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venetia_sassyThe last few days, I've barely seen daylight. Stupid sleep cycle. And I seem to have finally caught the Undying Cold from Mum. Or something along those lines. New and interesting - sore and swollen lymph node at the back of my skull. Ow. Mostly I feel very hazy and tired.
But Sunday was nice. We don't celebrate Easter, it's just a chance for us to buy some really good chocolate - which we did - and maybe some hot cross buns. This year, it happened that our neighbours invited us for fondue on the Sunday evening and that was fun. I'd never had fondue before. Of the various offerings, pineapple dipped in cheese was very good and pineapple dipped in dark chocolate was amazing.
Since then, the cold has hit and I've been slouching around, doing not very much except rereading all the Song of Ice and Fire books. I wasn't going to reread them until the fifth came out and that's in July apparently (finally. I've only been waiting a couple of years, I feel sorry for the fans who've had to wait for each book) but all the talk about the mini-series got me curious and I wanted to refresh my memory. I'm reading A Feast for Crows now.
I don't think my opinions on various characters have changed much but I have less sympathy for Ned, Catelyn and Robb than I did before and a bit more for Tyrion and Jaime (but I will never forgive him.) It's funny but the characters whose emotional arcs I'm most interested in are not necessarily the ones I most enjoy reading about. I'd like to see Sansa grow up and be awesome and I'd like to see Dany be magnificent but in the meantime I'm thinking, oh god, it's another creepy guy or it's another 'exotic' city ... can we get to the good stuff?
But Sunday was nice. We don't celebrate Easter, it's just a chance for us to buy some really good chocolate - which we did - and maybe some hot cross buns. This year, it happened that our neighbours invited us for fondue on the Sunday evening and that was fun. I'd never had fondue before. Of the various offerings, pineapple dipped in cheese was very good and pineapple dipped in dark chocolate was amazing.
Since then, the cold has hit and I've been slouching around, doing not very much except rereading all the Song of Ice and Fire books. I wasn't going to reread them until the fifth came out and that's in July apparently (finally. I've only been waiting a couple of years, I feel sorry for the fans who've had to wait for each book) but all the talk about the mini-series got me curious and I wanted to refresh my memory. I'm reading A Feast for Crows now.
I don't think my opinions on various characters have changed much but I have less sympathy for Ned, Catelyn and Robb than I did before and a bit more for Tyrion and Jaime (but I will never forgive him.) It's funny but the characters whose emotional arcs I'm most interested in are not necessarily the ones I most enjoy reading about. I'd like to see Sansa grow up and be awesome and I'd like to see Dany be magnificent but in the meantime I'm thinking, oh god, it's another creepy guy or it's another 'exotic' city ... can we get to the good stuff?
