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Jul. 1st, 2008 08:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
*waves like a mad thing*
Sorry for disappearing. I just upped and went to stay with nan for a few months. Needed the change of air, the rest and the time to think. Then I went to stay a bit with Fleur. Then, when I came back, I moved. :-D
I'm finally settled in my new flat - ground floor, stairs are not knee-friendly things - and my new life.
HUGZ to all.
Y'know, I've really lost the typing habit, have done a LOT of verbal communication and practically none of the written one, it feels awfully odd right now. BUT! I have Deep Thoughts on some things with which I'll bore you all to tears quite soon. I also have a fic gestating, but I don't know if I'm going to inflict it on you.
Soooo... read any good book lately?
Sorry for disappearing. I just upped and went to stay with nan for a few months. Needed the change of air, the rest and the time to think. Then I went to stay a bit with Fleur. Then, when I came back, I moved. :-D
I'm finally settled in my new flat - ground floor, stairs are not knee-friendly things - and my new life.
HUGZ to all.
Y'know, I've really lost the typing habit, have done a LOT of verbal communication and practically none of the written one, it feels awfully odd right now. BUT! I have Deep Thoughts on some things with which I'll bore you all to tears quite soon. I also have a fic gestating, but I don't know if I'm going to inflict it on you.
Soooo... read any good book lately?
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Date: 2008-07-01 09:37 pm (UTC)Hmm, good books? A few, I guess. Ones that come to mind is A Clockwork Orange (I loved the writing, though I hated the moral), The Golden Compass (great stuff all around. Also, bears. Can't go wrong with bears. =]) and Duty Calls (though I'm somewhat embarrassed about liking that one so much, since it's really just space opera with no character development and not deeper themes of any sort. But I just adored the main character, who's a bastard hero who probably isn't as much of a bastard as he thinks he is). Oh, and Un Lun Dun (China Miéville is now officially one of my literary heroes - that book is yet another example that proves that children's lit doesn't have to be dumb). And there is something to be said for The Dead Fathers' Club by Matt Haig, if you feel like a somewhat disturbing retelling of Hamlet. :)
My exact opinions on each of these are of course available under the "review" tag in my journal. Your comments would be most welcome. :D
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Date: 2008-07-02 08:27 pm (UTC)Pullman I detest, do I have to explain why? :P :P :P
Off to read about the other books - I think I'll buy them - and spam your LJ a bit. :-D
P.S. Very good to see you again, Mr Feminist Viking.
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Date: 2008-07-03 06:56 pm (UTC)Pullman I detest, do I have to explain why? :P :P :P
You might, actually. ^_^; I thought you'd like him. Unless... oh, please don't tell me that Lyra wusses out in the second and third book and becomes a damsel in distress. If so, I am tempted to suggest a road trip to go throw rocks at Mr Pullman's house. -_-;
P.S. Very good to see you again, Mr Feminist Viking.
Why, thank you. I tip my horned helmet to you. =]
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Date: 2008-07-03 09:17 pm (UTC)In other news, I've been weeping like a Victorian heroine because in my self enforced exile from the netz I'd missed the news about Pterry's Alzheimer. I'm devastated.
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Date: 2008-07-04 05:01 pm (UTC)Your advice is well-meant and gratefully accepted. Unfortunately, hearing about how horrible some book is always makes me curious enough to buy it... ^_^;
In other news, I've been weeping like a Victorian heroine because in my self enforced exile from the netz I'd missed the news about Pterry's Alzheimer. I'm devastated.
*hugs* Yeah. I don't blame you. When I heard, all I wanted to do was swear or hit something.
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Date: 2008-07-05 01:16 pm (UTC)This is my head. This is my desk. This is my head meeting my desk with great force!
Throwing stones at Pullman's house is starting to sound more tempting.
Eve. Gaah. Of all the hackneyed, clichéd, dehumanising, sexist, idiotic... Eve!
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Date: 2008-07-06 09:05 pm (UTC)But... But I do understand 'cause I'm the same. I've bought and read (or read at library) some HUGE steaming mounds of manure exactly because I'd been warned against them.
So maybe I told you how awful the things are to force you to read them in a sadistic 'Let's Spread The Misery' thing. MWAHAHAHAHAHAH!
*ahem*
What I mean, naturally, is that I'm sorry you had to suffer through it. :-D
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Date: 2008-07-06 09:16 pm (UTC)Maybe shocking news make people lean on the cultural stereotypes for comfort or because one is too shocked to think things through? I've no idea. Must think on this.
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Date: 2008-07-03 10:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-06 08:59 pm (UTC)Oh, and WOW icon!
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Date: 2008-07-14 07:28 am (UTC)Incidentally, I've done a fair amount of updating since you last read The Birth of Guyver V. Ryan and Agito have met and they're getting along like a house on fire; insults have been exchanged, and someone - I'm not naming names ;) - has gotten punched. I think you'll enjoy it.
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Date: 2008-07-14 04:58 pm (UTC)I'm very happy as well to talk to you and even happier that I get to read more of your story. HURRAH!
Ryan and Agito are going to be my OTP, you realise that, don't you? :P
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Date: 2008-07-16 01:26 am (UTC)It'd be an interesting relationship, to say the least. ;)
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Date: 2008-07-17 08:45 pm (UTC)Yeh. That's why I said 'my OTP'. I rather love difficult things and complex relationships. :-D
BTW, am re-reading from the start. Your fic is even better at second reading. Will review when I've read it all.
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Date: 2008-07-18 12:01 am (UTC)Oh, and if you're going to write a story about them, make sure Shizu's on hand to take care of the inevitable scrapes, bruses, scratches, and other misclainious injuries. Ryan fights dirty, and he has a tendency to bite. ;)