Slightly ironic, considering Razorbill is a YA imprint hehe.
Dropped by Shoppers after the meeting and passed by the filming trailers on my way back. They were filming season 2 of Nikita (t.v. series by the CW) in the area again! Based on the trailer signs, looks like we're definitely going to be seeing more of Semak, Ari & Cassandra this season :)
Speaking of the CW - The Vampire Diaries this week, holy!
