rainy day

(mega-dose of advil on board, and no st john's wort...my headache has declared a truce, at least temporarily.)

today is rainy and gray. i love days like this. i can sit indoors and work without feeling tugged toward the door by seattle's normally gorgeous summer weather.

i feel like i'm finally getting into a productive writing groove. ( reflections on work behind cut )

RW(W)P

READING: i just finished gibson's all tomorrow's parties, thus closing out the bridge trilogy. it was a good read; i'm still figuring out what i think about his work as a whole. i love neuromancer, and i find it intellectually interesting as well. his more recent stuff has interesting elements along with some stuff i'm not sure about. i think i need to read pattern recognition again sometime soon. yesterday i started altered carbon, by richard k. morgan. i'm only 15 pages in, and so far it's a catchy read. very violent. duane, the guy who runs the university bookstore's SF section, recommended morgan's most recent novel, thirteen, but it's still in hardcover and i don't want to shell out that kind of cash for an author i've never read before. anyway, i'm also reading incorporations: race, nation, and the body politics of capital by eva cherniavsky. i just started that this morning, so i'm not even done with the intro yet. cherniavsky is a professor in my department, and i've been meaning to read her book for awhile.

WEARING: black capri yoga pants and an orange t-shirt. no bra, no shoes. (no service?) i didn't have class today, and i'm doing laundry while working at home, so i'm all about being comfy. soaking up the rainy-day work time.

WATCHING: just finished the first disk of battlestar galactica's second season. i'm enjoying the series a lot--it's getting really interesting. i also saw the new harry potter movie last weekend--loved it. like its predecessors, it was a nice kick.

PLANNING: schmancy dinner at tilth, a new-ish restaurant in wallingford, to celebrate a friend's recent 40th birthday. sometime after that (depending on what she and i decide to do after dinner) i'll be heading to the university bookstore for the harry potter and the deathly hallows release party. i have pre-purchased 2 copies of the book, one for me and one for glaucon, who is in the process of moving in with me. i don't have much planned for tomorrow...i'll see what transpires. on sunday i'll be helping glaucon with the aforementioned moving, and in the evening i'll be meeting up with my upward bound colleagues for some movie watching and discussion.

if i were a meme...

from maeveh via shellefly:

If I were a stone, I would be...an amethyst geode.
If I were a tree, I would be a...red oak.
If I were a bird, I would be a...kestrel.
If I were an insect, I would be a...millipede.
If I were a machine, I would be a...metal turning lathe.
If I were a tool, I would be a...sharp knife.
If I were a fruit, I would be a...black sweet cherry.
If I were a flower, I would be a...deptford pink (dianthus armeria).
If I were a kind of weather, I would be a...midwestern thunderstorm.
If I were a mythical creature, I would be a...gorgon (one of the immortal ones)--ha!
If I were a musical instrument, I would be a...clarinet.
If I were a kind of profession, I would be a...veterinarian.
If I were an animal, I would be an...otter.
If I were anything in the world, I would be...a journal open to a fresh page.
If I were a color, I would be...that ephemeral place between purple and blue.
If I were a fragrance, I would be…vetiver.
If I were an emotion, I would be...surprise.
If I were a state or feeling, I would be...that place where beauty is painful or pain beautiful.
If I were a sound, I would be...waves crashing on a lake michigan beach.
If I were an Element, I would be....mercury (Hg).

harry potter meme

ok...did the big "sorting hat" quiz... guess it's a meme kind of day. (from maeveh) there's something wrong with the html in the paste-y bits, but i don't know what...

The sorting hat says that I belong in Ravenclaw!

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Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose intelligence is surest."

Ravenclaw students tend to be clever, witty, intelligent, and knowledgeable.
Notable residents include Cho Chang and Padma Patil (objects of Harry and Ron's affections), and Luna Lovegood (daughter of The Quibbler magazine's editor).

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