See, my problem is I WANT to be goth, but other than occasional fun dress up with corsets, my daily wardrobe and things I want to buy and wear and feel pretty and looking sharp in is...J Crew style preppy. More old-school than when they get too trendy, but...I start looking at the plaids and the colors and the twee prints on wellies and go "ooh! why aren't I a bit taller and thinner so this would look better on me? And and, oooh! KNEE SOCKS!"
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
meara - Jun 25, 2009 8:44:49 pm PDT #9406 of 28404
Barb - Jun 26, 2009 2:47:22 am PDT #9407 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
The most me I ever felt in many ways was at the RITA awards two years ago. Pity I don't have a life where I can walk red carpets every couple of weeks or so. (Like, for a real reason, not a Paris Hilton sort of reason.) Which, of course, is odd seeing as in my everyday life I'm very comfortable in my sweats and t's.
Toddson - Jun 26, 2009 4:44:02 am PDT #9408 of 28404
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Aims, if you wander through here, any interest in this book?
Aims - Jun 26, 2009 5:17:19 am PDT #9409 of 28404
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ooooh!! Am I ever!! THat looks awesome.
Ouise - Jun 26, 2009 6:00:30 am PDT #9410 of 28404
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Eep! The website says my copy of Gothic Charm School is out for delivery! Soon it will be mine.
Aims - Jun 26, 2009 6:37:59 am PDT #9411 of 28404
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My "beach reading" for my vacay:
The Kite Runner
Oliver Twist
White Teeth
Twelfth Night
Gothic Charm School
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Woohoo!!
Fay - Jun 26, 2009 6:44:28 am PDT #9412 of 28404
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Oooh! I've not read White Teeth, but I read On Beauty a few weeks ago, and it knocked my socks off.
Sue - Jun 26, 2009 8:11:05 am PDT #9413 of 28404
hip deep in pie
White Teeth is awesome. Better than On Beauty, IMO.
Jesse - Jun 26, 2009 8:25:24 am PDT #9414 of 28404
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, I had the opposite opinion -- loved On Beauty, felt like I slogged through most of White Teeth. At the time, I thought it was because I couldn't relate to any of the characters, really.
Sue - Jun 26, 2009 9:17:04 am PDT #9415 of 28404
hip deep in pie
I will admit that I thought White Teeth dragged in the middle. But I loved the first and last thirds so much, it compensated.