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Hey! Guess who's catching up on life?
May. 1st, 2011 12:56 pmI've been in dry-dock for months, which has been quite lovely as I've been catching up on years of honey-dos and whatnot. I sorted through six years of old papers and clothes, changed schools,
Reading a ton
Hippocrates has been quite interesting, as he's quite biting about physicians less skilled or scrupulous, offers marketing advice for setting up and running a practice, and gives one a great appreciation for modern medicine where the moment a broken bone pokes through the skin you aren't as good as dead.
Here's a strange two-fer: "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes followed by "Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell. First you get a grounding of the physiological effects of a low-fat high-carb diet, then you get a historical perspective on being dirt poor in two great cities in the early 20th century basically subsisting on bread and--if you're lucky--working 80 hours a week.
Also Woolf's "A Room of One's Own", Veblen's "Theory of the Leisure Class", Freed's "Possum Living", Tannahill's "The History of Food", and I'm halfway through Doyle's collected Sherlock Holmes.
Knitting a bunch
Two diaper covers (like these) and a baby blanket for a friend.
This sweater using this lovely fingering yarn that I bought almost three years ago, which is done but not yet blocked or pieced together--though there's only a little bit of seaming to do as I knit most of it in the round instead of as written.
This sweater using this alpaca/wool blend, which is almost done.
This sweater (full length) using this merino/silk blend, halfway done.
I have no idea how any of these will actually fit yet. I'm measuring and fiddling as I go to help them fit a torso that is short, busty and broad-shouldered, and yeah, I should probably finish one first and go from there, but what the hell. Learning is learning.
Miscellaneous
I've finally populated my AO3 account: archiveofourown.org/users/feldman/works, and at the same time give blanket permission for podficcers with the sole caveat that I get a heads-up so I can listen.
Reading a ton
Hippocrates has been quite interesting, as he's quite biting about physicians less skilled or scrupulous, offers marketing advice for setting up and running a practice, and gives one a great appreciation for modern medicine where the moment a broken bone pokes through the skin you aren't as good as dead.
Here's a strange two-fer: "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes followed by "Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell. First you get a grounding of the physiological effects of a low-fat high-carb diet, then you get a historical perspective on being dirt poor in two great cities in the early 20th century basically subsisting on bread and--if you're lucky--working 80 hours a week.
Also Woolf's "A Room of One's Own", Veblen's "Theory of the Leisure Class", Freed's "Possum Living", Tannahill's "The History of Food", and I'm halfway through Doyle's collected Sherlock Holmes.
Knitting a bunch
Two diaper covers (like these) and a baby blanket for a friend.
This sweater using this lovely fingering yarn that I bought almost three years ago, which is done but not yet blocked or pieced together--though there's only a little bit of seaming to do as I knit most of it in the round instead of as written.
This sweater using this alpaca/wool blend, which is almost done.
This sweater (full length) using this merino/silk blend, halfway done.
I have no idea how any of these will actually fit yet. I'm measuring and fiddling as I go to help them fit a torso that is short, busty and broad-shouldered, and yeah, I should probably finish one first and go from there, but what the hell. Learning is learning.
Miscellaneous
I've finally populated my AO3 account: archiveofourown.org/users/feldman/works, and at the same time give blanket permission for podficcers with the sole caveat that I get a heads-up so I can listen.
