i discovered a norwegian show on netflix called ragnarok, in which two brothers and their mom move back to the little town they're from, and the older brother turns out to be the reincarnation of thor? or something? and the powerful wealthy family is made up of jotuns. (none of this is a spoiler. i promise.) and then shit gets weird. s2 ends ( Read more... )

my bang draft is away and accepted! i like my title, i think the summary is pretty good, and the draft itself is, uh, drafty. i think you can tell i changed my mind what the story was about halfway through, but that's what rewriting is for. :D artists' claims aren't until may 23 so i have some time to fix it so i'm not embarrassed to share it ( Read more... )

saw two apartments today, one with really nice woodwork and a gorgeous china cabinet and a (shared) back yard! but street parking on a fairly tight street. the other was newly renovated by someone who gave a shit - the floors were SO NICE OMG and the kitchen was awkward but i think they did the best they could with what they had and it had a good ( Read more... )

(yesterday because the weather was awful i went over to my sister's house to watch avengers and the flamingo kid. the flamingo kid came out in 1984 when matt dillon was young and hot, and it's super cute ( Read more... )

What I just finished reading:
restless (not reckless, self), which was kind of mis-sold. i mean, the blurb on the back says that someone's trying to kill one of the main characters - the spy - and that she has a new plan that involves her daughter, and i kept waiting for her to be even remotely threatened. i came away thinking she's just ( Read more... )

tonight is town fireworks night (it was supposed to be last week but it was canceled on account of rain) and right now the band is playing literally across the street from my house. the band is called booty vortex. they're cheesy as hell - a lot of 70s disco - but some of the audience is dancing, so. there might be a local military band later, ( Read more... )