Round 39, Hour 13

[agirlnamedtruth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm fried. I'll let Matt Smith handle the team spirit this hour. Just copy him, you'll be fine ;)

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[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Hurray for salads! Food preparation is definitely productive. *see below* ;-)

And yay for words! :D

[agirlnamedtruth.livejournal.com]

100 words or so (and a salad) is still about 100 words or so (and a salad) more than me so well done!

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

I have achieved BREAKFAST! *waves arms in the air like Matt Smith*

And I've decided what to write: I didn't post anything on ReadALLtheNewberys! (http://readallthenewberys.dreamwidth.org) last Monday, so I'm going to write my review for The Trumpeter of Krakow, figure out how to liveblog Millions of Cats (I love picture books but I'm so glad I'll shortly be hitting the era when the Caldecott Medal exists), and then flip a coin for whether to start Hitty: Her First Hundred Years (re-read) or Calico Bush (first-time read) next. :D

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

*innocent face* ;-)

They're all winners or runners-up/Honor Books for the Newbery Medal (http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal) - excellence in US children's literature, founded 1922. I'm trying to read the whole list, which currently has almost 400 books on it, of wildly varying quality; I'm getting to the 1930s. ReadALLtheNewberys! (http://readallthenewberys.dreamwidth.org) is where I post my liveblogs and reviews for the books.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

No, it doesn't seem to be. One of the requirements for eligibility is that a book must be published first in the U.S. (or concurrently in the US and UK, as The Graveyard Book was), and in the Wikipedia entry for the series it looks like at least the first book was published first in the UK? So that might be a partial explanation.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome! :-)

[lolmac]

*waves* I have released your poor languishing comment from the Potentially Evil Spam Box. It looks as if the trigger was having two links in a single comment.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Thanks! *makes note*

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

...fluffernutter. I tried to answer this, but LJ decided I was spamming. :P

[agirlnamedtruth.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what any of that means but I'm going to wave my arms in the air like you are waving your arms in the air like Matt Smith is waving his arms in the air. Yes.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm doing a project to read all the winners and Honor Books (runner-ups) for the Newbery Medal - which is for excellence in American children's literature, I think it's parallel to the UK's Carnegie Medal? It was founded in 1922; I've gotten to about 1930 so far, reading chronologically.

*waves arms in air* ;-)

[agirlnamedtruth.livejournal.com]

Nope. Try again tomorrow when I'm awake.

It sounds pretty cool though, I need to read more books, I swear I've spent about a year of my life trying to get through A Song of Ice and Fire...

[eve11]

That sounds like a cool project :)

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! There is a certain amount of "why am I reading this, why would anyone read this" involved, especially in the early years of the award, but overall it's pretty fun and informative.

[lullabymoon]

I got my notes typed up and tweaked a little and I know how much more I need to write now. Nemesis woke up though so didn't quite as much done. She's happily munching on a chew now so I might get some more done.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

...I'm not sure where I got the impression Nemesis was a human toddler. Apparently I had the right age but the wrong species? ;P

Anyway, hurray for knowing how much you need to write, and best of luck at actually writing it! *grin*

[lullabymoon]

:D Well she's about as distracting as a human toddler so.

Thanks!

[agirlnamedtruth.livejournal.com]

The most frightening moment for me is when I know how much I have to write and then I look at the deadline...

[lullabymoon]

Well it's not actually too much so it's sort of reassuring in this case. But normally, yes. :\

[a-q.livejournal.com]

121 words, yay. And a short nap. I like naps. That's all :)

[eve11]

naps are good! and 121 words is good too!

[agirlnamedtruth.livejournal.com]

Yay! Well done!

Honestly, if I even take the tiniest nap, you're all going to end with a stunt mod for the rest of my shift :P

[eve11]

I have achieved consciousness! I also fed the cats and put their water fountain back together from the dishwasher. That took a bit out of me and I'm back up here in bed with the lappie.

I forgot to make coffee when I was downstairs. Nor take advil to stave off the stiffness from the kick-my-ass hockey clinic I was at last night. But! Writing! I am going to do some today :)

[agirlnamedtruth.livejournal.com]

I have achieved consciousness!

Well, that's more than I'm managing right now o.0

And your cat has a water fountain? That sounds awesome!

[eve11]

Yeah, we got them this one after my big kitty had urinary tract problems, to help encourage him to drink more water. They were dubious at first but they like it now :)

[agirlnamedtruth.livejournal.com]

Wow, I think even I'd be inclined to drink out of that. It's certainly posher that anything my cat has.

[eve11]

Ice hockey skills class (passing, shooting, skating, etc).

[eve11]

No, thankfully! Just a class. I hadn't been in a few weeks so the one last night really took it out of me though!