I spent the weekend re-reading all the William Gibson books I have. Started out with Pattern Recognition, and it went on from there.
Heh. I've got Count Zero right here. I picked it up at Half Price Books and reread the beginning (which I love) and figured I still had it on my bookshelves and, of course, I did.
I realized that the beginning of Count Zero appealed to the same sense of fucked up romance that I love about the middle section of the movie The Hustler. They have that same mixture of injury, recovery, stepping out of the world and your life with an extended sexual holiday with an unlikely (probably inappropriate) partner.
I've got Count Zero right here. I picked it up at Half Price Books and reread the beginning (which I love) and figured I still had it on my bookshelves and, of course, I did.
Count Zero interrupt.
I like CZ - possibly better than Neuromancer, though the overwhelming sense of thinking-style recognition that I had when I first read Neuromancer blinds me to almost all of its flaws. It's interesting to look at the parallels between Marly and Cayce - which I should do tonight. Yes.
I've only read Neuromancer, but I absolutely loved the scene where Wintermute calls Case on a nearby pay phone, and then as Case walks away, passing by a long bank of pay phones, each one rings as he passes it.
That was cool.
and then as Case walks away, passing by a long bank of pay phones, each one rings as he passes it.
Yeah. Gibson's got a knack for those kinds of scenes.
It's raining, it's pouring,
This weather is so damn boring.
If only you could send the rain here.
If only you could send the rain here.
Please. I'm not really enjoying the Countdown to Wildfires going on in the hills. Though I guess California would appreciate rain more.
I came to ask a question and got all caught up in Teppy's asshat employers, Kristin's paperwork nightmare, and apparently...a book orgy.
Anyway, I do have a cooking question. How do you sautee something without stirring it? Isn't that just "cook it on the stove in some oil?"
I always associated sauteeing with "moving food bitsaround really fast in a super hot pan with oil or some liquidy stuff" so I got nothing.
I went to the dentist today for the first time in 5 years. BAd news -- need root canal (I've had one; I ain't afraid, just...$$$) Good new -- I am getting my front teeth fixed on Friday! I ate lemons when I was a kid -- hell, into my 20's sproadically, and the enamel is just GONE, and the edges are all chipped to shit and they are stained because of the MIA enamel. I am very self-concious about them, but thought I would have to get superexpensive work, like veneers, but he can fix them for $315!!! And will let me make payments. I am SO happy about this that I don't even care about the RC.
Also, am applying for adjunct English prof position at local comm coll. No bennies, I think, but better than a fucking kick in the face. I think I might be able to COBRA. Ugh.
