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time flies
Jun. 19th, 2015 02:40 pmMy week of internet access ends in a couple of hours, so this is my "goodbye for now" post.
1) Fannishness
Still ridiculously obsessed with Kingsman, although it's not a good movie and the fandom is pretty much only interested in the schmoop (is that still a word people use) and the porn. Apparently Colin Firth + suits + spying + gentlemanliness = my kryptonite.
2) Reading
Still haven't started the Welcome to Night Vale novel.
I have read Kate Atkinson's Case Histories, the first in a short series of crime novels featuring ex-cop Jackson Brodie. It's a well-written, well constructed book, which I'd place in the nebulous borderland between mystery fiction and mimetic mainstream fiction (hence my calling it a crime novel rather than a mystery novel). It's a bit grim, as you'd expect from a book focusing on murdered girls (both little girls and teenagers), and I'm not sure if I was meant to dislike Jackson Brodie (a straight, rather bitterly divorced, fairly homophobic, middle-aged white guy with a fixation on masculinity) as much as I did. The supporting cast is more interesting and appealing.
3) Cooking
Not a lot. It's turned quite hot here and using the stove or oven doesn't appeal much. I do want to try making little mini-pies (baked in a muffin/cupcake pan) if I can ever bear the thought of baking. And I've got some chicken thawing in the fridge for chicken with olives and preserved lemon, a delicious dish I never seem to cook more than once or twice a year, even though it's not difficult.
And now I think I want to go lie down, turn the fan on, and read some more. This is Day 1 of a three-day weekend for me, which I'm extra happy about because prior to this I only had two days off work in the last seventeen. Laziness ahoy!
*waves goodbye*
1) Fannishness
Still ridiculously obsessed with Kingsman, although it's not a good movie and the fandom is pretty much only interested in the schmoop (is that still a word people use) and the porn. Apparently Colin Firth + suits + spying + gentlemanliness = my kryptonite.
2) Reading
Still haven't started the Welcome to Night Vale novel.
I have read Kate Atkinson's Case Histories, the first in a short series of crime novels featuring ex-cop Jackson Brodie. It's a well-written, well constructed book, which I'd place in the nebulous borderland between mystery fiction and mimetic mainstream fiction (hence my calling it a crime novel rather than a mystery novel). It's a bit grim, as you'd expect from a book focusing on murdered girls (both little girls and teenagers), and I'm not sure if I was meant to dislike Jackson Brodie (a straight, rather bitterly divorced, fairly homophobic, middle-aged white guy with a fixation on masculinity) as much as I did. The supporting cast is more interesting and appealing.
3) Cooking
Not a lot. It's turned quite hot here and using the stove or oven doesn't appeal much. I do want to try making little mini-pies (baked in a muffin/cupcake pan) if I can ever bear the thought of baking. And I've got some chicken thawing in the fridge for chicken with olives and preserved lemon, a delicious dish I never seem to cook more than once or twice a year, even though it's not difficult.
And now I think I want to go lie down, turn the fan on, and read some more. This is Day 1 of a three-day weekend for me, which I'm extra happy about because prior to this I only had two days off work in the last seventeen. Laziness ahoy!
*waves goodbye*
