rawr

[rm]

I normally never work out with music, because it's just so do whatever I can when I can right now -- very integrated into the rest of my life -- ten minutes for weights here... a long walk there... whatever.

Well dude, I'm a moron, working out with music is awesome. Of course, I might be in too much pain to move tomorrow, but I literally feel inches taller (working out always helps a little, but as I used to be a dancer, music is the one true way to click my posture into place). Hot damn.

It wasn't really a systematic thing, although I got through all the sorts of stuff I wanted to do. I can't be systematic with music (because all of a sudden it's always like, wait, I wonder how my turns are, and I'm practicing some dumb dance thing from my past)... but rawr... definitely got some of the anger revolving around recent events far far from my system. Fuck. That was cool.

Anyway. Have I mentioned how happy I am that eveyone is enthusiastic about the horses? People aren't usually particularly enthusiastic about the stuff I get on things about. They're either skeptical, bored or tend to enjoy in an unkind way the backstory. Of course, part of this enthusiasm is I have a better class of friends these days (you've all been pretty rocking about Australia too), but with my insecurities about physical adventures, this one means a lot.

As per usual, I'm waiting on people to give me money. But hardly anything I can do about that at this moment. But dinner's in the oven, and I'll read a bit more Mists of Avalon in a bit, and then try to deal with the various transitions I can't solve in various things I'm writing.

Have I yet managed to force myself to go to Kim's Video or Kinkos? Yes, well, tomorrow is another day.

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[fleur.livejournal.com]

Mists of Avalon is one of my all time favorites. I did an ass kicking monologue from that for a showcase once, believe it or not.

[rm.livejournal.com]

That's really interesting... I've not read it since I first read it when I was like twelve -- when I finally finish it, there will be a looooong post about it.

The language is not as good as I recall, but the ability to absorb you into its world is still exceptional.

[fleur.livejournal.com]

I remember the first time I read it being so totally absorbed into the backstory ... because of course, everyone knows Lancelot and Guinevere and blah blah ... but this was so incredibly well researched that it touched that anal retentive research nerd part of me. Being on topic with something I already really loved was like, Oh! Wow! Also, I am amazngly nearsighted myself, but had never thought what it would be like to be in a time when people didn't have glasses ... how would you function?

Of course, Gwynhwyfar still is an idiot in that book no matter how sorry I felt for her for not being able to see.

I tried to read some of her other stuff after that but really am not a scifi/fantasy person so I didn't get far.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I've not gotten to any of that yet... I do remember not liking her in the least.

My most vivid memories of the book are of Arthur's kingmaking and all the business around her needing to get pregnant. Who the fuck let me read that book as a kid? (realizing from the publishing date I was actually like 14). Because man, can I blame a lot on it or what?

I've read some of her other books that touch on Avalon, but they're sort of both trashy and cliched -- fun, but not particularly useful in anyway.

[fleur.livejournal.com]

I think I might have been about the same age ... good point, who gave me that? My mom, I think!

Yeesh.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Same here I think. Really funny to me now.

Random Searching, sifting

[airlonnie.livejournal.com]

Well, Im convinced. Time to go pick up mists of Avalon