"I got my mark. See it in my eyes."

[greygirlbeast]

Yesterday, I wrote 2,179 words on The Drowning Girl and reached the end of Chapter Two. In the past five days, I've written 9,154 words on the book, when I generally only average about 1,100 words a day. But today I'm going to stop and read back over both One and Two (or 1 and 2, as Imp would have it).

Cold here in Providence.

My thanks to those who've commented on "The Prayer of Ninety Cats," either here, on Facebook, or by email.

Yesterday was the sort of day that needs a lot of hot tea. I began with an Earl Grey made with white tea, then moved along to blend of black tea, orange, cinnamon, and cloves. We watched Micheal Winterbottom's Butterfly Kiss (1995). We seem to be on a Winterbottom kick. Next up, Jude (1996), with Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet.

I was thinking about ragging on the Worgen a little more, but I think I'll do that some other time.

I think my next audiobook may be the unabridged Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, even though it's thirty-two hours long...

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earl grey

[myownpetard.livejournal.com]

earl grey made with white tea? where did you find that?

Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell was great. lots of fun.

and no wonder you haven't been online a lot this week. 9,154? holy crap!

Re: earl grey

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

earl grey made with white tea? where did you find that?

Harney & Sons. Try http://www.harney.com

[chn-breathmint.livejournal.com]

I got back into WoW just to see the new starting zones, and the goblins seem so much more fun and attitude-packed than the worgen, even if the worgen do look physically cool.

I mean, where else do you get a (William) Gibsonian take on the middle management life, drawn by Tim Burton-esque storyboarders, and then directed by Satoshi Kon?

Gilneas, sadly, just feels kind of overwrought to me in comparison to Kezan.

- Mel

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

Gilneas, sadly, just feels kind of overwrought to me in comparison to Kezan.

I love the design of Gilneas, but...

[chn-breathmint.livejournal.com]

I love the design of Gilneas, but...

Oh, it's visually beautiful, but the plotline is just, um, rather frustratingly mundane.

- Mel

[humglum.livejournal.com]

but the plotline is just, um, rather frustratingly mundane.

To say the least...

I'm forcing myself to finish the beginning stuff, but I won't be playing a worgen beyond that. Had to roll a male, simply because the females are just... creep-magnets, at the very least.
I think I'm finding it especially dull, after having gone through the compulsively playable, and often quite hilarious, Goblin starting missions. I just don't get the feeling that the developers actually had fun with the worgen stuff, beyond maybe environment design.

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

My current audiobook is The Hobbit. The next is The Cell. Have a great weekend.

[egologic.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind my asking, where do you buy your audiobooks?

I've been buying them from eMusic ($10 for a book a month though some are more than that - they use a credit system but it's $10 a credit).

I resisted audiobooks for years. For one thing they seemed so expensive so it's nice if the price is relatively low. And I have a long commute but that was sort of my other point of resistance: I miss entire sections and have to backtrack after having to concentrate on the lunatic behavior of aggressive drivers (as well as the passive-aggressive drivers).

I've "read" two Malcolm Gladwell books ("Outliers" & "The Tipping Point"), "Walt Whitman and the Birth of American Poetry" by Karen Karbiener, "Making the Rounds with Oscar" by David Dosa and I just finished Karen Armstrong's "Buddha."

I enjoyed "Buddha" so much I ended up buying the actual book version because there are so many names, places and terms that I don't know how to spell that I'd like to read more about.

I've enjoyed them all. And I have some I haven't listened to yet but I'm thinking I need to listen to music more for a little while before I launch into "The Great Influenza" by John M. Barry or "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" by David Mitchell.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind my asking, where do you buy your audiobooks?

Audible.com.

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

If you like Strange and Norell, try Clarke's collection The Ladies of Grace Adieu - it's marvellous, illustrated by Charles Vess too.

[kurtmulgrew.livejournal.com]

I love Earl Grey. I used to drink it so much.

[olivia nishkian (from livejournal.com)]

On the subject of the worgen... I think the males are pretty badass, having fought a few of them as NPCs. They're actually kind of savage and scary.

Like you, it's the females that disturb me. They're not menacing at all, they just look gross.

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

On the subject of the worgen... I think the males are pretty badass, having fought a few of them as NPCs. They're actually kind of savage and scary.

I have pretty high standards for werewolves. The males are even as creepy as the old "Son of Arugal" worgen. But yeah, the females, who even stand up straight...bleh.

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

Finished Alabaster. Wow. Thank you.

[mythrander.livejournal.com]

I listened to Strange and Norrell a while back, it's a very fun story. You get this really pleasantly detailed alternate history stuff (in the best sense of the word- it writing feels wonderfully like 19th century English lit) along with a very evocative (and quite dark) presentation of the supernatural. The narrator also has a great voice for the story- though he does get a bit drone-y at times (although that's really part of the charm).

A Pox on repeated words!

[spank-an-elf.livejournal.com]

Fuck, I hate those nasty buggers! This doofus proofreads like mad due to the repeated word nonsense. It's like how can I use the same word so many times? Maddening.

Question: did I miss the story behind the Dark Horse work? I think you mentioned it last week. Love to know what is happening!