A Twist of Things to Come

I have been doing stuff, and not really feeling up to posting.

One of the things I have been doing is transcribing a mondo interview with Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, who write as James S. A. Corey. The first book of their new trilogy, LeviathanWakes, is coming out this month from Orbit.

I interviewed them, like, months ago. I had intended to record it via Skype, but they didn't want to be on video. So I recorded the audio and had to transcribe it. I suck at transcription. That is part of why I didn't post for a few days. I was a) transcribing and b)trying to sleep off transcription-induced migraines. :P

So, finishing the transcription of the interview is Thing Eleven. WOOT!

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Thing Ten was a lovely trip to the Hong Kong Market. It is an Asian grocery and collection of Asian food places that bought out the old Wall-Mart building on the West Bank. If you live in New Orleans, the West Bank is like Siberia -- stray too far and you might end up eating your dogs. But really, my oldest's orthodontist is over there. He had an appointment, so we packed everyone up with the intention of going to the Asian market after the appointment.





It also has some neat statuary near the entrance:





They had a Bubble Tea place inside, so I got one. My Beloved had to photograph this, for some reason.



Inside, we wandered around and bought some stuff. Vietnamese barbeque and some incense, chopsticks, Pocky (!!!) and some roasted green peas (in a snack food can). They were really tasty. I also got some Jasmine Green Tea in cans. I'm definitely going to get more of that. It was very tasty.

On the way out, we stopped at a Vietnamese noodle shop. It was incredibly yummy. I got the chicken noodle bowl. If I had one complaint, it was that there was too much chicken in it. I love the fresh taste of the basil and the sprouts and chopped onions with rice noodles. I love rice noodles -- they are kind of clear, almost glassy-looking, and so wonderfully light. Mmmm. It was all topped off with jasmine tea. *swoon*





There wasn't a fork in the place, which frustrated our boys. I have been remiss in their cultural education. Good thing we bought them some chopsticks so they can practice at home. *grin*


Thing Nine wasn't really anything. I was proud of myself for going to gym and for opening up the file to start the transcription, but I ended up with a headache with nausea (which narniadear informs me is a migraine -- I had thought I'd had migraines before, when I was on the pill. Horrible light sensitivity and sort of ripples in my vision, couldn't do anything but lie there and twitch. Those went away when I gave up hormonal birth control for good, but I guess all migraines are not created equal.)

In any case, just getting to spend a little quiet time with my family was so delicious after all that. I couldn't do my bedtime reading with the boys (we're reading LOTR), but the hubby read. I got to sit in the dark and listen, and it was very good. :)