Lacking a subject line.

There's something nice about having a blog, maybe because they're more open and less worrisome in terms of what we can and can't say freely. A blog really just is one of those open corners of the Internet, where we can do and say whatever we want. I'm going to make much better use of this and roseclear.net from now on. At any rate, I'll definitely write here when, as I have today, I forget to bring my notebook to campus to write in longhand. This is a nice, close second option.

I've been doing a lot of recreational reading because it's one of those things I never had as much time to do until recently. The Beekeeper's Apprentice is what I've recently completed and I loved it so much that I firmly believe I'll read it again. It's the kind of book that all mystery novels should ambition and aspire to be, something easy to follow but completely complex and complicated in itself. I can't think of a person unfamiliar with Sherlock Holmes, and the idea of Mary Russell being able to run alongside him with so little as breaking an intellectual sweat just adds a depth to the story. I love the idea of someone being able to filter another, created character into the classic Holmes world and actually do it well, to the point of which the joining is seamless and we're left to wonder just how Holmes survived without Russell, and vice versa.

Now I'm reading a book simply titled Steampunk which is a collection of stories from the mentioned genre. Candice opened the door to the steampunk world for me last year just prior to Dragon Con, but I had no idea just what I was walking into until I became completely infatuated. There's something entrancing about a world that runs parallel to ours in many ways, from classifaction to opportunity, but holds a different basis and background that's completely conceivable. I'm looking forward to the chance for immersing myself in that kind of fantasy, in something not quite science fiction but in a classification of its own. Two other books of a similar nature are on my shelf now and I'm beginning to think I'll always have stacks of novels waiting for me on dresser tops and desks because the shelf doesn't exist which is large enough to hold all of my reading ambitions.

I'm putting forth a productive nature now and working on a review sheet for an upcoming test - maybe two weeks away - in my law and ethics class while waiting for my InDesign trial to finish downloading. I've become more accustomed to working on my own time instead of in class, and most often when we're given classroom time to do an assignment I slip out of the back and find a quiet place to do the work on my own. For some reason, that's much more fulfilling and productive to me than trying to concentrate in a classroom setting.

All Con is right around two weeks away, and I couldn't be more excited.