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A change of address
I've moved my blogging endeavors over to www.rebeccamajor.blogspot.com so you likely won't be seeing any more posts here. But I've been doing a decent job so far of posting regularly over there, so feel free to check it out. -
I meant to do that...
Yeah, I just now realized that I already reviewed all the nominations for best novel in July. *sigh* Well, consider it an interesting study on what details my memory files away as important about the books I read... -
Hugo Nominations part 3, and some bonus random crap
Best Short Story
Amaryllis, by Carrie Vaughn - a sweet, simple story that left me content. I have a hard time liking most short stories that I read, but this one did a good job of balancing world building with plot and characters, and I didn't feel like it was gimmicky (sometimes I read a short story and feel like they wrote it solely for the " ( Read more... ) -
Hugo nominations part 2
Best Novelette
There were a lot of excellent nominations in this catagory - but of course, that wasn't a surprise after the other catagories thus far. For the record, I'm putting all of my comments on the stories roughly in the order I like them from best to worst, although that doesn't mean I hated any of them by any means. :)
That Leviathan, ( Read more... ) -
Hugo nominations part 1
Well, I'm cutting it a bit close... the Hugo awards ceremony is Saturday and I've been meaning to give my impressions of some of the nominations. Voting closed a while ago, so this is purely for your benefit if you are looking for some suggestions for what to read. rhb is at WorldCon right now, and thus had the opportunity to vote (before the ( Read more... ) -
2 years
Today was my 2 year mark at my job. My coworkers all decorated my desk with crepe paper, balloons, and Almond Joys (one of my favorite candy bars), and they all brought treats too! I had jokingly said yesterday that I expected a party, but I didn't really expect one, so it was a very fun surprise. And it stayed relatively quiet today as well, ( Read more... ) -
Kinect (and Kinect Games) Review
We purchased a Kinect for our Xbox 360 (at 50% off!) and got it about 2 weeks ago. Here are my thoughts on it thus far.
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A new project!
I made a new plushie today: SUPER MEAT BOY! My sister in law helped me with the pattern, and pretty much any other time I had questions, or it wouldn't have turned out so nice. :) All told we created the pattern in a couple hours last week, and the plushie only took about 3 hours tonight to actually make. Much faster than the companion cube!
And ( Read more... )
