It was a really busy week. On Tuesday, during my three conference calls, I unexpectedly found out my consulting "clients" want the project finished more than they want more of my time, so I started scrambling to start pulling together a final report. I had a follow-up call with a Grade A contact, an unexpected recruiter interview -- and 3 ( Read more... )

If Mary Robinette Kowal's first book was Austen pastiche and the second was Sharpe's Glamourist, Without a Summer was her Dickens-flavored book. I think she's written herself into a corner with the way she's feeling out the edges of her world-building, but I'm sticking with the series for at least another book or two ( Read more... )

Poll "As you wish"

This is mostly a note to myself that there are no really interesting exhibits at the Museum of Sex; the Museum of the City of NY (although I should go on one of their architectural walks someday, considering I went to one in HK); the NY Historical Society; MoMA; or the AMNH. I want to see the Weegee exhibit at ICP and there's a bunch of interesting ( Read more... )

I first got this meme last year from regyt, thewronghands, and seawasp. I didn't post my response bc I ran out of time, but when the meme came around this year, I still had the text file -- and was surprised how many of the things I'd wanted I'd gotten.

( I am blessed )

On the train back from Ct, my sister asked, "What are you reading?" I told her, "A vampire novel," bc I decided it's better she thinks I'm reading Twilight than she asks about Anita Blake.

Bullet is the second worst Anita Blake novel to date. The plot exists mainly to allow her to work in three group sex scenes. I like group sex as much as the ( Read more... )

Name five unusual things you rather like, or things you are unusual in rather liking ( Read more... )

Fri night, I missed the happy hour my new cubemate organized, so I came home in the mood for a drink. Last time I was looking around in my cellar, I broke the seal on a bottle of Pedro Ximenez I brought back from Spain, so I opened it. wow. It really is raisiny and thick, so when Julian reminded me that people eat it over ice cream, I tried it and ( Read more... )

Poll Bc I dont have time to write pr0n

Edit: and of course, even though Q1's been sitting in the queue for months, it only just dawned on me mid-morning that some people are totally straight. Like, some of my readers even. How weird is THAT?

Edit2: Or total Kinsey 6s.

Late Fri afternoon, Raita called to say she and her boss would be at Bryant Park Grill and my boss had said he'd be there by 5:30. I had to finish my weekly first, and I warned her that I'd be dressed for dinner, but said I'd come when I could. I'm told Petite Fromage's eyes popped when he saw me in this. win! Moreover, there was a long line to ( Read more... )