Archive for August, 2012
a plea for discourse, preferably of the civil kind
It’s possibly I can be dispassionate only because I live outside the US and am thus not being bombarded by US election news to nearly the degree that people in the US are. (It’s election season here too, but I don’t watch Dutch news, I don’t have to do anything about it, and it doesn’t [...]
Circle of Magic: strangely ambivalent
I finally got around to reading Tamora Pierce. I’m not sure why I never have; I think it’s because so many people have recmomended them so enthusiastically that they hit my ‘anti-should’ reflex, even though some of these are people I trust. (This is related to why I was around 40 when I finally read [...]
doing OK
OK, so: I’m reading the book Already Pretty (yes, based on the blog) and liking it for its basic philosophy, which can be boiled down to “dress in the style that suits *you*, not anyone else, and do it for your own satisfaction because if you love the way you look it will lead you [...]
made things
I did something today that I haven’t done for a long time: I made things with beads. A while ago I lost one of my favorite silver-and-red earrings, and since I wear red a lot I needed a replacement. (I do have good ruby-and-gold earrings which were once a birthday present from Ted but I [...]
someone tell me a story?
This going to work every day shit feels weeeeeeird. Seriously, the last time I worked at this desk for three weeks straight was at the end of May / beginning of June. The last time I was here for longer than that was five weeks ending in the first week of March. (I was here [...]
illin’
Thought I managed to successfully fend off the disease Ted picked on on the plane on his way home from Taiwan, but no. (Actually, given the incubation period he may have picked it up while in Taiwan. Anyway, irrelevant.) My fever was up to 102 last night, thought it’s been lower today and I mostly [...]
reactions to assorted things online
Taelle has posts a fic quote that should probably be checked out by all LMM fans. I read this one a couple of days ago and have been wanting to link it and get all and sundry (“all and sundry” including most particularly those of you who are interested in the ideas of faith and [...]
palpable uncertainty
I think the wrist is on the way to better; it’s bothering me less and didn’t seem to be made worse by a careful weight-lifting workout yesterday. (I used part of a New Rules for Lifting for Women, but stuck to things that wouldn’t bend them: bent-over ROmanian DL / bent-over row, single-leg partial squat, [...]
the usual round-up
Been a while since I updated, but my wrist is hurting (RSI) so ti’s a bad time to do lots of typing and there isn’t much giong on. Ted’s been sick with a bug he picked up on the way back from Taiwan (we managed to align our business trips this time) so I’m trying [...]
back home again (hey, it’s good to be)
Well, I think I mostly managed to avoid jet lag in coming back home – I’ve slept pretty well all the way through the first two nights. Last night we went to bed a little early (by 9, normal is 10:30) and I woke up half an hour before the alarm clock, so that’s probably [...]