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This morning was dedicated to pretending I was a student and this afternoon and late evening, to the Conflux cookbook. Tomorrow morning first thing is pondering desserts for the 2011 Conflux banquet and after that the day will be split between studentstuff and cookbook stuff.

I had an awesome break this evening and the very strange weather gave me some forced breaks during the day. The very strange weather has also led to my capacity to write interesting prose being significantly diminished.

I know it was the weather and not the 3 glasses of alcohol I drank when I visited friends, because I discovered the loss when I was working on the cookbook earlier. I switched from writing to editing and work was completed and I am happy. I hadn't prewritten the blog, though, so you're just a little bit stuck with whatever state my wordbrain has ended in.

In the meantime, the weather has gone from interesting to plain bizarre: it's less than 7 degrees outside. We're almost up to the summer solstice and the temperature is almost frosty and the near-frost will be chased by a thunderstorm.

Anyhow, I've done the bulk of the cool work on the Regency Gothic dinner chapter and all that remains is persuading the recipes that they're all allowed to be in the same format and should be alphabeticised. This latter is slow and tedious and very, very worthy. Tomorrow afternoon is the time for the slow, tedious and very, very worthy, I think.

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This weekend, people keep wishing me a happy Hanukkah (or Chanukah). While I do appreciate that the gesture, I keep wanting to remind them that it's all over and gone. My decorations are still on my mirror wall, but that's only because the guests who put them up are taller than I am and the decorations will remain there until I grow six inches or so.

In other news, we still have stormy weather. This is the third week and it's reached the stage where I feel very sorry for myself, large chunks of the time. Also where I forget things. Matthew - I still can't remember what we talked about doing this afternoon! This is just as well, given we're due more Weather.

In still other news, I've done much cookbook work. I'm about 1/5 of the way through my first clean draft. Only 4/5 to write! Except I've already written most of it and it really needs tough editing and much careful formatting. If the weather stops misbehaving, I can finish my first draft by New Year. If anyone has a need to read in the first week of 2011, let me know: I'll have a full week for beta readers to sink their teeth into it.

In yet more still other news, I commented to the universe that I had almost no coffee. I now have coffee and more on the way. Also season 2 of the original Superman TV series. Also other yummy stuff. I like presents!

In still more yet other news, there are some documents that are best done on the computer and there are some that really need printouts. I condensed a week's thinking into an afternoon by scribbling and writing lines and making rude comments about the state of my brain when I wrote the original.

In the universe of curiously absurd news, I was watching 70s SF and saw a soccer ball cleverly masquerading as an alien eye. It may not have been a soccer ball - I was wearing my reading glasses (on stormy days I get very confused about which glasses I wear for what).

And the the world of minor relief from small anxiety, Australia didn't lose the cricket. This means I can hold my head at a reasonable height next year in the UK. By 'a reasonable height' I mean at a height somewhat lower than other peoples' heads, given I am so short. I am reminded of this whenever I look at that mirror wall, with its once-seasonal decorations.

No more news - there is none. Still waiting on emails that were urgent when I last commented. My life refuses to stay orderly and manageable.