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Weekend Entertainments and Errands
Feb. 24th, 2019 02:43 pmIt seems our weekend entertainment usually falls on Saturdays, leaving Sunday to be the Errand Day. In this case, we went to see Alita: Battle Angel at the Alamo Drafthouse in the Mission last night. Having been a fan of the original 90s manga, I'm quite happy to say they did a fine job of remaining close to it (I read later that it's based on the first four tankobon of the original series) and that they kept the theme that it's most definitely NOT a male-gazey female-cyborg story. I would totally go see it again, and yes, I will definitely get the blu-ray for it when it comes out.
Today's errand excitement was a walk to the farmer's market down the other end of Clement, then a drive down to Fort Mason to drop off book donations at the SF Library store and clothing donations at the Goodwill up the street. (Why do I drive down there when I could easily use the Goodwill up the way on Clement? Parking, you see. As in There Ain't None Close By On Clement. Heh.) I usually use that as my excuse to get out of the house and the neighborhood. Sometimes when I'm down there I'll also stop at the Flax Art Supply store and pick up some things -- I bought a smallish sketch book down there that I desperately need to start filling in.
I'm slowly cleaning everything up here in Spare Oom so I go ahead and buy a replacement for the loveseat that's in here. It's old and lumpy (it was A's and dates back to the late 90s by her reckoning) and desperately needs to go. We're planning on ordering from the same place we bought our living room couch (which came in two big boxes as a build-it-yourself thing). I'm sort of playing a long game here, planning out each step with the final goal of getting my papers, books, music and personal effects in order in this room. Getting a new mini-couch in here is one of the biggest steps and will make things a lot easier once it's purchased and installed.
Anyhoo! Good news on the writing front! IN MY BLUE WORLD IS OUT NEXT SATURDAY!!! Woohoo! It'll be available as an e-book at Smashwords if you follow this here link: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/925076
It's a long time coming, but I'm quite proud of this one. I took a lot of chances with this story...it's definitely different from the other novels I've written over the years and heading more in a direction I want and need to go in with my writing. I'm seeing it as the first of a new path for my writing, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it'll lead.
Hope everyone has a lovely week!
Today's errand excitement was a walk to the farmer's market down the other end of Clement, then a drive down to Fort Mason to drop off book donations at the SF Library store and clothing donations at the Goodwill up the street. (Why do I drive down there when I could easily use the Goodwill up the way on Clement? Parking, you see. As in There Ain't None Close By On Clement. Heh.) I usually use that as my excuse to get out of the house and the neighborhood. Sometimes when I'm down there I'll also stop at the Flax Art Supply store and pick up some things -- I bought a smallish sketch book down there that I desperately need to start filling in.
I'm slowly cleaning everything up here in Spare Oom so I go ahead and buy a replacement for the loveseat that's in here. It's old and lumpy (it was A's and dates back to the late 90s by her reckoning) and desperately needs to go. We're planning on ordering from the same place we bought our living room couch (which came in two big boxes as a build-it-yourself thing). I'm sort of playing a long game here, planning out each step with the final goal of getting my papers, books, music and personal effects in order in this room. Getting a new mini-couch in here is one of the biggest steps and will make things a lot easier once it's purchased and installed.
Anyhoo! Good news on the writing front! IN MY BLUE WORLD IS OUT NEXT SATURDAY!!! Woohoo! It'll be available as an e-book at Smashwords if you follow this here link: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/925076
It's a long time coming, but I'm quite proud of this one. I took a lot of chances with this story...it's definitely different from the other novels I've written over the years and heading more in a direction I want and need to go in with my writing. I'm seeing it as the first of a new path for my writing, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it'll lead.
Hope everyone has a lovely week!
