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blamebrampton) wrote2012-09-27 12:59 am
blamebrampton) wrote2012-09-27 12:59 am
I had plans for today!
They included updating LJ, and going to spin. Alas, I had blood tests to find out what I am allergic to (doctor is threatening cats, I am hoping for dust, since I will continue to live with both but at least I can make a cursory effort to clean more, whereas shaving the cats is right out), after which I decided it was apparently nap time. For five hours. They didn't take that much blood!
The post points that were going to be covered include:
* The two black swans we saw moving into the Sydney Park Wetlands last year now have three cygnets. Well done swans!
* Read Sarah Rees Brennan's new book Unspoken on Kindle, due to the fact Australian bookshops seem to have declared a fatwa on it and finding an actual paper copy was impossible. My 'I wish to read no spoilers!' policy led me to overlook the fact that this was Book One of the Lynburn Legacy ('Legacy' being what the cool kids are calling a trilogy these days if my guess is any guide), and due to the fact that Kindles start reading at story page 1 rather than the fiddly info pages that come before them, I was most of the way through the book before I went 'Hang on, I don't think this is going to wrap up before this book ends.' I enjoyed it very much, especially the fact the heroine has two active and loving parents. I really hope they both survive the series so I can add to my list of Awesome YA Books with Awesome Parents, which currently stands at My Friend Flicka and Verdigris Deep (by Frances Hardinge – AMAZING book). At some point I will update my book list, which has been languishing since March and review it properly there.
* Also read Terry Pratchett's new book, Dodger, in actual book. It was a love letter to Dickens and Mayhew and the best of Victorian London and I adored it, especially the running Dickens scribbling gags. He really is the most humanist author of our times, and I am so thrilled that reviews of his novels these days ignore the genre origins of most of his work. Again, longer review will come with updates.
* The allergy thing? Mild asthma and hayfever out of nowhere. The asthma is probably post-viral from my cold, 'but you definitely have reactive airways', said the doctor. 'I'm not for them! I want them back to being lovely trustworthy airways!' I replied. 'Do you have cats?' 'Yes. Why?' 'You're probably allergic to them.' 'It's not much of a wheeze, I'll be fine …'
Blood tests today to rule in or out the most common things. I say wheeze, but I still hit 490 on the peak flow monitor, which is apparently in the top 5% of lung function for people my age or height (not sure which, doc asked for both before reading the table), to which I replied, 'I used to get well over 600! Give it to me again! I can do better!' She suggested I may be a little bit overly competitive, which is clearly ridiculous. AND she refused to arm-wrestle me.
* And finally, there were birthday wishes. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tsosh! May you be surrounded by Colin Morgan and Bradley James look alikes who feel the sudden and inexplicable need to take their shirts off! I miss seeing you around the traps more often, but that's more my fault! Looking forward to next season Merlin as I know you will be lured back to LJ. I hope your freedom is being filled with loads of fun days, and that presents have been appearing all day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALSO toknic26! I meant to comment on your photos recently, but failed due to falling asleepness and general ineptitude. Not enough heavy books on that young man's head, that's what lets them grow so tall so quickly! Still, he can get everything down from the top shelves :-) I hope that he spends today being but one of the people who appear in front of you laden with loving wishes, fab gifts and cake!
And because it's a fab day for being born, HAPPY BIRTHDAY togossymer! YAY for your news! I hope it is followed by even more fab presents in the form of other things you really wanted this year! May the whole year be filled with equally good news!
I am sure I have forgotten several important things, not least of which are the late birthday notes (Sassy! I'm sorry!), but I want to do a bit more work on my hols fic before going back to sleep. I have a dream of submitting one at a point close to the actual fest deadline.
Yeah, I deserve the laughter …
The post points that were going to be covered include:
* The two black swans we saw moving into the Sydney Park Wetlands last year now have three cygnets. Well done swans!
* Read Sarah Rees Brennan's new book Unspoken on Kindle, due to the fact Australian bookshops seem to have declared a fatwa on it and finding an actual paper copy was impossible. My 'I wish to read no spoilers!' policy led me to overlook the fact that this was Book One of the Lynburn Legacy ('Legacy' being what the cool kids are calling a trilogy these days if my guess is any guide), and due to the fact that Kindles start reading at story page 1 rather than the fiddly info pages that come before them, I was most of the way through the book before I went 'Hang on, I don't think this is going to wrap up before this book ends.' I enjoyed it very much, especially the fact the heroine has two active and loving parents. I really hope they both survive the series so I can add to my list of Awesome YA Books with Awesome Parents, which currently stands at My Friend Flicka and Verdigris Deep (by Frances Hardinge – AMAZING book). At some point I will update my book list, which has been languishing since March and review it properly there.
* Also read Terry Pratchett's new book, Dodger, in actual book. It was a love letter to Dickens and Mayhew and the best of Victorian London and I adored it, especially the running Dickens scribbling gags. He really is the most humanist author of our times, and I am so thrilled that reviews of his novels these days ignore the genre origins of most of his work. Again, longer review will come with updates.
* The allergy thing? Mild asthma and hayfever out of nowhere. The asthma is probably post-viral from my cold, 'but you definitely have reactive airways', said the doctor. 'I'm not for them! I want them back to being lovely trustworthy airways!' I replied. 'Do you have cats?' 'Yes. Why?' 'You're probably allergic to them.' 'It's not much of a wheeze, I'll be fine …'
Blood tests today to rule in or out the most common things. I say wheeze, but I still hit 490 on the peak flow monitor, which is apparently in the top 5% of lung function for people my age or height (not sure which, doc asked for both before reading the table), to which I replied, 'I used to get well over 600! Give it to me again! I can do better!' She suggested I may be a little bit overly competitive, which is clearly ridiculous. AND she refused to arm-wrestle me.
* And finally, there were birthday wishes. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to
tsosh! May you be surrounded by Colin Morgan and Bradley James look alikes who feel the sudden and inexplicable need to take their shirts off! I miss seeing you around the traps more often, but that's more my fault! Looking forward to next season Merlin as I know you will be lured back to LJ. I hope your freedom is being filled with loads of fun days, and that presents have been appearing all day!HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALSO to
knic26! I meant to comment on your photos recently, but failed due to falling asleepness and general ineptitude. Not enough heavy books on that young man's head, that's what lets them grow so tall so quickly! Still, he can get everything down from the top shelves :-) I hope that he spends today being but one of the people who appear in front of you laden with loving wishes, fab gifts and cake!And because it's a fab day for being born, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to
gossymer! YAY for your news! I hope it is followed by even more fab presents in the form of other things you really wanted this year! May the whole year be filled with equally good news!I am sure I have forgotten several important things, not least of which are the late birthday notes (Sassy! I'm sorry!), but I want to do a bit more work on my hols fic before going back to sleep. I have a dream of submitting one at a point close to the actual fest deadline.
Yeah, I deserve the laughter …
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And I bet, even though I'm healthy, my lung-capacity is MUCH worse than yours. I compensate for that by not getting into situations where I might need it - which is making it worse, because I'm not training myself, I know. But laziness wins every time. ;)
I've run into the "Oh damn, this book belongs to a series?" trap a couple of times myself. Thing is, I lack the time for reading. Currently there are 70+ unread books on my Kindle, plus 10+ in hard copy... Reading fanfics is stealing too much time. >.>
So I'll skip your book pimping, just to keep sane. :D
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Yeah, I can't complain about my actual lung function, which is fab, but it used to be perfect! Wah! It's usually better after exercise, thankfully, but I did have one bad day where I could feel the lack of oxygen in my muscles at spin, which was what made me actually make the appointment.
I should have known. That Rees Brennan is a serieser! Though I did think that this one could have worked well as one long Wynne Jonesish book. However, I am saying that after the first one, I might believe very differently after the last!
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Don't think I've ever heard of spin. And I have a feeling that the links Google gave me are not what you were talking about... What exactly is it?
Now I went and looked her up despite promising myself not to. Eeep!
Looks like it IS worth reading. Just the kind of fantasy I like... *tries to forget about it*
XD
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I have the same problem! I have a dozen paper books (and three text books) - and my Pocket+ reading list has over 60 fics on it. Damn those Big Bangs.
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It's the fic sites and recently LJ that keep me away from the reader and all its awesome original stuff. Oh well, one of these days I'll hopefully be able to take a break and focus on "normal" things again. :D