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You know you're a geek of a certain kind when you subconsciously assume that your world has a 10-month year, and only after the fact realize that it's because it's an agrarian society that would naturally be run more along the lines of the old Roman calender with winter fallow-time being conflated into one period, etc, and you KNEW all this in the back of your head even if you couldn't remember the specific details of WHAT you were remembering...

Now I have to sit down and figure the actual run of the calender. Calenders, and maps, and who the hell else knows what's going to be needed before we're done... oh, and a parallel varietal chart, yeah. Forgot about that. The next person who says that fantasy is easier than science fiction because you don't have to do any research? Is so getting thwapped. Hard.

Also, I need to determine the naming conventions of a small island principality, because suddenly that's become a plot-point. Who knew?
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In foodie news, I seem to be on a fritata kick. The simplest one is, well, almost terrifyingly simple, and cooks up in like two minutes, start to finish. Eggs, milk and cheese, whisked together and cooked in a mini-skillet, quick-finished and served open-faced. Perfect for when that second mug of coffee kicks in and my blood sugar plummets and brain suddenly no-workie. The fact that it's pretty on the plate is just a plus, and one that disappears pretty fast, because mmmm fork it down....

This weekend I'll be playing in someone else's kitchen, for more people, so will see how creative I can get.
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Back to the stables today, after some time off due to schedule conflicts and Extreme Weather. I'm not sure how well I'm going to be able to clear my head properly, but we'll give it a try.... I'm in the stage of writing where anything else seems an imposition, so the gym-work's been suffering, and even now I'm thinking "but, that's 90 minutes out of the work-day...." Need to keep reminding myself that yes, I do enjoy exercise. More, I need it. The writing suffers when all you do is write.

Date: 2008-07-03 02:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fakefrenchie.livejournal.com
Just curious. How many hours per day do you work? Really concentrated on a task.

Date: 2008-07-03 06:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fakefrenchie.livejournal.com
Well, I was thinking about writing/researching and maybe even fiddling. Stuff that requires intense concentration. I'm feeling knackered by the end of the day and I'm just putting in 5 or 6 hours of correcting/translating, and you seem to be doing so many more. I was feeling like a wimp! ;-)

Date: 2008-07-04 12:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] severedscythe.livejournal.com
Oh god, I do the top thing all the time. Only mine's more geared towards language and religious preferences. Mythology. I've got this giant encyclopedia that I've read at least twice cover to cover, and it's amazing the crap that crops up in my head at the weirdest times.

Date: 2008-07-04 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ebenstone.livejournal.com
I was doing the same thing the other day, sort of. I was fiddling with mathmatical formulas for coastal tides. I put a quick stop to that!

Date: 2008-07-06 03:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vincam.livejournal.com

You know you're a certain other kind of geek when you know that "farrow" refers to a litter of pigs. I kindasorta hope you really meant "fallow." I don't imagine the Romans designed their calendar around the needs of pig farmers, though I suppose it's possible.

Date: 2008-07-07 02:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vincam.livejournal.com

::snickersnort::

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