Thoughts on the Journey

I just wrote a new blog post on my librarian's blog that I'm happy about as I've had the idea since Sunday. It's over here at Go where you want to be on Wordpress.

I still have a fic that I really need to poke at but I'm quite happy with how this turned out as well as my Peggy, Natasha fic, that's Get Your Claws In, which is also about finding where you fit and not letting go. I will definitely be getting to more meme answers tomorrow as I work a five hour shift but just wanted to share this.

I will find the library I fit in and stay there.

Its a very quiet Saturday and I have some reading that I should probably do for class, but I'm not in the mood to just yet. So I'll write about some of the things I've read recently.

I just finished one of Charles De Lint's newer books Medicine Road and it reminded me how really there's nothing he writes that I don't love. This one is following his love of the Southwest but seen through the eyes of two twin musician sisters from Newford and also through two cousins Alice Corn Hair and Jim Changing Dog. One of the things that struck me the most about this one was that the portrayal of Coyote made me think of jothra's Coyote so much and in a good way, a beautiful woman who's strong, sexy and powerful. Okay, this isn't terribly coherent, but basically I love how De Lint mixes and thinks about stories and what would it mean if these things were just below the surface of our normal world. Its why I loved old school World of Darkness Changeling's, all this magic is right there if you just know how to see it and once you've seen it you never forget it.

Also connecting with an old favorite, the_croupier lent me two Nightwing books, Ties That Bind and A Knight of Bludhaven, I really enjoyed them both. A bit of history might help, when I was younger and Batman: The Animated Series was on, Dick Grayson was my favorite. I even thought up some fanfiction about him and the circus and I blame him for my small circus obsession at the time. So I've been curious to actually read some of the comics with him in them mainly thanks to weaverandom, rushin_doll and innerbrat and their love and knowledge of the world of DC and particularly the Bat family. I think of these two series that I liked the story of Ties That Bind better since I love seeing back story and watching Dick really find his own identity. Knight of Bludhaven had an art style that I preferred since it was more dynamic though they both were suffering some poor 90s fashion choices.

Coming back to add that I just rewatched the first three episodes of Primeval and its such a good and fun show. Connor and Abby are already my favorites especially Connor. I have such a soft spot for characters who just try so hard and want to be helpful, but are still working on finding their niche. Thank you vivien529 for getting me to to put this on my netflix queue. Its just such a fun show with action, but great characters.