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selenayIt's Friday! Woo! You know the best bit about this particular Friday? It's a long weekend! That's right, I get Monday to do whatever I want because it's Labour Day.
As it appears to be planning to rain, I'm thinking it's just crying out to be a day curled up with tea and a book. Mum and I are seriously considering a roast, preferably beef, because what else can you want on a rainy lazy day?
I'm also seriously considering trying this out: http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/08/everyday-chocolate-cake/
Looks yummy, oui? And it is blueberry season, so I could try out the fresh berry idea. Win!
In other food-related things (seriously, when did this journal become 9 parts food, 1 part babble and 1 part fandom?), it's Friday so I'm having supper at the local place of yum. I went for the burger last week and it was amazing. Best burger I've ever eaten. What shall I go for this week?
And tomorrow we're celebrating my aunt's birthday by taking her out for Thai food. I haven't had Thai since February and it's possibly my favourite thing, so this is a source of much excitement for me.
In non-food items, I need to get Mum caught up on Doctor Who before tomorrow evening. Also, Torchwood and the Great British Bake-off. In addition, I have Page Eight to watch because Bill Nighy is awesome. And the Tudors is stupidly addictive for being terrible. So that's lots of TV to watch.
Book-wise, I'm nearly finished with Hospital Sketches by Louise May Alcott and I have either Perdito Street Station (Mieville) or Darkfire (the second Matthew Shardlake mystery) queued on my Kindle. I'll have to see how I feel on which I do first. I'm also halfway through The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston and I've got a couple of Diane Wynne Jones (sp?) books on my coffee table to read first.
My non-fiction read is Medieval Law in Context. Shut up! It's dead interesting, honestly, all about how the legal system grew and became established and how law as a profession evolved.
OK, OK, my non-fiction reads are weird. I've got a book on the Templars in Britain to read next :-) Or possibly a history of the Thames. And I've got my eye on a book about The Black Death...
As it appears to be planning to rain, I'm thinking it's just crying out to be a day curled up with tea and a book. Mum and I are seriously considering a roast, preferably beef, because what else can you want on a rainy lazy day?
I'm also seriously considering trying this out: http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/08/everyday-chocolate-cake/
Looks yummy, oui? And it is blueberry season, so I could try out the fresh berry idea. Win!
In other food-related things (seriously, when did this journal become 9 parts food, 1 part babble and 1 part fandom?), it's Friday so I'm having supper at the local place of yum. I went for the burger last week and it was amazing. Best burger I've ever eaten. What shall I go for this week?
And tomorrow we're celebrating my aunt's birthday by taking her out for Thai food. I haven't had Thai since February and it's possibly my favourite thing, so this is a source of much excitement for me.
In non-food items, I need to get Mum caught up on Doctor Who before tomorrow evening. Also, Torchwood and the Great British Bake-off. In addition, I have Page Eight to watch because Bill Nighy is awesome. And the Tudors is stupidly addictive for being terrible. So that's lots of TV to watch.
Book-wise, I'm nearly finished with Hospital Sketches by Louise May Alcott and I have either Perdito Street Station (Mieville) or Darkfire (the second Matthew Shardlake mystery) queued on my Kindle. I'll have to see how I feel on which I do first. I'm also halfway through The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston and I've got a couple of Diane Wynne Jones (sp?) books on my coffee table to read first.
My non-fiction read is Medieval Law in Context. Shut up! It's dead interesting, honestly, all about how the legal system grew and became established and how law as a profession evolved.
OK, OK, my non-fiction reads are weird. I've got a book on the Templars in Britain to read next :-) Or possibly a history of the Thames. And I've got my eye on a book about The Black Death...
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Date: 2011-09-02 11:06 pm (UTC)I have mad, mad love for Perdido Street Station, and wish I'd had a kindle when I read it because I seriously think I sprained something with the hardback.
I also think your medieval law book sounds fascinating. Really, I eat that stuff up with a spoon.
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Date: 2011-09-05 07:21 pm (UTC)The sheer size is the reason that I haven't read Perdido Street Station before. I'd never be able to stick it in my handbag without dislocating something. Now it's on my little Kindle :-)
The medieval law book is very good - lots of information presented well, not too dry but not focusing on the strange or titillating. I'm enjoying it a lot and it's interesting to see aspects of law and justice as we know them now evolve. It's by Anthony Musson if you ever want to hunt it down.
In shock news, I'm a geek.
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Date: 2011-09-04 09:38 am (UTC)*scuttles off to iPlayer and downloads hurriedly.*
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Date: 2011-09-05 07:17 pm (UTC)