Statement of Intent, 7/30/09
Yesterday, 1625 words, total 4192.
Last night we got to see lizhand read at Mysterious Galaxy as part of the Clarion reading series... finally, as Aestival Tide has been one of the most formative and influential books I've read.
Bonus Digression: Sharon's top five most influential books!
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle
the Riddlemaster trilogy, Patricia McKillip
Rumors of Spring, Richard Grant
the aforementioned Aestival Tide
Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay
... no wonder I'm so weird. Anyway. She read from a short story set in the National Air and Space Museum, and as she read I vividly saw the parts of the museum she was describing, and I was trying to remember if that was one of the parts of the Smithsonian we visited when I was a young teenager... then I realized. It was Fallout 3. Sigh.
So it was a great pleasure, and Elizabeth Hand was wonderful (and very grateful for the not-Cognac that voidmonster brought). And afterward was dinner at the Aladdin Cafe with
shweta_narayanand elsmi--and seajules, whom I had not yet met. We talked a lot about speculative poetry, Ninja Zombie Apocalypses, and various and sundry other important matters. I think I'm getting dragged back into the whole poetry thing, and I don't find myself putting up much of a fight...
Anyway, awesome night with awesome company. And now I really should get cracking on work...
Today's Goals
Writing: 2000 words (1663) plus an entry for International Blog Against Racism Week. (yes)
House: Laundry. (no) Put away dishes. (done) Make lunch. (NOM) Declutter. (no)
Self: Light exercise. (10 min WiiFit yoga) Catch up on Mabinogi foo. (no)
Last night we got to see lizhand read at Mysterious Galaxy as part of the Clarion reading series... finally, as Aestival Tide has been one of the most formative and influential books I've read.
Bonus Digression: Sharon's top five most influential books!
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle
the Riddlemaster trilogy, Patricia McKillip
Rumors of Spring, Richard Grant
the aforementioned Aestival Tide
Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay
... no wonder I'm so weird. Anyway. She read from a short story set in the National Air and Space Museum, and as she read I vividly saw the parts of the museum she was describing, and I was trying to remember if that was one of the parts of the Smithsonian we visited when I was a young teenager... then I realized. It was Fallout 3. Sigh.
So it was a great pleasure, and Elizabeth Hand was wonderful (and very grateful for the not-Cognac that voidmonster brought). And afterward was dinner at the Aladdin Cafe with
shweta_narayanand elsmi--and seajules, whom I had not yet met. We talked a lot about speculative poetry, Ninja Zombie Apocalypses, and various and sundry other important matters. I think I'm getting dragged back into the whole poetry thing, and I don't find myself putting up much of a fight...
Anyway, awesome night with awesome company. And now I really should get cracking on work...
Today's Goals
Writing: 2000 words (1663) plus an entry for International Blog Against Racism Week. (yes)
House: Laundry. (no) Put away dishes. (done) Make lunch. (NOM) Declutter. (no)
Self: Light exercise. (10 min WiiFit yoga) Catch up on Mabinogi foo. (no)