morning

[owlmoose]

So when we got home from the movies last night, the DSL was down. We didn't get it back on until 11:30 this morning, so except for a couple of times I dialed in on T's computer to check my email and poke at LJ a little, I was completely offline all morning. It was a weird experience. It concerns me, actually, a little bit, the amount that I've come to depend on having access to email and AIM and LiveJournal.

Not like I didn't have anything to do this morning. I read some Gabaldon (almost halfway through now) and wrote a bit. I seem to have gone back to my old habit (broken somewhat, temporarily, while writing in the Confessional universe) of writing out of order. I write a little Zanarkand, then some Djose followed by a big section of Luca, poke a little at Bevelle (large sections of which I wrote months ago), then come back to Luca for awhile. I have written so little of AGL in a linear fashion. Whether this is good or not I can't say, but it seems to be the way this story is working for me.

So it could have been a productive morning, but it was just too strange, knowing that I couldn't poke someone via AIM if I felt like chatting, or browse LJ for an hour when I got stuck on a paragraph or after finishing a chapter. It's like I need the distractions in the background in order to focus on what I'm doing. Hmm.

Comments

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Hmm, possibly. I don't have as much time to read lately as I have in the past, but I like the *idea* of book clubs very much. Discussing books with literate people is a great pleasure of mine. Do you have more details?

[plantgirl.livejournal.com]

It's a group I recently joined here on LJ. It just started a few months ago. It's fairly small & informal. We aim for a book a month, though we may slow that down over the holidays. There are about 19 people who originally signed up but a few are really busy and so sitting out for a few months. Others seem to have fallen by the wayside. There are four of us who seem to be a core group with occasional appearances from the other members. It would be nice to have some more people involved in the discussions.

If you're interested I'll suggest you to the moderator to get you added. You can check out some of our current discussions & book suggestions here (http://www.livejournal.com/community/clubbook)

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yes. I do believe I am. That seems fairly low-pressure in terms of reading and the discussions look interesting (I look a look over the "Kavalier & Clay" discussion since that's a book I've read). So yeah, go ahead and recommend me; we'll see how it goes. Thanks for the invite!

[plantgirl.livejournal.com]

Go ahead and request membership (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=clubbook). Joyce knows to add you. And if you get a chance hurry up and vote for what you want to read, because we'll be deciding soon!