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Dec. 14th, 2005 05:12 pm1) Cell Phone Power Cord found when attempting to find screwdriver. (now where's my screwdriver?)
2) Yesterday was day of complete narcoleptism. I slept at 1am, woke up at 5am, slept at 7am, woke up at 1:30pm, slept at 4:30pm, woke at 11:30pm... slept at 5am. I'm sensing a pattern here: Day 1- back pain. Day 2- SLEEP, Day 3- period? So far no period, but it might mean that I've been ovulating regardless. Today was pretty narcoleptic, too. (re: just woke up again after writing an email and checking LJ)
3) Yesterday was Day of Reading Terry Pratchett. (Yay gifties from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
philena!) Yes, I finally read Guards! Guards! and Men at Arms. Fun reading. The devious man doesn't have chapter breaks, which makes stopping difficult and restarting even harder as you'd have to find the original place. I must admit that the twist in the middle of Men at Arms was unexpected and stumped me for a good 50 pages. And the commoner language is very impressive. And Carrot's charisma is quite nicely handled. However, I did not like Vimes for the latter 100 pages or so of that book, too many roughly handled mood shifts. And no of course Terry doesn't have any sort of political viewpoint about monarchism *at all*. Of course not.
There are generally 3 types of re-readability:
One, that of re-reading the entire book a few years from now
Two, that of flipping through and re-reading favorite bits now and then
Three, that of opening the book to find a specific moment when referenced in conversation, etc.
For JinYong books, I do all three, and I enjoy it every time. For Neil Gurgle, I don't do much re-reading for his novels, but quite a bit of flipping-through for Sandman, and I think one day I'd like to read it front-to-back once more. I think it is similar with Pratchett, wherein the lack of chapter structure makes it hard to flip through, but there's a few nice quotes in there that I may want to reference some time. Not certain about the whole-book re-readability, though. I'm usually too impatient. :X. LotR is definitely flip-through-"best-of" type of re-reading. Hmm... Harry Potter, on the other hand, is definitely "sit-back-and-enjoy" type of rereading, and also select referencing, like "how many knuts to a sickle?"
4) Today is designated Day of Applying to Grad School. (so far, wrote a 700-word thing of "what my experiences will bring to the 2007 class", in which I compare myself to curry for 2 short paragraphs, and an email pleading for recommendations.)
5) Dinner time! I shall have rice! The first time in a few weeks!
2) Yesterday was day of complete narcoleptism. I slept at 1am, woke up at 5am, slept at 7am, woke up at 1:30pm, slept at 4:30pm, woke at 11:30pm... slept at 5am. I'm sensing a pattern here: Day 1- back pain. Day 2- SLEEP, Day 3- period? So far no period, but it might mean that I've been ovulating regardless. Today was pretty narcoleptic, too. (re: just woke up again after writing an email and checking LJ)
3) Yesterday was Day of Reading Terry Pratchett. (Yay gifties from
philena!) Yes, I finally read Guards! Guards! and Men at Arms. Fun reading. The devious man doesn't have chapter breaks, which makes stopping difficult and restarting even harder as you'd have to find the original place. I must admit that the twist in the middle of Men at Arms was unexpected and stumped me for a good 50 pages. And the commoner language is very impressive. And Carrot's charisma is quite nicely handled. However, I did not like Vimes for the latter 100 pages or so of that book, too many roughly handled mood shifts. And no of course Terry doesn't have any sort of political viewpoint about monarchism *at all*. Of course not. There are generally 3 types of re-readability:
One, that of re-reading the entire book a few years from now
Two, that of flipping through and re-reading favorite bits now and then
Three, that of opening the book to find a specific moment when referenced in conversation, etc.
For JinYong books, I do all three, and I enjoy it every time. For Neil Gurgle, I don't do much re-reading for his novels, but quite a bit of flipping-through for Sandman, and I think one day I'd like to read it front-to-back once more. I think it is similar with Pratchett, wherein the lack of chapter structure makes it hard to flip through, but there's a few nice quotes in there that I may want to reference some time. Not certain about the whole-book re-readability, though. I'm usually too impatient. :X. LotR is definitely flip-through-"best-of" type of re-reading. Hmm... Harry Potter, on the other hand, is definitely "sit-back-and-enjoy" type of rereading, and also select referencing, like "how many knuts to a sickle?"
4) Today is designated Day of Applying to Grad School. (so far, wrote a 700-word thing of "what my experiences will bring to the 2007 class", in which I compare myself to curry for 2 short paragraphs, and an email pleading for recommendations.)
5) Dinner time! I shall have rice! The first time in a few weeks!
