Feeling a little out of my depth ... and pondering the girlfriend's confession

[ed_rex]

I just returned from my first non-Raven-related outing since visiting family out-of-town back in August, and first non-family/non-Raven social outing since (my chrisT) January or something crazy like that.

Anyway.

Met with three members of the Drupal "community" here in Ottawa and, as per the subject-line (and icon), found myself feeling very

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One of those weird things...

[jamiewho]

Pumpkin pie is one of the strange North American foods I have never been able to wrap my head around...although I was brave and tried it for the second time at Thanksgiving this year. I still think it's weird.

I think maybe it's partly because I always envisioned it as a hot savory kind of pie (as is popular back home), instead of a cold dessert kind of pie.

Re: One of those weird things...

[ed_rex]

Seriously, there's pumpkin pie and then there's pumpkin pie. Most often, it's a rather bland concoction of textureless fruit-pulp between pie crusts whose only real flavour comes from the accompanying ice cream and/or flavoured whipped cream.

But use jack-o-lantern pumpkin, not pureed to a tasteless pulp, and some interesting Indian spices ... well, then you have a desert awesome to behold (and to eat).

[spells_disaster]

I actually did this meme a while ago, but here's my list none the less.

1. The Spooky Tail of Prewitt Peacock: Bill Pete

2. Fight Club: Chuck Palahniuk

3. A Scanner Darkly: Philip K. Dick

4. Altered States of America: Richard Stratton

5. Handmaiden's Tale: Margaret Atwood

6. Black Coffee Blues : Henry Rollins

7. Super patriotism : Michael Parenti

8. Travels Though Crime and Place : DeLeon-Granados

9. Me Talk Pretty One Day: David Sedaris

10. Culture Jam: Kalle Lasn

11. Cunt : Inga Muscio

12. His Dark Materials : Philip Pullman

13. A People’s History of the United States : Howard Zinn

14. Skipping Towards Gomorrah : Dan Savage

15. The Art of Outdoor Photography: Boyd Norton

Interesting list

[ed_rex]

Funny thing is (or maybe not so funny), almost as soon as I'd finished the first list, I realized I could easily do another (and probably another), with all different titles.

Maybe I will some rainy Sunday ...

Meanwhile, I'm a little perturbed by how many of those on your list are books (and authors) I've never even heard of. Gonna have to check out Sedaris for sure, though.

Re: Interesting list

[spells_disaster]

I did the same thing with the music meme (its in one of my notes on facebook).

Unlike yourself, I didn't bother explaining why I chose the books. Maybe when I finish my thesis, I'll have more time. let me know what titles peak your interest, and I'll give you a dl.

Anyhow, I like listening to Sedaris.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbJpRLhaSqs

Re: Interesting list

[ed_rex]

You're the second person to recommend him to me here in the past couple of weeks and, entirely coincidentally, I heard him reading on Jonathon Goldstein's Wiretap either this past weekend or the one before.

Not sure I liked it that much, but I'm interested enough to give him another try - but I think i'll wait for my next trip to the library so I can actually read it. I too easily tune in and out when listening to prose.

[bukabe16]

I'm always up for a book meme, epsecially on university time.

1.The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis I simply adore this series, each one of the books is something special to me. Ironically, I don't even like Christianity, which is what these books are strongly adapted to, but Lewis' makes me believe in bravery and strength and The Power Of Good again and I love him for it.

2.The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien Epic fantasy. As in most epic of all. That man created a whole three-dimensional universe.

3.His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman Another fantastic trilogy. The whole concept of parallel universes, people's inner nature in the form of daemons and battling against God to preserve the one thing worth living for, namely sin- it blows my mind every time I read it.

4.Hello Mr. God, this is Anna, Fynn Even though the main character is sometimes portrayed as overly perfect, this is yet another book that portays religion and God in a way that I can relate to and digest without having to throw up.

5.On Death and Dying, Elisabeth

Alas, sweet Willie! I knew him ...

[ed_rex]

... well, not really, but I agree with you completely about Shakespeare. He was really willing to let his characters be themselves and, as you said, once you break through the language barrier (for me it was the Henry plays, after watching Kenneth Brannaugh's Henry V (which, if you haven't seen it, is a brilliant production)) it really is amazing writing.

On the other hand, I came to late to Narnia to enjoy it, and maybe to Pullman as well (you probably read my review of the latter), but I'm with you on Tolkien. I've read The Lord of the Rings over and over (and over!) again.