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Jun. 3rd, 2011 06:36 pmI was going to remind people that the open question season ends Sunday. You already know that, though, so I'll find something else. There's always something else to be reminded about.
For instance, giving me chocolate. Everyone needs to be reminded that I need chocolate, always. Except that today I really don't need chocolate, given I just put all the chocolate I bought for UK friends into my suitcase. It will be less daunting once I've given it all away, which is mostly in London. Right now, though, I'm wondering if I should bother packing clothes. So you don't need reminding about chocolate either. Not this time.
How about buying my books? I really shouldn't be reminding you about Life Through Cellophane, though, because copies are scarce on the ground - we're nearing the end of the print run. So, no to that one, too.
There is a weather shift in Canberra I could remind you of, except it wouldn't be so much a reminder as advance notice for the unwary. I've known long enough (about a day before the Bureau of Meteorology this time round) so that all my laundry is done and the first half is drying over the heater. My weather sense isn't nearly as well-honed outside Canberra, alas. I've lived here too long, perhaps, and can feel a change five hundred miles away. This is not the super power I dreamed of when I was a child.
You don't need reminding that I'm not teaching anything except my Wednesday class until I get back, or, in fact, that I'm going away. In fact, despite the chocolate-in-suitcase I'm not going away for weeks yet - my theory is that if the chocolate is in the suitcase it's not mine and therefore I can't eat it.
A couple of you possibly need reminding that you might want to actually get in touch with me before I leave, if you want to see me when I reach my ancestral shores (the shores of 1/8 of my ancestors, to be precise).
I definitely need reminding of my two books a day rule because today I have read none at all. I know today was a day off, due to eyesight, but I've had most of the day off and I have four books to read and no writing done and...I really suspect I need to remind myself not to overwork.
How about I remind us all not to overwork? Take the weekend off for me. Go to the park. Eat some chocolate.
For instance, giving me chocolate. Everyone needs to be reminded that I need chocolate, always. Except that today I really don't need chocolate, given I just put all the chocolate I bought for UK friends into my suitcase. It will be less daunting once I've given it all away, which is mostly in London. Right now, though, I'm wondering if I should bother packing clothes. So you don't need reminding about chocolate either. Not this time.
How about buying my books? I really shouldn't be reminding you about Life Through Cellophane, though, because copies are scarce on the ground - we're nearing the end of the print run. So, no to that one, too.
There is a weather shift in Canberra I could remind you of, except it wouldn't be so much a reminder as advance notice for the unwary. I've known long enough (about a day before the Bureau of Meteorology this time round) so that all my laundry is done and the first half is drying over the heater. My weather sense isn't nearly as well-honed outside Canberra, alas. I've lived here too long, perhaps, and can feel a change five hundred miles away. This is not the super power I dreamed of when I was a child.
You don't need reminding that I'm not teaching anything except my Wednesday class until I get back, or, in fact, that I'm going away. In fact, despite the chocolate-in-suitcase I'm not going away for weeks yet - my theory is that if the chocolate is in the suitcase it's not mine and therefore I can't eat it.
A couple of you possibly need reminding that you might want to actually get in touch with me before I leave, if you want to see me when I reach my ancestral shores (the shores of 1/8 of my ancestors, to be precise).
I definitely need reminding of my two books a day rule because today I have read none at all. I know today was a day off, due to eyesight, but I've had most of the day off and I have four books to read and no writing done and...I really suspect I need to remind myself not to overwork.
How about I remind us all not to overwork? Take the weekend off for me. Go to the park. Eat some chocolate.