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2eclipsethursday evening ross changed the breakpads on his car (and i helped a little).
somewhere in that process he managed to hurt himself badly or aggrivate a previous hurt.
at first we thought it was just heartburn - at which point i went to bed - but ross wound up going to the ER and they diagnosed him with a pleural effusion. a pleural effusion is a pinch or a bubble in the membrane lining the chest cavity. and apparently it sucks because they put ross on the good drugs and told him he's on restriction re: physical activity. it is supposed to work itself out in a few days. he is doing much better than he was last week.
but it definitely changed our plans for the weekend. we had been talking about getting the boat ready to go out and getting my breakpads changed and he wanted to work on his harley....none of that was realistic.
so we went and saw prince caspian.
ross and i hung out, went for a walk, went to barley john's with susan andpatchhat, filled my growler (refillable beer jug), giggled a LOT (it happens when you hang out with patchhat, watched house episodes (again) and had john and darla over sunday evening for dinner. i got to make soap base and go run out and take advantage of borealis's yarn sale to get more yarn for knithulhu's (i'm on #4) and some cherry tree hill to make a gift for my sister in law for xmas. it was a good weekend.
i also got a lot of reading done.
susan is made of awesome. and i have new stuff to read. i also got a bread machine book and breath and bone by carol berg at barnes and noble because they sent me an awesome coupon in addition to my membership discount. i am VERY book happy right now. i have read cryptonomicon and this alien shore before.
imagica is turning out to be pretty awesome though.
the knitting is going very well.
i finished a knithulhu and have started another. also i am almost done with a cotton sock. i figure it is a good idea to make some socks i can actually not overheat in for the summer. these are VERY simple compared to my other current sock projects, but they self-stripe (sockina) so they will be pretty enough without complicated lacework. we'll just have to see how well they stay up. cotton is not very elastic.
somewhere in that process he managed to hurt himself badly or aggrivate a previous hurt.
at first we thought it was just heartburn - at which point i went to bed - but ross wound up going to the ER and they diagnosed him with a pleural effusion. a pleural effusion is a pinch or a bubble in the membrane lining the chest cavity. and apparently it sucks because they put ross on the good drugs and told him he's on restriction re: physical activity. it is supposed to work itself out in a few days. he is doing much better than he was last week.
but it definitely changed our plans for the weekend. we had been talking about getting the boat ready to go out and getting my breakpads changed and he wanted to work on his harley....none of that was realistic.
so we went and saw prince caspian.
which was pretty good, but not as good as the first one. i've always kind of felt that while the whole narnia series is wonderful, none of them are quite as good as the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. none of the others QUITE as magical. as far as i'm concerned, prince caspian follows the same pattern. it's good. the effects are neat. the story is wonderful. but it's not the lion, the witch and the wardrobe.
and there is one VERY disney moment that made me angry where they showed fireworks above the castle (referencing the disney castle). that really pissed me off. NOT SUBTLE. still, you should go see it. it's good.
and there is one VERY disney moment that made me angry where they showed fireworks above the castle (referencing the disney castle). that really pissed me off. NOT SUBTLE. still, you should go see it. it's good.
ross and i hung out, went for a walk, went to barley john's with susan and
patchhat, filled my growler (refillable beer jug), giggled a LOT (it happens when you hang out with patchhat, watched house episodes (again) and had john and darla over sunday evening for dinner. i got to make soap base and go run out and take advantage of borealis's yarn sale to get more yarn for knithulhu's (i'm on #4) and some cherry tree hill to make a gift for my sister in law for xmas. it was a good weekend.i also got a lot of reading done.
susan gave me a SUPERAWESOMEGRADUATIONGIFT.
a gift card for a used bookstore.
i got:
cryptonomicon(neil stephenson) - hardback
this alien shore(c.s.freidman) - hardback
iron council(china mieville) - hardback
imagica(clive barker) - hardback
jade throne (naomi novik) - paperback
a gift card for a used bookstore.
i got:
cryptonomicon(neil stephenson) - hardback
this alien shore(c.s.freidman) - hardback
iron council(china mieville) - hardback
imagica(clive barker) - hardback
jade throne (naomi novik) - paperback
susan is made of awesome. and i have new stuff to read. i also got a bread machine book and breath and bone by carol berg at barnes and noble because they sent me an awesome coupon in addition to my membership discount. i am VERY book happy right now. i have read cryptonomicon and this alien shore before.
i have finished the naomi novik (which i am liking, but not as much as xeroticled me to believe i would). the series is kinda like a patrick o'brian books with dragons in them. my big problem is the characters of the dragons. they don't have enough pride. they are to human, too maleable and agreeable. i want my dragons to be terrible and alien and unfathomable. like ursula leguin's dragons, or tolkeins. can humans have a relationship with creatures like that? sure. but will it be like a relationship with another human or a dog? absolutely not. actually i have a problem with a lot of authors who write non-humans as though they were humans. mercedes lackey is a prime offender. in my opinion chris paolini is just a terrible 15- year-old author, so i don't really expect that aspect to be any different from the rest of his writing style. he doesn't count. other than this GLARING problem, these books are a good, fun read. i'm sure i'll finish them, but they'll probably go back to the used bookstore when i'm done loaning them to whoever wants to read them next.
xeroticled me to believe i would). the series is kinda like a patrick o'brian books with dragons in them. my big problem is the characters of the dragons. they don't have enough pride. they are to human, too maleable and agreeable. i want my dragons to be terrible and alien and unfathomable. like ursula leguin's dragons, or tolkeins. can humans have a relationship with creatures like that? sure. but will it be like a relationship with another human or a dog? absolutely not. actually i have a problem with a lot of authors who write non-humans as though they were humans. mercedes lackey is a prime offender. in my opinion chris paolini is just a terrible 15- year-old author, so i don't really expect that aspect to be any different from the rest of his writing style. he doesn't count. other than this GLARING problem, these books are a good, fun read. i'm sure i'll finish them, but they'll probably go back to the used bookstore when i'm done loaning them to whoever wants to read them next.imagica is turning out to be pretty awesome though.
the knitting is going very well.
i finished a knithulhu and have started another. also i am almost done with a cotton sock. i figure it is a good idea to make some socks i can actually not overheat in for the summer. these are VERY simple compared to my other current sock projects, but they self-stripe (sockina) so they will be pretty enough without complicated lacework. we'll just have to see how well they stay up. cotton is not very elastic.