As I was driving to work this morning, I noticed that the local library was having a book sale on Friday and Saturday. I haven't been in several years, but I scored more books than I could carry the last time I attended. My wallet was completely empty at the time, too, so I was limited by how generous my mother was feeling that day. (Which, for the record, was pretty generous. Thanks, Mom!)

This year, I have a chunk of money from the government sitting in my bank account, fidgeting like a three-year-old. It wants to be spent in the same way that the One Ring wants to be found. I guess by that analogy, the library is Sauron and the books are the Nazgûl. ZOMG! I wonder if this means that Elijah Wood will be there!! I can totally take out Sam with the bat of an eyelash, leaving me to make out with Elijah, my one true love, while the rest of the Fellowship does my book shopping for me.

Sigh.

Okay, back to the point. While I'm an expert at judging things by their covers, I'd really love your suggestions on books to snag. No guarantees that I'll find them, of course, but it's worth a shot. So leave a comment with one or two (or ten) recommendations, please!

First of all, I would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who has encouraged me after my first attempt at video blogging. I was absolutely terrified to share an unedited babblefest with the world, but I forgot that I have such an amazingly supportive group of internet friends. (Really. Y'all are the best.)

We can all agree that there are many improvements to make before Video Blogging: Round Two, but I think I'll consider Round One a success in its own little umm-tastic way.

That said, I would like to direct your attention to the date on this entry. It says April 18, even though I am definitely writing this entry on May 14. A lot of people have been asking what the deal is, and I'm going to officially confess that I am massively behind in posting. I've been in some sort of weird writing rut, and not even Maggie's awesome blogging book can save me this time.

I'm still trying to keep up with Blog365, so I've been back-dating my posts. (Shut up. It's legal.) If you want to stop the confusion, I'd really welcome ideas or guest posts or sock monkeys or original crayon artwork. My email address is on the contact page, or you can just leave a comment with some lovin'.

Otherwise, I'll just keep bumbling along, one awkward post at a time. It might not be pretty, but it will certainly be Rachtastic. And in at least zero countries, that's totally something to brag about.

Video blogging is difficult. Not looking or sounding like a complete idiot is also very difficult (for me, at least).

I forgot that I should say something interesting. I also forgot that I am not Rory Gilmore and should stop trying to pick up her mannerisms. On top of that, I forgot that lists are a lot more fun when the items are separated by bullets or numbers instead of "umms" and "sures."

Basically, a lot of fail went into the making of this video, and for that, I apologize.