I realized too late that reading Lolita on a cross-country bus trip was the wrong choice for discouraging creepy guys from talking to me. Live and learn.
Yeah, stay away from Tropic of Cancer too. (Though it was a fun plot point in After Hours.)
You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
DavidS - Apr 02, 2011 4:57:29 pm PDT #1466 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Apr 02, 2011 5:01:42 pm PDT #1467 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, I found some papers I shouldn't have thrown away, and saved them, and found others I'd carefully put aside, but nothing to do with jury duty.
Now I need to work out how to arrange my Monday morning.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 02, 2011 5:04:25 pm PDT #1468 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
-t, I'm thinking maybe this would be the best choice of reading material for warding off unwanted wierdos on public transit (between the title and the eye-catching skeleton on the cover).
Well, after a copy of The Watchtower, anyway.
§ ita § - Apr 02, 2011 5:05:56 pm PDT #1469 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
With this you get a specific sort of attention. Can be both interesting and bad.
beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 5:11:36 pm PDT #1470 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Well, after a copy of The Watchtower, anyway.
Some really lovely JWitnesses came to the door today to invite me to a couple of events.
I've always had nice experiences with the usual group but I do sometimes wonder what strategy has them knocking on doors in this neighborhood in the middle of the day on a weekday. Myself and maybe three other people are actually home! It seems like a waste of their time.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 02, 2011 5:16:02 pm PDT #1471 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Maybe they are introverted Jehovah's Witnesses and don't really want to talk to people? I know that is what I would do.
The only JW I knew was in grammar school and he was very quiet. For some reason the teachers always were explaining why he did not say the Pledge or celebrate his birthday, but in a pretty nice (for the late 70's) inclusive way. I think it came up a lot though because half of our activities revolved around a holiday of some sort.
beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 5:18:55 pm PDT #1472 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Maybe they are introverted Jehovah's Witnesses and don't really want to talk to people? I know that is what I would do.
Heh. They are pretty calm, that's for sure.
I actually enjoy running into them because they just seem like lovely people. Also, and I suppose this is a weird thing to focus on, they are always dressed to the nines and the gentlemen always smell fantastic. The women usually have really nice hats. Not Sunday Crowns...which I love...but very stylish and dignified.
Amy - Apr 02, 2011 5:38:40 pm PDT #1473 of 30001
Because books.
The strongest reaction I ever got to a book was on a commuter train. My seatmate was amazed by the length of Outlander, and wanted to know WHY I would read a book so long. Baffled me. Because it's good? Why else?
beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 5:40:07 pm PDT #1474 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
WHY I would read a book so long. Baffled me. Because it's good? Why else?
Of course!
I've listened to all the audiobooks in the series. I think that means I've heard more than 200 hours of Davina Porter's voice...and loved every minute of it.
Kat - Apr 02, 2011 5:56:16 pm PDT #1475 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The strongest reaction I ever got to a book was on a commuter train. My seatmate was amazed by the length of Outlander,
Have any of you read Stiff? When I read it people were ALWAYS commenting on it. One woman was completely outraged by the concept and declared the whole thing disgusting. Though she hadn't read it.