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st_aurafinaI realised that people like me, with irrational cocooning issues on holidays, are meant to travel in caravans. So I'm going to try harder not to laugh and point at all the Britz campervans that weave and wobble up and down the Great Ocean road. Instead, I will try to empathise and understand them, even when they're rude and say stupid things about country people.
Reading: Summerlands by Michael Chabon
I'm enjoying it a lot, although I'm in a sad part right now and keep putting it down.
Re-reading: Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody
Last time I read this, I was in Sea Lake on the Mallee, in 40+ degree heat, so all I could remember about it was that I was annoyed when I'd finished reading it. Looking back, I put that down to being hot and miserable, but as it turns out, the ending is really annoying and the last chapter is short and full of exposition. It's like she wrote the whole story (the other parts of which I haven't yet read) and the editors arbitrarily sliced it into three parts, and she had to write a scrappy little bit at the end of the first book to make it work. I'd like to read the other books, but just like last time, I feel too narked to cough up money for them. Unlike last time, I have an LJ so I can look back on what I thought. Hey, future me! Pick the other books up cheap on eBay or something!
Watching: Girl With a Pearl Earring
Finally, after sitting on the shelf for months and months, we've seen it. It was beautiful, and the light made it seem very cold.
Re-watching: Recently started again with Buffy season 1. Oh, the love! I love it so much more the second time around. I'd also like to watch Firefly again. But it's so hard to find the time to actually watch stuff, and we're trying to catch up on Farscape, and Alias. So many TV shows, so little TV time.
Reading: Summerlands by Michael Chabon
I'm enjoying it a lot, although I'm in a sad part right now and keep putting it down.
Re-reading: Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody
Last time I read this, I was in Sea Lake on the Mallee, in 40+ degree heat, so all I could remember about it was that I was annoyed when I'd finished reading it. Looking back, I put that down to being hot and miserable, but as it turns out, the ending is really annoying and the last chapter is short and full of exposition. It's like she wrote the whole story (the other parts of which I haven't yet read) and the editors arbitrarily sliced it into three parts, and she had to write a scrappy little bit at the end of the first book to make it work. I'd like to read the other books, but just like last time, I feel too narked to cough up money for them. Unlike last time, I have an LJ so I can look back on what I thought. Hey, future me! Pick the other books up cheap on eBay or something!
Watching: Girl With a Pearl Earring
Finally, after sitting on the shelf for months and months, we've seen it. It was beautiful, and the light made it seem very cold.
Re-watching: Recently started again with Buffy season 1. Oh, the love! I love it so much more the second time around. I'd also like to watch Firefly again. But it's so hard to find the time to actually watch stuff, and we're trying to catch up on Farscape, and Alias. So many TV shows, so little TV time.
