strange bedfellows

I poked at the Girl Scout website this afternoon. The puberty workshop may not be possible. They've got two sessions, but both of them conflict with Cordelia's troop's monthly meetings. I'm trying to figure out if we can do it. I was hoping to persuade someone else in the troop to go so that Cordelia and I would have an option for transportation if Scott had to work. (He's worked a lot of Sundays recently.) I'd hate to sign up and pay the money and not be able to go.

I've been adding to my Amazon wish list by trying CDs from the library. I'm rather scatter shot, though. I have no idea what to try. Most of what I get ends up with an eh response. The library has a decent CD collection, so there's a lot to try.

I'm looking for recommendations. I lean toward folk, bluegrass and what the library labels 'world music.' I also have a weakness for top 40 songs from the early 1980s just because I heard them so often. I like Kate Wolf, Stan Rogers, Heather Dale, early Judy Collins, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Gordon Lightfoot, John Prine, John Denver, Leslie Fish (particularly the Kipling adaptations), Simon & Garfunkel, Sally Rogers, Mustard's Retreat and Peter, Paul & Mary. I have no idea if anyone but anderyn will have any ideas, but I thought it was worth asking.

Most of what I know is older stuff, so I'm particularly interested in newer artists.

The trip to the library was pretty straightforward. Mainly, I wish I'd worn my snow boots. There wasn't enough snow for me to think I needed them, but by the time I'd gone a block the backs of my ankles were wet because there was enough snow that I was kicking it up behind me. I'll know for next time.

I picked up my holds (three CDs and a book) and got three more items (two CDs and a book). I've got Tamora Pierce's Battle Magic again. This time I intend to finish it. I should have time after I finish my Yuletide story.

I had lunch downtown, at a diner called the Cloverleaf that's right near the bus station. They have a deal for a cheeseburger, fries and a pop for $6.99, so that's what I did. I never finish all the fries there, but I eat enough not to feel like I'm wasting my money getting them. I finished up and paid just as the buses were starting to pull up for the 12:18 departure, so I didn't have much of a wait to catch the #1 home. The main delay in getting on was that the driver took a bathroom break and so wasn't there to let people on for a few minutes.

I'm a little annoyed with myself. I seem to have recycled the most recent Girl Scout bulletin and kept the fall issue. There were things in the current bulletin that I wanted to sign Cordelia up for. I can only remember one of them off the top of my head, a mother daughter session on dealing with puberty. Cordelia will be opposed to doing that one, but I think I might insist. She won't talk to me about puberty and sex, and I think it's essential that she know. I'll have to see if there's a way to browse or filter events on the website.

I got two questions for that December posting meme. Here's the first. The second will follow when I get my thoughts together. (It's a more difficult question.)

From giglet: Who are your three favorite characters?

Jarod from The Pretender. The Pretender was the first fandom for which I read fic. I found the show shortly after I stopped working when I desperately needed a distraction. The character of Jarod is a big part of why I fell for the show. He's such a mixture of innocence and darkness. It's fun to watch as he discovers good things about the world, things like ice cream and oreos. It's also fun to watch him outsmart his pursuers (Miss Parker came very close to being on this list. I just get frustrated by the fact that she needs to learn the same lessons over and over again. It's not unrealistic, but it is frustrating) while he exacts vengeance on those who deserve it. My love for Jarod and the other characters carried me through even after the story arc stopped making sense to me.

Kudoh Yohji from Weiss Kreuz. Yohji is a favorite because he's fun to write. That may have more to do with my head canon than with actual canon (I try to pretend that the character development in Gluhen never happened because I find it makes Yohji hard to write. Amnesia and despair will do that). I'm not sure why I fixed on Yohji out of all of the characters in Weiss Kreuz. He's complicated and conflicted. I think he's more introspective than most of the other characters. It may simply be the fact that he was the first character from this canon that I tried writing. Rheotaxis has a strong place in my head, and Yohji is at the heart of Rheotaxis.

Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan from Lois Bujold's Vorkosigan series. Shards of Honor was the first Bujold I ever read, back when she only had three books out. It made a profound impression on me and made me want to be Cordelia when I grew up (I was twenty). I don't always agree with Cordelia on moral issues, but I admire the way she follows through on what she believes. (For those who are wondering, my daughter was named for her great-great-grandmother. I won't pretend, though, that this character had no impact on the decision.)