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Alternate reality
Mar. 12th, 2010 08:59 amI'm up nearly ten pounds this week from a pizza binge and Aladdin's last night. My body is so awesome. Ten pounds, people. Shit.
First day of vacation, I was awake at 6:37. Got up, did Sun Salutaions and second-level Flows (Scott Sonnen FlowFit style) until my legs were shaking, follwed by pushups and ab crunches. Then I showered, put my pajamas back on, and now I'm having coffee with Bailey's.
In a response to someone's LJ post that asked "Is America living in some alternate universe?" I said that yes, we're living in two alternate universes where neither side is willing or able to see the reality of the other. I was going to continue with "and it's very uncomfortable for those of us in the middle, or on neither side" when I realized that holy shit, I'd just stumbled on a major metaphor for China Miéville's The City & The City. I can't believe it took me this long to figure that out.
If you haven't read The City & The City yet, go check it out. It's the best speculative fiction book I've read since Anathem. Which does not bode well for it in the awards department. Sorry, China.
Mmm. Bailey's.
First day of vacation, I was awake at 6:37. Got up, did Sun Salutaions and second-level Flows (Scott Sonnen FlowFit style) until my legs were shaking, follwed by pushups and ab crunches. Then I showered, put my pajamas back on, and now I'm having coffee with Bailey's.
In a response to someone's LJ post that asked "Is America living in some alternate universe?" I said that yes, we're living in two alternate universes where neither side is willing or able to see the reality of the other. I was going to continue with "and it's very uncomfortable for those of us in the middle, or on neither side" when I realized that holy shit, I'd just stumbled on a major metaphor for China Miéville's The City & The City. I can't believe it took me this long to figure that out.
If you haven't read The City & The City yet, go check it out. It's the best speculative fiction book I've read since Anathem. Which does not bode well for it in the awards department. Sorry, China.
Mmm. Bailey's.