Random

I planned on sewing today.  Instead, I find myself working on website design, which is the last thing I ought to be working on.  But today, website design is a relaxing hobby--no pressure or deadlines, just experimenting with CSS codes.  It's like doing a puzzle, I suppose...ultimately rather useless, but highly important during the process.  :P

I got my wonderful textbooks today, and then visited the library, where I was ecstatic to see a book called The Whale, an award winner written by a Moby-Dick fan.  It's non-fiction but looks highly interesting.  :)  Speaking of Moby-Dick, I'm thinking of doing the FanFic 100 challenge, which I heard about at Wickfield.  I wouldn't be actually "joining" the challenge; I'd just write a drabble (100 words) whenever I had the time, and using the list of themes.  Each drabble would be based on something in Moby-Dick...it's so complex that it should be perfect for this kind of challenge!

Right now I'm reading The Master of Ballantrae, by Robert Louis Stevenson.  Is it just me, or does anyone else dislike stories where it's just "a series of unfortunate events"?  One bad thing after another?  I can see the potential for a poignant ending to Ballantrae, but so far it doesn't seem to be Stevenson's best book, as it's sometimes called.  On the other hand, there is a cameo appearance of Alan Breck Stewart in Chapter 3, which was entirely unexpected and totally cool.  :) 

The FicSwap story is going pretty well, by the way!  I only hope it won't be too long....