Bearshorty's musings

Another lovely summer day. I went for a walk to the bank around noon and I did an extra block loop since I didn’t want to go inside and just wanted to enjoy the sunshine. This weather certainly contributes to my good mood. And I got a little tan reading on the balcony again this afternoon.

In honor of summer, I painted my toe nails red. I’m not a girly girl, really – I don’t really wear make-up or bother much about my hair or care for shopping (shoes and clothes shopping bore me) but I love painting my toes nails especially in the summer for the sandals. That and summer t-shirts and tops make me a happy girl.

Last night I figured out why I prefer regular books to Kindle and why that is unlikely to change. Now, I don’t mind the Kindle, it is certainly easy to handle and fine for the eyes and I read lots of things on the computer (like fanfic) so it is not new technology but I can’t skim ahead with Kindle. The way I read, I start a book in a regular way and at some point I skim ahead a few chapters just to see what happens and then I go back and read it slowly. There are occasions when I restrain myself like with the last Harry Potter book when I peaked ahead just once. With Kindle I can’t really do that. And also while I can see on the bottom just much of the book I read and how much I still have to read, I really would like to see it physically. I have no actually sense of the book.

( Borgias Season One )

( Avatar:TLA S3E4 )

Cross-stitch: I’m done! I was cross-stitching for two hours this evening with TV on and I finished all the dark grey backstitch. I used every single thread of this color too. But since the little bear’s eyes also needed this color I did have to pull out my box of thread. And then I figured I just have stem-stitch (green for balloon strings) and French knots (eye sparkle and cuffs), so I might as well just get it done. It took another hour. I never done stem stitch before so that was interesting but I got a handle on it pretty quickly. And then I just did my cross-stitch signature and I was done. The baby is due any day so I made it on time. I do still have to wash it and make the backing for it and buy the fabric for that but the cross stitching portion of it is done. I started this on January 1 but almost half was done this month. Yay, I'm done

Here is the picture of it:

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Weather continues to be gloomy. I’m a bit melancholy today, maybe because of it. Also it has been a while since I was home by myself. I no longer have anxiety issues of three years ago and I do look forward to the next two weeks alone in the house but it is just weird. Bear left around 3 today and he will be back here in a week. So it is just me and dissertation. And I need to finish my cross stitching. I just could not get into it today.

( Avatar: TLA Season 2 E19-20 )

( House S7E23 )

I watched the fourth episode of “Borgias” with dinner. That show continues to be awesome. I like it a lot.

I’m too stressed to sleep lately. Last night my brain refused to work after 11pm and I recognize the need to go to bed, but then I still couldn’t fall asleep for a while. Normally, I’m pretty good about sleep, it takes me a very short time to fall asleep but in the last few weeks I’ve been waking up early and it takes me awhile to fall asleep. This morning I woke up at 5 something, gave up being asleep at 5:40 and graded papers instead. I finished one class but not the second class so for them I postponed the deadline for Paper 5. Having teacherly powers of extensions is great sometimes.

Class itself went fine – the students didn’t mind the extension and we worked on thesis and how to make sure that when they give a quote, they explain it in context.

I got a bagel between classes and after classes I returned the library book and paid $5 late fee. At least it is not $62. But now I’m tempted to use that money to get “Farscape: Compete Series” on Amazon since they are selling it for ridiculously cheap price of $59.

Then for the late afternoon my brain refused to work again. I will try to get more sleep later.

( House S7E7 )

I saw the "Borgias" trailer - I do love Jeremy Irons and I am getting geeky over this.