Prosaic Paradise

I finished a book for the first time in like, a year (since I started Anatomy & Physiology II literally 1 year ago). I know, stop the presses. I’d been hearing about Preston & Child with increasing frequency, and I needed something that was not too intense (though not as awful fluffy as TV-show-based mass market paperbacks). Relic took its time getting started, and for the first half I was unimpressed, but once things took off it turned out to be a pretty good action/thriller. I’m thinking it has ‘first book’ issues and the following books are probably better.

We also had a meeting of book club, and chose for our next book Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. Having already read that (it’s great!) I picked off my shelf her autobiographical work Life Among the Savages. I concluded that she is the original mommy blogger. Dry humor? Pre-schoolers? Bemused Disenchantedness? It’s all there. Actually, if you have or have had any of these things, you should run right out and read this immediately. I’m talking to you, half of everyone I met at BlogHer.

For my birthday, Jen took me out to see the Young Dubliners. I had seen them many many years ago at Wolf Trap and I didn’t know what to expect nowadays, but I really enjoyed the set. Being at Ram’s Head in Annapolis, there wasn’t much dancing to do, but whatever. There were beers and sliders. But! I did get up my confidence and go up and compliment their drummer, because he totally rocked that set.

Speaking of birthdays, I also attended Pam’s birthday party this month. There was karaoke, which I’m afraid I was way too aggro about as always, and various bacon wrapped appetizers made by the fantastic Lars. We love Pam! Happy (belated at this point) birthday!

I also set about starting the great t-shirt surgery project. I have TONS of oversized or badly fitting prog rock shirts that drive me nuts. What I realized is that I really want to get that book before I start, because I edited my GRDC shirt and it looks like hell. So apparently I need a pattern. (I used an old shirt I like for a pattern, but the sleeve area was still a total catastrophe.)

Around the house, there have been some changes – we have a temporary housemate. My friend Jeff from my Camarilla days is staying with us until he finds a place! I actually find that I kind of miss having housemates. This is probably because I am conveniently forgetting the various “your stuff is touching my stuff and you ruined my thing and stop waking me up” episodes. Anyways, despite the fact that our poorly labeled local road got poor Jeff into a horrible accident on his second day of work, um, he is feeling much better now and will be in residence for a while yet.

Holy crap, my right arm (tattoo sleeve) is done. It took 2 years almost, but it’s done!

Now to plan the left arm.

Tags: book club, books, craft, Friends

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