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Jul. 10th, 2023 09:08 pm. 9 to 5 ended up coming together really well. I've so far managed to avoid being dragged into the orbit of the next production. (I hear they actually had enough people turn up to the first round of auditions to cover all the parts, which I'm not sure I remember the last time that happened.) I did get dragged into helping with set construction on 9 to 5, and have finally failed to avoid learning how to wield a paint roller effectively.
. I've read the new Liaden Universe novel, Salvage Right. I found much to like, and also a few things that weren't to my taste. I'm looking forward to the next one.
. I had a fun time watching Across the Spider-Verse, but I don't like it as much as Into the Spider-Verse. In general, it felt like there was More Of Everything You Liked In The First One, and more isn't necessarily better. A lot of the sections were great in themselves, but I'm not sure it all fits together satisfactorily -- although it is of course difficult to judge that when half the pieces of the jigsaw are still in the box.
. I hadn't intended to do Dracula Daily two years running, but was intrigued by the debut of Re: Dracula, a parallel project releasing a full-cast audio adaptation of Dracula on the same serialised schedule. It's very well done, and having a new way of experiencing the story is helping, but I'm still feeling Dracula fatigue already and I'm not sure I'm going to go the distance.
. The reading challenge for June was "read a book about things/people/places/galaxies being fixed and/or broken", for which I finally got around to reading The Oresteia, which has been on my to-read pile for about a decade on account of an interesting anecdote I read in a Doctor Who novel once. (Salvage Right would also have been a good fit, but it didn't come out until June was already over.) The challenge for July is "a book you got via your local indie bookseller, bought used, or borrowed from the library"; I haven't picked a book yet, but I have plenty of eligible options in my to-read pile. (Not to mention two books on hold at the library which I keep bumping because I'm not sure I'm in a good frame of mind to face either of them.)
. I've read the new Liaden Universe novel, Salvage Right. I found much to like, and also a few things that weren't to my taste. I'm looking forward to the next one.
. I had a fun time watching Across the Spider-Verse, but I don't like it as much as Into the Spider-Verse. In general, it felt like there was More Of Everything You Liked In The First One, and more isn't necessarily better. A lot of the sections were great in themselves, but I'm not sure it all fits together satisfactorily -- although it is of course difficult to judge that when half the pieces of the jigsaw are still in the box.
. I hadn't intended to do Dracula Daily two years running, but was intrigued by the debut of Re: Dracula, a parallel project releasing a full-cast audio adaptation of Dracula on the same serialised schedule. It's very well done, and having a new way of experiencing the story is helping, but I'm still feeling Dracula fatigue already and I'm not sure I'm going to go the distance.
. The reading challenge for June was "read a book about things/people/places/galaxies being fixed and/or broken", for which I finally got around to reading The Oresteia, which has been on my to-read pile for about a decade on account of an interesting anecdote I read in a Doctor Who novel once. (Salvage Right would also have been a good fit, but it didn't come out until June was already over.) The challenge for July is "a book you got via your local indie bookseller, bought used, or borrowed from the library"; I haven't picked a book yet, but I have plenty of eligible options in my to-read pile. (Not to mention two books on hold at the library which I keep bumping because I'm not sure I'm in a good frame of mind to face either of them.)
