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[nny]

It's not just NCIS going on in the house of Nny right now; over the past two days I have also learned how to do stockinette stitch and ribbing. That's, like, progress towards knitting actual things! Admittedly it is procrastination, but it's also keeping my hands occupied while I'm getting finished with the wonderful world of McGeek and DiNozzo. Once that's done the plan for the day is a big tidy and clean of the flat, followed by beta, followed by a bit of writing, with the scholastic stuff I've been neglecting taking place over the rest of the week.

I'm still unbumping the road of my brain-weirdnesses; I've moved past hating myself for every second I'm not working (but still not working) to allowing myself time off from working (but still not working). Need to get to a point where the work times are worky and the non-work times are guilt free. This is the plan that I have.

I'm also going to sort out the stupid amount of books I have. I've decided that it's just silly owning all the Sayers and all the Pratchetts and such - I really don't have the space for it, so I'm going for a couple of the best from each series, until I have an actual house with more of your actual bookshelves. (Ooh, sudden language glitch; last sentence made me want to write the Them again some more. XD) The rest of the books will be kept or disposed of as I actually get around to reading them.

So for the Sayers I'm thinking Strong Poison, Gaudy Night and Busman's Honeymoon. For the Pratchetts, Small Gods, Night Watch and... possibly Lords and Ladies? Dammit, that one's going to take a bit of thinking about. (Temeraire and the Aubrey/Maturin books are exempt. They have boats.)

Comments

[lazulus]

WOT? No Murder Must Advertise??!!! HERESY!

Go you with the knitting. It's the small steps that lead to the big projects. You should sign up to Ravelry [not that you need anything else to distract you!] which is a community of knitters and crocheters and has loads of patterns, projects and forums with other knitters who are happy to offer help and advice. I use it all the time for finding stuff to knit and to see how other people have knitted up the patterns. :)

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Also, Nine Tailors. She should totally keep that one!

[lazulus]

Very true. Actually, there are very few Sayers books I would even consider getting rid of!

[villainny.livejournal.com]

YOU GUYS ARE NOT HELPY!

I'm looking to emigrate eventually, I can't keep herds of books thundering about the place. Nine Tailors I do have a fondness for I'll admit, 'cos it was the first one I read, but... but I don't have the space.

:(

[lazulus]

*pets*

Remember I am someone whose bookcases breed like rabbits.

I am on Ravelry as lazulus! Friend me. :)

[villainny.livejournal.com]

It was my first...

[skygiants]

I was going to say exactly the same thing! Murder Must Advertise is NECESSARY! :O :O :O

[pennyplainknits.livejournal.com]

I could not choose which Discworlds to chuck (except the Rincewind ones)

Go you with your knitting! Don't forget to join Ravelry!

[villainny.livejournal.com]

I have joined! Now what do I do?

*squints*

[uninvitedcat.livejournal.com]

Are you Nny on Ravelry too? I hope so, because that's who I just tried to friend! (I only joined on Sunday, so am a bit lost with it too...)

[pennyplainknits.livejournal.com]

Add me! I'm Thordis.

I use it mostly for organisational stuff- I add the yarns I've got, and the patterns I want to knit, and even what size needles and hooks I have. It is awesome for patterns, you can search by what you want to knit, what kind of yarn you have, even how much yarn you have, and a lot of the patterns are free.

There is a community elemenet, with groups and message boards (there is a geek knitters group, for EG and I bet there is an NCIS one to!) but I don't use that as much as I should.