In Grantchester that summer, he lay in a field and dreamed of machines

[sovay]

Why, yes, universe, thank you, I would love an orchestral work about Alan Turing by Pet Shop Boys. (Original article here, but not being a subscriber, about all I can do is look at the evocative photo.) What a wonderful antidote to the prospect of a straight-cast Turing movie. Tell me there's going to be a recording. Especially if the rest of it sounds anything like the live track here. I'm only sorry—and I'm really sorry—Derek Jarman isn't around to handle the music videos.

P.S. My father came over with power tools and two-by-fours and did not fix the bed per se, but he built a new partition and braced it and the frame with a lot of chocks and blocks and we did not have to buy a new bed last night. The current arrangement will last us until we can. Now I need to learn how to deal with the fact that the new air conditioner makes an ear-filling high-pitched tone that I can't sleep through, but at least I don't have to fail to sleep through it on the floor.

P.P.S. I can now announce that my short story "In Winter" has been accepted by Lackington's. They are publishing the table of contents over Twitter, so you can read the news and a teaser here and here. It's an experiment in historical fiction. strange_selkie told me to stop researching and write already. rushthatspeaks said there was no point in any version of "The Snow Queen" that was missing the robber girl.

Comments

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

Now I need to learn how to deal with the fact that the new air conditioner makes an ear-filling high-pitched tone that I can't sleep through

Leave it on at full blast UNTIL you want to go to bed?

[sovay]

Leave it on at full blast UNTIL you want to go to bed?

I've thought about that. I think it will work so long as the temperatures aren't sweltering—if I can keep a fan moving the cool air around. I'm not sure what I'll do when the summer really spikes, as it did earlier last week before falling over into April again. Ideally I want it to stop making that noise, but I'm not sure if that's possible without, like, taking it out of the window and disassembling it and maybe not even then.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Maybe baffling around the sides of the air conditioner would reduce the noise? Alternately perhaps white noise, unless that also banishes sleep in which case call Princess Langwidere for instructions on how to temporarily and non-fatally remove your head?

[sovay]

Alternately perhaps white noise, unless that also banishes sleep

White noise is great. I could still hear the air conditioner through it.

in which case call Princess Langwidere for instructions on how to temporarily and non-fatally remove your head?

I've considered it.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Bleah.

in which case call Princess Langwidere for instructions on how to temporarily and non-fatally remove your head?

I've considered it.

I'm sure I had her telephone number, but it looks like the area code has gotten separated from the body of the number.

Good luck in finding a solution that lets you sleep. Maybe headphones + music? Googling yields these