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hawkwing_lbSpending two hours in the gym may be contradindicated: I'm all limp and floppy and immobile now. But I have my half-mile in five, and working towards my mile in twelve, and the weights were easier to lift today than last week.
But still, floppy.
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I won't dignify Captain Charles Johnson's A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates by pretending it actually deserves the term history. First published in 1724, it's a collection of lives - remarkably similar in form if not in content, now that I think about it, to the classical biographies of Plutarch or Suetonius - recounting origins, exploits, and in some cases trials of some of the most notorious pirates of his day. The trial documents may be authentic, and he certainly captures the flavour and the spirit of the times, but whether the majority of his anecdotes are factually accurate in their specifics, particularly as they refer to the early lives of the pirates concerned, I would hold myself in doubt.
Which reminds me: I should really add another pirate/seafaring history to the list: Marc van der Mieroop's History of the Ancient Near East won't last out the month, and I really don't want to go back to classical history just yet.
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A little over 1K words written last night, bringing the total progress on The duellist of Alusind in the last six months to a rather anaemic 12K. Although considering I had college and exam shit in there, too, not to mention the fortnight I, er, rather lost after coming back from the (Amazing! Exhausting!) Poland trip...
...Probably not appallingly bad progress, after all.
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Stargate SG-1 annoys me. I've watched through to nearly the end of season 4, and while it's diverting light entertainment (emphasis on the light), it really, truly annoys me. Seasons 1 and 2 were rather hit and miss, warming up in Season 2, which had rather fewer truly appalling episodes than Season 1 ('Emancipation' was truly cringeworthy. 'The Nox' bored, and as for 'Politics'? Surely they could have found some other way to extend their budget and/or recap the season, is all I'm saying.)
Season 3 was more hit than miss, with a fairly solid overall arc and several really decent episodes - the two-parter 'Jolinar's Memories'/'The Devil You Know', 'Seth', 'Demons', 'Foothold', 'Shades of Grey' and the finale.
But Season 4? Has gone back, it seems, to prefering the stand-alone episode with minimal connection to an overall arc. And while 4.13, 4.14 and 4.15 are quite decent episodes, the vast majority of S4's episodes are no better than mediocre pieces of storytelling and cinematography.
I like extended season arcs, damnit.
At this point I'm watching for the explosions and, hopeful, for a smattering of the subtlety of character development I thought I detected in S3.
Season 5 does better boom?
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And now, the TMI:
As of my last blood test, I've been informed that my 'bad' cholesterol levels (LDL) are elevated above what is to be desired in persons of my age and activity. I note this is probably to be expected, given my other problem, but it gives me one more thing to worry about, and I do most fervently desire to have fewer things to worry about.
Hateful.
But still, floppy.
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I won't dignify Captain Charles Johnson's A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates by pretending it actually deserves the term history. First published in 1724, it's a collection of lives - remarkably similar in form if not in content, now that I think about it, to the classical biographies of Plutarch or Suetonius - recounting origins, exploits, and in some cases trials of some of the most notorious pirates of his day. The trial documents may be authentic, and he certainly captures the flavour and the spirit of the times, but whether the majority of his anecdotes are factually accurate in their specifics, particularly as they refer to the early lives of the pirates concerned, I would hold myself in doubt.
Which reminds me: I should really add another pirate/seafaring history to the list: Marc van der Mieroop's History of the Ancient Near East won't last out the month, and I really don't want to go back to classical history just yet.
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A little over 1K words written last night, bringing the total progress on The duellist of Alusind in the last six months to a rather anaemic 12K. Although considering I had college and exam shit in there, too, not to mention the fortnight I, er, rather lost after coming back from the (Amazing! Exhausting!) Poland trip...
...Probably not appallingly bad progress, after all.
#
Stargate SG-1 annoys me. I've watched through to nearly the end of season 4, and while it's diverting light entertainment (emphasis on the light), it really, truly annoys me. Seasons 1 and 2 were rather hit and miss, warming up in Season 2, which had rather fewer truly appalling episodes than Season 1 ('Emancipation' was truly cringeworthy. 'The Nox' bored, and as for 'Politics'? Surely they could have found some other way to extend their budget and/or recap the season, is all I'm saying.)
Season 3 was more hit than miss, with a fairly solid overall arc and several really decent episodes - the two-parter 'Jolinar's Memories'/'The Devil You Know', 'Seth', 'Demons', 'Foothold', 'Shades of Grey' and the finale.
But Season 4? Has gone back, it seems, to prefering the stand-alone episode with minimal connection to an overall arc. And while 4.13, 4.14 and 4.15 are quite decent episodes, the vast majority of S4's episodes are no better than mediocre pieces of storytelling and cinematography.
I like extended season arcs, damnit.
At this point I'm watching for the explosions and, hopeful, for a smattering of the subtlety of character development I thought I detected in S3.
Season 5 does better boom?
#
And now, the TMI:
As of my last blood test, I've been informed that my 'bad' cholesterol levels (LDL) are elevated above what is to be desired in persons of my age and activity. I note this is probably to be expected, given my other problem, but it gives me one more thing to worry about, and I do most fervently desire to have fewer things to worry about.
Hateful.
