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Nov. 14th, 2010 08:14 pmI want to make severely intelligent observations tonight. Do you know, for instance, that it's exactly the same temperature outside right now as the coolest temperature we achieved overnight last night? Lifechanging, that data.
What I've been spending my time today actually doing is not studying air temperatures, however fascinating they might be. I've almost finished sorting out that big pile of notes I created and sorted and then resorted. What this means is that I have a structure and can do more bibliographying and then start on the note cycle again. Or I can write love scenes, which I also did. I nearly wrote a love scene with attendant bibliography, but decided that the bibliography didn't add to the mood, so it had to go. It was a sad, sad moment. Life is always better with bibliographies. One day I shall write a love scene with bibliography *and* footnotes. It may be unpublishable, but it will be a lot of fun. Bibliography, footnotes and recipes, in fact.
I think that last means it's dinnertime.
PS I've also been looking at Middle French proverbs. I'm totally full of them right now (normally I'm just full of other things) so if you want to know how to say that something is hard as a diamond (which is 'hard as a diamond' in actual fact*) just ask.
*By 'actual fact' I, of course, mean fourteenth century French. Every other time I use 'fact' or 'in fact' or 'actual fact' I don't mean fourteenth century French. This useful bit of information was brought to you by the world of footnotes.
What I've been spending my time today actually doing is not studying air temperatures, however fascinating they might be. I've almost finished sorting out that big pile of notes I created and sorted and then resorted. What this means is that I have a structure and can do more bibliographying and then start on the note cycle again. Or I can write love scenes, which I also did. I nearly wrote a love scene with attendant bibliography, but decided that the bibliography didn't add to the mood, so it had to go. It was a sad, sad moment. Life is always better with bibliographies. One day I shall write a love scene with bibliography *and* footnotes. It may be unpublishable, but it will be a lot of fun. Bibliography, footnotes and recipes, in fact.
I think that last means it's dinnertime.
PS I've also been looking at Middle French proverbs. I'm totally full of them right now (normally I'm just full of other things) so if you want to know how to say that something is hard as a diamond (which is 'hard as a diamond' in actual fact*) just ask.
*By 'actual fact' I, of course, mean fourteenth century French. Every other time I use 'fact' or 'in fact' or 'actual fact' I don't mean fourteenth century French. This useful bit of information was brought to you by the world of footnotes.