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Last night I was making up a story in my head, as you do, only it was TOO EMOTIONAL so I didn't fall asleep for over an hour and a half. It was ridic. And then a spam text woke me up for a bit somewhere between midnight and six-thirty when my alarm went off. I feel pretty good right now but you know three o'clock is going to be brutal.

Finished The Shuttle over lunch yesterday, thought the words "ALL THE FEELS" to myself for a bit because that's how it was. The thing I really love about Victorian/Edwardian fiction is that there's never any compunction about "going too far" emotionally. I've been trying to fan-cast it in my head but I can't figure out who should play Betty, as she is supposed to be literally one of the most beautiful women in the world.

I was thinking about "We Need A Little Christmas" in the shower and it occurred to me that today is The Day for it as it is one week past Thanksgiving day now.

I can't think of subjects lately

I am going to remember to bring my compact sewing kit with me tomorrow. I've been saving up a ton of fabric stuff, cloth, trims, things like that, to go over and number, because what they have to sew with just doesn't work for me. Especially the scissors. They have these enormous shears, the kind with the black metal handles, that are probably great but haven't been maintained for ages and they just do not cut fabric apart from 1/4" near the hinge. And the blades are so far apart that they can't cut thread at all, you have to just fold it over one blade and tug. Also there's something I need to get the tag off of, and that means I need something a lot smaller to cut with.

I started reading The Accidental Sorcerer last night. I knew it would be good when I saw it was dedicated to RTD and Tennant, and my first impression is holding true. The single drawback is the way in New Ottoland characters are like "the Princess isn't pretty?!?!?" and "Tradition!!!" - I have developed an allergy to subversions of the fairy-tale trope that princesses are beautiful and delicate and wear froofy dresses (not saying they have to be/do, but making a huge deal about everyone expecting it is SO old and doesn't have the spark it used to), and the Tradition thing (which I tried to explain but found it very complicated to put into words, but if you read fantasy you probably know what I mean) hits my suspension of disbelief hard. It is very difficult for me to believe that, for example, nobody has ever tried to install a puppet queen and no princess/princess consort has ever taken over the throne over the centuries to the point that it's unthinkable for a woman to rule. Just have it be a law.

Why is there always a "but" when I talk about liking a book? And why does it always come out so long that it sounds like it's souring the whole thing for me? It very rarely does!

Watching DH2 for a bit before I work. I do always feel generally sorry for Snape but watching Maggie Smith kick his ass is pretty wonderful.