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Oct. 20th, 2009 10:14 pmIt's one of those days when I need a list of ten things. Of course, I don't have ten things to list. I may have to improvise.
1. The piece I'm revising right now has officially got 27 openings. I'm very proud of this. (I used it as the basic text for students to practise different voice styles.)
2. I've taught 5 hours this week - only 2 to go.
3. The air is full of pretty white fluff. Until it goes away, I shall be grumpy. This happens every year.
4. Please add something faintly amusing here. So far my list is boring, and it needs spicing up.
5. When my nephews grew up, why did they have to grow up so very tall? And why did one of them recently decide he was a gummy bear? (if you live in the NY region and your personal trainer declares his gummy beardom, then your personal trainer is probably my nephew)
6. Why won't my mother let me call said nephew 'Mork'?
7. I'm dabbling my way through Triumff (Dan Abnett). I could read it all the way through tonight, but I want to savour all the evil puns. Triumff, therefore is my bus reading and Dave Luckett's alternate history is my bedside reading and if it weren't for Peter Dickinson's new book I would be enmired in other histories and would start teaching something strange.
8. I have a 1911 Noritake coffee set. Someone admired it muchly but backed off quickly when I offered to make old-fashioned coffee and serve it elegantly. I rather think they have the wrong idea of what coffee used to be served in small cups. I have quite different cups for serving Greek and Turkish coffee in.
9. Do I need more sizes of coffee cup? Should I find my various mechanisms and have afternoon tea sometime in early December (when things calm down) where eight different styles of coffee are on offer? You don't think it might be a bit excessive?
10. I have temporarily mislaid my 1941 Melbourne Street directory. I want to check the Carnegie area for remnants of the old Rosstown sugar train. I also want to check the Hume Highway. And the ads, I want the ads! Oh, wait, I have some copies of The Strand Magazine from the same period. I'll use those ads, instead. If anyone wants a report on the ads, just say and I'll do a separate post.
1. The piece I'm revising right now has officially got 27 openings. I'm very proud of this. (I used it as the basic text for students to practise different voice styles.)
2. I've taught 5 hours this week - only 2 to go.
3. The air is full of pretty white fluff. Until it goes away, I shall be grumpy. This happens every year.
4. Please add something faintly amusing here. So far my list is boring, and it needs spicing up.
5. When my nephews grew up, why did they have to grow up so very tall? And why did one of them recently decide he was a gummy bear? (if you live in the NY region and your personal trainer declares his gummy beardom, then your personal trainer is probably my nephew)
6. Why won't my mother let me call said nephew 'Mork'?
7. I'm dabbling my way through Triumff (Dan Abnett). I could read it all the way through tonight, but I want to savour all the evil puns. Triumff, therefore is my bus reading and Dave Luckett's alternate history is my bedside reading and if it weren't for Peter Dickinson's new book I would be enmired in other histories and would start teaching something strange.
8. I have a 1911 Noritake coffee set. Someone admired it muchly but backed off quickly when I offered to make old-fashioned coffee and serve it elegantly. I rather think they have the wrong idea of what coffee used to be served in small cups. I have quite different cups for serving Greek and Turkish coffee in.
9. Do I need more sizes of coffee cup? Should I find my various mechanisms and have afternoon tea sometime in early December (when things calm down) where eight different styles of coffee are on offer? You don't think it might be a bit excessive?
10. I have temporarily mislaid my 1941 Melbourne Street directory. I want to check the Carnegie area for remnants of the old Rosstown sugar train. I also want to check the Hume Highway. And the ads, I want the ads! Oh, wait, I have some copies of The Strand Magazine from the same period. I'll use those ads, instead. If anyone wants a report on the ads, just say and I'll do a separate post.