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I have been down with a horrid head cold. Quite miserable and pathetic
with all my sneezing and snotting and such. bleh.
Now I want to get back to blogging. I don't actually have anything
to say, since I've been sleeping in front of the telly for the past
week or so. This is a blog entry where I pretend to have something
to say.
Currently Reading
I wasn't able to read anything while I was sick, which was almost
as torturing as the illness. But I've got bookmarks in...
Firewing
Third in a series of three, animal fiction featuring bats.
One of the books that's been laying around for a while, the books
are good (but not brilliant).
Darwin's
Descent of Man
I enjoy Darwin, but I liked Origin of Species much better.
eh. This is one of those fat books that I've been meaning to read.
Currently Watching
While sleeping in front of the tv, wishing I could read, I happened
to catch a couple of movies that started life as books.
Pride and Prejudice
I read this book in October 2005, and from what I remember, the
movie is faithful to the book. Pretty good movie, but I probably
won't watch it again. Might read Sense and Sensibility soon, tho.
The Secret Garden
It's been ages since I've read this book, so I was interested.
It's an okay story, and I wouldn't mind reading the book again,
but I probably wouldn't have watched the whole movie if I weren't
bedridden. ;)
V for Vendetta which SO just brought home last night. I enjoyed
it. Had to explain to SO about
Guy Fawkes,
:) I lived in England as a kid and have celebrated a couple
Guy Fawkes Days: fireworks, carnivals and bonfires for burning
effiges of Guy. oh, V was good, I can't wait for the American civil
war to start.
Current Critters
Last autumn, I noticed one of Tegan's little guinea pig eyes was
changing. Her right eye was getting a cateract. I didn't pay it
much mind. It's not painful, and after all she couldn't see all
that great to begin with.
But Tegan, of course, did mind. It took me a while to realize
that she was sleeping more and not coming out of her house as much.
dumb human.
I explained the situation to her... that we could get her eye fixed,
but it's surgery, and even tho she was nice and healthy I didn't want
to risk it because of her age. And I would re-arrange the outside
of her house so she had less junk to run into when she was out walking.
And I would always let her know where I was by talking to her more.
And I would try to remember to touch her whiskers before petting her.
Tegan found these terms acceptable, and she's been much happier
ever since. She comes out of her house for a few walkabouts every
day. I even noticed she did a couple guinea pig popcorns.
Currently Vegan
I love SO's crock pot. I threw together a batch of soup -- barley,
lentils, and a couple vege bouillon cubes -- when I first got sick,
and that's pretty much all I ate. Easy to make, easy to nuke,
easy to throw in vegetables if I felt like it.
And I just made my first loaf of bread of the year. Actually, I'll
be making two loaves today. Now that I've converted SO to homemade
bread for sandwiches for work, I have to make twice as much!
Current Garden
Garden? In the middle of winter. um. Yeah, tell that to the
irises that are growing green leaves! They are confused.
I did cover my tiny garden with leaves in the fall. And the winter
has been mild, other than a couple days of snow just after thanksgiving.
But is this any reason to be growing at the beginning of January?
Insane irises. I hope they make me some flowers this year. You know,
if they live at all.
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