smells, books, fannish stuff
I bought one of those scented oil warmers a couple weeks ago, and it's
really nice. For one thing--pretty. Red marbled-y glass folded into
a loose cup supporting a fluted pebbled glass dish on a mirrored base with a
light in the middle. For another, the bank now smells wonderful. You only
need a little bit of oil, and there are so many for me to choose
from--cucumber melon, orange blossom, spearmint, apple, rain, gingerbread,
passion fruit, strawberries and champagne... I finally get the whole BPAL
thing now (although at $4 per .5 oz, these are decidedly cheaper).
I'm planning to go get my copy of the special edition Good Omens this
weekend. Crowley cover if at all possible. I'll just say the devil made me
do it. ^__^
I just read Sisters of the Raven by Barbara Hambly. I've read some
of her stuff before, and I like her writing style, so after the
disappointment of The Secrets of the Jin-She Sisterhood I was hoping
for a good women-oriented fantasy adventure. For the most part, I wasn't
disappointed. Magic has always been the domain of men only, but suddenly
the magic is disappearing from men, and a new magic is appearing in women.
The world is primarily Middle Eastern flavored, and it might be interesting
to read it as an allegory for the current socio-political Middle Eastern
situation, but it's also satisfying on its own. Many men are resentful of
the increase in women's power, but some are just confused or frightened, and
a few are accepting, even welcoming. The women are just as varied in their
acceptance and use of the magic--some eagerly learning more, some hiding
their powers, some trying to meddle. There's also a drought going on
because the mages cannot call the rains; a new religion is calling for a
backlash against magic, women's rights, and the monarchy; and someone is
killing the female mages. At times it does seem a bit like she's piling too
much on, and the ending felt rather like a letdown, although I did enjoy the
inistence, carried throughout the book, that magic cannot solve everything.
Last night I finally read Grey's Anatomy fic. George fic! Yay! Although I'm
not sure if I should weep or laugh because I read George/Bailey. And liked
it. Curse you talented fic writers! George/anyone is pretty much just
great, I've decided. George/Izzy. George/Addison. George/Alex.
George/Cadman (yes, Cadman from SGA, and no, I don't really know SGA canon
that well, but still George bandaging Barbie dolls and belonging to a two
person D&D club! OMG love!) And svmadelyn (I think, it was one of my crazy
flist people) then offered up the idea that George needs to join the
Atlantis program, and yes. George on Atlantis. George and the Air
Force General with the head wound and the necklace that glowed when he
touched it and Christina wanting to know why it won't glow when she holds
it, and the careful not-quite-an-interview from the hospital bed, and there
could be a new security officer joining hospital staff and she asks George
out and feels him out about a lot of stuff, and he just thinks it's another
didn't-really-go-anywhere relationship, and then being called into the
Chief's office, and she's there, and "It wasn't sexual harassment! We didn't
even have sex!" and the disclosure, the information about the Go'a'uld and
the Wraith and the Ancients, and the offer to be on board the Daedalus on
its next run, and George in the chair, and George and Rodney and it
would be wonderful. And I totally cannot write this--I have next to
no canon and am in the middle of a ficathon and SGA is filled with writerly
goodness who can do this better, but alas, I lack a sharp stick to poke them
with to make them write this. So just read this garbled summary and make up
your own story. I'm sure it will be better than what I could write.
really nice. For one thing--pretty. Red marbled-y glass folded into
a loose cup supporting a fluted pebbled glass dish on a mirrored base with a
light in the middle. For another, the bank now smells wonderful. You only
need a little bit of oil, and there are so many for me to choose
from--cucumber melon, orange blossom, spearmint, apple, rain, gingerbread,
passion fruit, strawberries and champagne... I finally get the whole BPAL
thing now (although at $4 per .5 oz, these are decidedly cheaper).
I'm planning to go get my copy of the special edition Good Omens this
weekend. Crowley cover if at all possible. I'll just say the devil made me
do it. ^__^
I just read Sisters of the Raven by Barbara Hambly. I've read some
of her stuff before, and I like her writing style, so after the
disappointment of The Secrets of the Jin-She Sisterhood I was hoping
for a good women-oriented fantasy adventure. For the most part, I wasn't
disappointed. Magic has always been the domain of men only, but suddenly
the magic is disappearing from men, and a new magic is appearing in women.
The world is primarily Middle Eastern flavored, and it might be interesting
to read it as an allegory for the current socio-political Middle Eastern
situation, but it's also satisfying on its own. Many men are resentful of
the increase in women's power, but some are just confused or frightened, and
a few are accepting, even welcoming. The women are just as varied in their
acceptance and use of the magic--some eagerly learning more, some hiding
their powers, some trying to meddle. There's also a drought going on
because the mages cannot call the rains; a new religion is calling for a
backlash against magic, women's rights, and the monarchy; and someone is
killing the female mages. At times it does seem a bit like she's piling too
much on, and the ending felt rather like a letdown, although I did enjoy the
inistence, carried throughout the book, that magic cannot solve everything.
Last night I finally read Grey's Anatomy fic. George fic! Yay! Although I'm
not sure if I should weep or laugh because I read George/Bailey. And liked
it. Curse you talented fic writers! George/anyone is pretty much just
great, I've decided. George/Izzy. George/Addison. George/Alex.
George/Cadman (yes, Cadman from SGA, and no, I don't really know SGA canon
that well, but still George bandaging Barbie dolls and belonging to a two
person D&D club! OMG love!) And svmadelyn (I think, it was one of my crazy
flist people) then offered up the idea that George needs to join the
Atlantis program, and yes. George on Atlantis. George and the Air
Force General with the head wound and the necklace that glowed when he
touched it and Christina wanting to know why it won't glow when she holds
it, and the careful not-quite-an-interview from the hospital bed, and there
could be a new security officer joining hospital staff and she asks George
out and feels him out about a lot of stuff, and he just thinks it's another
didn't-really-go-anywhere relationship, and then being called into the
Chief's office, and she's there, and "It wasn't sexual harassment! We didn't
even have sex!" and the disclosure, the information about the Go'a'uld and
the Wraith and the Ancients, and the offer to be on board the Daedalus on
its next run, and George in the chair, and George and Rodney and it
would be wonderful. And I totally cannot write this--I have next to
no canon and am in the middle of a ficathon and SGA is filled with writerly
goodness who can do this better, but alas, I lack a sharp stick to poke them
with to make them write this. So just read this garbled summary and make up
your own story. I'm sure it will be better than what I could write.