I like Steinbeck, but mostly for Cannery Row, Sweet Thursday and Tortilla Flats. And his version of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. I think I like Bret Harte, but I don't remember why. And I might like stories about Jack London more than Jack London stories. I didn't hate Old Man and the Sea, but I have no fondness for Hemingway.
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Aug 22, 2018 5:33:58 pm PDT #28701 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
-t - Aug 22, 2018 5:38:48 pm PDT #28702 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The thing I liked in To Build a Fire is the bit where he gauges the temperature by whether his spit freezes before or after it hits the ground.
aurelia - Aug 22, 2018 6:02:16 pm PDT #28703 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I also hated The Pearl.
Surgery~ma for your dad, Sue.
Theodosia - Aug 22, 2018 6:08:43 pm PDT #28704 of 30002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It's the practical details that make the Fire story feel so very, since of course London really had been to Alaska.
One detail I'd love to work into a story of mine is how the housewives used to tell if the oven was hot enough for baking: hold your hand into it, and count out loud until you couldn't stand it anymore. Through practice, you'd determine that the oven was hot enough say when you couldn't count beyond ten or whatever.
-t - Aug 22, 2018 6:13:25 pm PDT #28705 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pretty sure I haven't read The Pearl. I know I haven't read Grapes of Wrath or East of Eden. Makes it a lot easier to like Steinbeck, I'd wager.
-t - Aug 22, 2018 6:32:46 pm PDT #28706 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've gotten into the habit of having Trader Joe's drinkable yogurt before bed, some vague notion of calcium and vitamin d being good for sleep and live cultures being generally good. Tonight's set ING tasted kind of funny, like maybe it was considering making a career change to cheese, so after I drank I checked the expiry date: Aug 10. That's probably not going to hurt me, right?
aurelia - Aug 22, 2018 6:38:21 pm PDT #28707 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Maybe you'll wake up with superpowers, -t.
-t - Aug 22, 2018 6:56:20 pm PDT #28708 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Fingers crossed!
aurelia - Aug 22, 2018 6:56:58 pm PDT #28709 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
A friend posted this on FB [link] and I really want to say that the meme reads like a prompt for slash fic, but I'm afraid that's the wrong corner of my friendslist. I don't want to end up trying to explain slash.
meara - Aug 22, 2018 7:32:26 pm PDT #28710 of 30002
Hah that totally sounds like RPF, aurelia!!
I had a friend remind me of the Expert Consultant sketch tonight, where the need to draw seven red lines, perpendicular to each other. And two should be in transparent ink, and one in green ink. And one in the shape of a kitten? It's too real.