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Oh. Em. Gee. Did you see? Did you see the ficcing? Where did that come from? you ask. And I shrug, nonchalantly and a little bewildered, but pleased nonetheless. Actually, the CS and NCIS ones were mostly written a while ago and I just finished them off. And every single fic was mostly tiny and almost completely plot-free, so really I should just shut up and go away.

Heh. Yep, like that’s ever going to happen. So, my hair. We have a new temp, and her verdict was blonde. (Why does blonde keep winning out? Helen-the-weird-temp-who-had-some-sort-of-freakish-girl-crush-on-me went for blonde too.) Also, in the world of my hair, I have given up the idea of bobbing it, but am now contemplating growing out my fringe. What say you, citizens of LJ?

Ooh, and I have a moment of shame to share. So, this week my train/tube reading has been Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong, which is very interesting. However, yesterday, when I woke up, I was all pathetic and tired and couldn’t face the idea of reading something which actually required neurons to process. So I merrily put Julia Quinn’s most excellent The Duke and I in my bag too. What can beat a bit of cheery Regency rom-com of a dreary morning? Certainly not Islam: A Short History. So, picture me, clambering onto the 8.34 to Waterloo, already exhausted by the exigencies of the day. I sit down next to a middle-aged man reading a paper. This, darlings, is where my shame begins.

I make no bones about the fact that I think people should read what they want and say what they want and think what they want. All this is vee important, la la la. But I was intimidated by the man reading the paper. He had pinstripes and glasses and looked intelligent. And so, though my brain was aching from life, I dutifully took out Islam: A Short History because I didn’t want him to see me reading The Duke and I. And whilst Islam: A Short History still held my interest, I would much rather have read about Daphne and Simon and the japes and jests they get up to before everything is happily resolved in marriage. And I am quite ashamed of myself for not standing my ground (in my head) and reading what I wanted to read.

In terms of TV (may its camels increase), how lovely is The Daily Show being at the moment? Ah, it makes my little head laugh a lot.

I meant to comment on the current economic crisis, but to be honest I can’t bring myself to care about it that much. A short-sighted opinion, I fear, but there you go.

Date: 2008-10-09 10:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xanantha.livejournal.com
Did you know today's National Poetry Day? I feel you should get writing, Oh Squeen-who-is-to-be-next-poet-laureate...

Date: 2008-10-09 11:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaletian.livejournal.com
Blimey, so it is. Oh, I should definitely be doing something about that...

Date: 2008-10-09 11:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pim2005.livejournal.com
I was passing comment to the Katie last night that I was très pleased by the reappearance of your fic mojo.

Islam: A short history is vee good. My parentals bought me a copy some Christmases ago. It came in a box with various other books on world religions/movements/something of similar ilk. And ahh, commuting reading pressure. Tis always a fine, fine line to walk.

Date: 2008-10-09 11:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaletian.livejournal.com
Fic: woooooooooooooo!

I just wish I had the urge to fic Bones. It's so beautiful, but I am never remotely inspired.

Date: 2008-10-09 11:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katherinea.livejournal.com
If you grow your fringe out then there will be no more fringe-trimming updates on LJ. How will we cope?

Current economic crisis: I looked at my pension yesterday and it has gone down by about 10% in the last month. I have decided not to care – stock market stuff is long term I am told, therefore fluctuations don’t matter. Otherwise I would have to be very sad. I am very glad I didn’t give my money to Iceland.

Date: 2008-10-09 11:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaletian.livejournal.com
I am very glad I didn’t give my money to Iceland.

Good lord, yes! It is a little alarming seeing that an ENTIRE COUNTRY (albeit a tiny one with, apparently, a population smaller than that of Coventry) seems to have crashed...

And I know how fond everyone is of my fringe-cutting tales... oh, what do to? What, Englebert?

Date: 2008-10-09 11:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] helenprev.livejournal.com
Growing out my fringe was the best thing I ever did for my hair, despite all the agonising I did beforehand...

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