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Dec. 25th, 2019 06:44 pmI hope those of you who celebrate Christmas are having/have had a good one.
I spent much of today muzzy and tired, after having been fool enough to take Benadryl last night (when I was feeling the kind of frazzled-tired that means I can find it hard to sleep). In my intervals of consciousness I ate chocolate (I'm giving myself a break from carb restrictions for a couple of days) and, in the tradition of Christmas ghost stories, listened to several episodes of The Magnus Archives. I've now listened through episode 55, "Pest Control," nearly halfway through season 2. I love the show enormously, but I also increasingly feel like the lore is getting so interconnected and complex that it's hard to follow. (I know there's a wiki, but I am really really spoiler-averse so I mostly avoid it.) Relatedly, I would like to ask Sims-the-writer what the hell he was thinking when he named two very different characters "Gerard."
( Some TMA thoughts under the cut; please don't spoiler me for ANYTHING upcoming including relationships, etc. )
Returning to Christmas-y stuff: I treated myself to a copy of John Le Carré's Agent Running in the Field, bought in hardcover because it was only a couple of dollars more than the e-book. I haven't started reading it yet but I'm looking forward to it. I rewatched part of White Christmas last night and may get around to the rest of it tonight; it's frothy and fun and I do my best to ignore all the ways it's problematic because Danny Kaye brings Big Queer Energy. Here he is camping it up like mad with Bing Crosby (plot context: the sisters who normally perform this act needed to leave town hastily, and Kaye's and Crosby's characters are trying to buy them some time).
I love Danny Kaye so much.
My plans for the rest of the evening include eating Christmas lasagne (store-bought, because I did not want to cook) and more chocolate. Perhaps I'll look at Yuletide at some point, though every year it seems I know fewer and fewer of the fandoms.
I spent much of today muzzy and tired, after having been fool enough to take Benadryl last night (when I was feeling the kind of frazzled-tired that means I can find it hard to sleep). In my intervals of consciousness I ate chocolate (I'm giving myself a break from carb restrictions for a couple of days) and, in the tradition of Christmas ghost stories, listened to several episodes of The Magnus Archives. I've now listened through episode 55, "Pest Control," nearly halfway through season 2. I love the show enormously, but I also increasingly feel like the lore is getting so interconnected and complex that it's hard to follow. (I know there's a wiki, but I am really really spoiler-averse so I mostly avoid it.) Relatedly, I would like to ask Sims-the-writer what the hell he was thinking when he named two very different characters "Gerard."
( Some TMA thoughts under the cut; please don't spoiler me for ANYTHING upcoming including relationships, etc. )
Returning to Christmas-y stuff: I treated myself to a copy of John Le Carré's Agent Running in the Field, bought in hardcover because it was only a couple of dollars more than the e-book. I haven't started reading it yet but I'm looking forward to it. I rewatched part of White Christmas last night and may get around to the rest of it tonight; it's frothy and fun and I do my best to ignore all the ways it's problematic because Danny Kaye brings Big Queer Energy. Here he is camping it up like mad with Bing Crosby (plot context: the sisters who normally perform this act needed to leave town hastily, and Kaye's and Crosby's characters are trying to buy them some time).
I love Danny Kaye so much.
My plans for the rest of the evening include eating Christmas lasagne (store-bought, because I did not want to cook) and more chocolate. Perhaps I'll look at Yuletide at some point, though every year it seems I know fewer and fewer of the fandoms.
