[and the award goes to]

[tellitslant]

I feel like I have been playing a lot of people who are not particularly me, over the past few days. It's kind of tiring. However, I'm happy to report that the new flatmate is installed and now I am just playing "me, on a computer, in a room with another girl on a computer," which is a role in which I am quite comfortable. I should possibly get an Oscar for the recent roles I played in which I was not at all homicidal, though. I'm just saying.

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I have been writing about Wonder Woman! Then I took a break to plan my course! And now my brain has kind of gone poof. I think that's a sign that it's time for bed and a nice, non-challenging book. What else do I need to tell students on the first day (besides "don't piss me off, kid"?)? I'm sure I had a list of stuff I meant to say last term and didn't...

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Speaking of books, I read a fantastic one in the last couple of days - Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. (Midnight Riot in North America, apparently. How bizarre.) Apparently the gentleman in question has written a few Doctor Who eps, which makes a whole lot of sense. I picked it up because of the title and bought it because it was blurbed on the cover, by Diana Gbaldon, as "What would happen if Harry Potter grew up and joined the Fuzz." Highly recommended - and it's the start of a series to boot! (I read a lot and rarely make posts like this. Keep that in mind.)

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For my Sex Is Not The Enemy prompt, I received this lovely photo of two ladies making out in a bar. Guess what fandom I'm going to write in. No, go on, guess.

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Here comes the deluge of pounding rain. I think that's a sign that it's bedtime.

Comments

[ariestess]

Hmmm... Dr. Who? Because I can totes see Kingston as the blonde...

[etcetera_cat]

I was totally eyeing up Rivers of London, in Forbidden Planet on Saturday, before regretfully deciding that the fiscally responsible thing to do would be to not invest in yet another book to add to the perpetual pile of to be read (that is actually now three smaller piles, because things were getting ridiculously like a leaning tower). Which, all that means--in the grand scheme of things--is that I'll buy it when my next paycheque cashes \o/

[jae]

Hurray for the new flatmate being installed! I hope you can relax a little now.

-J

[kattahj.livejournal.com]

Chicago? Or just elseworlding something as Chicago?

[usuallyhats]

Amazon keeps emailing me about Rivers of London: glad to hear it's good, as it sounded right up my street.