Working through the media list
Sep. 2nd, 2002 09:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cthulhiaThis morning, to the sound of late summer drizzle, I finished The Little Drummer Girl. To add to the drama of the story, I realized I was (am) wearing a shirt that once belonged to the guy who recommended this book to me. It's been my nightshirt for years and is stretched and tattered now. It's actually... Egyptian cotton? Well, 100% cotton and assembled in Egypt, anyway. (Which means Egyptian factory workers, Egyptian slaves... while reading a spy novel about Israelis hunting Palestinian terrorists... what a loopy world.) Damn. I owe him a replacement shirt. (Buy two and keep one for myself, of course. It's comfy.)
Anyway... now to see what else is on the reading queue. I had to look up "queue" since I had problems remembering it wasn't "cue" even before I had to remember it wasn't![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
queue. Unlike =some= men in my life he doesn't wear his hair in a queue either, just to be difficult.
Games:
Finishplaying the walkthrough of Myst III.
read:
The Compass Rose which I *thought* I picked for being LeGuin short stories and NOT because it both relates to this year's playa theme and mgrasso's LJ RPG. Hmmm.
Then infinitehotel's copy of American Gods.
Then Steve's copy of Good in Bed, which he recommended because it reminds him of the screenplay he's written, and not because, like the protagonist, I am a sarcastic fat girl.
Then to the remaining book magid gave me at Christmas, which keeps sinking down the list because I own it.
I generally get to books faster if they're on loan.
I hear from chaiya that I shouldn't read Just So Stories the first time, but have them read to me. So I will start stalking the gifted voices in my life. (And I don't link that one because Amazon doesn't seem to know about the edition illustrated by Helen Ward.)
Folks may start throwing more books at me. After mentioning Tim Powers, I've been encouraged to read Jack Vance. And the Djinn and Tonnix crowd of Pratchett fans recommended some author to me last night. Admitting to not even recognizing the name brought gasps. But, unlike Erik T. Ray, I do not consistently keep my notebook in hand and write these down as they are said.
Erik asked after prog's current book, then went on to describe him as The Jack Kerouac of Tech Manual Writers. He offered some illuminating comments about Planet O'Reilly. When I mentioned I'd recently put a resume on file there, he offered to put in a good word for me, carefully writing my name in his little book.
Anyway... now to see what else is on the reading queue. I had to look up "queue" since I had problems remembering it wasn't "cue" even before I had to remember it wasn't
queue. Unlike =some= men in my life he doesn't wear his hair in a queue either, just to be difficult. Games:
Finish
read:
The Compass Rose which I *thought* I picked for being LeGuin short stories and NOT because it both relates to this year's playa theme and mgrasso's LJ RPG. Hmmm.
Then infinitehotel's copy of American Gods.
Then Steve's copy of Good in Bed, which he recommended because it reminds him of the screenplay he's written, and not because, like the protagonist, I am a sarcastic fat girl.
Then to the remaining book magid gave me at Christmas, which keeps sinking down the list because I own it.
I generally get to books faster if they're on loan.
I hear from chaiya that I shouldn't read Just So Stories the first time, but have them read to me. So I will start stalking the gifted voices in my life. (And I don't link that one because Amazon doesn't seem to know about the edition illustrated by Helen Ward.)
Folks may start throwing more books at me. After mentioning Tim Powers, I've been encouraged to read Jack Vance. And the Djinn and Tonnix crowd of Pratchett fans recommended some author to me last night. Admitting to not even recognizing the name brought gasps. But, unlike Erik T. Ray, I do not consistently keep my notebook in hand and write these down as they are said.
Erik asked after prog's current book, then went on to describe him as The Jack Kerouac of Tech Manual Writers. He offered some illuminating comments about Planet O'Reilly. When I mentioned I'd recently put a resume on file there, he offered to put in a good word for me, carefully writing my name in his little book.
