Virtual Office Friday 14th August

[byslantedlight]

It's one of those days where I feel like I haven't quite made it into the office yet - which would be fine if I was at an actual office and could potter around doing the other useful things that you get paid for doing in an actual office, but I don't get paid for them here, so - eep! Next week I swear I'll be in bed and going to sleep at a decent hour... *sighs*

I finished A Fashionable Indulgence (K.J. Charles) last night, and thoroughly enjoyed it. If I had it in paperback I'd be tempted to do a re-read straight away, but it's not the same in ebook - it's all the page-flicking I miss. Gods I hope its coming out in paperback, such a waste of a fantastic book if it isn't... (shush, ebook lovers, I'm not saying ebooks are bad, I'm saying they're more ephemeral and thus likely to be lost in the electronics rather than lost on a bookshelf where they can be discovered again with a quick flick of the eyes...)

I'm in a history mood today - which is a shame, cos Job 1 is all about social practices... although I've just spotted a reference to a tv programme, so maybe it'll have its compensations! *g* I started The Balloonist by James Long, another new favourite author, which is set in WWI but also - balloons! And by absolute coincidence, as I was sitting down reading with breakfast, landlord brought me my post - which included another brilliant postcard of an airship!

Oh, and I've also found myself twisting things into sentences-that-you-read-in-books, which bodes well for getting on with some writing, I hope! Plus it's all grey and slow-rainy outside today, and I forsee being tucked up inside, getting on with work and history and reading and writing - doesn't that sound cosy? *g* And Friday!
So it has to be history lads again... these two sort of match, don't they...? *g*

Right - work... and then I can get on with the other much more cosy things... *g*

Comments

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

All hail the history lads! :-D Enjoy that rainy day, I am wishing to have one here, it soooo helps with the writing, but there is naught and none in our forecast. Which doesn't mean it won't, absolutely, our weather being as changeable as it is.

I'm with you on books vs ebooks, but I must admit to having been a bookstore employee for yonks, so I am perhaps a tad bit biased *g*

And yay for writing! I progress here. Slowly, but I am always "slowly."

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I need a history-lads icon... *g*

The rain stopped here just in time for a very pretty sunset - and there are even stars out now. I think tomorrow = sun! *g* And I am finally feeling a bit more awake, you know, now that it's bed time again... *sigh*

Nothing wrong with slow writing - I'm a pretty slow writer too. When I can actually write... *sighs more* Hooray for the weekend, which has more room in it for writing to start with!

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

I understand completely about that awake/asleep times thing, a decade of retail work mucked my body clock up but good. Sending all good thoughts and wishes for writing!! :-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It's Saturday! And I've just read some very fine inspiration, so... you never know!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

You've made me laugh because 'cosy' is my theme for the day. *high fives you* Great minds, eh? But honestly, it's such a pest of a soggy day out there, there's no point arguing with it. Cosy is the way to go, with plenty of small rewards. Which your lush piccies definitely are. Ta ever so... and they certainly do match in my slashy little mind *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

*high fives back belatedly* Yes! Happy soggy day to you too! And snap for slashy little minds liking these pics... *g*

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

omygoodness what a perfect pair of pics! If it weren't for the age difference, this combination would be beyond perfect - and as it is, it's certainly food for thought! Will this incarnation of MS rescue the hapless captive, or be very very stern with him ... or both?!?!

Wishing you luck with the ongoing virtual office and all the things that need to be done in it ... time for a few hours off, surely, or even a whole day! :-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hello, just when I'm-here! *g*

I reckon AU Doyle and Bodie, and the Bodie pic is just unsharp enough that he could be same-age-as-Doyle Bodie too. I do like your combination of rescuing the hapless captive and being very very stern with him too... *g*

And thank you - it's the weekend now, I actually finished today's work on time, and I'm going for a whole non-office weekend, starting several hours ago. Hurrah! I made a Riverford dinner and wasted far too much time watching Tripod vids (which really isn't a waste of time... *g*)

[(Anonymous)]

Wow - I would be so excited to see see that much activity in the skies at night. I've never heard them mentioned down in Oz so I'm guessing they skip up us. Oh well another thing to put on my list of things to see; when I make it to the UK. At least your weather will be warm enough for you to stand outside and watch them in the evenings. I wonder if anyone could do a Pros story about our lads being sent to a village to investigate strange sight/lights s in the sky near a top secret military installation while the meteor showers are happening.....? And only you can make winter sound so wonderful and inviting. Here's to fireplaces in every room [which I adore]....Kiashi

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Actually you might have been able to see them up your way. though they are mostly northern hemisphere... But you have the Southern Cross and the Milky Way and the Coalsacks! And two galaxies! I do miss the Magellanic Clouds... *sighs*

There were three more shooting stars when I went outside tonight - clear skies again! But much colder, so I didn't hang around too long... Oh, but lovely and crisp and clear!

Hee - I bet someone could work out how to do a story something like that... *g* And winter is cosy and inviting - it's all that nasssty heat that's horrid! *g*