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cabell

nature, nurture, they're both against me

Sep 10, 2005 11:20

From my father's LJ, on having forgotten his water bottles for a bike ride:

It's one of those obstinate things about the physical world. It's so damn consistent. If I were one of the family of Amber, I could just shift things a bit to a Shadow with full water bottles in the cages, but... nope, doesn't work.In case you were wondering, THIS is why I ( Read more... )

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bookzombie September 10 2005, 16:26:19 UTC

Excuse me if I succumb to a moment of skiffy envy.

I love my dad dearly (he was my Best Man at my wedding) but has probably read about 10 books in his life that he hasn't been forced to...

cabell September 11 2005, 04:27:45 UTC

...whereas I inherited a compulsion to buy books and music even when I have no money, no time to consume them, and no room to PUT them. :p

Actually, the Chronicles of Amber are a particular favorite from my childhood; aardvark_gumbo didn't read them to me, as he did others, but they were around the house and I read them myself in junior high and adored them.

straussmonster September 10 2005, 16:29:26 UTC

I saw the entire collected Amber novels in B&N a few weeks ago, and I was oh so tempted. Then I realized that I just don't need any more goddamn books in my room, and it cost $30 or something. *sigh*

cabell September 11 2005, 04:26:27 UTC

I have the first two book club collected editions--they leave off with the last of the Corwin books, but I was never into the Merlin ones anyway. I got them off Amazon marketplace sellers a few years ago; I think it was probably $7 for both of them, including s&h. What's the collection at B&N look like?

straussmonster September 12 2005, 13:05:15 UTC

It was big, and paperback, and had all of them, Corwin and Merlin. Haven't been back there inna while, so no solid memories.

illegalseagull September 10 2005, 16:44:02 UTC

I would oh, you know, die if I found out MY dad had an lj. But he wouldn't.

That's kind of cool though.

cabell September 11 2005, 04:24:46 UTC

Didn't you know my dad had one?

illegalseagull September 11 2005, 04:25:59 UTC

...no...

cabell September 11 2005, 04:30:57 UTC

Yeah, he's had it for awhile. He got it soon after my zombie library entry. I guess he got tired of leaving anonymous comments.

It's okay, I can filter him out if I need to. :p

lilitou September 10 2005, 16:58:34 UTC

That is a beautiful thing. My father's a nerd, but he's only a history nerd. He doesn't do SF/F nerdiness.

cabell September 11 2005, 04:24:32 UTC

I inherited it from both sides. My mother used to read LotR at least once a year for quite some time; she might still, I'm not sure.

kiwikat September 11 2005, 00:27:55 UTC

whoa, you have a pretty cool dad....

cabell September 11 2005, 04:24:06 UTC

He got me my first Tarot deck for my 12th birthday, I think partly because he was tired of me begging him for readings. :-)