Egad, Be This The Sparklings of Spring?
It’s not coat weather anymore, that’s for sure. I despise the heat, and sweating is a bestial practice. That’s why I so adore the frigid months of wind and attempted snow. Now that damn sun’s back, it’s unimpeded gaze roasting my lily-white crypt-flesh. I have discarded coat and hoodie in a vain attempt to keep my juices inside my skin.
This has been a week of (incredibly trivial) changes. I’ve had my twice yearly change of morning order. I am a creature of habit – it keeps me relatively sane and orders the few activities I undertake. One of those is the difficult matter of breakfast – does it precede or succeed showering? In the winter it’s definitely eating first before I can bear to expose my skin to water. But this week I’ve switched. It makes no difference whatsoever to getting to work on time: either way I’m bad at it.
What else this week? Oh yes, being out for all of Sunday shunted my ‘getting-my-shit-togetherness’ back by four days. So it was not a terribly productive week… This week has the bright shininess of two days suffering bureaucratic idiocy during day-long ‘workshops’ where the painful ignorance of those who direct us shall be dragged bleeding into the limelight again. If I weren’t already convinced of the impending disaster it would be a depressing pair of days. Thankfully the week will be genuinely brightened by the joys of Gorilla Burger this Thursday and Knickerbocker Glorious on Saturday.
Oh, and also – Merly has been adorable this week.
Lego
The local shops have taunted me further with Lego bargains and I have been too weak to resist their plasticky charms. I have supplemented the Lego shelf with the Galaxy Squad Warp Stinger and Star Slicer and The Council of Elrond. They’re all going to be lovely little constructions and should add some pretty bobs and bits to my Lego heap. I’m like a dragon, but I don’t care for gold.
Books
As I said last week I’ve been burying my nose in books for fear of losing the tattered shreds of my humanity. Yesterday I finally finished Steven Erikson‘s Gardens of The Moon. I’d stumbled across his insane world of the Malazan Empire when Marilyn snagged me a gift of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach last year. Gardens of The Moon is the first in his massive sequence of massive books. I’ve been reading it on Kindle, so I don’t get the same sense of how far through the book I am. Despite dealing constantly in percentages being 65% of the way through a book doesn’t mean much to me.
It’s fantastic – a deep, complex and gloriously unexplained world of magic, gods, war and inhuman creatures. The battles are exciting, the plots loop around dozens of memorable and interesting characters. I love the magic (the ‘warrens’!), myths and landscape. He’s definitely on my Christmas list now.
From that I’ve gone on to join the Hipster crowd (appropriately behind the cool curve) – The King in Yellow by Robert W Chambers. I’d never heard of it until the H.P.Podcraft guys started going through the various writers who inspired H.P. Lovecraft. The same week I listened to those podcasts my good friend @Dr_Mekloug started babbling about the True Detective series and the million web posts about how this book is the key to that series. Then it appeared for free on Kindle and I took an interest.
I can’t tell you much about it yet other than it seems fun…
♥Last Week’s Scribbles
Hmm, not terribly productive. I’ll do better this week, I swears to ya boss, swears to ya.
This week, Monday 3rd March 2014 – mainly the joys of Lego…
Naturalism, Intimacy and Ten Thousand Million Love Stories – an afternoon and evening of improv.
Events and Excitement
Thursday 13th March 2014
Gorilla Burger – Improv Comedy Carnage
Jam show – a chance for anyone to get on stage.
The Corner
8 Stoney Street
(off Broad Street)
Nottingham
7.30pm – £4
https://www.facebook.com/events/219306464925221/
Saturday 15th March 2014
Knickerbocker Glorious
A sweet layered stack of free live Entertainment, an abundance of Acoustic Music, a generous measure of Performing Arts. Topped off with a liberal sprinkling of family friendly Comedy. MissImp are bringing the improv to the street!
The Fountain
Derby Market Square
Cathedral Quarter
Derby
11am-3pm – FREE
Saturday 22nd March 2014
Interrobang – Spontaneous Comedy Theatre
The only show of its kind in Derby, Interrobang features an improvised comedy jam in which everyone can take part followed by a showcase of the best improv in the region. Proudly presented by Furthest From The Sea and Derby Live.
45 Suite, The Assembly Rooms
Cathedral Quarter
Derby
7.30pm – £5
https://www.facebook.com/events/653231528070976/
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Nice Lego picks. I just bought the Back to the Future DeLorean. http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-DeLorean-time-machine-21103
A fine choice sir. I’m glad to see the frenzy is taking hold of you! I assume you’ll be first in line for the ECTO-1 when it comes out.
Yes, but there are about 6 other sets I’m ready for too!
It’s just brilliant, isn’t it?