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May 23, 2011 12:42

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they'd made.
And the sign flashed out it's warning,
In the words that it was forming...I am so very not awake. Still, it would be a decent enough day to entertain comments, so please feel free. To comment. I'll be here all day. Anyway, I took all the proper pills, but was still awake until almost ( Read more... )

sleep, birthdays, vampires, tarantino, writing, insomnia, blood oranges, funny

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first!? waristerrorism May 23 2011, 17:52:56 UTC
hi!! I went to the science museum in Boston, which was expensive, and I remembered what you said about infotainment. Para-rom? I have to look that up, while I look up parallax again (The red tree did that so well). Have fun working.

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Re: first!? greygirlbeast May 23 2011, 17:59:21 UTC

Para-rom? I have to look that up

ParaRom, a contraction of "Paranormal Romance," which I more usually refer to as PR.

(The red tree did that so well).

Thank you.

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handful_ofdust May 23 2011, 17:55:58 UTC
Re 30 Days of Night: Yes! All that. Plus a really wonderfully broken Renfield who I can only wish had had a bit more time, but we really do see him at the end of his story. Still, one of my bulletproof kink scenarios is the idea that one day, a Renfield will get finally what they supposedly want, see it for the sick sham that it is, and turn it around with all the viciousness of a victim-turned-predator.

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greygirlbeast May 23 2011, 18:01:46 UTC

Plus a really wonderfully broken Renfield who I can only wish had had a bit more time

Agreed. In fact, I wish we could have had more time with the vampires. When they were allowed, almost, to become characters and not merely ravenous beasts, it was quite nice. That little exchange about God; brilliant.

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martianmooncrab May 23 2011, 19:10:25 UTC
The triumph of Nature over Pharmacy, even if it's annoying Nature

there are days I swear my body is on a Mars day schedule rather than an Earth day schedule.

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corucia May 23 2011, 19:25:53 UTC

Dropped a package in the mail today. Something old to see (and an absolute favorite of mine), something wonderful to peruse, and something too-new-to-know-but-probably-awesome-also.

Which is actually oddly comforting.
One of the most spectacularly comforting things to me is the smell of an old 1950s-1960s vintage SF book that's been sitting on a library shelf for ages, turning that particular shade of tan and giving off that distinct waft of dying paper, curdling ink and fermenting ideas.

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greygirlbeast May 23 2011, 19:46:39 UTC

Dropped a package in the mail today. Something old to see (and an absolute favorite of mine), something wonderful to peruse, and something too-new-to-know-but-probably-awesome-also.

Thank you!

One of the most spectacularly comforting things to me is the smell of an old 1950s-1960s vintage SF book that's been sitting on a library shelf for ages, turning that particular shade of tan and giving off that distinct waft of dying paper, curdling ink and fermenting ideas.

I keep waiting for BPAL to bottle that smell.

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corucia May 23 2011, 22:11:13 UTC

I keep waiting for BPAL to bottle that smell.

I don't do scents, but I'd spring for a bottle of that. Some filter paper with a few drops on it, discreetly placed on a high bookshelf, would be wonderful. For you, perhaps a few drops on the pillow at night to ward off Old Man Insomnia?

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stsisyphus May 23 2011, 22:39:14 UTC
...if I lived a more natural life, in a more natural world, I might not be suckling at the teat of the Pharmacy.

True, but it's also quite likely you wouldn't be alive.

Glad to hear that Blood Oranges won't be entirely straight-faced, but you definitely have a good point about fatiguing the comedy factor in any parody.

It frequently rolls its eyes.

Dear god, I just had a premonition of the frothing that will ensue when some reviewer refers to the novel's "ironic" sense of humor (rather than sarcastic or laconic).

edited to fix these stupid italics.

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greygirlbeast May 23 2011, 23:14:55 UTC

True, but it's also quite likely you wouldn't be alive.

Touché.

Glad to hear that Blood Oranges won't be entirely straight-faced, but you definitely have a good point about fatiguing the comedy factor in any parody.

Thank you. I'll write more on this tomorrow.

Dear god, I just had a premonition of the frothing that will ensue when some reviewer refers to the novel's "ironic" sense of humor (rather than sarcastic or laconic).

*snerK

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