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Mar. 7th, 2021 09:04 pmReading. Three Parts Dead, Max Gladstone. (Because I have decided to reread them all in chronology order as well, because it's not like I get bored of these books and it's also not like I have much brain for New Media...)
Writing. Okay, well, I have technically made a very... tentative start on actually sorting out the words in Chapter 5 following supervisor feedback, but honestly mostly I have been (1) making a figure (now further revised, though the revisions are not present in that post) and (2) fucking about with the title page layout and fonts, because I worked out how I wanted to actually include my full name (given that I've gotta) to emphasise what the Name To Call Me is. But, er, now some more words need to happen.
Watching. Real Genius (1985). Co-watch for a friend's birthday; unsurprisingly, extremely reminiscent of Caltech, and sparked a subsequent conversation about representation of reality versus representation as aspiration.
CXG S02E10 "Will Scarsdale Like Josh's Shayna Punim?" To which I have to say, mostly: oh boy.
Listening. TMA 197. ( Read more... )
Playing. Goodness but we are finding the user interface in Myst IV frequently unintuitive and unhelpful. :|
Dragons dragons dragons. Honk honk honk.
Cooking. We experimented with a smitten kitchen cookbook recipe -- roasted aubergines with yoghurt-tahini sauce and crispy chickpeas -- but were sadly underwhelmed by it. (Upside: this is the first smitten kitchen recipe we have ever tried and wound up actually underwhelmed by, I think.)
Little else of note, though we were Pleased with tonight's roast dinner (and will continue to be so for the next couple of days!).
Growing. Most of the tomatoes have hatched! Some of them are contemplating growing their first pair of true leaves! I've got several more chillis hatched and most of the preceding lot now making a proper start on true leaves. The pepper I treated for aphids is starting to actually have a new set of buds turn into leaves, for my astonishment. And I am excited about the prospect of, but have not yet completed, my list of what all I need to get started this month -- shallots and peas into the ground, definitely, and maybe some celery and lambs' lettuce, plus making space in the propagator for the sweet peppers, plus rummaging through the Box Of Seeds to work out what all else needs to happen...
Writing. Okay, well, I have technically made a very... tentative start on actually sorting out the words in Chapter 5 following supervisor feedback, but honestly mostly I have been (1) making a figure (now further revised, though the revisions are not present in that post) and (2) fucking about with the title page layout and fonts, because I worked out how I wanted to actually include my full name (given that I've gotta) to emphasise what the Name To Call Me is. But, er, now some more words need to happen.
Watching. Real Genius (1985). Co-watch for a friend's birthday; unsurprisingly, extremely reminiscent of Caltech, and sparked a subsequent conversation about representation of reality versus representation as aspiration.
CXG S02E10 "Will Scarsdale Like Josh's Shayna Punim?" To which I have to say, mostly: oh boy.
Listening. TMA 197. ( Read more... )
Playing. Goodness but we are finding the user interface in Myst IV frequently unintuitive and unhelpful. :|
Dragons dragons dragons. Honk honk honk.
Cooking. We experimented with a smitten kitchen cookbook recipe -- roasted aubergines with yoghurt-tahini sauce and crispy chickpeas -- but were sadly underwhelmed by it. (Upside: this is the first smitten kitchen recipe we have ever tried and wound up actually underwhelmed by, I think.)
Little else of note, though we were Pleased with tonight's roast dinner (and will continue to be so for the next couple of days!).
Growing. Most of the tomatoes have hatched! Some of them are contemplating growing their first pair of true leaves! I've got several more chillis hatched and most of the preceding lot now making a proper start on true leaves. The pepper I treated for aphids is starting to actually have a new set of buds turn into leaves, for my astonishment. And I am excited about the prospect of, but have not yet completed, my list of what all I need to get started this month -- shallots and peas into the ground, definitely, and maybe some celery and lambs' lettuce, plus making space in the propagator for the sweet peppers, plus rummaging through the Box Of Seeds to work out what all else needs to happen...