Done!

[etakyma]

I finally finished "Wicked" - Very beautifully crafted novel. I dragged out reading the end for a long time, more because I really didn't want to leave Oz than anything else. Maguire did such a fantastic job of taking the little pieces and parts of the Baum books and created an actually believable political climate with it. I loved Elphaba. She was snarly and intelligent and gifted - but flawed in a very human way. And even if Dorothy is a fringe character, you kinda do see her as an insipid, vapid girl, whose minions (Lion, Woodman, and Scarecrow) destroy all of Elphaba's creature-friends.

I've also been rereading bits of the Terri Windling edited "Bordertown" novels. I have all of them, I think. Really good fantasy short stories. Hard to find, nowadays, but really good, anyway.

So I am continuing to clean out various nooks and crannies in my house. And getting rid of boxes and boxes that hadn't been unpacked since I moved in. That feels pretty good, actually.

In other news, I got the date for my high school reunion this fall. Oy! I am not this old. I'm really not. It's gonna be all these people with their SOs and children! Gods, I bet they all have children (actually, I know at least four that have two kids apeice, and one that has three!). And I have neither SO nor children. I am of two minds about this whole thing. Most of these people I haven't seen since I graduated lo, these many years ago.

Should I go, or not?

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[wordplay.livejournal.com]

You should go. I went to my 10 year 5 years ago ::is damn near geriatric:: and had a really excellent time. I was married and pregnant with my first, but there were a ton of unattached people there, and I think they had the best time because there were no irritation introductions to do 6722347 times.

I loved "Wicked", but it's been a few years since I've read it. I should pick it up again.

Hmmm...

[etakyma.livejournal.com]

Well, Hon, if *you're* geriatric...

I missed both five and ten year reunions. They did 'em on a very inconvenient weekend, and I was away at family reunions both times. But here I am staring down the fifteen year, and I bet ninety-eight percent of my classmates are married. And I just bet sixty percent of those have kids. It's an appetizer/alcohol thing in the evening and the next day there is a picinic/family thing outside. To which I say, in October? In Massachusetts? Are you nuts? It will either be a) Raining, b)too cold and possibly frosty, or c)gorgeous and just right. Any way you slice it, its going to be a crap shoot. Hmmm. I wonder if my buds from HS are going. I should call them.

Re: Hmmm...

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

Ha! I had no idea you were my age! :)) I have become used to everybody in fandom being way younger, plus you LOOK younger. You have gorgeous skin. :D

The one person I've stayed in touch with from high school remains unmarried so judging from my extremely small sample, at least 50% of people are unmarried 15 years after high school. Besides, at least half of those married will WISH they were unmarried. :))

I am a bit jealous that y'all have a 15 year. I don't think I'll be remotely interested by my 20 year.