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[hiddendaze]

Oh, the unexpected delights of remusxsirius. This Remus and Sirius comic makes me laugh (James even has hiddendaze-sanctioned superhero hair, hee hee). I'm ready to fangirl over this Remus.

It was very hot today but my weird cold-thing refuses to get better so I didn't venture down the stairs or out of doors in classic precious flowerinvalid fashion. Instead I read

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[ourmutualfiend]

Oh, so you're consumptive? Gawd, how glam. dragonchariot and I, fetishists for all things Victoriana, call this Ruby Gillis disease, after the Anne of Green Gables character who succumbs to it. In the books, not the movies. In the movies they never touch upon Ruby's bout of the TK.

You need a white tea dress. And for God sakes, put DOWN the Cruise.

[hiddendaze]

I am totally consumptive ... and no visitors have come to call and I sway romantically when I sit up and no doubt I will become deceptively rosy of cheek just before I pass over. Gahd, consumption is *so* much more glam than tuberculosis. actually it's an ear-throat clogged pain-thing. Not so glam, but very ambiguous. With fevers!

I so wanted to live on PEI when I was a gal.

And for God sakes, put DOWN the Cruise
Now I think that is a tad unfair coming from you. Cast not the first stone ...

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[ourmutualfiend]

"Now I think that is a tad unfair coming from you. Cast not the first stone ..."

I was thinking about this the other day when Staying Alive- yes, that Staying Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever as interpretted by director Sylvester Stallone- came on tv. Anyway, it had John Travolta, another Scientologist in it, who was originally supposed to play Lestat when IwtV was first sold to the movie studios way, way back in the late 70s. As I watched Travolta dance in leotard and artfully shredded barbarian boots, I was overwhelmed by the sweaty stench of le queer. I kept thinking, what is it about this ambiguously gay vampire and his appeal to closeted cult members? Cause IIRC, Tommy Tooth wanted the Lestat role, and wanted it quite badly.

I'd bet you'd make a deeevine consumptive. Play-acting diseases, with carafs of absinthe on the nightstand; really, now there's a cult I could fall in with.

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[hiddendaze]

Hang on - Stallone directed Staying Alive? Wow, his talents know no bounds (note: have not actually seen it).

what is it about this ambiguously gay vampire and his appeal to closeted cult members?
Umm, let it not be said that scientology is not open in some respects? And le queer - if there is not a magazine with this title there should be.

I think you'd make a better consumptive. No wait, you could be the bosom friend who keeps silent vigil and then faints upon hearing the worst. "I'm feeling a bit queer" - it's a shame that phrase is out of circulation. It's perfect for the dramatic faint (feint?), especially those favoured by grande dame types.

How are you? Tell me about New York and Paris :)

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[ourmutualfiend]

New York- saving the pennies, though I went on a shopping expedition this morning. Slap. Betrayer to the cause; but the jacket was so worth it. The new job has taken much of my time and energy, so I've put everything but eating and breathing on hold. Boring answer, yes I know.

Paris, another cause for the penny save. Lucky magazine had a recent Paris shopping guide that I clipped and saved. Wild_boys is in the process of moving to Paris- next weekend I believe. I think maybe she's spared me a bit of corner to curl in. Where will you be first week of September?

You're really the funniest, queerest thing. Mad love.

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[hiddendaze]

Jackets are, I think, special exceptions. If you see the perfect cut and fit then you should buy - they so easily slip through one's fingers and are pined after forever.
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Time Out also had a Paris special a few weeks ago, which I have set aside. Where will I be the first week of September? Hopefully in Paris. But it all overlaps with handing my dissert. in and moving house so I need to talk to you about that. Although I ... am worried I might be the sore thumb against you two sophisticates.

You are ten times more fantastic! Plus one!

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[ourmutualfiend]

I understand. I'm keeping the pinkies and toes crossed that we'll be able to hook up. And geez- no nerves. I'll be the one shuffling in copper-toed boots through the station, knock-kneed with a carpetbag.

The jacket is pink cordory (in the fucking summer, no less) with round brass buttins and a Victorian peplum fit.

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[hiddendaze]

Well do let me know the deets so I can try and work something out. For some reason it's a place I'd like to be with people. Not so keen on sitting in the corner with my lone glass of wine.

Or maybe this is a symptom of my complete lack of French.

Pink. I'm having a resurgence of pink. It's a summer colour!

[ourmutualfiend]

And PEI- growing up, my mom's best pal (still is) spent her girlhood in Canadian boarding schools. She sent her own daughters up to Nova Scotia and PEI for a month every summer to live on one of the small rural island sans electricity and running water. She's daft, and much too blunt for me as a kid, but now I love her.

[hiddendaze]

I'm sure it's the kind of experience you'd loathe as a kid, but be everso thankful and nostalgic for later on.

Kids know shit really.