Fire Drill

13 flights of stairs on this ankle? I think not. The men offered to carry me, which is awfully sweet. I think this is just an excuse to wear shiny hats and giggle in the stairwells.

Interests meme via cricketk

I have tried to cut these down a bit but given I cared enough to list them it hurts to cut them out.

( LJ interests )

The Secret Texts by Holly Lisle

1. Diplomacy of Wolves (1998)
2. Vengeance of Dragons (1999)
3. Courage of Falcons (2000)

Re-reading for fun. Was very keen on the Ancient Rival Families gig and a bit sad this didn't work out in a Romeo and Juliet sort of way. Has many fine qualities but doesn't quite hold.

Second Stage Lensman by E.E. 'Doc' Smith

I'm in it for the superlatives and Kinnison's immense manliness.

Bolt after bolt of quasi-solid lightning struck and struck and struck again. Q-type helices bored, gouged and searingly bit. Rods and cones, planes and shears of incredibly condensed pure force, clawed, tore and ground in mad abandon. Torpedo after torpedo, charged to the very skin with duodec, loosed its horribly detonant cargo against flinching wall-shields in such numbers and with such violence as to fill all circumambient space with an atmosphere of almost planetary density.

[swooons]