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lenora_roseBack from the cabin.
We spent the last few days playing board and card games only slightly less than expected, romping in the snow noteably less than expected (Because temperatures up to a few days prior were scarily nice, as in snowball weather, but temperatures during went from tolerable for short jaunts - though both times I was out, I could have been out longer than I was - to intolerable).
And a LOT more watching of NCIS than anyone expected, even the girl who brought it. She expected to get through a few episodes while others were busy, not to have others start requesting it (She also put us through two episodes of Top Gear. To which; yikes, but funny, and I did have the Dana on the while.) The show isn't bad, actually; pretty decent acting and much more intelligent scripts than I was afraid of, even in spite of some of the stupid moments.
We had a corresponding lack of serious video-game playing, too, which was bad because it meant that much less exercise. Though the Wii did come out for archery and for swordplay speed-slicing, and bad canoeing. There was a short session of DDR - the second DDR game, however, doesn't correctly recognize the step-pads (Because they aren't Nintendo-made, we think; neither game nor pads appear to be broken), which means either we need new pads or to return the game and not bother.
However, there was more tai chi done than might have been expected, since at least three of the people present have been learning a while, and at least two more have been taking *some* lessons. (Speaking of which, I would have expected to hear from Horace, our t4acher, by now about a new class...)
And four of us got writing done on laptops or danas (Though one of those, Jeff, spent more time playing Baldur's Gate). I mostly ended up writing geography and species notes for what was meant to be another entry in the ones I started about the world I write in. I didn't actually touch story until I came home.
Iulianna was basically exhausted and spent most of the time either napping or with heating pads on her neck, watching tv or at board games or typing. Except during music practice with abacchus, who now has a left-handed twelve-string guitar. Jeff was getting over an illness and thus wasn't as energetic. I did a fair bit of stretching for my own sake but felt more like playing silly games than doing physical work. Colin did a scary amount of cooking; today he seems to have succumbed to Jeff's cold. Tomaas and Luta were bounding with energy, but spend it outdoors, where they built a rudimentary quinzy, or did as much as they could considering that the snow was not even a foot deep. it was kind of cozy inside, and unglazed, so getting out the rude way would have been a matter of standing up and letting everyone flail their way out of the snow. Cristina, as the one who brought NCIS, was of course happy to watch tv if nothing else was happening immediately, though she was also game for any kind of game to show up. And I think everyone flirted with everyone else at least somewhat.
I think I ended up being the least help in the kitchen at either the cooking (None) or clean-up (Only after one meal in a serious way). This wasn't my intent, alas, and apologies.
Back in town, Jeff, Cristina and I ended up getting together with two friends who hadn't made it to the cabin, and did shop the McNally Robinson that's closing (No closing-out sale pricing or the like, but it was BUSY) and do dinner.
I have some thoughts on writing for this past year, and the troubling combination of progress and lack thereof. But I'll save them for tomorrow.
We spent the last few days playing board and card games only slightly less than expected, romping in the snow noteably less than expected (Because temperatures up to a few days prior were scarily nice, as in snowball weather, but temperatures during went from tolerable for short jaunts - though both times I was out, I could have been out longer than I was - to intolerable).
And a LOT more watching of NCIS than anyone expected, even the girl who brought it. She expected to get through a few episodes while others were busy, not to have others start requesting it (She also put us through two episodes of Top Gear. To which; yikes, but funny, and I did have the Dana on the while.) The show isn't bad, actually; pretty decent acting and much more intelligent scripts than I was afraid of, even in spite of some of the stupid moments.
We had a corresponding lack of serious video-game playing, too, which was bad because it meant that much less exercise. Though the Wii did come out for archery and for swordplay speed-slicing, and bad canoeing. There was a short session of DDR - the second DDR game, however, doesn't correctly recognize the step-pads (Because they aren't Nintendo-made, we think; neither game nor pads appear to be broken), which means either we need new pads or to return the game and not bother.
However, there was more tai chi done than might have been expected, since at least three of the people present have been learning a while, and at least two more have been taking *some* lessons. (Speaking of which, I would have expected to hear from Horace, our t4acher, by now about a new class...)
And four of us got writing done on laptops or danas (Though one of those, Jeff, spent more time playing Baldur's Gate). I mostly ended up writing geography and species notes for what was meant to be another entry in the ones I started about the world I write in. I didn't actually touch story until I came home.
Iulianna was basically exhausted and spent most of the time either napping or with heating pads on her neck, watching tv or at board games or typing. Except during music practice with abacchus, who now has a left-handed twelve-string guitar. Jeff was getting over an illness and thus wasn't as energetic. I did a fair bit of stretching for my own sake but felt more like playing silly games than doing physical work. Colin did a scary amount of cooking; today he seems to have succumbed to Jeff's cold. Tomaas and Luta were bounding with energy, but spend it outdoors, where they built a rudimentary quinzy, or did as much as they could considering that the snow was not even a foot deep. it was kind of cozy inside, and unglazed, so getting out the rude way would have been a matter of standing up and letting everyone flail their way out of the snow. Cristina, as the one who brought NCIS, was of course happy to watch tv if nothing else was happening immediately, though she was also game for any kind of game to show up. And I think everyone flirted with everyone else at least somewhat.
I think I ended up being the least help in the kitchen at either the cooking (None) or clean-up (Only after one meal in a serious way). This wasn't my intent, alas, and apologies.
Back in town, Jeff, Cristina and I ended up getting together with two friends who hadn't made it to the cabin, and did shop the McNally Robinson that's closing (No closing-out sale pricing or the like, but it was BUSY) and do dinner.
I have some thoughts on writing for this past year, and the troubling combination of progress and lack thereof. But I'll save them for tomorrow.
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Date: 2010-01-03 02:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-04 06:22 am (UTC)(And while we were at McNally, Branwen asked me to recommend her some good books. I literally turned around on the spot, picked up the paperback copies of Inda and The Fox that had been right behind me, and put them in her hands, and promised her there are two more.)
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Date: 2010-01-04 08:06 am (UTC)Hope she likes them!
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Date: 2010-01-09 11:52 pm (UTC)Granted, she accidentally forgot the book-bag at my place, and had to scramble by on Friday, but normally when she leaves things behind, it's at least a week for her to call and retrieve them, so even that was a sign of enthusiasm.
(She also got her Christmas present, which is Farthing and Ha'Penny, so she was rather loaded down with hardcovers when she left ...)
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Date: 2010-01-09 11:54 pm (UTC)And I hope she loves the Waltons as much as I do!