Not.

[mrissa]

This is me not going to Madison for Andrew's wedding today.

This is me not applying to Viable Paradise this year.

This is me not making plans to go to the Bay Area with markgritter yet.

This is me not buying a membership for WorldCon or World Fantasy Con yet.

This is me not in a good mood.

This is me squaring my shoulders and going on with the day. All right, I've already asked you to tell me something good, and I've already asked about dreams. Silly fantasy writer question of the day (which does not make me silly fantasy writer of the day -- you can still vie for that title, some of you): if you got to have one object you currently own invested with magic, what object would it be, and what magic?

Alternately, do you know what your oldest possession is? and why have you kept it for that long?

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[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Oldest possession can go either way, its age, or its seniority with me. I have some botanical prints that are 19th century, and an 1893 Encyclopedia Britannica. I have a watch my father was given in 1936, but I didn't get it until after he died (I do have the watch he wore through WWII, which I got in 1958). I have a few books I bought new before 1966, and a few more I bought used from the first half of the 20th century.

The concept that I might have to explain why I still have any of those things is so totally foreign, I can't begin to address it.

As for magic -- give me some time to consult an expert in the actual system of magic available, and come up with clever things, and I'll tell you how I'd put it to work. Magic systems have such a range that I might end up with anything from a watch of virus repelling to a keychain of ultimate command.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

You have begun to address it, though: we've talked about these things in the past.