Comments | ladyjeanetta: Cheese galore!

ladyjeanetta

Cheese galore!

Oct 25, 2007 11:39

Due to finances and general busy-ness, I have been remiss in my cheese duties, but I'm back :D ( Read more... )

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Les fromages aidan_novastral October 25 2007, 23:05:02 UTC

Six out of ten? Pah, blasphemy. It goes to eleven.Another one you could try, though I do warn you that it has a certain...pungency...is Fontinella. Very strong-tasting, but if you get the Triscuit crackers with rosemary and olive oil, the combination is quite tasty. Or so sayeth me ( ... )

Re: Les fromages ladyjeanetta October 26 2007, 14:36:14 UTC

**chuckles** I have not been remiss in my music listening these days. I have both the new Nightwish and Epica. Pretty good, though I think I may be losing my taste for metal -- it's all starting to sound the same to me. A bit generic. However, I've discovered some amazing stuff in the Gothic/Ethereal and genre.... Groups like Artesia and Arcana, artists like Louisa John-Krol (who's probably my current favorite artist). That, and I'm huge into Neoclassical/Neofolk right now. There's a band, Corvus Corax, that does amazingly powerful medieval stuff with bagpipes.

I do thank you for the offer of the e-books, but, er, well... I've got stacks and stacks of books to read as it is. And **blushes** I have a LOT of books by the authors on the list. **chuckle** And I still need to read Cryptonomicon (which I keep misreading as Necronomicon...) Alas, Library school leaves like no time for reading. Ironic, no?

But if I run out of scifi/fantasy, I know who to go to :D

Re: Les fromages aidan_novastral October 26 2007, 22:20:59 UTC

Well, with regard to metal beginning to genericize, I have the perfect cure for that. And the new Nightwish might sound that way because...well...it is that way. It doesn't have that uniquenes to characterize it the way their previous releases did. Epica fares a little better, but I find myself preferring Consign to Oblivion over the new one. At least for now - maybe it'll grow on me over time like Therion's work does. "Sancta Terra" is a fantastic song though ( ... )

Re: Les fromages ladyjeanetta October 27 2007, 01:38:13 UTC

See, now you've got me imagining a Lovecraft/Baroque Cycle crossover. Cthulhu meets Jack Shaftoe. The Great Old Ones vs. Isaac Newton in Scientific Revolution-era London. Mwah ha ha ha!

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hermioneann October 26 2007, 10:24:05 UTC

I have nothing to say to the cheeses; despite that you seem to be enjoying yourself, I doubt I ever move much beyond the basic cheddar and parmesan, unless it does involve a fondue pot.

How is life other than the cheese?

ladyjeanetta October 26 2007, 14:39:40 UTC

**chuckles** Sorry--I hadn't intended to turn this into a cheese blog, as Aidan puts it. I just get so tired of dealing with real life that I really don't want to *write* about it.

But life is good. Classwork is driving me just a little bit mad, but I have a job now (yay!) as a Research Assistant for the School of Information Science. And I'm completely buried in children's fantasy novels--I may never be able to escape from all the 12-year-old wizards. Eek! Working on a project for Children's Lit on youth fantasy (mainly Harry Potter clones) and it's been... interesting.

But I love Milwaukee :D

ladyjeanetta October 26 2007, 16:53:37 UTC

Also meant to inquire -- Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year?

hermioneann October 27 2007, 14:18:42 UTC

I'd love to, but I don't see it happening. Too much other stuff going on. School, and then weekends with the boy since we don't get to see each other during the week (though I did talk to his mildly tipsy mommy on the phone last night). Then there's the blanket I'm making for a friend for Christmas, a baby blanket to make for the same friend, another baby blanket to make for a cousin, and then one that I'd really like to make for myself. Did I mention school? There's a lot of semi-pointless projects that they make us do for student teaching, aside from just the teaching.