in which i am ashamed, and then shameless

[faeriemaiden]

So, I've been having some really rather fantastic Goodwill luck lately (and maybe someday there will be pictures; I do, after all, finally have a tripod, only there's a bit missing so I sort of have to balance the camera on it, meaning that weird angles are out, except the...constant, unintentional ones, argh). I found a splendid floor-length

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[everydayjoy]

Strunk and White? Oh joy!!!

(and after reading it, you really must read Spunk and Bite. Superly good)

[faeriemaiden]

Oooh, shall look out for it, then! I've been feeling like a bad grammar nerd for never having read the infamous Strunk & White. :p

[builtofsorrow]

OMG STRUNK & WHITE. -envies like mad-

Also, just take out the tag. :P It sounds fabulous. -wants photos-

[faeriemaiden]

I KNOWWWW. And it's sort of a yellowy-but-not-all-shabby copy, too, which is sort of romantic. (SPEAKING OF ROMANTIC HAVE I MENTIONED RECENTLY THAT AKSADHGH YOU SENT ME VINTAGE BOOKS? *has been carrying the ballad book everywhere in recent weeks*)

I want to take photos, toooo. I was going to do some today, but I ended up napping much of the afternoon, surprise surprise. My friend Jonathan left his tripod here the other day, accidentally-on-purpose, so, you know, I can take pictures that aren't balanced on the porch or hanging from trees...

[suangelita]

I want to see the dress, hehe...!

Elements of Style = good... so long as it's the writing book I'm thinking of...

[faeriemaiden]

Speaking of dresses, you had wedding dress pictures, didn't you? (And still do, I assume. :p) I WANT TO SEE. We can trade!

Also you have been invisible lately! Where aaaare you? :p (Okay I've been invisible too. And Out Doing Stuff, which is kind of weird. BUT STILL. ^-^)

[barefoottomboy]

Aw, I would love to come and have free food and pony rides and witness you singing. Sadly, geography being what it is, I shall have to cheer you on from the internetual sidelines.

*internet cheers*

I second the just-remove-the-label advice, as well as the call for pictures.

Oliver Sachs is awesome - I started Musicophilia when I was at my aunt and uncles, and this reminds me to hunt it down and finish it. Also to read my copy of S&W.

[faeriemaiden]

Hee! Well, it went fairly well, I think, and the weather was brilliant. People actually showed up, and...I may have been recruited to sing at someone's church on Saturday, EEP.

Musicophilia is fabulous, and I read it straight through on a Sunday afternoon like it was a suspense novel. And I was very, very sad when I had to give it back to the library far far away. Now I am somewhat absurdly lamenting the fact that I have never had musical hallucinations of any kind. I must also hunt up all of his other books (which gives me a new list to go through, since I've mostly exhausted the L'Engles and the Gaimans and the Montgomerys).

[tobie_rosemary]

I have a love-hate relationship with Strunk and White. But I definitely understand. :)

[faeriemaiden]

Heh, I tend to have a love-hate relationship with any book that lays down The Rules About The English Language, and then I bicker with it about when to use a comma and whether or not split infinitives can ever add a subtle shade of meaning... :p

[tobie_rosemary]

<3 your icon!!

Elements of style is an excellent guide, but I think creativity can have its own way, to a degree..