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Nov. 27th, 2015 12:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckAs it turns out, Scott has today off. That almost never happens, so I wasn’t expecting it. Given when he and Cordelia got home last night, they must have left within minutes of Scott’s mother’s email.
Scott’s family has started exchanging Christmas wishlists. I’m thinking of making a secondary list that’s shorter than my main list. I’ve got about 250 items on my long list, and some of them are there more because I want to remember that I want them than because I expect anyone to buy them for me just now. The big list is overwhelming, and it’s hard to tell which things I want most.
I’ve been listening to podcasts this morning. I’m hopeful that I’ve got the volume low enough that I haven’t woken Scott (though I think he’s probably up by now and just cruising the internet on his laptop).
Scott’s mother sent home a box with a small serving of pretty much everything from the dinner she served. She didn’t send containers of the stuff Scott particularly likes which seems an odd omission and something that Scott will regret. I suppose he could make some of this stuff for himself this weekend if he wants to.
I’ve been browsing the online catalog at our public library, and I found that the library has board book copies of Les Miserables and War and Peace. That boggles me. I have no idea how one can abridge either book quite that much, and they’re not things that I would have thought of as toddler appropriate.
I also spent time browsing the list of book giveaways on GoodReads. There was a book of short stories labeled as ’solarpunk.’ That’s not a term I’ve previously heard of. I don’t feel sufficiently motivated to research it to see if it’s common. I was rather astonished by the number of giveaways that don’t actually give information about the book and/or author but that just say something like "I’m giving away ten copies of my wonderful new book!" That’s fine, but why would I want to win a copy if you don’t tell me anything interesting about the book? It’s possible to get away with that for, say, The Annotated Little Women, but 95% of those books are by people I’ve never heard of and so have no investment in. There were some blurbs and titles made me laugh, but I can’t remember specifics now.
Cordelia’s school is doing the Scholastic book fair next week. I could order books online right now, but Cordelia says she doesn’t want any because she’s only interested in owning books she’s already read. So I guess I won’t be buying much this year. None of the teachers have put up wishlists online, either. I keep checking for that because I’d like to donate that way. It’s also really strange not to be volunteering at the book fair. I’ve volunteered every year since Cordelia started school.
I really, really want to go out to eat and have restaurant pancakes. The ones Scott makes aren’t anything like the same. But I’m not willing to deal with wearing a shirt long enough to go out for that, and it’s not precisely the sort of thing one can get carryout.
I keep starting books and then deciding that they’re not worth the effort. I think that has more to do with me than with the books because they’re books I was looking forward to and because putting them down seems to have more to do with me being tired and/or unable to focus than with there being something wrong with the book.
Scott’s family has started exchanging Christmas wishlists. I’m thinking of making a secondary list that’s shorter than my main list. I’ve got about 250 items on my long list, and some of them are there more because I want to remember that I want them than because I expect anyone to buy them for me just now. The big list is overwhelming, and it’s hard to tell which things I want most.
I’ve been listening to podcasts this morning. I’m hopeful that I’ve got the volume low enough that I haven’t woken Scott (though I think he’s probably up by now and just cruising the internet on his laptop).
Scott’s mother sent home a box with a small serving of pretty much everything from the dinner she served. She didn’t send containers of the stuff Scott particularly likes which seems an odd omission and something that Scott will regret. I suppose he could make some of this stuff for himself this weekend if he wants to.
I’ve been browsing the online catalog at our public library, and I found that the library has board book copies of Les Miserables and War and Peace. That boggles me. I have no idea how one can abridge either book quite that much, and they’re not things that I would have thought of as toddler appropriate.
I also spent time browsing the list of book giveaways on GoodReads. There was a book of short stories labeled as ’solarpunk.’ That’s not a term I’ve previously heard of. I don’t feel sufficiently motivated to research it to see if it’s common. I was rather astonished by the number of giveaways that don’t actually give information about the book and/or author but that just say something like "I’m giving away ten copies of my wonderful new book!" That’s fine, but why would I want to win a copy if you don’t tell me anything interesting about the book? It’s possible to get away with that for, say, The Annotated Little Women, but 95% of those books are by people I’ve never heard of and so have no investment in. There were some blurbs and titles made me laugh, but I can’t remember specifics now.
Cordelia’s school is doing the Scholastic book fair next week. I could order books online right now, but Cordelia says she doesn’t want any because she’s only interested in owning books she’s already read. So I guess I won’t be buying much this year. None of the teachers have put up wishlists online, either. I keep checking for that because I’d like to donate that way. It’s also really strange not to be volunteering at the book fair. I’ve volunteered every year since Cordelia started school.
I really, really want to go out to eat and have restaurant pancakes. The ones Scott makes aren’t anything like the same. But I’m not willing to deal with wearing a shirt long enough to go out for that, and it’s not precisely the sort of thing one can get carryout.
I keep starting books and then deciding that they’re not worth the effort. I think that has more to do with me than with the books because they’re books I was looking forward to and because putting them down seems to have more to do with me being tired and/or unable to focus than with there being something wrong with the book.
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