04.06.07
Cold Snap
I can’t possibly be the only one whose reaction to this cold snap we’ve been having here in the northeastern quadrant of the US is to want to curl up and hibernate, can I? All week it’s been a struggle to convince myself that there’s anything more worth doing than curling up on the couch or in the bed with a book and a cat and sort of gently letting myself slide into a nice cozy long nap. If there were only a Nap Olympics I would just give in and say that I was training.
Last night was the first of the Virgin book events. It was a small but warm crowd, and some friends showed up (including a few who tarried afterwards for tasty adult beverages and yummy snacks, yay!), and all in all it was a really nice mellow reintroduction to the whole part of writing books in which one goes out and interacts with readers. I’m looking forward to New York and Boston at the end of the month, when hopefully both the cold snap and my woodchuck-like reaction to it will have given way to a more vigorous installment of springiness. (Y’all know where to find the upcoming events and recent reviews, right? Virginbook.org.)
My Belovedary has purchased Guitar Hero 2 for his PlayStation. It’s pretty amusing-looking. He’s busily working on figuring out “Message In A Bottle” at the moment. I’m halfway tempted to try it myself, just for grins. I figure someone with as many years as a musician under her belt as I have might just have an edge in this one, as opposed to the many many other video games we own where the advantage is dependent on how many hours one has logged playing other similar video games. Having a sense of rhythm and a basic knowledge of how to play strummed string instruments doesn’t seem like it would hurt, anyhow. I’ll let y’all know if I end up becoming a living-room plastic-guitar Benatar.