I feel the same way about New York, especially as I was raised in the countryside, and New York had this mythic glow in my mind. Being there did nothing to disturb the glow.
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Connie Neil - Apr 23, 2004 7:51:14 am PDT #4195 of 10001
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deborah grabien - Apr 23, 2004 7:54:49 am PDT #4196 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Being there did nothing to disturb the glow.
Well, NY is my anti-city (seven years there, school, and alas, me and the Big Apple Do Not Cohere), but I do understand the glow factor of a specific city. I had Paris as a child, with my grandmother in the summer for a few yuears, and loved it then. I fully expected that going back as an adult, the lustre would have worn off, but it didn't. The City of Light still kills me, on every level, in the best possible way.
Dani - Apr 23, 2004 10:37:46 am PDT #4197 of 10001
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
Sept/Oct is a really good time to travel in Europe, I think. The summer tourist floods have begun to subside (although high season prices apply until the end of Sept) and the weather is generally nice.
I don't want to spend three weeks in the rain
You could go to Ireland in July & still have this problem. IJS.
Susan W. - Apr 24, 2004 6:02:48 pm PDT #4198 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
OK, I'm skipping posts wholesale in an effort to catch up in all my threads now that I'm starting to feel like a functional human being again, so what's this newfangled LJ drabble thinggy and how does it work?
In other writerly news, I've decided to change the name of a major character in both the finished novel and the WIP, because I decided it was too much to have three important characters with the same first initial. Currently his name is Julius, and he has to have a Shakespearean name, as the brother of Hal, Portia, and Cordelia. It also needs to be a good name for a tall, blond, handsome, pompous, chauvinistic ass. So, I'm sitting here with my complete works of Shakespeare, and y'all get to help me pick a new name! My ideas are:
Ferdinand
Sebastian
Benedick
Demetrius
Bertram
Octavius
Titus
I'm kinda leaning toward Octavius. It's a very weird feeling, to contemplate doing a global find-and-replace on a major character, but I'd rather change his name than my other two J-men, since James and Jack are heroes and my two favorite characters in the entire books.
Steph L. - Apr 24, 2004 6:11:08 pm PDT #4199 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
what's this newfangled LJ drabble thinggy and how does it work?
It's a non-fanfic drabble community. Doesn't necessarily have to be fiction; it can be prose, essay-ish, haiku -- just not fanfic. 100 words, or in the ballpark. I'll post the new challenge every Monday.
And you can join the LJ community here.
Astarte - Apr 24, 2004 6:11:13 pm PDT #4200 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
I like Demetrius.
erikaj - Apr 24, 2004 6:14:30 pm PDT #4201 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
me too.
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2004 6:18:54 pm PDT #4202 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I lean towards Titus, but mainly because I recently saw a production.
sj - Apr 24, 2004 6:21:37 pm PDT #4203 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I like Demetrius too.
Susan W. - Apr 24, 2004 6:37:57 pm PDT #4204 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thanks, Teppy!
Demetrius could work....