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Book book book
Let's make these updates quarterly, shall we? That's completely reasonable, right?
( A whole bunch of books, briefly reviewed ) -
On the NAC's King Lear
King Lear is probably one of my favourite Shakespeare plays -- it's certainly one that I know particularly well. So when I heard that the NAC was putting on an all-aboriginal production of it, of course I had to go.
It's a very interesting production. The staging is great -- the set design, the sound design, it all works really well. The ( Read more... ) -
Things that make me happy
I was biking in this morning along the canal. They've brought the water level up, and it was nice and calm this morning, so I could see the trees on either side reflected in the water. And then, as I pedalled on, I could see Pretoria bridge, doubled in the water ( Read more... ) -
A Very Important Decision
I have been making a pair of socks. They are mosaic socks, with a lovely pattern in black yarn and rainbow-coloured yarn. The rainbow-coloured stripes make me very happy indeed.
But now I have completed the first sock, and I have to decide -- do I try to make the second sock match exactly, lining up the colours so that they start with the same ( Read more... ) -
Yes! I am still book-blogging!
Theoretically, I am otherstuff blogging as well. Or I will. Or I might.
Anyway. I have been keeping a running series of mini-reviews of my reading for this year, and I keep getting almost caught up enough to post said reviews, and then falling behind again. So that's why it's a quarter of the way through the year, and I am posting my books for the ( Read more... ) -
Book Wrap-Up 2011
I didn't quite make it to 100 this year, but it was a busy year!
90. A Shadow in Summer (Daniel Abraham)
It is a testament to how much I enjoyed this book that I immediately put the remaining three books in the series on hold at the library. The characters are sympathetic, the world-building is convincing, and the magic system is distinctly different ( Read more... ) -
New Year's Eve
I kind of love New Year's Eve. I know that the turning of the year doesn't actually change anything (except that it makes it very important to concentrate when writing cheques for a few weeks/months), but it still feels like something special. I love that it's an excuse/motivation to go out and celebrate when everyone else is celebrating too. I ( Read more... ) -
Seasonal
This is a tough time of year for an introvert. There are so many parties, so many events, and you really do have to go to all of them. Not only because you're expected to, but because you genuinely want to see all these people. You love/like them, don't see them enough, want to spend time with them... and yet spending time with them tends to leave ( Read more... ) -
This is getting ridiculous
Moving tends to turn one's brain inside out. So I'm going to use that as my excuse for my failure to post this list before now. It's been almost ready to go for a while, but I do insist on continuing to read, which necessitates further additions to the list, and it becomes sort of a never-ending vicious circle.
( It's epic. Consider yourself warned )
