danger

I really ought to know better than to show up an hour and a half early for dinner when an excellent book store is only steps from the restaurant. I resisted more than I bought, but I still walked out with several volumes under my arm, and I didn't even make it to the used fiction annex. The latest Thursday Next book is out in paperback now, so of course I had to get that, and then I came across a used copy of Mind Wide Shut, a light book on the inner workings of the brain that I've been meaning to read for over a year. Plus I found a couple of books on writing by authors I admire (Bill Bryson and Susie Bright); I'd always wanted an excuse to pick up each but could never justify it, but now that I'm actually writing again I figure they'll come in handy.

Just what I needed: more on the to-read pile. Now, I'm never really happy unless I'm at least half a dozen books behind (the thought of running out of books to read has always filled me with abject terror), but I really haven't had much time to read lately. I've been working on Sailing to Sarantium for what feels like weeks, and it's not exactly a long or dense work, and I'm enjoying it a great deal. But the only time I really sit and read these days is over lunch, so I'm only getting it in half-hour chunks.

T and I are heading to LA for a four-day weekend a week from today; maybe I'll get some time to kick back with a book or two then.

very silly meme

This one is taking the friends list on my other journal by storm, and I couldn't resist it.

( The Random Question Meme! )

making sausage

I'm mostly putting this here as a reminder to finish reading it myself, but this Rolling Stone article on the machinations of Congress looks to be quite interesting. "Like an evil, adult version of Schoolhouse Rock..."

changes

You may have noticed that I've been tinkering with my journal layout throughout the day. (Also that I've been posting way more than is usual. Fridays will do that to me, sometimes.) The short explanation is that I've decided to take the plunge and pay for an account, for a number of reasons but largely because I'm merging my two journals -- I'm going to retire active posting at kjswritinglog and move all my writing content and communication over here. Maintaining two active accounts was getting to be more trouble than it was worth. I'll do my best to keep everything under control with cuts and tags.

Now I can play with using icons! I am useless at making them, though -- don't have the right software and don't know that I have the design skills if I did -- so I will have to go hunting.

simplfying

As I mentioned in my last post here, I've decided that maintaining two active LJ accounts has gotten to be too much trouble for me. Therefore, this account is going to be largely retired as of this weekend. If you'd like to keep in touch with me, please change all friending and other pointers to my personal LJ, owlmoose. I don't plan to delete kjswritinglog completely, at least not for now, but I doubt that much will be going on here.

I'm in the process of switching all my friends links, groups, etc. as well.

Thanks!

it's spam everyone with memes day!

1. Go here.
2. Pass it on.
( my answers )