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melannen ([personal profile] melannen) wrote2019-02-19 09:37 pm
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Snow day!

I am going to get SO MUCH done!†

Here, let's try this markdown list thing again, for accountability:

  • read at least one (1) library book††
  • write at least five hundred (500) words of a wip
  • finish the post-septic-tank-issues bathroom clean
  • tidy the animals and dolls
  • sew my cloak pockets finally! and replace the buttons, and do cutting for next sewing project
  • do one (1) load of laundry
  • finish two (2) knitting projects†††
  • reorganize my desk
  • be ready to start nf book weeding
  • catch up on podcasts††††
  • write up a dreamwidth post with actual substance

That's totally reasonable, right? Right! Especially since Sunbeam on the Couch won't be luring me into spending the morning basking like a cat.

†in theory†††††

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Poll #21415
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 49

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My options are:

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Words Are My Matter by Ursula Le Guin
18 (36.7%)

Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
19 (38.8%)

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
17 (34.7%)

Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel Jose Older
9 (18.4%)

†††they're both less than 30 minutes from done, so it's not as ambitious at it sounds - it's just what's left is the annoying fiddly bits and I keep putting it off

††††I have seven podcasts I'm behind on, and they're all at exactly nine episodes, so that's only about 63 hours, perfectly doable!

†††††Apparently DW markdown does not like footnotes at all. or polls.

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[personal profile] espresso_addict 2019-02-20 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
finish the post-septic-tank-issues bathroom clean

!! I've suffered septic-tank back-up issues in the past, but they've never required cleaning the bathroom. Inquiring minds wish to know...
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[personal profile] conuly 2019-02-20 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Dragon Pearl is a good book, but it's not even a little like Machineries of the Empire, probably because, in deference to the assumed age of his readers, he explains everything much more.
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[personal profile] hannah 2019-02-20 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
I went with Words Are My Matter because I read that one, too, so we can talk about it.
melannen: Commander Valentine of Alpha Squad Seven, a red-haired female Nick Fury in space, smoking contemplatively (Default)

[personal profile] melannen 2019-02-20 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, it's not that exciting! but we went three months of "absolute minimum amount of water use" so normal scrubbing and mopping didn't happen and toilet was only getting flushed once a day, so things got pretty grimy!

however tub is currently full of water on case of power outage, so I guess that part gets postponed...
melannen: Commander Valentine of Alpha Squad Seven, a red-haired female Nick Fury in space, smoking contemplatively (Default)

[personal profile] melannen 2019-02-20 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I have not actually read machineries of empire yet due to time being a thing, even though I know I should ( I have read a short in the universe, it was excellent.) dragon pearl seemed like a good place to start and less of a commitment.
melannen: Commander Valentine of Alpha Squad Seven, a red-haired female Nick Fury in space, smoking contemplatively (Default)

[personal profile] melannen 2019-02-20 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
it's also the one that's due back soonest!
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[personal profile] conuly 2019-02-20 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely a lot less mental effort to figure out what's going on, although I'm left with a lingering question that's almost certainly beside the point: are all supernaturals from Korean culture, or is this just an artifact of the author's intentional focus?

I suppose that's an answer for fanfic.
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[personal profile] stormsong 2019-02-20 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Record of a Spaceborn Few is one I have on-hold at the library!
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[personal profile] espresso_addict 2019-02-20 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Relieved to hear that -- we have septic tanks here for us & rental cottage, but no problems yet, touch wood.
melannen: Commander Valentine of Alpha Squad Seven, a red-haired female Nick Fury in space, smoking contemplatively (Default)

[personal profile] melannen 2019-02-21 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
We did have issues awhile back where it backed up into the downstairs shower! So it can happen. It was gross. But that was an entirely different issue than the one that just got fixed. :D
melannen: Commander Valentine of Alpha Squad Seven, a red-haired female Nick Fury in space, smoking contemplatively (Default)

[personal profile] melannen 2019-02-21 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
This is actually my second time getting it on a hold because I kept it out the full span the first time and didn't manage to read it...
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