(Thanking Gaia for Nancy Boy Hair Gel)
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
erikaj - Mar 11, 2004 11:56:39 am PST #1301 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Steph L. - Mar 11, 2004 11:57:29 am PST #1302 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
(Thanking Gaia for very low standards.)
DavidS - Mar 11, 2004 11:58:40 am PST #1303 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And also feel better to live in a time when I don't have to "do" my hair before I walk outside.
Yeah, but you love getting your hair washed. Women used to go to the salon every week, often twice.
erikaj - Mar 11, 2004 12:01:19 pm PST #1304 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
That, too. One of the many reasons Kay's my hero...she just washes her(admittedly amazing) hair and goes. And though her clothes look good on her, I'd never go crazy trying to duplicate the look.
DavidS - Mar 11, 2004 2:05:16 pm PST #1305 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
deborah grabien - Mar 11, 2004 3:14:09 pm PST #1306 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
(Thanking Gaia for sexy husband of many years, who likes long hair but is perfectly willing to deal with wispy red flyaway shoulder-length.)
Why am I suddenly jonesing to read a mess of Conan Doyle? And no, nothing to do with hair. I just really want to reread all my Sherlock Holmes. Especially Baskervilles.
Nutty - Mar 11, 2004 7:43:29 pm PST #1307 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Actually the other problem with pincurls is that they tended, by the fact of their placement and the length of my hair, to make my head look like a cube. Not entirely flattering. It would take a real expert (and probably many noxious chemicals) to get the proper effect; I'm happy with faking my '40s style with a few well-placed barrettes and a sidelong glance.
In similar vein, what is the first novel I should start with, for Pelecanos? (I.e., the first one, or does he jump-start quality-wise later on?)
DavidS - Mar 11, 2004 7:45:47 pm PST #1308 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In similar vein, what is the first novel I should start with, for Pelecanos?
Jesse started me with Right As Rain and that was a good place to start. He'd written several by then and gotten his footing, but he introduced some new characters so it's an excellent gateway.
Angus G - Mar 12, 2004 12:21:34 am PST #1309 of 10002
Roguish Laird
Jess's teacher was on the money about Heart of Darkness! My favourite ending ever, though, is Flaubert's Sentimental Education.
Also, the ending of the movie of A Clockwork Orange is so perfect that I was disappointed to find the book didn't end the same way!
Fred Pete - Mar 12, 2004 3:34:39 am PST #1310 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Trollope fans, which of his novels had the following ending?
The novel (and I know this doesn't narrow it down much) involved man who needs to marry money in love with poor young woman. At the end, she inherits enough, thanks to a convoluted will, that the couple can marry.
The kicker is, it was the second time he'd used that resolution. The first time, he described the will in such a way that the woman didn't inherit. So the second time, he said (paraphrasing), "Anyway, that's the way it was described to me. Maybe I got it wrong, but whatever the will said, she inherited."
It's one of my favorite endings, and I think it's from one of the Barsetshire novels -- Doctor Thorne, maybe.