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phineasjones9 july 2007
yesterday was![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mmm_cake's half birthday. she didn't have a cake on her actual birthday this year (party was at a bar, somehow there was never the right time for cake) so i promised i would make one on her half birthday. voila. it was supposed to be all gooey and pudding-ish on the top. i think the slightly larger than called for pan and the elevation nixed that. but it was still really tasty.
my girl loves cake. if you need evidence of this, see this picture:
so... interesting possibilities on the horizon. i got a call yesterday from myrtle. (for the new kids, myrtle is what i call my professor, the one whom i assisted for the past 2 years.) she has this book that she's been working on. she's editing a collection of essays by women conductors about various conducting-related topics. one of the contributors is supposed to be the prof from my masters program. but, as the essays are coming in, hers is not. myrtle thinks she's probably not into it and hasn't written it. someone suggested to myrtle that she interview her instead, less work for the prof, easier to guarantee a timeline. myrtle loves this idea and she thinks i would be the ideal interviewer.
this is good because:
1. i would do the interview and write it up, and so, eventually, i would be published.
2. it would count as a dissertation project. and it needs to be done in the next couple months, so i would have one out of the way.
3. the prof resides (usually) in boston and if i cannot conduct the interview satisfactorily over the phone and/or e-mail, myrtle's husband has offered to fly me out.
this is scary because:
1. i am ambivalent about said prof. i think she's brilliant and talented but she made me pretty miserable for a couple years.
2. um... interview? i am clueless. but willing to learn.
3. doing things for myrtle is always scary because she's such a loose canon.
i said yes, of course. the goods far outweigh the scaries. now myrtle will propose the idea to the prof and we'll wait for her response.
i just had a gmail chat with a friend who is not exactly what i would call fannish (tricky to define) but loves hp and loves to talk about it. she kept proposing all these 'what if!'s for book 7 and eventually i was like, yeah, i've already read all those scenarios in fanfic. heh. and now, of course, she wants me to point her toward some. she knows about slash and she wouldn't be freaked but i think she would really more enjoy gen. any recs out there? i really never read gen. any recs for stories that aren't necessarily gen but are more plotty than romantic or porny? i'd be grateful for any links.
yesterday was
mmm_cake's half birthday. she didn't have a cake on her actual birthday this year (party was at a bar, somehow there was never the right time for cake) so i promised i would make one on her half birthday. voila. it was supposed to be all gooey and pudding-ish on the top. i think the slightly larger than called for pan and the elevation nixed that. but it was still really tasty.my girl loves cake. if you need evidence of this, see this picture:
so... interesting possibilities on the horizon. i got a call yesterday from myrtle. (for the new kids, myrtle is what i call my professor, the one whom i assisted for the past 2 years.) she has this book that she's been working on. she's editing a collection of essays by women conductors about various conducting-related topics. one of the contributors is supposed to be the prof from my masters program. but, as the essays are coming in, hers is not. myrtle thinks she's probably not into it and hasn't written it. someone suggested to myrtle that she interview her instead, less work for the prof, easier to guarantee a timeline. myrtle loves this idea and she thinks i would be the ideal interviewer.
this is good because:
1. i would do the interview and write it up, and so, eventually, i would be published.
2. it would count as a dissertation project. and it needs to be done in the next couple months, so i would have one out of the way.
3. the prof resides (usually) in boston and if i cannot conduct the interview satisfactorily over the phone and/or e-mail, myrtle's husband has offered to fly me out.
this is scary because:
1. i am ambivalent about said prof. i think she's brilliant and talented but she made me pretty miserable for a couple years.
2. um... interview? i am clueless. but willing to learn.
3. doing things for myrtle is always scary because she's such a loose canon.
i said yes, of course. the goods far outweigh the scaries. now myrtle will propose the idea to the prof and we'll wait for her response.
i just had a gmail chat with a friend who is not exactly what i would call fannish (tricky to define) but loves hp and loves to talk about it. she kept proposing all these 'what if!'s for book 7 and eventually i was like, yeah, i've already read all those scenarios in fanfic. heh. and now, of course, she wants me to point her toward some. she knows about slash and she wouldn't be freaked but i think she would really more enjoy gen. any recs out there? i really never read gen. any recs for stories that aren't necessarily gen but are more plotty than romantic or porny? i'd be grateful for any links.
