* 01. Hex Marks the Spot--Madelyn Alt
* 02. Almost Perfect--Torchwood
* 03. Tales of Beedle the Bard--JK Rowling
* 04. The Star--David Skibbins
* 05. The Hanged Man--David Skibbins
* 06. Backup--Jim Butcher
* 07. Pack Animals--Torchwood
* 08. A History of Hand Kniting--Richard Rutt
* 09. The Eyre Affair--Jasper Fforde
* 10. The Trouble with Magic--Madelyn Alt
* 11. Knit One, Kill Two--Maggie Sefton
* 12. Long Hot Summoning--Tanya Huff
* 13. La Morte d'Arthur--Sir Thomas Malory
* 14. The Knight of the Cart--Chretien DeTroyes
* 15. It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be--Paul Arden
* 16. Organize Your Corpses--Mary Jane Maffini
* 17. Inkdeath--Cornelia Funke
* 18. The Mythic Journey--Liz Greene
* 19. Trace Memory--Torchwood
* 20. Forensics and Fiction--DP Lyle
* 21. The Last Olympian--Rick Riorden
* 22. Her Docter Prescribes Dancing at Daybreak--Connie Thompson Titus
* 23. Stardust--Neil Gaiman
* 24. Wanted~A Chaperon-–Paul Leicester Ford
* 25. Urban Shamen--C.E. Murphy
* 26. Thunderbird Falls--C.E. Murphy
* 27. Coyote Dreams--C.E. Murphy
* 28. The Red Thread--Roderick Townley
* 29. Accidental Sorcerer--K.E. Mills
* 30. The Phantom of the Opera--Gaston Leroux
* 31. Heart of Stone-C.E. Murphy
* 32. House of Cards--C.E. Murphy
* 33. Hands of Flame--C.E. Murphy
* 34. Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her--Melanie Rehak
* 35. Lion Among Men--Gregory Maguire
* 36. Charmed Destinies--(anthology)
* 37. Walking Dead--C.E. Murphy
* 38. Where there's a Witch--Madelyn Alt
* 39. Walking Dead--Jim Butcher
* 40. Dead Until Dark--Charlaine Harris
* 41. Triptych--Karin Slaughter
* 42. Skin Privilege--Karin Slaughter
* 43. Living Dead in Dallas--Charlaine Harris
* 44. Club Dead--Charlaine Harris
* 45. Dead to the world--Charlaine Harris
* 46. Dead as a Doornail--Charlaine Harris
* 47. Definitely Dead--Charlaine Harris
* 48. All Together Dead-- Charlaine Harris
* 49. From Dead to Worse--Charlaine Harris
* 50. Fractured--Karin Slaughter
* 51. Dead and Gone--Charlaine Harris
* 52. Where There's a Witch--Madelyn Alt
* 53. Witches Incorperated--K.E. Mills
* 54. The House that Jack Built--Torchwood
* 55. Poison Study--Maria V. Snyder
* 56. Magic Study--Maria V. Snyder
* 57. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz--L. Frank Baum
* 58. Endymion Spring--Matthew Skelton
* 59. The Graveyard Book--Neil Gaiman
* 60. Shadowmagic--John Lenahan
* 61. The Cluttered Corpse--Mary Jane Maffini
* 62. Fake--Sanami Matoh (7 volume manga series)
* 63. Conservation of objects made from Plant Materials (Getty Press)
Well, I hit the overall goal, but I ended up slightly shy of my personal 75 book goal, so that is my new goal for 2010. Anyone care to join me?
Monday, January 4, 2010
Friday, December 25, 2009
Ho ho ho.
Merry Christmas and Blessed Be. I hope that you are all having a safe and happy holiday, regardless of where you are and what you celebrate.
We missed out on a white Christmas this year by a rain shower and a couple of hours. So here's a shot from last year. Snow is very confusing for Hermes.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Funny Stuff
So. I just got out of my exam for On Site conservation, which is all about frescos. The first question on the exam was to name the layers of a fresco and what they are made of: Rinsaffo, Aricho, and Intonico.
Only when I was sitting there at my desk, I had a brain fart. I couldn't remember the name of the base layer (that would be the rinsaffo). Now, usually, the teachers here are kind of lenient when it comes to the spelling of Italian terms, since they realize that not only are most of us mono-linguistic anglophones, but we learning a new technical vocabulary as well. I'm hoping that this holds true for this exam, because even though it was on the tip of my tongue, the only word that would actually come out was "riffuti", which is the Italian word for garbage.
It's probably a good thing that my On Site instructor has a good sense of humor. At the very least she'll get a laugh out of it. Of course, I remembered the proper term as soon as I'd walked out of the classroom.
On the bright side, this means I am officially done with all of my exams. That means the only thing I have to worry about for the next three days is packing and cleaning. The bathroom and kitchen both need cleaned, and the garbage needs to be taken out before it takes over. We did find out that we can leave the things we aren't taking with us over Christmas in the apartment, which is nice since the alternative was leaving them in the damp basement at the school--not an appealing idea since I've got a suitcase of just books.
Hm. Might need to change that before I go home.
Speaking of books, I finished listening to Jason Pomerantz's reading of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I really enjoyed it; I've been putting off reading this book for years, and I'm so glad I finally got to listen to it. He has a lovely voice for narration, though some of his character voices did bug me a little, especially when he was reading the Cowardly Lion, and the King of the Flying Monkeys. It was pretty minor, however, and for the most part it really added something to the listening.
I did download another audio book at the same time, which was Shadowmagic by John Lenahan, who also is the reader. I've only gotten through the first chapter, I but was laughing out loud through most of it. The story is based losly on Celtic mythology, and incorporates both bits of mythology and contemporary characters. I'm trying to save a few chapters to listen to in the airport and on my long, long flight on Monday, but I might break down and listen to a couple more tonight. Each chapter is only 10-20 minutes, so it's completely manageable. If you would rather read a hard copy, you can find it here.
Well, enjoy your weekend, wherever you are. I will be back on Monday or Tuesday, most likely.
Only when I was sitting there at my desk, I had a brain fart. I couldn't remember the name of the base layer (that would be the rinsaffo). Now, usually, the teachers here are kind of lenient when it comes to the spelling of Italian terms, since they realize that not only are most of us mono-linguistic anglophones, but we learning a new technical vocabulary as well. I'm hoping that this holds true for this exam, because even though it was on the tip of my tongue, the only word that would actually come out was "riffuti", which is the Italian word for garbage.
It's probably a good thing that my On Site instructor has a good sense of humor. At the very least she'll get a laugh out of it. Of course, I remembered the proper term as soon as I'd walked out of the classroom.
On the bright side, this means I am officially done with all of my exams. That means the only thing I have to worry about for the next three days is packing and cleaning. The bathroom and kitchen both need cleaned, and the garbage needs to be taken out before it takes over. We did find out that we can leave the things we aren't taking with us over Christmas in the apartment, which is nice since the alternative was leaving them in the damp basement at the school--not an appealing idea since I've got a suitcase of just books.
Hm. Might need to change that before I go home.
Speaking of books, I finished listening to Jason Pomerantz's reading of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I really enjoyed it; I've been putting off reading this book for years, and I'm so glad I finally got to listen to it. He has a lovely voice for narration, though some of his character voices did bug me a little, especially when he was reading the Cowardly Lion, and the King of the Flying Monkeys. It was pretty minor, however, and for the most part it really added something to the listening.
I did download another audio book at the same time, which was Shadowmagic by John Lenahan, who also is the reader. I've only gotten through the first chapter, I but was laughing out loud through most of it. The story is based losly on Celtic mythology, and incorporates both bits of mythology and contemporary characters. I'm trying to save a few chapters to listen to in the airport and on my long, long flight on Monday, but I might break down and listen to a couple more tonight. Each chapter is only 10-20 minutes, so it's completely manageable. If you would rather read a hard copy, you can find it here.
Well, enjoy your weekend, wherever you are. I will be back on Monday or Tuesday, most likely.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Methods of Procrastination
Every one around me is working. It makes me feel lazy, like there's something I should be doing, but I'm not. I can think of a few things, but none that are terribly pressing at the moment. I'm sure it will come to me at 3 a.m., when I can't do anything about it, and then I'll spend hours agonizing over it and trying to fix the problem.
A few days ago, I picked up this book from Paperback exchange. It's not often that I buy a book of patterns, rarer still that I find one with more than one or two patterns I like in it, and I've yet to make a project from a book. I LOVE almost all of the patterns in this book though, and even the ones I don't LOVE, I could see myself loving with a few minor alterations (mostly, the removal of bobbles. I have very strict rules about bobbles, as in, NEVER). I cast on and tried making the Jacket with Frog Fasteners and the Basket Weave sweater (sorry, no Ravelry page for that one), but they didn't work--no problem of the pattern, just the yarn I was using. It's this yarn, which I love and found it at a shop called Skandinavia. It's very pretty, with pinks and purples and oranges, but it looks like barf when it's knit up in sweater form. The color repeats are very short. It actually needs to pool a little to look in any way appealing, so after three tries, I ripped it all out and I'm turning it into a simple, garter stitch scarf for donation. Maybe while I'm home for Christmas I'll make a stop at JoAnns for some nice solid color yarns to make one of the sweaters from book.
I've been watching a lot of internet t.v., too. On Itunes, I check daily for updates of Bone, DollHouse, Castle, and Glee, and I've been re-watching some of my DVDs--I have all of Gundam Wing, and recently had the itch to re-watch the entire series. I was going to watch disk two this morning, but my laptop doesn't seem to like the disk very much. I'll try again later, or maybe I'll just skip it. I'm also thinking re-watching Charmed; I've got the first four seasons. (There's also a possibility I might order the entire boxed series for myself for Christmas, but it might end up being put off until April when I'll be employed again).
I haven't had the bandwith to do a lot of reading, even though I want to. I keep getting antsy, so I pick up my knitting, which makes reading hard, so I've been listening to a lot of podcasts. My standards are Cast On, the Knitmore Girls, Lime and Violet, and Threadbanger (all available through Itunes). I've also recently started listing to Knitting History, since that's the topic of my thesis, and when I just need something in the background, I really like Pastagaline, which is a French language knitting podcast. I don't really understand much spoken French, but I find that I pick up a little more every time I listen. It also helps that I listen to Walk, Talk, and Learn French, and Coffee Break French. For a while, I was also listening to a few podcasts for learning Italian, but I kept crossing Italian and French, so I decided to just stick with the later since it's the language I have the most experience with, and am more likely to use later on.
Recently, I also discovered podiobook, which are like books on tap, except you download them to you ipod. I've been thinking about getting audible for a while, but I'm broke and why pay for an audio book when there are hundreds available for free on itunes? Currently I'm listening to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (read by Jason Pomerantz), which I've been wanting to read since elementary school and just never got around to. I loved the movie when I was a kid, but even more than that I loved the made-for-t.v. Dreamer of Oz with John Ritter starring as Frank Baum. Mr. Pomerantz does a pretty good job with the reading, and I do enjoy it, but for me John Ritter will always be the voice of the Wizard of Oz. We recorded that special on our VCR when I was little, and I watched it until the tape wore out. There's just something so soothing about his voice, I could listen to it for hours. I can't tell you how upset I was when he died.
So that is what I've been doing in my eternal quest to avoid my school work. Maybe now that I've written down this list, I'll be able to focus on studying for one of my exams.
Just as soon as I'm done listening to this chapter.
A few days ago, I picked up this book from Paperback exchange. It's not often that I buy a book of patterns, rarer still that I find one with more than one or two patterns I like in it, and I've yet to make a project from a book. I LOVE almost all of the patterns in this book though, and even the ones I don't LOVE, I could see myself loving with a few minor alterations (mostly, the removal of bobbles. I have very strict rules about bobbles, as in, NEVER). I cast on and tried making the Jacket with Frog Fasteners and the Basket Weave sweater (sorry, no Ravelry page for that one), but they didn't work--no problem of the pattern, just the yarn I was using. It's this yarn, which I love and found it at a shop called Skandinavia. It's very pretty, with pinks and purples and oranges, but it looks like barf when it's knit up in sweater form. The color repeats are very short. It actually needs to pool a little to look in any way appealing, so after three tries, I ripped it all out and I'm turning it into a simple, garter stitch scarf for donation. Maybe while I'm home for Christmas I'll make a stop at JoAnns for some nice solid color yarns to make one of the sweaters from book.
I've been watching a lot of internet t.v., too. On Itunes, I check daily for updates of Bone, DollHouse, Castle, and Glee, and I've been re-watching some of my DVDs--I have all of Gundam Wing, and recently had the itch to re-watch the entire series. I was going to watch disk two this morning, but my laptop doesn't seem to like the disk very much. I'll try again later, or maybe I'll just skip it. I'm also thinking re-watching Charmed; I've got the first four seasons. (There's also a possibility I might order the entire boxed series for myself for Christmas, but it might end up being put off until April when I'll be employed again).
I haven't had the bandwith to do a lot of reading, even though I want to. I keep getting antsy, so I pick up my knitting, which makes reading hard, so I've been listening to a lot of podcasts. My standards are Cast On, the Knitmore Girls, Lime and Violet, and Threadbanger (all available through Itunes). I've also recently started listing to Knitting History, since that's the topic of my thesis, and when I just need something in the background, I really like Pastagaline, which is a French language knitting podcast. I don't really understand much spoken French, but I find that I pick up a little more every time I listen. It also helps that I listen to Walk, Talk, and Learn French, and Coffee Break French. For a while, I was also listening to a few podcasts for learning Italian, but I kept crossing Italian and French, so I decided to just stick with the later since it's the language I have the most experience with, and am more likely to use later on.
Recently, I also discovered podiobook, which are like books on tap, except you download them to you ipod. I've been thinking about getting audible for a while, but I'm broke and why pay for an audio book when there are hundreds available for free on itunes? Currently I'm listening to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (read by Jason Pomerantz), which I've been wanting to read since elementary school and just never got around to. I loved the movie when I was a kid, but even more than that I loved the made-for-t.v. Dreamer of Oz with John Ritter starring as Frank Baum. Mr. Pomerantz does a pretty good job with the reading, and I do enjoy it, but for me John Ritter will always be the voice of the Wizard of Oz. We recorded that special on our VCR when I was little, and I watched it until the tape wore out. There's just something so soothing about his voice, I could listen to it for hours. I can't tell you how upset I was when he died.
So that is what I've been doing in my eternal quest to avoid my school work. Maybe now that I've written down this list, I'll be able to focus on studying for one of my exams.
Just as soon as I'm done listening to this chapter.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Semester Stats
Days until finals: 2
Number of hours spent studying: 0
Number of thesis pages written (10 due): 2.5
Outlines completed: 1 of 1
Exams taken: 1
Grade received: "A/A-" (What does that mean, anyway? It's one or the other.)
Days left in the semester: 5
Novels finished: 2
Novels started: 2
Books read: 18
Cities visited: 4
Pictures taken: 1,320
Items knit: 3 donation hats, 1 hat to keep, 2 doll outfits, 1 laptop cover
Photos of knit items taken: 0, except for one of the doll outfits
Illnesses contracted and recovered from: 3
Days until departure: 9
Days until arrival: 10
Packing left: all of it
Final assignments completed: 7 of 9 (hang on. Geek girl moment. ....Okay, you can move on now.)
Number of times the list of assignments due has changed in the past two weeks: 6 (so those last two assignments? Not getting done. Can't do them, because I didn't know I was supposed to)
Nerves frayed: All of them
And now I shall distract you with knitwear while I try to finish some of the items on my list.
Number of hours spent studying: 0
Number of thesis pages written (10 due): 2.5
Outlines completed: 1 of 1
Exams taken: 1
Grade received: "A/A-" (What does that mean, anyway? It's one or the other.)
Days left in the semester: 5
Novels finished: 2
Novels started: 2
Books read: 18
Cities visited: 4
Pictures taken: 1,320
Items knit: 3 donation hats, 1 hat to keep, 2 doll outfits, 1 laptop cover
Photos of knit items taken: 0, except for one of the doll outfits
Illnesses contracted and recovered from: 3
Days until departure: 9
Days until arrival: 10
Packing left: all of it
Final assignments completed: 7 of 9 (hang on. Geek girl moment. ....Okay, you can move on now.)
Number of times the list of assignments due has changed in the past two weeks: 6 (so those last two assignments? Not getting done. Can't do them, because I didn't know I was supposed to)
Nerves frayed: All of them
And now I shall distract you with knitwear while I try to finish some of the items on my list.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Acheivment Cat Purrs Again
Exactly ten weeks after I started, I finished my second novel in the Cassie Tanner series at just under 65,000 words. I have a possible beta reader on deck, but I'd like to have at least three so that I can get different opinions. If anyone is interested, please let me know. I need someone who doesn't mind a lot of reading, and that can point out flaws in plot progression and character development.
I've started work already on a third novel. It feels like I'm on a roll, and I don't want to stop! I'll probably slow down a little, though. I need to do some revising and editing for both books, and I want to just do some pleasure reading.
We had our law final yesterday. I'm not sure how I did. I'm terrible at remembering names and dates, so of course, that's what most of our questions were about. Go figure. I wrote down as many of the other (related) facts and details I could think of, but I don't know if that will be enough. The rest of my finals aren't until the week after next, so I'm going to spend the next few days studying.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Teaser
I would like to take a second and ask that people please not spam my comments anymore. I appreciate the feedback I get from people, but I really dislike having to go through and delete the trash that people have tried to post that is completely unrelated. I'm already moderating my comments; please don't make me have to stop allowing anonymous comments, too.
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One thing that completely boggles me about Florence is the number of master painters who lived and worked in this city and yet the lighting is so terrible. Maybe things were different back in the 1500s, when there were fewer buildings, but it's hard to imagine this city as anything other than tightly packed stone buildings.
Please pardon my poor photography. My camera cord is MIA, so I used the webcam on my laptop. It's actually not a bad photo, considering I had to tilt the screen to a 45 degree angle just to get the yarn into the shot.
If you're wondering why that yarn is on toilet paper tubes (yes, you're not mistaken) it's because both of those are my handspun. I've been doing a ton of spinning. I actually used up the last of my fiber that I brought with me the other night (that would be the purple and blue ball. It's tussuh silk). Thankfully, Alice brought her entire, untouched stash of fiber, so I have probably two to three pounds of bamboo, silk, and I think some corn fiber to play around with. It's a great deal--I get to spin her yarn (a task she isn't too crazy about), and she gets pretty yarn to play with. Lately I've been in more of a spinning mood than a knitting on, so I don't even mind that I won't get to use what I've made.
What I have made, however...Well, obviously, this isn't all of it. The solid blue is Navajo plied bamboo. I've tried plying before on my spindle, and it always ended badly, usually with tangled, dirty yarn. So I started winding the singles off onto tp tubes, and then Navajo plying, which means I can turn a single into a three ply. Only one strand to deal with! I am in love with this technique. Because there are more plies, the yarn is more even and stronger. The only problem I'm having is that it can be difficult to prevent tangles if I have to stop in the middle. I have to be very careful about how I put it away and how I pick it back up again. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here is a youtube video that shows it pretty well. Actually, I think it might be the video I originally learned from. I start out a little differently--make a slipknot from both the leader and the single together, then just cut the knot off when I'm done.
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One thing that completely boggles me about Florence is the number of master painters who lived and worked in this city and yet the lighting is so terrible. Maybe things were different back in the 1500s, when there were fewer buildings, but it's hard to imagine this city as anything other than tightly packed stone buildings.
Please pardon my poor photography. My camera cord is MIA, so I used the webcam on my laptop. It's actually not a bad photo, considering I had to tilt the screen to a 45 degree angle just to get the yarn into the shot.
If you're wondering why that yarn is on toilet paper tubes (yes, you're not mistaken) it's because both of those are my handspun. I've been doing a ton of spinning. I actually used up the last of my fiber that I brought with me the other night (that would be the purple and blue ball. It's tussuh silk). Thankfully, Alice brought her entire, untouched stash of fiber, so I have probably two to three pounds of bamboo, silk, and I think some corn fiber to play around with. It's a great deal--I get to spin her yarn (a task she isn't too crazy about), and she gets pretty yarn to play with. Lately I've been in more of a spinning mood than a knitting on, so I don't even mind that I won't get to use what I've made.
What I have made, however...Well, obviously, this isn't all of it. The solid blue is Navajo plied bamboo. I've tried plying before on my spindle, and it always ended badly, usually with tangled, dirty yarn. So I started winding the singles off onto tp tubes, and then Navajo plying, which means I can turn a single into a three ply. Only one strand to deal with! I am in love with this technique. Because there are more plies, the yarn is more even and stronger. The only problem I'm having is that it can be difficult to prevent tangles if I have to stop in the middle. I have to be very careful about how I put it away and how I pick it back up again. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here is a youtube video that shows it pretty well. Actually, I think it might be the video I originally learned from. I start out a little differently--make a slipknot from both the leader and the single together, then just cut the knot off when I'm done.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Bits and Pieces of Happiness and Yay
*cough* Ahem.
So. I didn't move quite as quickly as I planned to. I blinked, and now suddenly two weeks have gone by. Don't you just hate it when that happens?
In other news:
I hit fifty thousand words this week on a story! First time ever! I'm very proud of me. Especially since it looks like I'll top at least 60K before this story runs it's course. Up till now, my longest completed story was only about 41k, and I had an in progress that was about 46k but has been stalled for a few months. Landmarks like this make me feel like I'm actually a real writer and not just some half-assed amateur.
Also, this picture reminds me of Hermes, whom I'll get to see in just over a month. Yay! *happy dance*
Work on my thesis is about to begin in earnest, so I don't know how much blogging I'll be doing from here on in.
I have been knitting, but I haven't been photographing. I will post about that sometime in the semi-near future, though.
Now that Cassie 2.0 is almost finished (but still in need of a better title than "High School Never Ends"), I'm going to start looking for a beta reader for Life is a Zoo and see if I can't bulk that up a little bit. I want to get that one up to at least 60K before I start submitting it, and I need an outside opinion as to what might be missing that I can add.
This is a little bit random, but I need to get off and get back to my thesis. I went and took the last two days off because the thought of studying the chemical composition of linen for another three to six hours made my brain explode, so I really need to get back to it now. Nose to the grindstone and all that. Which makes me think...
...that maybe I need to spend less time on ICanHasCheeseburger.com. It's a poor substitute for my kitty, but it does cheer me up.
So. I didn't move quite as quickly as I planned to. I blinked, and now suddenly two weeks have gone by. Don't you just hate it when that happens?
In other news:
I hit fifty thousand words this week on a story! First time ever! I'm very proud of me. Especially since it looks like I'll top at least 60K before this story runs it's course. Up till now, my longest completed story was only about 41k, and I had an in progress that was about 46k but has been stalled for a few months. Landmarks like this make me feel like I'm actually a real writer and not just some half-assed amateur.
Also, this picture reminds me of Hermes, whom I'll get to see in just over a month. Yay! *happy dance*
Work on my thesis is about to begin in earnest, so I don't know how much blogging I'll be doing from here on in.
I have been knitting, but I haven't been photographing. I will post about that sometime in the semi-near future, though.
Now that Cassie 2.0 is almost finished (but still in need of a better title than "High School Never Ends"), I'm going to start looking for a beta reader for Life is a Zoo and see if I can't bulk that up a little bit. I want to get that one up to at least 60K before I start submitting it, and I need an outside opinion as to what might be missing that I can add.
This is a little bit random, but I need to get off and get back to my thesis. I went and took the last two days off because the thought of studying the chemical composition of linen for another three to six hours made my brain explode, so I really need to get back to it now. Nose to the grindstone and all that. Which makes me think...
...that maybe I need to spend less time on ICanHasCheeseburger.com. It's a poor substitute for my kitty, but it does cheer me up.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Wish List
As of this week, I've officially completed my 52 Books in 52 Weeks challenge. I'm working my way up to 75, but I thought I'd make a list of the books that I want to read in in the next year:
Wuthering Heights
The Man in the Iron Mask
Fire Study
Walker Papers #5
Wizard's Squared
Bewitching Mysteries #6
The Negotiator #5
Will Trent #3
For the titles with # signs, I don't know the titles yet, because they haven't been released. I'm sure that this list with grow and morph of the next few weeks.Also on my list, I want to get caught up on the Dresden Files books (considering I've only gotten up to book 3, that could take a while).
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Today is our last day of break, and it is consisting mostly of killing time until we can go to the airport. I'm sick, tired, my bags weigh a ton, and I simply don't have the energy to go anywhere I don't have to. Neither Alice nor I have slept well the past two nights, so once we finish up here with the internet we'll probably head to Victoria Coach Station and catch our bus to the airport, where I'll mostly likely end up in a coner and try to sleep before the plane comes and do my best not to cough loudly and draw attention to myself.
Wuthering Heights
The Man in the Iron Mask
Fire Study
Walker Papers #5
Wizard's Squared
Bewitching Mysteries #6
The Negotiator #5
Will Trent #3
For the titles with # signs, I don't know the titles yet, because they haven't been released. I'm sure that this list with grow and morph of the next few weeks.Also on my list, I want to get caught up on the Dresden Files books (considering I've only gotten up to book 3, that could take a while).
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Today is our last day of break, and it is consisting mostly of killing time until we can go to the airport. I'm sick, tired, my bags weigh a ton, and I simply don't have the energy to go anywhere I don't have to. Neither Alice nor I have slept well the past two nights, so once we finish up here with the internet we'll probably head to Victoria Coach Station and catch our bus to the airport, where I'll mostly likely end up in a coner and try to sleep before the plane comes and do my best not to cough loudly and draw attention to myself.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Bath and Shower
Bath was lovely. We went on two walks: The first was Bizzar Bath, which runs every night is a comedy tour of the strange and weird in Bath. Not historical, just funny. At one point our guide was talking about lay lines and nodes and how they affect Bath. Right in the middle of his explanation a man on a bicycle rode past, dressed as Death. We all stared at him (he had one of those "won-key" sounding horns, which he honked all the way down the road). Caught us all off guard. The only comment the guide could make was, "Obviously, he's looking for Stone Henge."
Speaking of which, we saw Stone Henge yesterday. It was lovely, but very blustery. Afterwards, we took our second walk, the Haunted Bath walk, which was very interesting. My favorite stories surrounded a dueling ground and a specific Holly tree that we visited, but I'll get into that another time, probably when I make my ghost hunting post once we're back in Italy. Today we're back in London. Catching up on our last few sight seeing stops before we go back. Only a few more hours of relative freedom, then it's back to school. Not complaining. At least I won't have to share a shower with 14 other people.
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