Happy Canada Day!

[fajrdrako]

After feeling miserable for a good part of the day, I got better. Much better.

maaseru came home, and we (meaning maaboroshi and John) had pizza for supper, and we played a game of Scrabble - my suggestion. Part of the fun was making fun of the pseudo-words included in the Scrabble dictionary, words like 'jetlike', 'uniquest', and 'mm'. There are no linguistic depths to which players will not stoop to make points.

You know how, when you get a migraine, you lose your vision neurologically to a jagged-light visual effect? I got that during the Scrabble game, making it often difficult to see the tiles - but, surprisingly, it marked the end of my migraine, not the beginning. These things are so bizarre! It's so much easy to feel cheerful without pain. I won the game, being pretty much neck and neck with maaboroshi until the last turn, when I put SPRINTS on a triple- word square.

When the fireworks started on Parliament Hill, we went out on maaseru's balcony to watch. Beautiful! With many heart-shaped and spiral fireworks - I called them Pictish - I do love fireworks. At one point a bat flew by, looking confused by the lights and noise. But how can you really tell when a bat is confused?

It was uncharacteristically cold today. Usually Canada Day is hot; this was mostly jacket-wearing weather, and I watched the fireworks with a blanket wrapped around me.

Canada has existed for 140 years. It's been 150 years since Ottawa was founded. So far so good!

Comments

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

You don't have sexual charm?

I'd like to think I did. After all, I've spent my lifetime trying to cultivate it! But if I did.... wouldn't I be surrounded by lustful acolytes people to have sex with?

Or maybe it's just that life isn't that easy!

I like fictional heroes with headaches. I really do. Did you ever read Tanithy Lee's novel Cyrion? The hero is a Lymond-doppelganger who has, yes, migraines. It's great.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

I have not read that, and it appears no local libraries to me have it. ;(

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I guess it's sort of obscure. Probably out of print. Remember it next time you're in a second-hand bookstore! You might be able to find it on ILL.

I really got a kick out of it. Tanith Lee is a good enough writer that her take on a character like Lymond really works.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

And the only reason Eden and Lymond are surrounded by all these lustful people is because they have authors forcing it along. You and I are none so lucky. :( :(

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's it! I want to trade in my life for one with a better author!

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

I agree! *angry glare* I could totally use a good editing, LMAO.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I want a beautiful old-fashioned binding like this (http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_on_4_8_2005_20_48_06/books.jpgc3e0e2e1-9d3e-453a-9394-58dd1b40e48fLarge.jpg) and my interior to be written in a style that is dynamic, original, funny, sexy, wise and timelessly classical.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

I am totally wish you. And my author can write Eden into me (er, into my story) ANY TIME BABY. Oh and Niccolo and Lymond too...hmm, mine shall be a time traveling story.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with a time travelling story. I'd go for it.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

"I want to trade in my life for one with a better author!"

May I abscond with that line??? Pretty please with sugar on top?