You know you can't stop when you're racing the clock

[yuuago]

I was absolutely sick as a dog this weekend. Ugh, it was horrible. It was a chest cold that set me completely out of commission; could barely even breathe. Fortunately I'm starting to feel a bit better today, though I do feel kind of dizzy in addition to being drugged and congested. Lovely.

Because I was unable to do much this weekend except sulk around and play flash games, I'm way behind on my homework. So frustrating. That essay is due on April 6th, and man, even though I've been poking at it off and on for a while, I'm starting to get a little bit worried. Well, all it really means is that I need to haul ass, and it isn't as if I've never done an essay while sick before, but it's still major frustrating.

Didn't do much today. Went to the doc, who said "You're getting better, so I won't prescribe anything", sigh. Came home and slept for about five hours. Updated the Index. Watched Zoolander and did some knitting - been a while since I last did some of that, and my hand is kind of protesting, but not as badly as it usually would, which is a good sign. I think if I go easy on it, don't do too much all at once, while paying careful attention to my posture... I think I'll be fine. It's kind of frustrating that I wasn't able to finish this scarf while it was still cold outside, though. All the snow has gone and melted now. Well, at least I'll have it nice and ready for when it gets cold again.

Been reading Treasure Island recently. I found myself thinking back to when I was younger. I went through a (very long) period where I wouldn't read anything other than fantasy and horror novels. My mum was completely exasperated by all this, and kept trying to push "classics" on me, like Dickens 'n such. I didn't want to read about "real" things - but pirates? Adventure? Now, that's exciting. I mean, hell, at that age Tom Sawyer was one of my favourite novels (still is) in spite of the lack of magic, because of all the adventure in it. Now, I can't help but think that if she had tried to get me to read stuff like this, she would have had a lot more success.

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[mimes.livejournal.com]

/heals you
/magically
/with science

hey hey have you ever done that anon writing thing on tinychat, where every half hour we all share our word count? I think it works pretty well.

ahhh I remember reading Treasure Island in elementary, in grade six-ish? Though I can't remember a single thing that happened in it. I need to learn how to start reading for fun again ;____; I blame the internet

[yuuago]

/IS HEALED
/Except not

Nay, I haven't done it. I considered, but ehhhh. I dunno. I might just... work... and set hourly goals for myself or something. We shall seeee.

It's only relatively recently (this year) that I've started reading for fun. Mostly it's been slow going, taking me forever to finish novels (because I only pick them up when I have free time) but at least I'm reading something.

[mimes.livejournal.com]

/:'(

aww I think you should. There's this pressure to do it in a mild sort of way, I guess? Maybe motivation is a better word for pressure, I dunno. And the fact that it's all anon makes it thrilling

ahh what else have you read this year? Are you one of those people who only read one book at a time? I have a book to read over Easter Break so hopefully that'll get me in the reading mood (and I should really work on my reading comprehension l-lol)

[yuuago]

Maybe I will. It's just that this particular project isn't exactly an essay, it's an edition, so it's like... lots of bits and pieces together and it looks like I haven't done much even when I have, hurr. I don't know if that even makes sense. Disregard this, I cook socks.

I've been keeping a list of what I've read, because I have a goal to read 100 books before the year is out. I'm counting comic books/manga volumes just.. because.
Luck in the Shadows - Lynn Flewelling
Ferdydurke - Witold Gombrowicz
Knights of Madness - Ed. Peter Haining
Black Jack vol 1 - Osamu Tezuka
Saiyuki vol 4, 7 - Kazuya Minekura
Waverley - Sir Walter Scott

It doesn't look like a lot, and it probably would have been more, but "Waverley" took me like two months because it was like 400 pages long and written in the early 1800s, sooo yeah. Heavy reading.

I usually read two books at a time; an expensive paperback or hardcover for daytime reading, then a used or cheapass paperback for the bathtub. Right now my daytime book is an edition of fairytales... not sure how long it'll take me to get through that.

[mattyroh.livejournal.com]

*Blows magic dust on you* Feeling better now?
Anyway, I hope you'll be getting better soon and get your homework done in time ^^ and I hate going to the doctor and then ending up paying money for nothing. It's so annoying.

I found myself thinking back to when I was younger. I went through a (very long) period where I wouldn't read anything other than fantasy and horror novels. My mum was completely exasperated by all this, and kept trying to push "classics" on me, like Dickens 'n such. I didn't want to read about "real" things - but pirates? Adventure? Now, that's exciting.
This! My mum actually forbid from reading more than one hour a day for a while, and she never stopped suggesting all these old classics that sounded so boring back then. I still rarely read anything she suggests just because of that period.

[yuuago]

Eee <3 Well, I do feel better than I did when I wrote this entry, so at least there is that.
Still sick, but at least it's not as bad as it was...!

Wow, what your mum did sounds very extreme. Mine let me read for as long as I wanted to, even though she always complained about what I was reading and tried to make me read boring things. I think she just didn't really understand... just because I could read the things she wanted me to, doesn't mean I was old enough to appreciate them.