Far too much acquisition of stuff.
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lenora_roseCold out. Cold and sleeting and miserable, and it looked like evening at 2:30. Choir practice was cancelled, but I didn't find out until I got home. Too bad: it would have been very nice indeed to keep working at the studio, almost nice enough to turn around and travel back. But *not* in this weather.
Yesterday, mom took me to see the Soweto Gospel Choir, a decidedly holy mix of South African beats, religious music, wild dancing, beautiful outfits, good drumming, darn good singing, group and solo, and general good times. Whee. (Alas, it did mean yet more not-doing-pottery. I can't be having this. I have to finish the peacock plates this weekend, and figure out the serving platter and the bowl (I think I know what to do with the bowl), how they'll be displayed, and do a second, entirely different ceramics project to be finished building and ready to fire in two weeks. With the Flatiron building. And a zeppelin. And it would be nice to figure out how to depict a tesla coil in clay, but that may have to wait. (I've decided to concentrate on finishing the exterior for the due date, and do the interior for fun on my own time.)
For those curious:
Books I got in the WFC swag:
Charles De Lint - Wolf Moon (They also gave everyone Mulengro, which I considered keeping even though I have a paperback (in poor condition) from the first publication, and ultimately put back.)
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn (Which I'm at least curious about.)
Steven Erikson - Midnight Tides (I'm not sure where this falls in his epic, or how standalone the volumes are. it looks standalone enough, but... how curious I am is partly dependent on these questions.)
R. Scott Bakker - The Judging Eye (My opinion of cover copy and first glance within is that it's unnecessarily obscure.)
Michael Marshall Smith - The Servants (As the one book on the WFC award novel list I'd heard nothing about, I am made curious now)
Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, eds - Fast Ships, Black Sails (The one book I was gifted that i would otherwise DEFINITELY have bought.)
Galen Beckett - The Magicians and Mrs. Quent. (Looks entertaining. My bag initially contained a copy of Crown Duel - since I have one, I put it on the table, somewhat reluctantly, and was gratified when someone Squee'd to see it and traded this one for it.)
Jonathan Barnes - The Somnambulist.
John Farris - You don't Scare me (I'm not a big horror reader, but the blurb worked well enough.)
Dave Duncan - Mother of Lies (Second in a duology, which dampened my interest, though Dave Duncan is someone I've had recommended a few times.)
Plus one issue each of Locus and On Spec (I ended up with a second issue of Locus, too), and various samplers.
Books I bought at WFC:
Ekaterina Sedia - The Secret History of Moscow (My most impulsive buy, and the only one I've read to date, and OMG is it good. Neil Gaiman's blurb is accurate; this is Moscow's answer to Neverwhere.)
Patrice Sarath - Gordath Wood (I critiqued an early draft of this; it's very high on the list of books whose published versions I'm eager to get at. Thus, next on my reading list.)
Dave Duncan - Children of Chaos (If I had the second in the duology, why not? I learned later that the local Coles had the hardcover on their remaindered table for even cheaper, dammit.)
Martha Wells - City of Bones (I'd read my mom's copy when I reviewed it, and ehrs is beat up, so having a much nicer one is good.)
Donna Jo Napoli - The Great God Pan (For $0.25)
Richard Thompson (not that one) and Martin Springett - The Follower (A picture book)
Nick Mamatas and Sean Wallace - Realms: the first year of Clarkesworld Magazine.
Sarah Monette - the Bone Key (Another one already read but leaving me desirous of my own copy.)
Catherynne M. Valente - The Labyrinth
Kij Johnson - Fudoki
Peter S. Beagle - Strange Roads
Plus a Cd copy of Maddy Prior and the Girls' Under the Covers, a Martin Springett Print (The one of Ceinwen you can just see on this page , and a Shaun Tan (This one).
Yesterday, mom took me to see the Soweto Gospel Choir, a decidedly holy mix of South African beats, religious music, wild dancing, beautiful outfits, good drumming, darn good singing, group and solo, and general good times. Whee. (Alas, it did mean yet more not-doing-pottery. I can't be having this. I have to finish the peacock plates this weekend, and figure out the serving platter and the bowl (I think I know what to do with the bowl), how they'll be displayed, and do a second, entirely different ceramics project to be finished building and ready to fire in two weeks. With the Flatiron building. And a zeppelin. And it would be nice to figure out how to depict a tesla coil in clay, but that may have to wait. (I've decided to concentrate on finishing the exterior for the due date, and do the interior for fun on my own time.)
For those curious:
Books I got in the WFC swag:
Charles De Lint - Wolf Moon (They also gave everyone Mulengro, which I considered keeping even though I have a paperback (in poor condition) from the first publication, and ultimately put back.)
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn (Which I'm at least curious about.)
Steven Erikson - Midnight Tides (I'm not sure where this falls in his epic, or how standalone the volumes are. it looks standalone enough, but... how curious I am is partly dependent on these questions.)
R. Scott Bakker - The Judging Eye (My opinion of cover copy and first glance within is that it's unnecessarily obscure.)
Michael Marshall Smith - The Servants (As the one book on the WFC award novel list I'd heard nothing about, I am made curious now)
Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, eds - Fast Ships, Black Sails (The one book I was gifted that i would otherwise DEFINITELY have bought.)
Galen Beckett - The Magicians and Mrs. Quent. (Looks entertaining. My bag initially contained a copy of Crown Duel - since I have one, I put it on the table, somewhat reluctantly, and was gratified when someone Squee'd to see it and traded this one for it.)
Jonathan Barnes - The Somnambulist.
John Farris - You don't Scare me (I'm not a big horror reader, but the blurb worked well enough.)
Dave Duncan - Mother of Lies (Second in a duology, which dampened my interest, though Dave Duncan is someone I've had recommended a few times.)
Plus one issue each of Locus and On Spec (I ended up with a second issue of Locus, too), and various samplers.
Books I bought at WFC:
Ekaterina Sedia - The Secret History of Moscow (My most impulsive buy, and the only one I've read to date, and OMG is it good. Neil Gaiman's blurb is accurate; this is Moscow's answer to Neverwhere.)
Patrice Sarath - Gordath Wood (I critiqued an early draft of this; it's very high on the list of books whose published versions I'm eager to get at. Thus, next on my reading list.)
Dave Duncan - Children of Chaos (If I had the second in the duology, why not? I learned later that the local Coles had the hardcover on their remaindered table for even cheaper, dammit.)
Martha Wells - City of Bones (I'd read my mom's copy when I reviewed it, and ehrs is beat up, so having a much nicer one is good.)
Donna Jo Napoli - The Great God Pan (For $0.25)
Richard Thompson (not that one) and Martin Springett - The Follower (A picture book)
Nick Mamatas and Sean Wallace - Realms: the first year of Clarkesworld Magazine.
Sarah Monette - the Bone Key (Another one already read but leaving me desirous of my own copy.)
Catherynne M. Valente - The Labyrinth
Kij Johnson - Fudoki
Peter S. Beagle - Strange Roads
Plus a Cd copy of Maddy Prior and the Girls' Under the Covers, a Martin Springett Print (The one of Ceinwen you can just see on this page , and a Shaun Tan (This one).
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