Comments | greygirlbeast: Earth Day '08

greygirlbeast

Earth Day '08

Apr 22, 2008 10:58

There have been previous Earth Days when I've had a great enthusiasm for reporting just how awful the state of the planet is. Today, I just can't seem to muster the gumption (as they say back in Alafuckingbama). Sure, I could point out that as of 14:57 GMT (EST+5) today, the Earth's human population had reached 6,662,970,347 (with the US population ( Read more... )

sirenia, moving, books again, earth day, rhode island, house of leaves, movies, the red tree

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unknownbinaries April 22 2008, 16:02:43 UTC

Before I forget:

Hole in the Wall Books has been kicked out of the space in the other store in Decatur, because they wanted more storage room or something. She's got a little studio-store in Buckhead, now, on Sheridan off of Peachtree. I forget the exact address.

greygirlbeast April 22 2008, 16:44:51 UTC

Hole in the Wall Books has been kicked out of the space in the other store in Decatur, because they wanted more storage room or something. She's got a little studio-store in Buckhead, now, on Sheridan off of Peachtree. I forget the exact address.

Well, I'm glad she has a new space, but that's a shame. I was especially impressed with her selection of vintage children's books.

unknownbinaries April 22 2008, 19:24:50 UTC

The new space is much better, IMO, but I'm biased, because not only did the other place fire me, she hired me to help paint and decorate it. ^_^

chris_walsh April 22 2008, 16:41:13 UTC

You think you're going to solicit again for Sirenia Digest ideas?

And on a similar subject: have you ever written a Sirenia vignette that you found to be especially funny? Because I like seeing your sense of humor come out in your writing, plus sex can be funny, so there's potential there...

greygirlbeast April 22 2008, 16:47:23 UTC

You think you're going to solicit again for Sirenia Digest ideas?

Always, always...

And on a similar subject: have you ever written a Sirenia vignette that you found to be especially funny? Because I like seeing your sense of humor come out in your writing, plus sex can be funny, so there's potential there...

Hmmmm. I never have, really, though there's a bit of humour here and there ("pas-en-arríere," for example).

Sirenia ideas, then chris_walsh April 24 2008, 16:12:30 UTC

* "There are free-floating orgasms in the air..." (Explaining where the energy from orgasms goes. Could be poetic; could be weirdly scientific, like the idea that the energy from sex could forestall the inevitable heat-death of the universe or something. And hey! An excuse to go outside! You might run into one...)

* Question for your HPL-fan side to ponder: What's the closest Lovecraft ever seemed to come to describing one of his creations having sex? Imagine poor Howard Philip trying not to write this!

* Connecting via dreams for sex. Hey, if Freddy Kreuger could kill people in their dreams, people should be able to share sex during dreams. (Or has this been done?)

* "Temporal dissonance sex": Redo one of your previous Digest vignettes, by describing it backwards. Or imagine what happens to the flow of time during the sex your characters have. (Actually I don't know exactly what "temporal dissonance" would mean or be, but that phrasing just occurred to me and I realized: I like it ( ... )

stsisyphus April 22 2008, 19:42:45 UTC

...I may have to set The Red Tree aside, write all the pieces I need to write for the next four or five issues of Sirenia Digest (say May-September)...

I wince to mention this, but this sounds like the most seductive kind of dithering, the "productive dithering" where one finds "make work" in order to distract one from the "real" work one Ought To Be Doing. Might I possibly suggest a poll to see if subscribers wish to place the Digest on hiatus in order to allow you to concentrate on The Red TreeOf course, the mind brings up complications. Would all the subscribers sign back on once the Digest resumed? How dependent are your finances now dependent on Sirenia subscriptions, would your move to and installation in RI suffer for the reduction in income? Also, I have no idea what research needs to be made to complete TRT, maybe it is impossible to complete (or even begin) in GA - perhaps the time might be better spent clearing up loose threads, personal business in Atlanta, and outstanding contractual obligations (Sirenia included ( ... )

greygirlbeast April 22 2008, 20:04:13 UTC

How dependent are your finances now dependent on Sirenia subscriptions,

Very dependent. Though I truly appreciate the concern, placing Sirenia on hiatus is not an option, and getting the stories for the next few issues written is no more "make work" than is the writing of The Red Tree. It is all equally important, from both an artistic and financial standpoint.

stsisyphus April 22 2008, 20:58:53 UTC

Yeah, I think I had pretty much talked myself out of the suggestion by the end of the comment, but maybe others had the same idea. *shrug*

loki1978de April 23 2008, 06:21:45 UTC

The following books look as if i might want to read them too (oh yes, like i so much need ANOTHER book on my "too read"-stash)

The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer by Doron Swade (2000)
Three Men on the Beagle by Richard Lee Marks (1991)
Return of the Crazy Bird: The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo by Clara Pinto-Correia (2003)
Deadly Beautiful: The World's Most Beautiful and Poisonous Animals and Plants by Laurence Gad (1980)
The Nature Companion's Rocks, Fossils, and Dinosaurs (2002)
Cabal by Clive Barker (1988)

I'd especially love to have your comment, if the difference engine book is worth buying