Things I learned today
Aug. 4th, 2010 05:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hobgoblinn1. Beer imbibed in sufficient quantities before a diagnostic mammogram makes the process MUCH more comfortable. Will have to try this next year for the routine one. I always forget how bad they are.
2. Due to said beer, I can't tell you exactly what they saw that they needed a second look at, but part of it was "calcification." I think. At any rate, when they took the extra pictures of my poor squashed breast, they found nothing of note. I will not get the "come right away for a biopsy" card in the mail-- in fact, they held me there this time until it was read and gave me the results right then so I wouldn't go home and worry.
3. Group work is great for my students. And those who only come once in a while are hating the extra work they have to do at home to make it up. Very cool. Will probably have more drops this term from people who are realizing much sooner that coming once every couple of weeks and enduring a lecture will not in fact earn them a D. But those who are left will benefit.
4. I actually learned this a while ago, but reading in the fandom is a good way to get back into it.
Arsinoe de Blassenville's "The Best Revenge" is a great retelling of the books with some welcome changes. A little too perfect at times, but a neat "might have been" exploration.
I also really enjoyed a great EWE story last night: The Lost Chamber. Of course, there's a lot of stuff out there that holds no interest for me (PWP for instance.) But these two are raising new issues for me; probably more than rereading the books would at this point.
5. Rereading fic I've already read is not as helpful, but maybe as I get back into it, it may be. I'm still up for recs, if anyone wants to make them. I haven't read anything new in over 2 years, so feel free to go back to some outstanding things in that time span if you think of something.
Going to watch "Brother, Where Art Thou?" tonight as a treat. I've never seen it, but Beloved tells me I will love it. There may also be Ice Cream, as today was Traumatic.
2. Due to said beer, I can't tell you exactly what they saw that they needed a second look at, but part of it was "calcification." I think. At any rate, when they took the extra pictures of my poor squashed breast, they found nothing of note. I will not get the "come right away for a biopsy" card in the mail-- in fact, they held me there this time until it was read and gave me the results right then so I wouldn't go home and worry.
3. Group work is great for my students. And those who only come once in a while are hating the extra work they have to do at home to make it up. Very cool. Will probably have more drops this term from people who are realizing much sooner that coming once every couple of weeks and enduring a lecture will not in fact earn them a D. But those who are left will benefit.
4. I actually learned this a while ago, but reading in the fandom is a good way to get back into it.
Arsinoe de Blassenville's "The Best Revenge" is a great retelling of the books with some welcome changes. A little too perfect at times, but a neat "might have been" exploration.
I also really enjoyed a great EWE story last night: The Lost Chamber. Of course, there's a lot of stuff out there that holds no interest for me (PWP for instance.) But these two are raising new issues for me; probably more than rereading the books would at this point.
5. Rereading fic I've already read is not as helpful, but maybe as I get back into it, it may be. I'm still up for recs, if anyone wants to make them. I haven't read anything new in over 2 years, so feel free to go back to some outstanding things in that time span if you think of something.
Going to watch "Brother, Where Art Thou?" tonight as a treat. I've never seen it, but Beloved tells me I will love it. There may also be Ice Cream, as today was Traumatic.
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Date: 2010-08-04 09:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-04 10:25 pm (UTC)Not really sure what to rec as most of what I've been reading has been in a fandom you don't follow. However, there have been a few in it I'd like to rec if you don't mind slash. One in particular I think you'd like was an A to Z of literary terms and each mini chapter was done in that style. Another is pure sci-fi that reminds me of stuff I've read in Asimov. I think the second is mostly gen, I don't remember any kind of sexual anything in it...possibly just implied it was heading in that direction, though.
My apologies if I've recc'd them before. I feel like I've recc'd them to everyone I know! :p
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Date: 2010-08-04 10:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-05 01:08 am (UTC)And thanks for the recs. I'll have a look eventually.
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Date: 2010-08-05 10:44 pm (UTC)A Snarry rec, is that what you'd like? Here is one written by a friend. I was one of the betas and whipped her into completing the story in time for the fest. It's my second favorite story she's written. It's called "Anachronism" located at Adult Fan Fiction - http://hp.adultfanfiction.net/story.php?no=600024152
Or on Live Journal here - http://kibatsu.livejournal.com/51211.html
And here for the 2009 Snarry Games - http://asylums.insanejournal.com/snarry_games/252197.html#cutid1