damn, i've mussed my record

[katekat]

Today felt like Friday.  Isn't it Friday yet?  Oh, yeah, tomorrow.  So, besides that, I managed to get up late, check the internet, watch 15 minutes or so of Lord of the Rings/Return of the King...

You know, because I've listened to them so often (yes, I have the Mind's Eye version of LOTR on CD, courtesy of sonder ) that I actually have the lines memorized.  And it's weird to be watching it instead of listening.  Weird too that the lines are coming out of different mouths, with different voices than I'm used to hearing.  But fun nonetheless.  I will bitch and moan about Tolkien with the best of them (heck, where are the people of color in his books?  yeah, i know.  it's that bad.  and women?  don't even get me started), but I really really really love him and the stories he wrote. 

So I was trying to go two weeks with an entry every day, but I've missed it by an hour or so.  GRR.  I'm half tempted to backdate this post, but am too lazy (and too much of an attention ho I suppose)

I've managed to gather a to do list while i'm not actually doing anything...
+ write a story for the Oz round at maleslashminis  - the best part?  I've already hit the 500 word minimum and I have PLOT left to go!  It may not be great, but at least I won't dissapoint
+ make a banner for EB (round one done, but we'll see if we both like it in the morning)
+ possibly do some artwork for watchingxander ... cuz I'm on a Xander kick these days
+ reorganize my office!  put all of last quarter's reading into folders
+ finish the laundry!
+ get ready for school... since it happens on Wednesday
+ deposit check
+ get the boss to pay me
+ take down the Christmas decorations (yep, they're still up)


Other than that, I was a good little provider tonight and fetched wings from wing stop for me and the boy - yep, wings, for pickup.  They're not half bad.  Besides, it meant we didn't have to cook.  Not that I don't mind cooking,b ut ... it does get tedious sometimes.  Especially now that we actually clean up after every meal and generally get the dishes in the dishwasher the same night (defense against a cat who has turned part scavenger, really).  Sure there's a rhythm to it - chop, clean, cook on the stove, clean, eat dinner, clean the rest... but ... occasionally it's nice just to skip all that, get your fingers dirty with spicy cajun sauce and cole slaw out of a cup.

and this is why i don't post everyday.  could that be more boring?

Comments

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

See, you think boring, I think: Eee! Kate! Extra flistian action!

Also, don't you cut Tolkein slack being that when he wrote LOTR etc he was living in a mainly white, male dominated society? Or is that not how we're supposed to look at older stuff these days?

I have no idea of anything even to do with Tolkein, though, so I am not Master of Knowledge here. (I thought the films were long and boring, and I attempted to read LOTR the first book but I got to page four and went "there is no dialogue, and this book is heavy." and put it down, never to pick it up again.)

[katekat]

awww!! flistian action!! that sounds kind of porny. (or perhaps i am tipsy so everything sounds kind of porny? yes, that could be true)

and oh hell yeah - i totally give Tolkien slack... i was just bitching for random bitching's sake. Cuz seriously, the guy wrote some bad ass women characters, ya know? Besides, i love hiim in that deep down love kind of way that is uncomplicated. I think i just get too analytical sometimes, you know?

I know much about the T-man, through proxy. I giggle because I am also willing to admit that he is quite long winded, with PAGES of description that have occasionally made my head hurt, and the movies could totally be looked at as hokie (sp? hoky?) and yet... sometimes I just like cuddling up with him. He makes me take my time and *read* every sentence, you know?

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

When I wrote it I thought "that sounds kinda porny..." so. Yeah.

Ah, I understand! I just think sometimes peeps go off the deep end going "oh my god, he didn't write any diverse characters, or women, and, oh my GOD, the writer is a MAN! We must burn him at a stake and find a black woman writer at the same time and make out that her work is the best EVER, even if it's shite, just 'cause of her race and gender!" etcetera. Okay, so I overexaggerate, but I am a Mish.

Ah, you like having to read every single word? And concentrate. See, my For Fun reading like that is Hitchhiker's Guide. Which is... not so complicated. But *awesome* fun. In my opinion.

[katekat]

Ah, you like having to read every single word? And concentrate.

well, only sometimes! othertimes i love things i can skip through all of that stuff and just concentrate on the dialogue... but that's what I have fic and terry pratchett for! :D

[crayonbreakygal.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to post every day. Not happening! Grrr.

We were ripping those decorations down before New Year's. We'd had them up since Thanksgiving. I know people that wait until Valentines.

[katekat]

isn't it frustrating when you miss a day? and i'm finding it's harder than i thought (and lord knows i can talk, so i find that kind of hilarious)

and ok, Valentines? I feel better - we are not quite that bad. Still, the tree is pretty crackly at this point... and i think leaning more to one side than it originally did :)

[dara-starscream.livejournal.com]

You're not boring. I love getting news updates from Kate-Plus-Snash-Land.
-BJ

[katekat]

thanks darling. at least i know that you don't mind my babble! :D

speaking of updates, i think i missed one of yours - how goes it?