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Sometimes my husband is a starfish
May. 3rd, 2015 08:09 amI don’t know how else to describe it. He’ll be asleep and try to wrap around me and it’s like he’s a starfish or am octopus or something. And we both put out a lot of heat when we sleep, so I try to scootch away and sometimes end up falling out of bed.
He also talks in his sleep, which is hilarious. (I have permission to share this stuff, by the way). I first learned about his talking in his sleep a few years ago, when we’d take naps together, and he woke me up on two occasions and I was a little bleary. In one, he woke me up demanding to know how I was planning on getting to my audition. I asked him what audition and he grumbled, “Well, I guess it’s not that important to you, is it!” and rolled over and went back to sleep. Another time, he woke me up because “the toilet was overflowing” and he needed to help his da fix it, and he needed me to get his tools. I asked what tools and he hit me with his pillow and told me/yelled at me that if I wouldn’t be helpful to just go back to sleep. So I smacked him in the face with his pillow and rolled over. In the past few months, I’ve discovered that if I talk to him after he’s talked to me, we can have a hilarious conversation. Like the time he woke up, irate that people wanted a pat on the back for doing what they should have been doing. Something about insurance, apparently. Or the time he said “All the stuff” and I asked what stuff, and he replied with “In the closet behind the angry walrus”. So now, when he talks to me in his sleep, I’ll ask questions or argue with him, just to see what comes next.
We made shortbread the other night. It’s a simple recipe, three-two-one, with flour, butter, and sugar. Since we didn’t have caster sugar and only had regular sugar, it was more of an experiment than anything else, but boy howdy, was it good when it came out of the oven. At two in the morning, because that’s when I wanted shortbread. We’ll be making more tomorrow. We made a really good broccoli chowder last night. I want to make it again. He knows more recipes than I do, but I tend to be better at winging things, or finding a recipe and deviating from it. Though he is very, very good at cooking meat.
I’ve started writing an OF series. My goal is to do two books a year, and I have ten books planned, with titles and concepts. I’m behind on where I want to be with it, because I’ve been slammed by stomach flus and colds. I’ve also been reading a lot of fanfic, and have gone on a “Snape adopts Harry” kick. Luckily, there are a lot of those out there, and I like most of the ones I’ve found so far. Sassy Harry is great, especially when Severus calls him on his crap. I should probably explain something, though: I think that Severus Snape is a fascinating character. I think that Alan Rickman did a fantastic job playing him, and I can’t imagine anyone else in the role. However, I do not like canon-Severus, because the way he was treated at school does not excuse his treatment of students as a teacher. Particularly his treatment of Neville Longbottom. I also think that the age discrepancy has a lot to do with it: Snape was only 29 or 30 in the first book, and Alan Rickman was around 55 at the filming of the first movie. It’s more understandable, though still not exactly forgivable, for a teacher that young to have a hard time not making students pay for what their fathers did. So. I’m fascinated by canon-Snape, but I don’t necessarily like him. Fanfic!Snape, however, when written the right way, is fascinating and likeable. The best Severus Snape stories that I’ve found don’t negate his bad qualities at all, but they do bring his good qualities more to the forefront, and provide him with a lot of growth. If you really think about it, Harry, Hermione, and Ron all grew, but most of the background characters stayed the same. I can’t help but think that Severus Snape, in a more experienced author’s hands, could have been fascinating and likeable. But I feel that way about a lot of things in Harry Potter, so.
I really like talking meta on things. I’ve missed it a lot.
He also talks in his sleep, which is hilarious. (I have permission to share this stuff, by the way). I first learned about his talking in his sleep a few years ago, when we’d take naps together, and he woke me up on two occasions and I was a little bleary. In one, he woke me up demanding to know how I was planning on getting to my audition. I asked him what audition and he grumbled, “Well, I guess it’s not that important to you, is it!” and rolled over and went back to sleep. Another time, he woke me up because “the toilet was overflowing” and he needed to help his da fix it, and he needed me to get his tools. I asked what tools and he hit me with his pillow and told me/yelled at me that if I wouldn’t be helpful to just go back to sleep. So I smacked him in the face with his pillow and rolled over. In the past few months, I’ve discovered that if I talk to him after he’s talked to me, we can have a hilarious conversation. Like the time he woke up, irate that people wanted a pat on the back for doing what they should have been doing. Something about insurance, apparently. Or the time he said “All the stuff” and I asked what stuff, and he replied with “In the closet behind the angry walrus”. So now, when he talks to me in his sleep, I’ll ask questions or argue with him, just to see what comes next.
We made shortbread the other night. It’s a simple recipe, three-two-one, with flour, butter, and sugar. Since we didn’t have caster sugar and only had regular sugar, it was more of an experiment than anything else, but boy howdy, was it good when it came out of the oven. At two in the morning, because that’s when I wanted shortbread. We’ll be making more tomorrow. We made a really good broccoli chowder last night. I want to make it again. He knows more recipes than I do, but I tend to be better at winging things, or finding a recipe and deviating from it. Though he is very, very good at cooking meat.
I’ve started writing an OF series. My goal is to do two books a year, and I have ten books planned, with titles and concepts. I’m behind on where I want to be with it, because I’ve been slammed by stomach flus and colds. I’ve also been reading a lot of fanfic, and have gone on a “Snape adopts Harry” kick. Luckily, there are a lot of those out there, and I like most of the ones I’ve found so far. Sassy Harry is great, especially when Severus calls him on his crap. I should probably explain something, though: I think that Severus Snape is a fascinating character. I think that Alan Rickman did a fantastic job playing him, and I can’t imagine anyone else in the role. However, I do not like canon-Severus, because the way he was treated at school does not excuse his treatment of students as a teacher. Particularly his treatment of Neville Longbottom. I also think that the age discrepancy has a lot to do with it: Snape was only 29 or 30 in the first book, and Alan Rickman was around 55 at the filming of the first movie. It’s more understandable, though still not exactly forgivable, for a teacher that young to have a hard time not making students pay for what their fathers did. So. I’m fascinated by canon-Snape, but I don’t necessarily like him. Fanfic!Snape, however, when written the right way, is fascinating and likeable. The best Severus Snape stories that I’ve found don’t negate his bad qualities at all, but they do bring his good qualities more to the forefront, and provide him with a lot of growth. If you really think about it, Harry, Hermione, and Ron all grew, but most of the background characters stayed the same. I can’t help but think that Severus Snape, in a more experienced author’s hands, could have been fascinating and likeable. But I feel that way about a lot of things in Harry Potter, so.
I really like talking meta on things. I’ve missed it a lot.
