Scales and Tales

I was diverted for a bit from my Foreigner reread, but I'm back at it now and just finished Explorer

I continue to be amazed at how fast this series moves; I always misrember just how few books it takes to cover so many major plot changes; by book 5 we were in space and by book 6 Reunion Station has been emptied!

( Discussion and spoilers below the cut. )

Onward to Destroyer next!

So one of the two books I brought to read while travelling was Foreigner - I figured I was at least a book behind, and a reread of the first book would be a good idea before launching into the newest, which I planned to pick up.

Well, it turns out I am at least two books behind, but also my Foreigner reread may have turned into a whole-series reread? At any rate I finished Foreigner and couldn't wait to get home and start on Invader, and I'm now two-thirds of the way through Inheritor with no sign of slowing. :D

I'll save my thoughts and reactions to specific books for another post, to keep things more organised, but for now: I'm remembering why I love these books so much, and it's delightful. ♥

I still want 2018 to be the year I post more regularly on DW!

In the spirit of "post what's happening, not what you think is interesting" and "three things make a post," here is what I've been up to lately:

* Watching Yuri!!! On Ice and loving it so far! Halfway through; may finish tomorrow. I know Many Spoilers because of its general popularity and my not being the sort of person who is vigilant about spoiler avoidance. So far it's fabulous; I'm not much for most sports or sports anime, but figure skating is one of the few sports I do enjoy watching and YoI is doing such a good job with it!

Please, YoI fans on my reading list, hit me with all your squee and meta and fic recs! I am so ready to have a newish, active-ish fandom again and I already love all the characters I've met so far! I also need all of the vids of their skate routines, and I offer up this fabulous AMV by MoonlitxShadows in the spirit of giving what I want to receive. :D

* Took a random day off work because I was feeling stressed and burned-out (boss was off sick for two weeks, I've been basically doing her job for those two weeks). Didn't make any particular plans, except that I was going to do Something Productive with the extra day. Ended up cleaning out my bedroom and closet, a project I've had on the to-do list for at least three months.

Guys, the amount of clothing I own is insane. I'm the W O R S T when it comes to hanging onto old stuff; either because it's still wearable, or I'm deludedly convinced that I'll lose enough weight that it will one day be wearable, or because it has sentimental associations of some kind, or whatever; there's a list of excuses as long as my arm. I'm also the laziest git on Earth where laundry is concerned, because I hate every step of the process and am prone to procrastination. So basically I had laundry on every surface of the bedroom and closet. Sometimes I'd try to sort a little, but there was nowhere to put it and the sheer volume was overwhelming.

I had this moment, once I started, when I was staring into the depleted box of 50 new hangers, when I thought, Well, if I run out, I can buy more. ...What am I thinking?! Nobody needs that many hangers; if you need 150 hangers then what you actually need is fewer clothes. I made myself try on everything that wasn't already on a hanger and make an honest judgment, and ended up culling two huge bags of stuff to be donated.

There's still clothing all over my bed, but I feel a lot better! Tomorrow I can finish up. And I vacuumed the bedroom floor for the first time in months!

* Related to both items above, I've decided that it is beyond time to lose weight. My current weight makes me unhappy, my current wardrobe isn't up for it (whereas I have plenty of clothing in smaller sizes, in good condition), and watching a bunch of fictional athletes do amazing things is reminding me that there are some forms of exercise I enjoy and would really like to get back to. I'm mulling over plans, now.

* Also trying to get back into the writing habit. If I can write just a couple of sentences in any story each day, it would really help. I think of myself as a writer; if I'm not writing, then I feel frustrated with myself.

* Got my hands on the latest Foreigner novel and am halfway through! I, uh, still tolerate more than enjoy the Cajeiri-POV parts, but am ultra-excited at the idea of Bren and aishid actually going to Mospheira! Breaking new human-ateva interaction territory (which it feels like we haven't done in a while, since Bren got lordship'd) and so much opportunity for fish-out-of-water and culture-clash fun from the opposite side! I hope it lives up to the potential.

* Foreigner icon, because I don't have a YoI icon yet!

I've been fannish lately, but not gregarious. It seems hard to write for some reason, be it fic or blog entries. Sorry.

( What have I been doing lately? )

So: what have you been doing lately?

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