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changelingI mean no one. Where the hell did I get all these clothes? I've done two loads, and I still have the clothing I took away with me, half of the enormous pile by my door, and my washing hamper to go. How the hell did I get so many items of clothing?? Especially as I never feel like I have anything to wear. I suppose I do have a lot of shirts. Just not so many trousers, skirts or shorts. Really need to rectify that. It's always so much easier to buy shirts, though. They're much easier to get fitted.
...which is why I have so much clothing. I always walk away from a shopping trip (rare though they may be) with more shirts, even though I'd planned on buying trousers or skirts. I suspect that a seriously large amount of my undone washing is t-shirts. I have a secret suspicion that t-shirts germinate.
I STILL do not own a copy of Shadows Over Baker Street, and do you know why? Because I have never seen a single copy in all the bookstores I've been in. If I had more disposable cash, I'd order it in, but I don't know whether I'll have a job in three weeks time. FUCK temp work. Fuck it in the arse with a rusty spork. ARGH!
Of the three anthologies that I know Neil was published in last year (Swan Sister, Shadows Over Baker Street and that book on made-up diseases that I can't remember the name of), I have only one, Swan Sister. And I had to get that ordered. What is it with bookshops and not stocking anthologies? Seriously! It's really annoying. At least Neil says he'll post A Study in Emerald on neilgaiman.com, but I still want the anthology so I can read the rest. I mean, Lovecraftian Holmes stories? Count me in.
This is a spectacular piece of animation and theatre. I miss theatre work. Maybe after I finish this degree I'll have the time and contacts for some again. I really miss it. I wish RMIT had the student theatre scene that Melbourne does.
I'm rereading His Majesty's Wizard, and I'm finding the blatant Christian overtones rather discomforting. I'd like this sort of novel to be able to take in the variety of belief systems as all being true, and all striving for the same Goodness over Evil. That would be nice. Like the way Whatzisname the devil worshipper in Top Ten is treated with respect.
The idea of monarchy here is also interesting; Matt the Offworlder, from our own world, is transplanted into a world where magic exists and true royalty really is infallible. He chafes against the idea of a monarchy because he's from the ole US of A, where they like their democracy freshly ground. Whilst I also am in favour of democracy, I can't see that sort of feudal system as being as evil as he does. I see the same sort of class system reflected in Australian and US democracies; you're born into a class and there's very few who manage to break out of it. Ours is just largely based on money rather than some sort of medieval idea of "right blood", but it's there nonetheless. I seem to recall that in the latter half of the feudal system in France--just before their first revolution of 1789 or thereabouts, the richer bourgeousie could purchase titles if they so wished, and become ennobled.
Foom. I crave peanut butter neminems. Just finished the remnants of my last packet. I am a junkie.
...which is why I have so much clothing. I always walk away from a shopping trip (rare though they may be) with more shirts, even though I'd planned on buying trousers or skirts. I suspect that a seriously large amount of my undone washing is t-shirts. I have a secret suspicion that t-shirts germinate.
I STILL do not own a copy of Shadows Over Baker Street, and do you know why? Because I have never seen a single copy in all the bookstores I've been in. If I had more disposable cash, I'd order it in, but I don't know whether I'll have a job in three weeks time. FUCK temp work. Fuck it in the arse with a rusty spork. ARGH!
Of the three anthologies that I know Neil was published in last year (Swan Sister, Shadows Over Baker Street and that book on made-up diseases that I can't remember the name of), I have only one, Swan Sister. And I had to get that ordered. What is it with bookshops and not stocking anthologies? Seriously! It's really annoying. At least Neil says he'll post A Study in Emerald on neilgaiman.com, but I still want the anthology so I can read the rest. I mean, Lovecraftian Holmes stories? Count me in.
This is a spectacular piece of animation and theatre. I miss theatre work. Maybe after I finish this degree I'll have the time and contacts for some again. I really miss it. I wish RMIT had the student theatre scene that Melbourne does.
I'm rereading His Majesty's Wizard, and I'm finding the blatant Christian overtones rather discomforting. I'd like this sort of novel to be able to take in the variety of belief systems as all being true, and all striving for the same Goodness over Evil. That would be nice. Like the way Whatzisname the devil worshipper in Top Ten is treated with respect.
The idea of monarchy here is also interesting; Matt the Offworlder, from our own world, is transplanted into a world where magic exists and true royalty really is infallible. He chafes against the idea of a monarchy because he's from the ole US of A, where they like their democracy freshly ground. Whilst I also am in favour of democracy, I can't see that sort of feudal system as being as evil as he does. I see the same sort of class system reflected in Australian and US democracies; you're born into a class and there's very few who manage to break out of it. Ours is just largely based on money rather than some sort of medieval idea of "right blood", but it's there nonetheless. I seem to recall that in the latter half of the feudal system in France--just before their first revolution of 1789 or thereabouts, the richer bourgeousie could purchase titles if they so wished, and become ennobled.
Foom. I crave peanut butter neminems. Just finished the remnants of my last packet. I am a junkie.
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Date: 2004-04-13 06:44 am (UTC)*Is randomly rambling, sorry*
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Date: 2004-04-13 06:51 am (UTC)*doesn't mind in the slightest*
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Date: 2004-04-13 06:54 am (UTC)Also, would be super-keen for shopping if I had Dough. Though, I'm not sure what the price of bread is these days...do you know?
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Date: 2004-04-13 07:19 am (UTC)...your shadow hurts?
I think it's about $2.50-$3.
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Date: 2004-04-13 10:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-13 07:03 am (UTC)I don't believe there's one there, so, if you're interested I'll email it to you. :-)
hehe. I know the feeling. 'Cept I never seem to have enough clothes, period. This is probably just my daft teenagerness, though.
Take care. And stuff.
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Date: 2004-04-13 07:15 am (UTC)*nods* Well, I'm not even a teenager anymore and I feel it.
You too. *loffles*
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Date: 2004-04-13 07:33 am (UTC)except for the part where there isn't any cream. yes. it would serve me well to remember that. I wonder if I could use custard instead. um.
having said that, though, I seem to have happened across a curious amount of clothing of late.
*hug*
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Date: 2004-04-13 07:49 am (UTC)Also, I want my clothing to finish *above* my underwear, not halfway down my butt.
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Date: 2004-04-13 07:53 am (UTC)AND EXACTLY WHY I HAVE NO PANTS/SKIRTS!
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Date: 2004-04-13 10:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-13 02:03 pm (UTC)