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Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.

Shaping up to be an interesting day.

Got up early and went to the basement to lift dumbells, letting the cats wander in and out of their coveted unfinished part of the basement. When one came out with wet feet, I took a closer look....

The hot water heater had leaked. Not much, and I'm not sure when, but I'm going to have to wash/dry some fabric scraps and so forth over the next couple of days. The worst cleanup was a waterlogged bag of cat litter - mud city :(

Good news though - building maintenance came out to drain off the rest of the water and replace the heater (which they say they already have on hand). Just sitting here waiting to take a shower, and contemplating having some breakfast.

I'm melting, I'm melting!

No, not really, but a few things in our basement did - a bag of cat litter (unused, thank yew verra much - but still a pill to clean up) and a laundry bag full of fabric scraps. I need to go through the latter and see what, if anything, is salvageable. If it's gone for good, I promised D. I'll throw it away - I might wind up short of fabric, but have some more floor space.

I finally got to take a shower after jury duty today and feel substantially less greasy and scungy than I did, though not perfect. I'm drinking water like crazy in an attempt to clean out my skin, which has chosen to trainwreck in earnest in the past 2 days.

Did some writing, did some web work, now off to gird myself with latex gloves and play :P

Also: more details on the costume lecture.

latest library trip: the haul

Biological Exuberance - I've actually had it out for awhile, but today is the first chance I've had to sit down with it. I don't think I'll read it all the way through though - given the subject matter (homosexual/non reproductive sexual behavior in animals), it is surprisingly dry, written in a style that emphasizes quantitative data and observations ("same-sex pair bonding has been witnessed in japanese macaques, arctic terns, etc. etc. etc....", "walruses have been seen engaging in mutual masturbation (same and opposite sex) on n occasions" etc.). Still, it's a fun book to fling at anyone who dares suggest that anything other than vanilla het sex is in any way "unnatural" (if only because it's a 700something page book, and will hurt them quite a lot :P)

Tipping the Velvet - jlsjlsjls and others have much enthused about the miniseries, but given that BBC America is being remarkably elusive regarding any re-airings, I'm starting with the book instead :P

Continuing the pirate theme with Women Sailors and Sailor's Women and She Captains - the former is by the same guy who wrote "Under the Black Flag" (just finished today, which is good, as it was due); I'm guessing it's an expansion on the Ann Bonny/Mary Read chapter. The latter was recommended by wendyzski. Haven't had a chance to really look at either yet.

And I did finish both "Under the Black Flag" and "Introvert Advantage". The first was a fairly good (and readable) introduction to the realities of piracy in the western world. The latter was.. it was so descriptive of me it was startling! If you ever want to understand any of my eccentricities/idiotisms, this will explain it all. It also contained a lot of tips for not letting the extroverted majority railroad me!

Nuff for now. I have to go move some laundry over and get some sleep.