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Um, yeah. I'm still alive, really. So having a kid didn't really slow down the posting, but the going back to work really killed it. I also have been slowing down a lot on the reading, which didn't help the lack of posting.

Here's a six-month pic of the Not-So-Little One, with her typical bemused expression. (Though her head looks slightly larger than in real life.)


Let's see, what have I been up to lately. I just snarfed through Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which was an entertaining fast thriller read though rather disturbing, and also Larsson had this really weird habit of doing product placement for Photoshop and Apple, to the extent that I seriously was starting to wonder whether he got kickbacks from them. Also the part where the main character was irresistible to all women was pretty funny.

I also read the YA White Cat (Black) (thanks [livejournal.com profile] sarahtales!) which I very much enjoyed for its alt-universe mode of a world where people can perform magic but it's against the law, thus making a Mafia of magic-users, though my sister figured out the entire plot within about two chapters of its beginning, and was subsequently kind of bored. (Still, [livejournal.com profile] julianyap, I think you'd like it.)

I know there must be other stuff I want to talk about. The problem is that right now the only time I have to post is when I am too exhausted to work (uh, yeah, she wanted to play last night instead of sleep), and there's a pretty high correlation between that and being too exhausted to come up with the things I want to rant on and on about. Well, my big work project is over in two weeks and after that I may be cutting down on my work hours, so we'll see.

Date: 2010-08-11 04:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ricardienne.livejournal.com
She's so cute!

(also: totally agreed with you on Larsson (I was NOT expecting something so disturbing), though what really cracked me up was the part where he gave a link to the handy-dandy shareware program his heroes were using. I rather enjoyed the overly-detailed descriptions of sandwiches, though.)

Date: 2010-08-11 04:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charlie-ego.livejournal.com
Thanks! I was just thinking of you because I'm reading Dante to her (what can I say, baby board books bore me to tears) and next stop is going to be the Ruden translation of the Aeneid you recommended for reading aloud :)

Oh, yeah, the shareware, that cracked me up too!

Date: 2010-08-11 04:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] julianyap.livejournal.com
I completely agree on the Larsson. It was like, "la la la... What the hell?"

Actually, reading Elizabeth George's A Great Deliverance was a lot like that.

Date: 2010-08-11 04:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] julianyap.livejournal.com
Aww! She's so cute!

I got recommended Whit Cat by another friend and it is currently sitting on my Kindle shelf. I'm currently reading A Love Story Starring my Dead Best Friend. I'm trying to only read books I think I can finish quickly o that nothing gets abandoned for Mockingjay in a couple of week's time.

I did read China Mieville's Kraken though, which I think that you'll enjoy.

Date: 2010-08-12 01:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charlie-ego.livejournal.com
hee! I just borrowed Catching Fire so I can read it before Mockingjay comes out. Though it may be a couple of months before I read Mockingjay (I am gunning for a Kindle 3 before buying any new books...)

I couldn't get through City and the City at all, but I thought what I read of Perdido Street Station was very interesting (before the baby interrupted, and I haven't wanted to read anything so dark since then).

Date: 2010-08-11 08:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistleingrey.livejournal.com
Hee, cute picture.

Date: 2010-08-12 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charlie-ego.livejournal.com
hey, thanks!

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