Ug

[juliet]

Back from holiday, which was Much Fun, although I now have a hideously large quantity of bruises. Snowboarding++, although it would be better if I was less of a Big Wuss & thus more prepared to go at speed. Next year... We also went on a very brief husky sledge trip (kitty_goth overturned the sledge when he was driving. I managed not to :-) ), which was *ace*. Huskies are lovely. And assorted other stuff. The torchlit descent one evening by the ski/snowboard school instructors was impressive, & v pretty especially as it was a clear night so the stars were all out as well. Getting utterly plastered at Popcorn was less of a good thing, especially the next morning :-) Secret House Cocktails: just say no, kids.

Sadly, despite nice holiday, I appear to still be utterly knackered, & not really up to form generally. I was hoping to go to BU this evening, but I think a QNI is instead called for - the 'socialising' concept is a slightly scary one atm. I'm starting to get slightly irritated with this: I feel like I've been slightly down/antisocial for a while now, & I'm not desperately keen on it. Maybe it's just a winter thing, and will lift soon.

Comments

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Glad to see you back in one piece. The speed thing really is u+k: it's so much easier to fall over when you're going more slowly.

[juliet]

Yeah, but convincing your wussier hind-brain of this is not quite so straightforward :-) Especially when you have a couple of *really really painful* bruises that you're scared to fall on... But that's certainly the thing I need to concentrate on next time.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Aye. It took me a couple of days (and some really daft falls) to smack my hindbrain into shape last year.

[lowkeyknight.livejournal.com]

mopiness and insular behaviour is perfectly normal in winter and after holidays, fear not, it shall pass.

PS on Rat related stuff I'm reading King Rat by China Mieville at the mo which is quite good and, much like White Crow, has rat-men in London (though modern London in this book) worth a look.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I know it's irrational but I got really, really annoyed with King Rat simply because of the way Mieville capitalises the names of musical genres...
It suffers by comparison with his later books, but taken on its own merits it is indeed quite good.

[lowkeyknight.livejournal.com]

It's a minor annoyance it's true and your right that it doen't compare to The Scar or Perdido(sp) St Station, I found Iron Council a little less enjoyable though, only a couple of the characters had the flesh on them you expect from Mieville.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about Iron Council. I suspect it may indeed have flaws such as those to which I was blinded by the sheer wealth of invention on display. Though I did find the golemist - Judah, was that his name? - fascinating too.

[lowkeyknight.livejournal.com]

he was the only fully fleshed out character, he was very good but you expect more from the suppporting munchkins, the Brucolac(sp) (vampire guy) in The scar is a perfect example, fully fleshed and interesting.

I thought the wispersmith was quite good but he decended into David Gemmel territory quite quickly.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I've never managed more than a sentence of Gemmel, so can't really comment...

[lowkeyknight.livejournal.com]

I was fifteen once:)

[trishpiglet.livejournal.com]

Going snowboarding in the first place = not wuss in my book
Go you! *impressedness*

Hope you have good QNI

xx

[addedentry.livejournal.com]

My ex-girlfriend has just returned from several days of huskies:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/huskyteer/160171.html

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

Secret House Cocktails: Just say yes. But slowly, and only once a night :)

[martling.livejournal.com]

Welcome back!

[jhg.livejournal.com]

God, I love skiing.

[ottah.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for a good holiday!

Quite a few folks I know seem to go through a bit of an antisocial thing during the darker months...I hope things improve for you soon. I got all excited earlier because it was still daylight when I left work :)