"We hope your rules and wisdom choke you..."

[greygirlbeast]

Comments, they do a body good.

Here in Providence, our weirdly "warm" winter (well, pre-winter, late autumn) continues. Presently 46˚F. Miserable, but hardly cold by Providence standards. Bright and sunny. Leafless trees.

On Wednesday, I wrote 1,464 words on Black Helicopters. Yesterday, 1,869 words. There is some possibility that I may finish

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[vulpine137]

Also, no Justin Bieber. Thank you.

Well damn, there goes my idea for a Cthulhumas dinner...

[greygirlbeast]

Well damn, there goes my idea for a Cthulhumas dinner...

If cannibalism is involved, you have my blessings.

[handful_ofdust]

I've never wanted a "tribe", since that implies tribal dynamics, putting me pretty squarely on the bottom of things. I do like having a sounding-board and/or series of other like-minded individuals to liaise with...even unalike-minded, if we can agree on whatever it is we're doing or discussing at the time.

[greygirlbeast]

I do like having a sounding-board and/or series of other like-minded individuals to liaise with...even unalike-minded, if we can agree on whatever it is we're doing or discussing at the time.

That's different.

[handful_ofdust]

Very much so. And that's what I get from my Livejournal experience, at the best of times. That's why I'm not ready to give up on it, no matter how hard its owners seem to want to try and make me.

[greygirlbeast]

Where was your title quote taken from?

Radioheads "Exit Music for a Film," which was written for Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet.

Also, how would you differentiate a pseudo-intellectual from a real one?

I haven't time just now to write an essay, as an essay would be required for the explanation. Though, I wish I did have the time. Of course, I could simply point point out that Paglia is a moron with spouting nonsense, and be done with it.

[sovay]

My thanks to Brit Mandelo and Niall Alexander, who have both chosen The Drowning Girl: A Memoir as their favorite book of 2012, over at Tor.com.

It's very well deserved.

Double fuck the bizarre longing for tribes.

I don't know: I've never had one. I have people I make connections with, one by one. The real ones are rare. If I have more than one person I can trust as much as another, I'm lucky. But I don't think of them as my people. I ran into this when I first started going to conventions. No, actually, we just read some of the same books.

I'm glad to hear vacation is going to happen.

[greygirlbeast]

The real ones are rare. If I have more than one person I can trust as much as another, I'm lucky.

I ran into this when I first started going to conventions. No, actually, we just read some of the same books.

One of the groups the concept is very popular with, I have found, is convention goers.

I'm glad to hear vacation is going to happen.

It may save my life. Not hyperbole. Wish I could see you.

[sovay]

It may save my life. Not hyperbole. Wish I could see you.

If you're on vacation till the 3rd, I don't see why you shouldn't.

[andrian6]

Every time I hear the word "community" I keep thinking of Robert Redford and Cliff Robertson's conversation in Three Days of the Condor:

"Community?"
"The Intelligence Field."
"'Community...!' Boy you people are kind to yourselves. Community!"

[greygirlbeast]

Every time I hear the word "community" I keep thinking of Robert Redford and Cliff Robertson's conversation in Three Days of the Condor

Nice.