P is for....
So, i-beloved has challenged me to list 10 things I love starting with the letter 'P'.
In no particular order,
In no particular order,
- Perl - Always been a fan of this language since I saw my first, post-uni, hang-gliding boss writing a program that sent him weather maps from the BOM. These days I'm working on a program that emails me football scores from around the world.
- Phil Foglio - The first time I saw his artwork, I was hooked. It was the cover to Myth Adventures. Then I discovered the rest of his oeuvre. Great stuff. Not surprisingly, I think Girl Genius is great stuff (with his partner Kaja)
- Planetary - Quite simply one of my favourite comic series ever. Love how the homages were done, the different approaches. All good.
- Pineapple - Loved it since I was a kid. From the strangely sweet, tangy juice to the itching pain it leaves in the corners of my mouth as it leaves small cuts behind for the juice to seep into.
- Plays - I don't go to enough of these. Theatre has an intimacy that cinema can't match, on the other hand, when it's bad, it's equal to bad cinema.
- Praline - A wonderful thing to stick in chocolates, though really I just get a giggle as I remember Chief Constable Harry 'Snapper' Organs saying it out loud which segués nicely to...
- Python - Yes yes, one of the many here, though one of the only ones I know who has the Flying Circus on DVD. At the same time, I haven't seen Life of Brian. Which segués nicely to...
- Perversion - "Those who know me better, know better." - Marylin Monroe.
- Pantoum - A fantastic verse form. Line 1 and 3 become lines 2 and 4 of the next verse. Lines 1 and 3 of the second verse become 2 and 4 of the third and so on. The last verse uses lines 2 and 4 from the first verse as lines 1 and 3.
- Poetry - I nearly went the 'let's not be obvious and avoid using this' path and realised I was ..well, being obvious. I love language and it's many and varied practices. Poetry, that is to say, metrical writing, has been a part of my life for a lot longer than I'll admit. Every time I think about the first time I discovered an amazing poem in my youth, I realise it's pre-dated by some other similar incident. Currently it's finding a mini Burns book in my grandparents bookshelf.