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kaberettReading. A Monster Calls, slowly, in an ongoing sense.
I... also spent book tokens on acquiring a b u n c h more books, but thanks tosebenikela I have a relatively straightforward way to actually convert them! So that's good. And many thanks also to cesy, provider of said tokens. <3
Acquisitions: The Starless Sea and The Secret Commonwealth in hardcopy (because I want to reread TSS and still haven't read TSC and the hardcover of the former is gorgeous); This Is How You Lose The Time War; Hexarchate Stories (finally!).
Watching. Planet Earth: Mountains. You just get the liveblog this week.
... which we're getting contrasted with the dead sea???? 100m bsl. Oooh! No, Danakil depression, Ethiopia
Eta-Ale -- molten lava lake -- the Ohter One (present for >100y)
"molten lava rising from the Earth's core" NO IT'S A RIFT ZONE IT'S PASSIVE UPWELLING. YOU ARE A GEOLOGIST, MY DUDE. WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS.
Ooh! Gelada baboons! Are we going to be told about them domesticating wolves?
- important social grooming
- ... geladas do A Talk while grooming
- (v strong fingers!)
- live mostly off grass! unlike basically all other monkeys. (gut digestion magic????)
- graze alongside (endemic) walia ibex... which are Less Shy when MONKEYS
- ooh they do a positive interaction! through shared doing a lookout
- okay now we get Ethiopian wolves, which apparently Won't Attempt An Attack In Broad Daylight, which, didn't we just... do some science on this [ed: New Scientist article, via... one of you lot.)
"The Ethiopian volcanoes are dormant, but elsewhere others still rage" -- what the FUCK, why is this our transition to Let's Go Hang Out In The Andes
- lol hi Andes unstable mountain weather, let me think, why have I heard about you
- guanacos???? have EARS and NOSE
-- aLAS we are not explained that they sit with their backs to inclement weather because (like horses) their bums are the faiest and best-insulated bits
- hi pumas!!!!
-- four babies!!! apparently four cubs to this age is Remarkable and Unusual and she is a Good Parent
okay now we're at the Rockies (HIIII ROCKIES WITH YOUR LAYERING)
-- did u no: avalaunches
- tINY GRZZLY BEARS TWO USELESS LITTLE CubS HIIIIIIIII BABIES HI
- in summer: BEars Gather In Some Numbers On These Apparently Barren (sree) slopes
-- I??? asssume??? there's a marmot equivalent?
--.... okay no they're hunting moths, fair enough, I am a bit !!!! about that
- whyyyy is he not talking about orthostatic wossname in terms of orogenic control on weathering
The Alps Hi The Alps
-- we are starting in the Dolomites :)
- did u no: that glaciers
... and then we're straight on to Tibet, without even a marmot
- apparnetly I should go look for the Baltoro glacier (43 miles long, 3 miles wide) on Google Earth
- "K2 and her sister peaks are THE MOST DANGEROUS MOUNTAINS OF ALL" no people just won't fucking stop hurling themselves off them
- Markhor have GOOD HORNS even if we are just seeing them because it's a sex thing
- snow leopard she pretend be lichen!!!!
- golden eagles :)
- ... wolf
- Karakoram (more Himalaya, this time not the Tibetan plateau)
- ... hi panda
- golden snub-nosed monkey is Highest Altitude Monkey and they're ridiculous and also they SNOOGLE
- hiiiiii oriental pheasants et cet
- #rED PANDA (tINY BEAR not! raccoon!)
- ~WEEK OLD BABY PANDA SO SMOL SO S M O L
-- giant pandas are SO SHIT oh noooo they can't actually see properly until they're three months old
- Mt Everest: demoiselle cranes! they do a good subsidiary Vs inside the principle ones
Diaries:
- oh goodness they spent three years trying to get footage of the snow leopard
- ... oh lol War Against Terror in the middle of Prime Snow Leopard Territory (Pakistan/Afghan border) -- only news crews allowed in, but a week later Planet Earth was allowed in
Also the first six episodes of She-Ra...
... and also also the new Star War, which... was kind of incoherent.
Listening. We did not manage more TMA this week, in spite of the drive to Wales and back, because (1) I was Extremely Sleepy and also (2) as far as we can tell even when backing the Patreon there's no straightforward way to get ad-free episodes into A Podcast App and, you know, we might at some point manage to executive function this but it wasn't... now.
Cooking. Lots, also feat. pomegranate salsa, successful cauliflower wellington, cheese straws, etc etc etc. Intriguing but not this time: nut roast pie.
Exploring. We poked around Forty Hall grounds some more (in the mud and the sunset) on the 25th! It was Great Fun and I wanna go baaaaack (though possibly not without the Tramper/until the ground's a bit less sodden).
We stopped off at Lacock Abbey for lunch on the way home from Wales; poked around the village a little, but didn't actually explore much beyond that.
Creating. I have finally sodding started the border on Guilt-Knitting The Second (guilt-knitting the first is going to need to show up under making & mending in A Future Episode: there's some damage as needs repaired, ugh.)
Playing. A round of Codenames (I was particularly proud of "Shelob, 2" for web and pass).
A lot of Portal: I've now completed all the advanced chambers and am having another go at a couplefew achievements.
Poking. Good Carvanha (hatched), Snover and Lillipup (caught), Cubchoo (field research). Shiny Sneasel (the second!) and Aipom (... ugh). I am into the Seasonal Pikachu.
I... also spent book tokens on acquiring a b u n c h more books, but thanks to
sebenikela I have a relatively straightforward way to actually convert them! So that's good. And many thanks also to cesy, provider of said tokens. <3Acquisitions: The Starless Sea and The Secret Commonwealth in hardcopy (because I want to reread TSS and still haven't read TSC and the hardcover of the former is gorgeous); This Is How You Lose The Time War; Hexarchate Stories (finally!).
Watching. Planet Earth: Mountains. You just get the liveblog this week.
... which we're getting contrasted with the dead sea???? 100m bsl. Oooh! No, Danakil depression, Ethiopia
Eta-Ale -- molten lava lake -- the Ohter One (present for >100y)
"molten lava rising from the Earth's core" NO IT'S A RIFT ZONE IT'S PASSIVE UPWELLING. YOU ARE A GEOLOGIST, MY DUDE. WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS.
Ooh! Gelada baboons! Are we going to be told about them domesticating wolves?
- important social grooming
- ... geladas do A Talk while grooming
- (v strong fingers!)
- live mostly off grass! unlike basically all other monkeys. (gut digestion magic????)
- graze alongside (endemic) walia ibex... which are Less Shy when MONKEYS
- ooh they do a positive interaction! through shared doing a lookout
- okay now we get Ethiopian wolves, which apparently Won't Attempt An Attack In Broad Daylight, which, didn't we just... do some science on this [ed: New Scientist article, via... one of you lot.)
"The Ethiopian volcanoes are dormant, but elsewhere others still rage" -- what the FUCK, why is this our transition to Let's Go Hang Out In The Andes
- lol hi Andes unstable mountain weather, let me think, why have I heard about you
- guanacos???? have EARS and NOSE
-- aLAS we are not explained that they sit with their backs to inclement weather because (like horses) their bums are the faiest and best-insulated bits
- hi pumas!!!!
-- four babies!!! apparently four cubs to this age is Remarkable and Unusual and she is a Good Parent
okay now we're at the Rockies (HIIII ROCKIES WITH YOUR LAYERING)
-- did u no: avalaunches
- tINY GRZZLY BEARS TWO USELESS LITTLE CubS HIIIIIIIII BABIES HI
- in summer: BEars Gather In Some Numbers On These Apparently Barren (sree) slopes
-- I??? asssume??? there's a marmot equivalent?
--.... okay no they're hunting moths, fair enough, I am a bit !!!! about that
- whyyyy is he not talking about orthostatic wossname in terms of orogenic control on weathering
The Alps Hi The Alps
-- we are starting in the Dolomites :)
- did u no: that glaciers
... and then we're straight on to Tibet, without even a marmot
- apparnetly I should go look for the Baltoro glacier (43 miles long, 3 miles wide) on Google Earth
- "K2 and her sister peaks are THE MOST DANGEROUS MOUNTAINS OF ALL" no people just won't fucking stop hurling themselves off them
- Markhor have GOOD HORNS even if we are just seeing them because it's a sex thing
- snow leopard she pretend be lichen!!!!
- golden eagles :)
- ... wolf
- Karakoram (more Himalaya, this time not the Tibetan plateau)
- ... hi panda
- golden snub-nosed monkey is Highest Altitude Monkey and they're ridiculous and also they SNOOGLE
- hiiiiii oriental pheasants et cet
- #rED PANDA (tINY BEAR not! raccoon!)
- ~WEEK OLD BABY PANDA SO SMOL SO S M O L
-- giant pandas are SO SHIT oh noooo they can't actually see properly until they're three months old
- Mt Everest: demoiselle cranes! they do a good subsidiary Vs inside the principle ones
Diaries:
- oh goodness they spent three years trying to get footage of the snow leopard
- ... oh lol War Against Terror in the middle of Prime Snow Leopard Territory (Pakistan/Afghan border) -- only news crews allowed in, but a week later Planet Earth was allowed in
Also the first six episodes of She-Ra...
... and also also the new Star War, which... was kind of incoherent.
Listening. We did not manage more TMA this week, in spite of the drive to Wales and back, because (1) I was Extremely Sleepy and also (2) as far as we can tell even when backing the Patreon there's no straightforward way to get ad-free episodes into A Podcast App and, you know, we might at some point manage to executive function this but it wasn't... now.
Cooking. Lots, also feat. pomegranate salsa, successful cauliflower wellington, cheese straws, etc etc etc. Intriguing but not this time: nut roast pie.
Exploring. We poked around Forty Hall grounds some more (in the mud and the sunset) on the 25th! It was Great Fun and I wanna go baaaaack (though possibly not without the Tramper/until the ground's a bit less sodden).
We stopped off at Lacock Abbey for lunch on the way home from Wales; poked around the village a little, but didn't actually explore much beyond that.
Creating. I have finally sodding started the border on Guilt-Knitting The Second (guilt-knitting the first is going to need to show up under making & mending in A Future Episode: there's some damage as needs repaired, ugh.)
Playing. A round of Codenames (I was particularly proud of "Shelob, 2" for web and pass).
A lot of Portal: I've now completed all the advanced chambers and am having another go at a couplefew achievements.
Poking. Good Carvanha (hatched), Snover and Lillipup (caught), Cubchoo (field research). Shiny Sneasel (the second!) and Aipom (... ugh). I am into the Seasonal Pikachu.
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Date: 2019-12-30 09:56 am (UTC)I've been hearing good things about Codenames from multiple people this Christmas. Interested in giving it a play.