Home late from work and not much to have for dinner, so cracked two cans of soup and whipped up some biscuit dough and threw the whole thing in the oven. Hopefully it’ll be edible.
Tonight, the husband and I are off to watch a friend go up for his blue belt. Tomorrow, Ninja Assassin. I [...]

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In Which I Ramble About Skill, Lack, and Learning

I have this habit of sitting down and talking to myself and then not writing down what I’ve been talking about, which is a bit of a shame, because that’s how I talk myself through writing stuff, and who knows? Maybe that would be interesting to you guys. Anyway, here’s what I’ve been thinking about [...]

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Bah

Another round of edits has hit my desk just as I was indulging in feeling scared and insecure. Bah. At least it takes my mind off breaking my husband’s book shelf and ruining his pants on the day he had an early start at work, a dental appointment and night school. Poor guy.

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Samurai Movie Season

It’s blustery and raining and for the last few days it’s been the kind of sky that looks like you might have to use a chisel to get the gray off. Winter has put the run on autumn, the trees are standing naked in the park, and dammit, our cheap-ass single-paned windows are leaky.
It’s [...]

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Stuff and Things

Well, kids, what can I tell you? I’ve been busy doing, well, stuff.
I discovered a few little niggles with Stormy Bamboo, nothing major, just, you know, a space missing here, words like mmany instead of many, that sort of thing. Got that sorted out with an intensive reading Wednesday-Thursday. Phew
Having gone through that, and returned [...]

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What I Learned on my Autumn Vacation

So, 25 days early, here I am, sitting down at the ole’ compy with a cup of tea and Janis Joplin (Pearl) on the Wi-fi Hi-fi. I’m feeling slightly sheepish about coming back so early, but mostly relieved. I need blogging like I need bad black tea. Not like, I’ll die without it, but I [...]

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Gone Fishin

Well, I wanted to leave y’all with something big to chew on while I was away, but this is all you get. Some pictures on flickr will eventually be going up (hooray for batteries!), there will be a few asinine twitters and I will (probably) post occasionally. Regular transmission, however, is about to cease. I [...]

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It’s Getting to That Time

Our culture is funny about death. We try not to talk about it, we don’t usually see it. When my gran died just over ten years ago, I only knew because I heard it from my mom. I never saw her corpse or even her casket. I don’t actually know where her ashes were buried, [...]

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*grumbles*

It’s cold, it’s raining. I decided it would be OK if I had a cup of coffee about twenty minutes ago because, heck, gotta stay warm somehow. And it’s not like I’m sleeping anyway. Because I’ve been thinking about Onsen. Onsen. On October 28th, with November three days away.
I hate you, Brain. I hate you.

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Tonight

While the husband is at school writing an exam I am:
Doing dishes
Eating the leftover pear and chocolate bread pudding
Drinking coffee (decaf, promise)
Doing interview questions for Lorna Suzuki
Listening to the BBC’s Ramblings program (the most British thing EVER)
Blogging
Nerd ADD? Got it.

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