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May. 12th, 2011 01:29 pmThings:
- We had a lockdown drill this morning at the library. You will be happy to know that our irate patron did not manage to kill any of us with a bookend. Or anything else, for that matter.
- I am reading Runemarks by Joanne Harris. I know that I started this once before and didn't finish it. I have no idea why I didn't finish it, because her Odin is great and her Loki is fantastic. I do have issues with her portrayal of Freyja (battle goddesses do not complain about blisters, I'm pretty sure) and it irritates me when people decorate their books with runes that don't actually say anything, especially when the runes are such an important part of the plot, but other than those minor quibbles, I'm really enjoying the book. I may have to buy it.
- Last night was movie night at Bainbridge. We watched Bend of the River which, discounting Centennial, is only the second Western I've ever watched in my life. It's not a bad movie, and I learned that if I'm just doing stockinette stitch in the round, I can totally knit without looking and in the dark. So that's pretty exciting. Next month, we are watching the 1931 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, so I'll actually be able to add to the discussion in a meaningful way. (I always have this kind of idea that I know things about film history. That is totally not true - I know things about the history of horror film, and I'm really only very good at the '30s and '40s. So movie group is educational.)
- I'm really looking forward to the weekend. I'm going to do so much knitting.
- We had a lockdown drill this morning at the library. You will be happy to know that our irate patron did not manage to kill any of us with a bookend. Or anything else, for that matter.
- I am reading Runemarks by Joanne Harris. I know that I started this once before and didn't finish it. I have no idea why I didn't finish it, because her Odin is great and her Loki is fantastic. I do have issues with her portrayal of Freyja (battle goddesses do not complain about blisters, I'm pretty sure) and it irritates me when people decorate their books with runes that don't actually say anything, especially when the runes are such an important part of the plot, but other than those minor quibbles, I'm really enjoying the book. I may have to buy it.
- Last night was movie night at Bainbridge. We watched Bend of the River which, discounting Centennial, is only the second Western I've ever watched in my life. It's not a bad movie, and I learned that if I'm just doing stockinette stitch in the round, I can totally knit without looking and in the dark. So that's pretty exciting. Next month, we are watching the 1931 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, so I'll actually be able to add to the discussion in a meaningful way. (I always have this kind of idea that I know things about film history. That is totally not true - I know things about the history of horror film, and I'm really only very good at the '30s and '40s. So movie group is educational.)
- I'm really looking forward to the weekend. I'm going to do so much knitting.
