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I don't need to compromise my principles because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway. -- Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes

Before I say anything else, I have a favor to ask people:

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hit theaters at midnight last night, and I understand a large chunk of the TF fandom has probably already seen the movie, or at least are making plans to see it sometime today. I would like to ask all of you -- PLEASE do NOT spoil the movie for me. Our family would like to see the movie together, and my brother is off at camp this week and won't be home until late Saturday evening. So the soonest I'll be seeing the film is Monday sometime.

This doesn't mean you can't talk about it at all. I probably won't read any movie-related journals about it (so if I don't reply to your journal I'm not ignoring you, I'm just hyper about spoilers). And I don't mind hearing simple non-spoiler things like "It was awesome!" or "Eh, it could have been better." Just nothing plot-specific, all right?

Thanks in advance.

Mom is home from the hospital, and needless to say she's still pretty ticked that she had to go there at all in the first place -- especially since this is probably going on her record and could prevent her from getting a job. However, while she was at the hospital she had the opportunity to talk to and help out a lot of her fellow patients, helping boost their spirits and offering help and advice to help them cope with their own problems. She's trying to look at the bright side of the situation and say "Maybe my being there has helped someone deal with their situation and possibly recover faster."

Oh, and Robot Heroes Kickback kept Mom company at the hospital too. He happened to be in my pocket when I went there to drop off a change of clothes, and the nurses let Mom keep him. (At least it wasn't Robot Heroes Galvatron in my pocket at the time... Sure, leave the crazy mech with Mom in a psychiatric hospital...)

One other thing... I could use a word of advice.

While at BotCon I placed an order for the upcoming G1 DVD set -- the "Matrix of Leadership" set which includes all of G1, a booklet and episode guide, and some other special features and items. People who placed orders at BotCon got a discount and free shipping, and it seemed like a good deal.

My issue here? With Mom not working and no idea if my stepdad is ever going to be in the picture again, I'm the only one with an income of any kind in this house at the moment. Thus, I'm wondering if I should cancel my order, since at the moment DVDs are a luxury item and the $145 or so the set costs could buy a LOT of groceries for the family.

On the one hand, it's my money, and Mom has repeatedly said I can spend my money how I want to. But at the same time, that doesn't give me license to spend it all on myself and to spend a great deal of it at once. And I fully admit that I overspent at BotCon and probably need to avoid TF purchases for awhile to balance things out. Plus, Mom wasn't exactly thrilled that I bought so much stuff at BotCon that I had to bring home an extra suitcase and ship a few things home to boot. So she's probably not going to be happy when yet another package arrives in the mail for me...

That and I already own G1 on DVD -- a complete set, too, seeing as I finally found my missing Season 2 DVDs. The DVDs are pretty poor quality, however -- they skip, I can only play them on my laptop and not on a regular DVD player, the episodes are out of order, and for some reason the sound really stinks on a lot of the episodes. So I really wouldn't mind owning some better-quality DVDs of it.

The final issue, of course, is price. $145 is a LOT of money. But it's still a lot cheaper than what the G1 DVD set is going to cost when it eventually hits stores. If I cancel my order now, I'll probably end up paying fifty or sixty dollars more for it when I finally do buy it.

So what are people's opinions? Cancel the order, or keep it and deal with the consequences when the DVDs arrive in the mail?

Working on requests here, slowly but surely, and the next chapter of Glory's story is progressing slowly but surely. That and I need to find time to research and plan my Transformers presentation for Fandemonium and make my Soundwave costume. Already the people in charge of the summer programs are counting on me showing up in my TF costume at the final program of the summer... best to not disappoint them...

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