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Life update
Mar. 2nd, 2009 10:00 pm1. I had a great weekend. There was a feminist festival in town, with seminars and concerts and workshops. I went to a workshop on bike repair, and one on how electricity works in your house (we got to put together light switches and stuff). I want to get better at practical things.
2. I'm reading a lot of Ursula le Guin atm. She's always been one of my favorite authors, and right now I've been reading her YA fantasy trilogy Gifts, Voices and Powers, and also her translation of the Tao Te Ching, and the novel Lavinia, which kind of is fan fiction for the Aeneid (she takes a minor character and retells the story from her POV). I just love her language. It's just so--simple and precise, I guess, and her writing can really make me shiver with how beautiful and thought-provoking it is.
3. I'm taking up martial arts again! I trained judo for several years when I was younger, but then wandered on to other stuff instead. My boyfriend has been nagging me to come along to his training, and I finally did. It's some Philippine style called Kali, and I liked it--lots of variety, and you get to fight with wooden sticks, too, which I've never done. Besides, it's fun to do something together as a couple (there was never any hope that I could convince him to take a dancing course with me), and this way we can practise together at home.
4. *waits to get tagged for the rapid fire snippet challenge* I have no clue what I'm going to write...let's hope the prompt takes care of that.
2. I'm reading a lot of Ursula le Guin atm. She's always been one of my favorite authors, and right now I've been reading her YA fantasy trilogy Gifts, Voices and Powers, and also her translation of the Tao Te Ching, and the novel Lavinia, which kind of is fan fiction for the Aeneid (she takes a minor character and retells the story from her POV). I just love her language. It's just so--simple and precise, I guess, and her writing can really make me shiver with how beautiful and thought-provoking it is.
3. I'm taking up martial arts again! I trained judo for several years when I was younger, but then wandered on to other stuff instead. My boyfriend has been nagging me to come along to his training, and I finally did. It's some Philippine style called Kali, and I liked it--lots of variety, and you get to fight with wooden sticks, too, which I've never done. Besides, it's fun to do something together as a couple (there was never any hope that I could convince him to take a dancing course with me), and this way we can practise together at home.
4. *waits to get tagged for the rapid fire snippet challenge* I have no clue what I'm going to write...let's hope the prompt takes care of that.
