Reading Wednesday

Going to try to make this one quick.

Finished Reading: The Life of Elves by Muriel Barbery. Apparently, there's to be a sequel to this one. Anyway, like I've mentioned previously, the language used is lovely; major props to the translator - I bet it's even better in French. As for the novel itself... uh. Well. I feel as if I was eating an entire bowl of handmade marshmallows. Delicious, but not a lot actually... there. I did find it interesting enough that I'll probably read the second book - if I remember. But you know what would be awesome? Illustrations based on this. Or like, a comic version of it, or a picture book, or... you get the idea. I bet it'd be gorgeous in art form.

Currently Reading: Yamoria The Lawmaker: Stories of the Dene by George Blondin. This one is partially a collection of stories (oral stories told by Dene elders, and written down by the author, who is a Dene elder himself), partially a history book, partially a discussion of Dene culture and spiritualism. It's a pretty cool book, actually, and a nice quick read, though there are some parts that I think I'll want to go back and re-read so that I can think about them some more. Originally, I picked this one up because I want to write a SSSS fic set in northern Alberta, centring around Dene characters, and I didn't really know where to start. It hasn't answered all my questions - far from it - but at least I have some ideas of where to go next.

Reading Next: Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History by Kerry Abel is definitely next. Since it'll probably be a bit difficult to get through, I might also pick up something trashy to read so that my brain can decompress, though I'm not quite sure what.

YOU'RE A STAR IN NOBODY'S EYES BUT MINE ☆☆☆

☆ My heart says "GO OUTSIDE!!!" but my body says "Could you, like, not?" and my brain says "It's hella hot out and you should probably give your feet a rest, you ass". I should probably listen to my brain. For once.

☆ Christ on a cracker, PokeGo leader designs have only been unveiled for a few days, aaaand there's gender wank. LOVELY.

My thoughts on the matter can be summed up as follows:

• Fuck that.
  
• Let's not.
  
• I fucking love Blanche.

☆ Tumblr's adding on-blog advertising of some kind. It's opt-out. I'm sure most of you have seen the posts on how to turn it off, but in case you haven't: go to settings, select blog (right-hand side), scroll to "Advertising", turn off. Repeat for every sub-blog that you have. If you don't opt out, it'll be on your blog once this plan (whatever it is) rolls out. To be honest, I'm a little surprised there wasn't on-blog advertising from the beginning. Anyway, the way they're going about this isn't exactly professional, but that's Tumblr for you.

☆ You know what... I am capable of cooking. But if you tell me "Oh, by the way, while we're away you're going to need to cook for yourself AND your brother AND with enough leftovers that he'll have something Very Substantial for his 12-hour shift lunch, what do you need me to pick up at the grocery store?" My reaction is going to be Uhhhhh... and I'm going to need more than five seconds to think of something. Because seriously, cooking for one person is so much different from that. When left to my own devices, what do I usually make for supper? EGG SANDWICHES. WITH SALAD. MAYBE ALSO WITH CHEESE IF I FEEL FANCY. I could live off egg sandwiches, you guys. But that's not... exactly... well, y'know. Plus, like, for stuff that is Not Eggs, I am capable of making something edible. But when it comes to making something that somebody else will be eating, I kind of - well, I get embarrassed, because I'm not very good at it, because I don't get many opportunities to practice, and... you know. This cooking angst brought to you by the fact that I see large amounts of stir fry in my near future.

☆ I was looking through my WIP folder and discovered that at some point, I started working on a ficlet that centred around sexy potato peeling. I don't know what to do with this.