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Merry Christmas Eve!
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zulu sent me Dreamwidth points! <3
2. Emma got all As! Yes, yes, I am the mother of a genius. *preens*
3. I watched a short nature documentary on Netflix called Dancing with Birds about birds of paradise that I would recommend. The narration is a bit silly, and the song choice over the final segment is a head scratcher, but the birds are so lovely and weird. They are so brightly colored (the inside of this one's mouth is bright green! and this one's head is bright orange! and this one's neck feathers are almost luminous!) and their mating dances are so odd. Very entertaining.
4. Everybody go read
Tender Comrade bygloss
Original Work
OMC/OMC
This is arranged marriage, misunderstandings, old soldiers finding their way in peace time--and it is glorious. I do not want to give the story away, but it made me really happy, and I have continued to think about it after I finished reading it, especially the story structure and the way the ending satisfies the promise of the beginning.
5. Have some book reviews:
The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century by John Ruskin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I think it's fascinating that Ruskin was able to identify meterological changes that we now know were directly caused by the Industrial Revolution although he was roundly derided in the press and disbelieved at the time. What astonishes me most is the degree to which he acutely observes the world around him: detailed observations of colors and shapes and textures. I am so profoundly unobservant, and that way of moving through the world seems delightfully alien to me.
View all my reviews
Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger by Lilly Dancyger
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this collection of essays about women's anger. The standout for me is Lisa Marie Basile's essay "My Body Is a Sickness Called Anger" that discusses her chronic illness. The whole essay resonates pretty strongly with me, but these two quotes are almost word for word things I've thought before during my own attempts at diagnosis and treatment:
"That's it? I think. That's the answer? I'm just supposed to wait until something much worse happens to convince the doctor that I'm right about my body--and that I'm not histrionic, lying, or exaggerating? [ . . . .] And living in daily pain is my new normal?" (38)
"I understand now that there are two clearly delineated sides in this war waged against my body. The side that fights for it--me--and the side that doesn't, that says my pain is par for the course and to take it, because it's probably not that big of a deal. The side that wants answers, and the side that suggests it's my fault. The side that wants to be heard, and the side that's not listening." (39)
Also enjoyed this line from Melissa Febos's "Rebel Girl": She "used the word f**k as though it were the interstial glue that held all the other words together." (93)
View all my reviews
zulu sent me Dreamwidth points! <32. Emma got all As! Yes, yes, I am the mother of a genius. *preens*
3. I watched a short nature documentary on Netflix called Dancing with Birds about birds of paradise that I would recommend. The narration is a bit silly, and the song choice over the final segment is a head scratcher, but the birds are so lovely and weird. They are so brightly colored (the inside of this one's mouth is bright green! and this one's head is bright orange! and this one's neck feathers are almost luminous!) and their mating dances are so odd. Very entertaining.
4. Everybody go read
Tender Comrade by
glossOriginal Work
OMC/OMC
This is arranged marriage, misunderstandings, old soldiers finding their way in peace time--and it is glorious. I do not want to give the story away, but it made me really happy, and I have continued to think about it after I finished reading it, especially the story structure and the way the ending satisfies the promise of the beginning.
5. Have some book reviews:
The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century by John RuskinMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I think it's fascinating that Ruskin was able to identify meterological changes that we now know were directly caused by the Industrial Revolution although he was roundly derided in the press and disbelieved at the time. What astonishes me most is the degree to which he acutely observes the world around him: detailed observations of colors and shapes and textures. I am so profoundly unobservant, and that way of moving through the world seems delightfully alien to me.
View all my reviews
Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger by Lilly DancygerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this collection of essays about women's anger. The standout for me is Lisa Marie Basile's essay "My Body Is a Sickness Called Anger" that discusses her chronic illness. The whole essay resonates pretty strongly with me, but these two quotes are almost word for word things I've thought before during my own attempts at diagnosis and treatment:
"That's it? I think. That's the answer? I'm just supposed to wait until something much worse happens to convince the doctor that I'm right about my body--and that I'm not histrionic, lying, or exaggerating? [ . . . .] And living in daily pain is my new normal?" (38)
"I understand now that there are two clearly delineated sides in this war waged against my body. The side that fights for it--me--and the side that doesn't, that says my pain is par for the course and to take it, because it's probably not that big of a deal. The side that wants answers, and the side that suggests it's my fault. The side that wants to be heard, and the side that's not listening." (39)
Also enjoyed this line from Melissa Febos's "Rebel Girl": She "used the word f**k as though it were the interstial glue that held all the other words together." (93)
View all my reviews
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Oh, hello me. :P
Congrats to Emma!
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That story sounds wonderful! I've got it open in another tab for later reading.
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(And thank you so much for the rec. <333)
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I hope the points suit and you get to do fun things with them. :D
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"HUGS"
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