Being Twinless
Feb. 1st, 2005 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lathanyWell, after a week of illness, both are finally back out of the house and at playgroup. Which means that, for once, I've got the place to myself in peace and quiet.
Things I have been doing:
Watching 24: I really enjoyed the two episodes (shown on Sunday, watched last night) and look forward to the rest of the season. Sadly I couldn't deny![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bateleur's criticism that they're moving away from clever plots and continuity (of the "no plot holes" variety) and over to "nice cinematic set pieces". That said, I like the new cast and I'm already more of a Chloe fan than I was last season.
Playing (and swearing at) Baldur's Gate: Now completed. I'm going to move the character over to BGII (with expansion set) so that I complete the game with the same character. I've never done this before because, though I've played through BGI before, last time around I lost my character's save so couldn't take it across. My character is a druid.
Playing (and puzzling over missing voices in) Star Ocean : Till the End of Time: I've only reached the first save point (roughly two hours in). I can't say that the game has been particularly enthralling (battle tests and whatnot rarely are), but it looks set to improve. The Final Fantasy XII footage that came with it looks great.
Reading Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes: I don't know much about Sylvia Plath, but I liked the few poems of hers that I've seen (of which I find Daddy and Blackberrying the most striking). I know slightly less about Hughes and, to me, he's the author of The Iron Man more than anything else. However, I found this collection striking and deeply personal - I felt almost as though I was intruding on their private lives. My favourites include Fulbright Scholars, A Pink Wool Knitted Dress, The 59th Bear, The Table and Red.
Reading (and laughing at) Winnie The Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner: Yes, I'm ashamed to admit that I've never read these before. I hadn't realised that Eeyore lived in the house at Pooh Corner (I thought it was Pooh). Also, I really like Piglet now. Plus the best line is "What do Jagulars do?" asked Piglet, hoping that they wouldn't. (shamelessly nicked frombateleur - it was his favourite).
Working on ideas for Book Four:This is going slowly.
Setting up my new game: This is going well (fingers crossed). I'm hoping to sort out characters in February and then kick off sometime in March.
Now for some coffee and cake. Cake without Beatrice standing there going "I like cake! And muffin!"
Things I have been doing:
Watching 24: I really enjoyed the two episodes (shown on Sunday, watched last night) and look forward to the rest of the season. Sadly I couldn't deny
bateleur's criticism that they're moving away from clever plots and continuity (of the "no plot holes" variety) and over to "nice cinematic set pieces". That said, I like the new cast and I'm already more of a Chloe fan than I was last season.Playing (and swearing at) Baldur's Gate: Now completed. I'm going to move the character over to BGII (with expansion set) so that I complete the game with the same character. I've never done this before because, though I've played through BGI before, last time around I lost my character's save so couldn't take it across. My character is a druid.
Playing (and puzzling over missing voices in) Star Ocean : Till the End of Time: I've only reached the first save point (roughly two hours in). I can't say that the game has been particularly enthralling (battle tests and whatnot rarely are), but it looks set to improve. The Final Fantasy XII footage that came with it looks great.
Reading Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes: I don't know much about Sylvia Plath, but I liked the few poems of hers that I've seen (of which I find Daddy and Blackberrying the most striking). I know slightly less about Hughes and, to me, he's the author of The Iron Man more than anything else. However, I found this collection striking and deeply personal - I felt almost as though I was intruding on their private lives. My favourites include Fulbright Scholars, A Pink Wool Knitted Dress, The 59th Bear, The Table and Red.
Reading (and laughing at) Winnie The Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner: Yes, I'm ashamed to admit that I've never read these before. I hadn't realised that Eeyore lived in the house at Pooh Corner (I thought it was Pooh). Also, I really like Piglet now. Plus the best line is "What do Jagulars do?" asked Piglet, hoping that they wouldn't. (shamelessly nicked from
bateleur - it was his favourite).Working on ideas for Book Four:This is going slowly.
Setting up my new game: This is going well (fingers crossed). I'm hoping to sort out characters in February and then kick off sometime in March.
Now for some coffee and cake. Cake without Beatrice standing there going "I like cake! And muffin!"
