Friday Reads & Progress
Jun. 30th, 2018 08:15 amSo I've managed to read something every night since my last post. Not a full chapter last night but a good chunk of one.
So I've been back at work a week and a half and am getting back into the swing of things. I even managed choir practice last night. However, I am still ridiculously behind on my Hugo reading, and probably haven't madde much progress on my various reading goals in a while eaither. I also have far too many books on my currently reading shelf on Goodreads because I keep picking things up and then getting distracting, either by crime shows or by fanfic. Not even new fanfic so much as rereading old stuff.
So, here's the plan.
A chapter a day of something that is not fanfic. A short story counts as a chapter, as does an issue of a comic. I can take Tuesday nights off if I want, because that's choir night.
I managed a chapter of Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn (nominated for the Campbell not-a-hugo award) on Monday night and it's sitting in front of me now.
I don't even have uni until the next semester starts at the very end of July.
So I'll see how I go and try and keep myself accountable.
So, here's the plan.
A chapter a day of something that is not fanfic. A short story counts as a chapter, as does an issue of a comic. I can take Tuesday nights off if I want, because that's choir night.
I managed a chapter of Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn (nominated for the Campbell not-a-hugo award) on Monday night and it's sitting in front of me now.
I don't even have uni until the next semester starts at the very end of July.
So I'll see how I go and try and keep myself accountable.
Whoops and Books!
Jun. 15th, 2018 10:32 pmSo... I'm now at the end of my 3 weeks of leave and have not been very productive. The essay eventually got written, but apart from that I pretty much watched an awful lot of Hawaii Five-0 (I'm in season 6 now and tapering off) and read or re-read a hell of a lot of fanfic. No blog posts and not much in the way of booktube either.
The last couple of days has been better though. I'm re-reading some P & P variation novels to transition from fic to books and have started some Hugo reading - I knocked over the short story category today. And I filmed a rough booktube update - hopefully I can be properly back on my weekly schedule now.
The last couple of days has been better though. I'm re-reading some P & P variation novels to transition from fic to books and have started some Hugo reading - I knocked over the short story category today. And I filmed a rough booktube update - hopefully I can be properly back on my weekly schedule now.
Still Alive
Jun. 2nd, 2018 06:16 pmWas reminded by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
girliejones that this account did exist even if I haven't logged in for a while. Oops.
I'm currently a week into my 3 weeks of long service leave. Mostly I've been very lazy, read a lot of fanfic and watched a lot of Hawaii Five-0.
After taking about 7 years to get through the first season, I'm now early into season four after 2 weeks. Hawaii Five-0 actually teaches me a lot about my TV viewing habits. I use cop shows to unwind, but Five-0 has had fairly emotionally heavy storylines that I find awkward to watch from the start. Which is NOT relaxing. I have to admit to get as far as I have in the last fortnight, I've made use of the fast forward button times. But I adore the characters so I continue watching.
I have done a lot of singing this week. I made it to choir practice for the first time this year about 3 weeks ago. We had a daytime performance yesterday, which, being on leave, I was actually able to do. It was a lot of fun and went really well, while being for a good cause. It was part of an all day music programme called Jam of Refugees that the host church does yearly to raise money for refugee advocacy and support service. Being an opinionated bunch of women, of course we had the prefect songs in our repertoire. *winks*
Today was the all day singing workshop that we rn once a year. It was fun, but somewhat overwhelming as I'm an aural learner and catching what note I'm supposed to be singing when we're sight reading through new material is difficult for me. I very much appreciate our guest tutor Jenny's song choice as usual. This time she threw us For Good from Wicked, Africa by Toto and Hello by Adele. All songs I really like.
This coming week I need to actually be productive, as I've my final Gothic Lit essay due on the weekend which I have not started yet. Um. I have ideas, just no actually supporting research or words on the page yet. *sheepish*
girliejones that this account did exist even if I haven't logged in for a while. Oops.I'm currently a week into my 3 weeks of long service leave. Mostly I've been very lazy, read a lot of fanfic and watched a lot of Hawaii Five-0.
After taking about 7 years to get through the first season, I'm now early into season four after 2 weeks. Hawaii Five-0 actually teaches me a lot about my TV viewing habits. I use cop shows to unwind, but Five-0 has had fairly emotionally heavy storylines that I find awkward to watch from the start. Which is NOT relaxing. I have to admit to get as far as I have in the last fortnight, I've made use of the fast forward button times. But I adore the characters so I continue watching.
I have done a lot of singing this week. I made it to choir practice for the first time this year about 3 weeks ago. We had a daytime performance yesterday, which, being on leave, I was actually able to do. It was a lot of fun and went really well, while being for a good cause. It was part of an all day music programme called Jam of Refugees that the host church does yearly to raise money for refugee advocacy and support service. Being an opinionated bunch of women, of course we had the prefect songs in our repertoire. *winks*
Today was the all day singing workshop that we rn once a year. It was fun, but somewhat overwhelming as I'm an aural learner and catching what note I'm supposed to be singing when we're sight reading through new material is difficult for me. I very much appreciate our guest tutor Jenny's song choice as usual. This time she threw us For Good from Wicked, Africa by Toto and Hello by Adele. All songs I really like.
This coming week I need to actually be productive, as I've my final Gothic Lit essay due on the weekend which I have not started yet. Um. I have ideas, just no actually supporting research or words on the page yet. *sheepish*
