Day 8, a whole lot late.

:::ETA::: This post was written on June 9th, but due to the marvels of travel and different time zones, I am posting it and the next entry on the 10th.

Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, I am writing this from the plane. You have to admire human ingenuity, that means that I have the means not only to move hundreds of kilometers inside a matter of an hour or so, but that it's barely an inconvenience to do so. I am thousands of feet above the ground, but I'm seated as though I'm in a movie theatre and supplied with pretzels and a soft drink and have my laptop out in front of me like it's absolutely nothing. In less than an hour I will be in a completely different city, and will likely have internet access again without having to think about it too hard.

(I can feel the tray bouncing as I type, even though I'm being careful. I'm a little worried I must be irritating the poor lady sitting in front of me. Hopefully she'll let me know if that's the case. )

Still, isn't it incredible? I know that on many flights in the U.S. they even have wifi available on board. It's not the case with this flight, but we've basically reached the point where air travel is as mundane (though not nearly as cheap) as driving or taking the train or the bus.

Anyway, on with today's (or, actually, yesterday's) post! t! has asked me to write about who my role models are, and though he didn't specify, I assume he wanted me to go into the reasons for which I picked these role models.

( Just what sort of role model are you? )

The Internet is for... or, Day 9, only a few hours late.

Today's entry (as opposed to the one before, which was technically yesterday's), is on a topic chosen by the lovely and talented elanya, buccaneer expert extraordinaire. She wanted to know about my social media usage.

I'm on yet another airplane right now, and since I've been doing a fair bit of communicating from various airports, it seems particularly apt that I should be writing about it now.

( Don't post that online. It will haunt you forever. )

Day 10: Fantasy Novels

It's June 10th, and I have a few minutes before I have to go to work here in Moncton, where I am replacing the operators who normally work here so they can attend the funeral of our fallen officers and get some much-needed time off to recover from last week.

hells_half_acre has asked me to talk about fantasy novels I have enjoyed, and I am almost at a loss where to start. While my reading habits have taken a major hit in the last few years, before that I used to read a lot. Like, hundreds of books a year. At my peak I was reading three to five books a week. I'm also a big fan of genre fiction, with a particular penchant for sci fi, fantasy, and mystery series. So to say that I have read a fair bit of good fantasy in my day would be putting it mildly.

( Books! )