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osprey_archerHello hello! It's been a busy week. My friends came up to visit because my roommate is not here yet, and then they left and I was behind on all my classes. Particularly Russian. I stand next to the blackboard, chalk in hand, as the teacher airily informs us that we need to translate such and such a phrase, and it contains three different declensions and an irregular verb...
However, my hands seem to remember the case endings, so at the moment I stand back and let them write. Evidently that miserable month at Beloit paid off! (And not just in a muscle memory sort of way. I look at the length of my Russian homework assignments now and I'm like, "Really? Just five exercises? HUZZAH!")
Also also! I watched a peculiar but oddly compelling miniseries earlier this week with my friends from home (...hence the fact that I'm behind). It's called The Lost Room and it's about a bunch of objects that have weird powers (there's a watch that hard boils eggs, for instance), and cabals that have formed around the Objects (you can totally hear the capital slipping into place as the characters talk. By the end of the miniseries, you can no longer say the word Object without great portentousness), and Epic Quests.
It's got a number of flaws. The ending doesn't quite make sense, there's a totally random sex scene in the middle (not only are they not in love, there's no evidence that they're even attracted to one another), some of the main characters remain ciphers throughout the series... but at the same time, it's a compellingly weird tale, and it's impossible to stop watching once started. Has anyone else seen it?
Also, I baked lemon bars. I have the recipe for the Most Delicious Lemon Bars EVER, and I can't wait to eat them. Yay for culinary skill!
However, my hands seem to remember the case endings, so at the moment I stand back and let them write. Evidently that miserable month at Beloit paid off! (And not just in a muscle memory sort of way. I look at the length of my Russian homework assignments now and I'm like, "Really? Just five exercises? HUZZAH!")
Also also! I watched a peculiar but oddly compelling miniseries earlier this week with my friends from home (...hence the fact that I'm behind). It's called The Lost Room and it's about a bunch of objects that have weird powers (there's a watch that hard boils eggs, for instance), and cabals that have formed around the Objects (you can totally hear the capital slipping into place as the characters talk. By the end of the miniseries, you can no longer say the word Object without great portentousness), and Epic Quests.
It's got a number of flaws. The ending doesn't quite make sense, there's a totally random sex scene in the middle (not only are they not in love, there's no evidence that they're even attracted to one another), some of the main characters remain ciphers throughout the series... but at the same time, it's a compellingly weird tale, and it's impossible to stop watching once started. Has anyone else seen it?
Also, I baked lemon bars. I have the recipe for the Most Delicious Lemon Bars EVER, and I can't wait to eat them. Yay for culinary skill!
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Date: 2010-01-09 04:49 am (UTC)Mmmm, lemon bars....
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Date: 2010-01-09 03:29 pm (UTC)Fantasy magazine seems to specialize in the very peculiar. I haven't read so many stories there, but none of them seem to be quite like anything else.