Stuff and things
Oct. 7th, 2012 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieWent shopping yesterday. Fruits include Twinings Hazelnut Chai, which is fantastic. I was a bit wary when I bought it, but it's really, really good.
I've been hunting for a pair of black lace up boots (preferably as close to my brown ones as possible), and I was semi-successful in that I found some slip-on ones that look really nice and are comfortable, but are all man-made materials rather than leather. I got them from a place that sells high-end department store models and returns at ridiculously cheap prices, though, so at least it's good quality fake leather? Maybe fake leather has gotten better since I last bothered with it some ten or fifteen years ago.
(Tangent: Apparently children's/"youth" shoes have gotten way bigger since I last wore them, because now they go up to size 6, which is a lot bigger than a women's 6. Like, I wear a 6.5-7 normally, and I wear kids' 4.5-5. WTF? I was all excited about that for a minute, because I figured I could get my shoes for cheap from now on [and also maybe they would have a bigger selection without heels], except oh, wait, they're made for kids to grow out of in a year, so the reason they're cheap is that they're poorly made and will fall apart. Also, all fake leather. BAH.)
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My mother suggested I watch Downton Abbey. Flist, you know me; do you think I'd like it? I do love that time period, but BBC costume dramas can be very hit or miss for me. Also, I will cop to being a bit of a snob about Modernism, and I tend to think the people writing during the period did it much better than people today who try to write about the shattering changes of the early twentieth century.
Nashville premieres on Wednesday. I plan to watch, possibly muting the musical numbers, because I want to see how they present the city and where they chose to film. Also, I approve of there being two female leads, and it looks like they'll avoid it being All Catty All The Time, at least.
ETA: Oooh, ABC continued its policy of releasing the pilot free on iTunes the week before the premiere! Downloading now. Will report back.
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I still have to write most of you who gave me comments on my space pilots novella. I swear, if not this weekend, then by Wednesday. Short version: it looks like I'm going to expand it into a real live novel, which will probably address most of y'all's concerns about the pacing.
I've been hunting for a pair of black lace up boots (preferably as close to my brown ones as possible), and I was semi-successful in that I found some slip-on ones that look really nice and are comfortable, but are all man-made materials rather than leather. I got them from a place that sells high-end department store models and returns at ridiculously cheap prices, though, so at least it's good quality fake leather? Maybe fake leather has gotten better since I last bothered with it some ten or fifteen years ago.
(Tangent: Apparently children's/"youth" shoes have gotten way bigger since I last wore them, because now they go up to size 6, which is a lot bigger than a women's 6. Like, I wear a 6.5-7 normally, and I wear kids' 4.5-5. WTF? I was all excited about that for a minute, because I figured I could get my shoes for cheap from now on [and also maybe they would have a bigger selection without heels], except oh, wait, they're made for kids to grow out of in a year, so the reason they're cheap is that they're poorly made and will fall apart. Also, all fake leather. BAH.)
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My mother suggested I watch Downton Abbey. Flist, you know me; do you think I'd like it? I do love that time period, but BBC costume dramas can be very hit or miss for me. Also, I will cop to being a bit of a snob about Modernism, and I tend to think the people writing during the period did it much better than people today who try to write about the shattering changes of the early twentieth century.
Nashville premieres on Wednesday. I plan to watch, possibly muting the musical numbers, because I want to see how they present the city and where they chose to film. Also, I approve of there being two female leads, and it looks like they'll avoid it being All Catty All The Time, at least.
ETA: Oooh, ABC continued its policy of releasing the pilot free on iTunes the week before the premiere! Downloading now. Will report back.
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I still have to write most of you who gave me comments on my space pilots novella. I swear, if not this weekend, then by Wednesday. Short version: it looks like I'm going to expand it into a real live novel, which will probably address most of y'all's concerns about the pacing.
