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Apr 03, 2005 09:38

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la_sonnambula April 3 2005, 09:33:39 UTC

I thought Harry would be as ubiquitous as Paddington Bear and owls dressed in Beefeater costumes, but no. I guess you have to go to Taipei for that.

Fo real? I was born in Taipei, but I haven't been there in a hundred years.

Paddington Bear is an awesome bear.

You sound like you're having a hellava good time. Keep up the good times!

idlerat April 4 2005, 09:26:02 UTC

There's actually going to be a chapter on HP reception in Taiwan in the book I'm editing, with some Taiwanese fic. You don't follow Chinese-language HP fandom at all, do you? Because if you did, the author would probably like to talk to you. He's an anthropologist who writes on Taiwan, but he doesn't have much experience with fandom.

I've seen a lot of Asian HP junk floating around NY- don't know that there's much from Taiwan in particular, though I do know Harry's popular there.

la_sonnambula April 4 2005, 18:55:35 UTC

No, I don't follow Chinese fandom. When I left Asia, there wasn't such a phenomenum yet (not even Chinese Spock/Kirk slash). Although, I first came across the idea that "Man + Man = Hott" through Japanese comics by CLAMP. They weren't even yaoi comics, no kissing and no sex in those.

I've seen a lot of Asian HP junk floating around NY

Man. I desperately want to go to a good Chinese bookshop. The ones in Houston suXxor.

coffeejunkii April 3 2005, 09:39:50 UTC

transgeneric and i were thinking that we could meet up at the hostel at 7:30? does that sound good? if you email back before 3:30, i should get your reply, otherwise...i guess we could just show up and hope you'll be there [maybe you also have transgeneric's cell phone number].

i haven't seen any evidence of harry either, btw. kind of sad.

gerhard richter is one of my cousin's favorite painters. i saw his room [well, the room where they had his paintings] at the tate and was surprised they didn't have more recent work of his.

idlerat April 4 2005, 09:27:38 UTC

Glad I found you, and sorry I spelled your name wrong- I knew I had it wrong, but didn't have time to check the correct spelling.

There was a huge Richter show at MoMA a few years ago- I was in heaven.

ellid April 3 2005, 13:08:19 UTC

Sounds like you're having a great time. *envies*

cathexys April 3 2005, 13:11:57 UTC

enjoying all your comments; a bit bemused by some; hope they'll be filled out later on; *jealous*!!! :-)

safe and unstressful trip home

idlerat April 4 2005, 09:29:48 UTC

Bemused? K is the editor; P is his brother, who's an old friend of me and Sloth's from high school... that help?

Listen, SORRY I didn't write about chap- obviously I didn't get done in time- we'll talk on flip side. Proceed as you must :)

cathexys April 4 2005, 11:35:53 UTC

SORRY I didn't write about chap- obviously I didn't get done in time- we'll talk on flip side. Proceed as you must :) ???? i told you we extended,right??? or am i utterly confused now?

mail me when you're back and have recovered from jet leg and all.

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idlerat April 4 2005, 09:30:59 UTC

Blech. Not my cuppa at all- Kiefer/Beuys is the romantic axis in postmodern art; I'm a classicist; give me the aesthetic distance, the head, the ambiguity...

cathexys April 4 2005, 11:36:49 UTC

it must be a german thing :-) though i like kiefer much more than beys...

idlerat April 4 2005, 20:53:21 UTC

Like I said, love the Richter- it's all German, just like David vs Gericault is all French...