Anyhow Stories, Moral & Otherwise

[salimondo]

Canon and counter-canon. Early on, the work of Hans Christian Andersen inspired much the same urge to panic in me that department store mannequins did. Later on, of course, my baby sister and I could spend a happy Saturday morning laughing it up at the expense of a campy early '70s TV version of "The Little Match Girl," and who wouldn’t enjoy the

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not to go off track but

[daoistraver]

do you have an IM at which you are available? (feel free to screen this for security purposes, if so)

At any rate, this is one of my favorites. If I had time I'd make a proper response, hopefully later on tonight I will.

Re: not to go off track but

[ayrkain]

He's a conscientious objector.

Re: not to go off track but

[daoistraver]

ahh... :)

"The man's so old school he drives a yellow bus with Gothic Arch windows."
- Ray from Achewood (about Cornelius Bear)

Re: not to go off track but

[ayrkain]

Very nice.

"George was supposed to smell like a forest, like a magic sword giving off a mossy scent before its metal when pulled from the ancient oak's heart."

- Little, Big by John Crowley

Re: not to go off track but

[empressdaleth]

oh lovely quote (my favorite book of all time)

Though I always think of salimondo as smelling of a high grassy plain in late August - dry, but not dust-dry... the clean dry smell of summer wheat and tall sweetgrass that has had no rain for a month... this mixed with the faintest scent of honey, from some busy hive just out of sight...

and his color is the tan-gold of the same field...

it's a field that, from a distance, appears to be burnt badly by the sun - and yet, when you walk out into it, you find that it you are surrounded by lush ripeness, and you want to just lay down and be surrounded by it

er, at least, that's how I see him

Re: not to go off track but

[ayrkain]

Very lyrical. I saw the sounds. :)

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[salimondo]

With all respect and gratitude to the kind things people may say, I in fact have no lower jaw and give off a strange sweet-and-sour odor like the parking lot of a Necco wafer factory. Omba! To me my loyal dwarf! Have you brought the eagle's blood that sustains me?

I think I am a reflection.

Re: not to go off track but

[ayrkain]

Yeah, maybe so... then again, who isn't?

;)

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[pharminatrix]

You need to stop stealing my dwarf. My metal hands need repairing.

orbis non sufficit

[salimondo]

Hey, we asked him who he wanted to live with and he chose me. You got the humongous Mongolian mute and Black Wing, Prince of the Timber Wolves. If you and your metal hands have a problem with that, we can renegotiate.

Actually it's funny you should mention metal hands.

on track / off the reservation

[salimondo]

I haven't IMed in about seven years, but am in town if we plan far enough ahead. Thanks as always for your attention and perpetual labors. I always think of John Henry with that hammer when I see your icon.

Re: on track / off the reservation

[daoistraver]

Maybe one day we could hit up The Palm on 49th. They have some of the best steak and cocktails in Midtown.

making reservations

[salimondo]

Sounds great. Third week in July sound too far away? Can also simply drink on Thursday.

Re: making reservations

[daoistraver]

sounds good to me, I need plenty of advance time myself.

Re: making reservations

[daoistraver]

Just for clarification, I opted for option A.
you can email me for more info.

Re: making reservations

[salimondo]

It's good and will do so -- leaning away from drink tonight anyway (slogging through backlog as it is, haven't had the place to myself in a week).