I've read a few books, mostly vintage pulp SF novellas and a bunch of Theodore Sturgeon short stories, and lots of kids' novels and YA, but probably not more than twenty, if that. I've spent most of this year slowly working my way through Bellefleur, which Hec picked up for me ages ago at Half Price Books. Something like ten months later I'm just about halfway through. Which sounds like a dreadful diss, but in fact it's just an incredibly dense, language-drunk novel. It takes me several minutes to read a single page, and if I miss a few days I have to go back a chapter to get caught back up again. Slow, slow going, but rich and dark and brutal and lovely. I don't feel any need to hurry through it.
So that's my dream. That and some stuff about cigars and a tunnel.
Faith ,'Get It Done'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
JZ - Dec 10, 2009 4:44:21 pm PST #24287 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Trudy Booth - Dec 10, 2009 4:44:57 pm PST #24288 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I could swear I heard that story a year or two ago.
It's mentioned in the letters. I think it was in Japan.
Kat - Dec 10, 2009 4:46:09 pm PST #24289 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Heh. I have to say, I'm loving see you dive into life in Boston with your parents nearby.
Me too!
I am reading a biography on Antonin Scalia. I can't figure out why I am reading (NPR rec) and I am not sure I'll read the whole thing.
Jesse - Dec 10, 2009 4:50:03 pm PST #24290 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have to say, I'm loving see you dive into life in Boston with your parents nearby.
Yeah, thanks. I can see the beginning of a whole new round of negotations....
I'm trying to decide if I should return or renew a library book. The ones I have out are due tomorrow, I'm in the middle of the last one, but it's not good! I still hate to leave a book half-read.
Zenkitty - Dec 10, 2009 6:19:03 pm PST #24291 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Carnivorous plants on SyFy? They should remake Little Shop of Horrors.
Sue - Dec 10, 2009 6:26:17 pm PST #24292 of 30001
hip deep in pie
My SiL was in town today, so we went for dinner and did some shopping. She is pretty hard to shop for, and I still haven't gotten her present, so I was keeping my eyes peeled for what she was admiring. We were in the Bombay Company, where she was admiring a Nutcracker that was 40% off. So I starting planning to come back this weekend to get it for her. Just as we're heading to the cash, she says, "I'm going to get that Nutcracker." Mentally, I was saying, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Sigh. She, my brother and their son are the only people I have left to shop for, and they all have everything. It's really difficult.
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2009 6:45:22 pm PST #24293 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Bless my mother and sister. My mother loaded my sister up with sustenance, and my sister actually dragged it all from Jamaica. I didn't ask for rum, but I now have two bottles. Which is great, because I was all out, and eggnog season is here. And plantain tarts! My favourite pastry of them all. At least right now. I have a pile. And tamarind balls somewhere in that bag. I'm very happy, despite the headache.
And spending time with my sister wasn't bad either. Even if it was in LAX.
Lee - Dec 10, 2009 6:48:57 pm PST #24294 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
That sounds Awesome! I think I need to try plantain tarts
Strix - Dec 10, 2009 7:45:03 pm PST #24295 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Your mom made sure you had two bottles of rum? ita's mom, for the win!
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2009 7:48:26 pm PST #24296 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't dare ask! I didn't want to sound like a lush. But she made my sister bring it just because.
That's my mom. She's been sending me overproof liquor since I started university.