any recommendations on what to read next?
Ha! I bought Matter in Seattle, funnily enough!
If you've not read Use of Weapons, yet, I'd definitely recommend it. I loved the living hell out of it, right to the last line.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Fay - Jul 05, 2009 8:31:11 am PDT #27432 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
sumi - Jul 05, 2009 8:34:06 am PDT #27433 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Wimbledon: Holy Crap! 30 games in the fifth set !!!
Roger wins! Andy Roddick rocks!
Let's see those two in the US Open!
SuziQ - Jul 05, 2009 8:47:19 am PDT #27434 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Last night was full of nightmares and today is headache central. Vegging out and watching Buffy.
StuntHusband - Jul 05, 2009 8:56:33 am PDT #27435 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Yay Banks! My favorite Banks book is "Excession". I just love reading Minds getting snarky with each other.
I had trouble with "Use of Weapons". I will try again, once I'm done with "Heroics for Beginners" by John Moore. (Which y'all must read, so I can say, "I'm milking the giant cow" and you get it.)
Dana - Jul 05, 2009 9:02:48 am PDT #27436 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Someone tell me when the trophy ceremony is over?
Tom Scola - Jul 05, 2009 9:04:25 am PDT #27437 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm at the Botanic Garden today. The weather is gorgeous, and the place is empty! Yay!
Fay - Jul 05, 2009 9:12:34 am PDT #27438 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
SH, you are a fellow of taste and discernment! Which, okay, we already knew (the coat!) but still - good job!
...you know, I don't think I've read Excession. Must rectify that.
I love Use of Weapons, but it's definitely Banks in magnificently twisty-turny and thoroughly fucked-up mode. Which I thoroughly enjoy. Honestly, you're reading it KNOWING that he's going to have twists, and red herrings and all that, because it's Banks, and so you're looking for them, and yet even so, he STILL managed to lead me down the garden path very successfully with this one. Which is a big part of my love for the story - that I actually jumped up and said "Oh my God - no WAY!" out loud at one point.
meara - Jul 05, 2009 9:18:57 am PDT #27439 of 30000
That eye/tooth thing may officially be the weirdest thing I've ever heard of, if true. Cause...dude. That's just creepy.
Sue - Jul 05, 2009 9:22:41 am PDT #27440 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Okay, my back is officially fucked. I have no idea what's going on, but I just found myself at the drugstore, unable to reach down and get a bottle of Aspirin on a knee high shelf. I could neitehr bend at the hips or squat. Finally I managed to squat down just enough to reach, but I thought I was going to have to call the pharmacist over to pick them up for me.
I was going to a movie, but I just came home after that adventure.
Dana - Jul 05, 2009 9:32:46 am PDT #27441 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Aaaand I just got spoiled for both championship matches, which I'd managed to avoid so far.
Fucking time difference.