And we're looking forward to it, too. And looking forward to it and looking forward to it, but I'm sure that's not your fault.
You can delete that if you like.
'Destiny'
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."
And we're looking forward to it, too. And looking forward to it and looking forward to it, but I'm sure that's not your fault.
You can delete that if you like.
I never heard of her, but I'm sure somebody here has. Bestselling author Iris Chang has died: [link]
I never heard of her, but I'm sure somebody here has. Bestselling author Iris Chang has died.
I was shocked by that news. When her book The Rape Of Nanking came out, there was a great deal of publicity about it in the Bay Area. Both for the book, and the historical event - which had gone surprisingly under reported in the west. Hers was the first book on the subject. Anyway, it looks like it was a suicide. With a shotgun, no less.
HOLY FUCK!
Wow. That was a stunning book. I'm really sorry to hear about that.
Wow. That was a stunning book. I'm really sorry to hear about that.
'Cause I feel the same way.
Oh man...(goes off to find news articles on Iris Chang's death in sea of articles on Arafat's).
Nobody remembers the purple states.
Oddly, I just received a graphic of the purple states.
Hey all, if you wouldn't mind distributing this to your lists...
This is the book signing/book release party for Suz Brockmann Maya and I have been planning.
I realized in the elevator that I've been in three book-oriented fandoms. That is to say, I joined dedicated mailing lists to discuss these books; I never wrote (or considered writing) fanfic. (Okay, there was that one Patrick O'Brian zombie piece, but that was for Consuela.)
So. I was on a Dorothy Dunnett mailing list, a Patrick O'Brian mailing list, and right now I'm on the Jennifer Crusie mailing list. The first two wrote long twisty insanely complicated series, and it helped to have other fans explain to you what exactly catharpings were and how a hackbut differed from a sackbut. The Jennifer Crusie thing I fell into; I found the books, joined the list, discovered that JC herself posted there, and was hooked. (She's a very kind woman. I'm pretty much inactive there because it's become so high-volume.)
What about y'all? What did you become so obsessive about that you needed help obsessing?
What about y'all? What did you become so obsessive about that you needed help obsessing?
You mean, aside from Buffy?
Hmm.
Doctor Who. Board games. Freak-Ass Christianity. Calligraphy. Astrology. Dungeons & Dragons. Evolution. Animals generally. Religion generally. Origami. Dungeons & Dragons, v3.5. Ancient history. Card games. Public speaking. Public housing. Wittgenstein. Dungeons & Dragons miniatures. Rugby league. Diplomacy. Debating. Photography.
Wait. When you say help obsessing, do you mean like enabling, or "Dude, you need help"?