anotheranon | what I did on my vacation (from LJ) (Reply)

Got home Friday night all ready to post something long and introspective and - poof! No LJ! Indeed, my cluster didn't come back until this morning, so that post will have to wait until I'm sufficiently revved to type it out.

So what did I do instead? I:

Wrote some fic: Have been rather lazy with this lately, not proofing carefully enough or trying hard to make it perfect. I need to get my writing co-conspirators to hold me to higher standards (broad hint)!

Sewed: completed the flannel lining and cut out the PVC cover for the new corset. Center front will be metallic green, sides black (to create the illusion that I have a waist :P). Yes, this is the scrap material from the Aeryn duster!

Read: Completed some of the booty from the last library raid

"The Great Influenza" is a fairly good layperson's history of the 1918 pandemic if you can get past the author's annoying habit of anthropomorphizing b. influenzae - viruses do not lie in wait, stalk their prey silently (or otherwise) or return with vengenances - they just reproduce. It's not personal, they're just trying to make a living like everyone else :P
"Sex with Kings" - light, with funny moments but only somewhat racy. I found myself confusing Marie di Medici and Catherine di Medici and wondering why the latter was battling her husband's mistresses post 1600 when she ruled in the 1560s....and then realized that this trivial (given the core content of the book) matter was interfering with my enjoyment of ribald tales involving expensive jewelry. Lessons learned: mistresses have more exciting lives, but not necessarily happier ones. And Marie di Medici ruled post 1600.
"The Life of the World to Come" - if you've read Black Projects, White Knights the first half of this book is going to look awfully familiar, but it ends with a fantastic cliffhanger - can't wait for the next one (and Baker's main page mentions it will be called "The Children of the Company").

Looked some more at continuing education. Will be part of Large Introspective Post(TM) when/if I get to it.

Fenced: longsword and dueling saber. The coach says the latter has improved since our last meet - so go me :) Between saber today and foil last week I'm pretty bruised up though so I need to hit the arnica gel and ice packs this week.

Tormented my cats: or I should say Miss Spice, because Kisia has decided (at least so far) that she is above being chased around the house by a remote controlled mouse-droid :P This is, honestly, more fun than cat + hamster in a ball - I think we've found an alternative to the laser pointer in terms of high human/feline entertainment!

I have a very non-starter week - holiday tomorrow and Thursday (inauguration), and jury duty Wednesday.