-- Oh, daylight savings. How you completely eff me up. No kidding, I have gone to sleep at 9 or 10 twice this week. Me, the nightowl, who will happily work until 2am. Something about it getting dark so early just makes me want to eat dinner and sleep ( Read more... )

So. I have been trying to get through Sunshine by Robin McKinley for what seems like millenia. It is a book that for all intents and purposes, I should like. It's got a sort of AU-world, it's got vampires and supernatural creatures, and it's got a protagonist that I started off really liking. More than one review has favorably compared it to ( Read more... )

Work: I estimate that the next update will be sometime around the end of next week. January was custom orders galore, lots of repair orders (for local people; I've been getting a lot of referrals through Terra Firma & Pikesville Jewelers for tricky repairs on vintage jewelry. Some true head-scratchers in the bunch, but I think of it like a ( Read more... )

Feeling strangely unfocused today, despite a lot of work laid out ahead of me. I have to get it together. Focus.

NYE was a quiet one. We did shrimp, fancy cheeses, and miracle fruit tablets (which made me want to sample everything in my fridge). We watched Inception for the first time, which I liked and was just drunk enough so that it made ( Read more... )

1. Dearest mother, calling me at 6:40am to wish me a happy birthday is nuts. I had no idea what day it was when I groggily answered the phone, because I figured if you were calling me so early, something must be wrong. Also, you woke up my cats.

2. The Fantasy Bath fall scents are up! I am buying the 2lb bulk size of Cinderella, and ( Read more... )

It's that curious time of year right between Beltane and Litha where it's bright and sunny and green and the entire Northern hemisphere is awake and active and, uh, horny. I miss my little stream in Pikesville where I'd wander into the woods and soak my feet and just relax. There's very little water to speak of here, and we plan to hike tomorrow ( Read more... )

Palimpsest, by Catherynne M. Valente

The book says:
Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse-a voyage permitted only to those who’ve always believed there’s another world than the one that meets the eye. Those ( Read more... )

Linked by wickercabra: pats_quinade describes the dangers of reading Laurell K. Hamilton.

Considering I just finished reading A Caress of Twilight, which, as far as I am concerned, should be shelved as "comedy/humor", I laughed out loud. reedrover, I am officially ready to switch to the third book ( Read more... )

( Book meme! )

Virgo:: It's time to take down the "Under Construction" signs and clean up the messes from your works in progress. At least for now, your heart has lost its drive for further renovation and rehabilitation. Whether you think you're ready or not, then, it's time for a grand re-opening. I suggest you offer free toasters or other incentives to pull in ( Read more... )