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News of Flying & Happy Feet
Mar. 1st, 2008 03:03 amHave I got news for you.
Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel arrived on my "to read" pile by way of a recommendation made by Neil Gaiman to which Mitch Benn promptly acquiesce (apparently he yields to Mr. Gaiman's judgement in most matters). Mr. Benn then proceeded to review the book in his podcast to which I listened to and thought that yes, the book did indeed have a killer premise. A ghost up for sale in the Internet? The goth in me had to give it a go. Bought it and now I'm saving it for the trip.
Yes, you read it right. Trip. * cartwheels *
Yours truly is getting ready to go on her first foray abroad after so many effing years (is it really true that LJ has gone PG? No cursing? At all?). I'm sticking close to home because I'm basically chicken. The gypsy in me is ticked I could ever become this unadventurous, but I'm appeasing the wench by going to the end of the world. The end of my world at least. Curiously enough I'm going to be in Gaiman. Well, not only there. I'm actually going to stop at the Welsh settlement of Gaiman on my way from Trelew. For tea. Then it's off to the penguins and glaciers with it all ending at Ushuaia - the very tip of South America. When they stamp your passport there it says End of the World. Laugh if you must, but I find that inordinately cool.
The United Kingdom should be next and I'm thinking of staying on for a bit of the Fringe this year. I blame Blackadder and The Goons for my love of Brit (& Irish) humour. And, of course, the incomparable Stephen Fry and the now sexiest man alive, Hugh Laurie. I know some people don't like stand-up, but if I could do a show a day, I would. We just don't have those here and the thought of being able to choose which show to go to boggles my mind.
I'll have to intercalate the trips with coming back home for check ups and, well, family. I do have one, as you know. The deal I have tentatively made is for every 4 months at home, I get a fortnight off. * cartwheels *
Last thing - I got curious and did this MeMe so I could see the ones from other people (that means you). I find the disparity in our interests fascinating and quite revealing of our natures. The Metal Head who presses flowers and the Nana who collects erotica can't be as atypical as you think.
Copy and paste Your Interests from your profile page:
alan moore, art, bbc 7, big bands, books, brasil, brassai, buffy the vampire slayer, cbldf, chopin, cole porter, comics, common rotation, crime literature, cross stitch, dave mckean, doctor who, eddie izzard, embroidery, ethics, firenze, freedom of speech, gardening, gay rights, george & ira gershwin, goons, heirloom vegetables, hellboy, history, horticulture, hugh laurie, human rights, irving penn, italian opera, literature, museums, neil gaiman, never mind the buzzcocks, old movies, photography, politics, pushing daisies, qi, queen, radio 4, socialism, soup, stand-up, stephen fry, the sims 2, thrillers, travel, tudor england, writing.
Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel arrived on my "to read" pile by way of a recommendation made by Neil Gaiman to which Mitch Benn promptly acquiesce (apparently he yields to Mr. Gaiman's judgement in most matters). Mr. Benn then proceeded to review the book in his podcast to which I listened to and thought that yes, the book did indeed have a killer premise. A ghost up for sale in the Internet? The goth in me had to give it a go. Bought it and now I'm saving it for the trip.
Yes, you read it right. Trip. * cartwheels *
Yours truly is getting ready to go on her first foray abroad after so many effing years (is it really true that LJ has gone PG? No cursing? At all?). I'm sticking close to home because I'm basically chicken. The gypsy in me is ticked I could ever become this unadventurous, but I'm appeasing the wench by going to the end of the world. The end of my world at least. Curiously enough I'm going to be in Gaiman. Well, not only there. I'm actually going to stop at the Welsh settlement of Gaiman on my way from Trelew. For tea. Then it's off to the penguins and glaciers with it all ending at Ushuaia - the very tip of South America. When they stamp your passport there it says End of the World. Laugh if you must, but I find that inordinately cool.
The United Kingdom should be next and I'm thinking of staying on for a bit of the Fringe this year. I blame Blackadder and The Goons for my love of Brit (& Irish) humour. And, of course, the incomparable Stephen Fry and the now sexiest man alive, Hugh Laurie. I know some people don't like stand-up, but if I could do a show a day, I would. We just don't have those here and the thought of being able to choose which show to go to boggles my mind.
I'll have to intercalate the trips with coming back home for check ups and, well, family. I do have one, as you know. The deal I have tentatively made is for every 4 months at home, I get a fortnight off. * cartwheels *
Last thing - I got curious and did this MeMe so I could see the ones from other people (that means you). I find the disparity in our interests fascinating and quite revealing of our natures. The Metal Head who presses flowers and the Nana who collects erotica can't be as atypical as you think.
Copy and paste Your Interests from your profile page:
alan moore, art, bbc 7, big bands, books, brasil, brassai, buffy the vampire slayer, cbldf, chopin, cole porter, comics, common rotation, crime literature, cross stitch, dave mckean, doctor who, eddie izzard, embroidery, ethics, firenze, freedom of speech, gardening, gay rights, george & ira gershwin, goons, heirloom vegetables, hellboy, history, horticulture, hugh laurie, human rights, irving penn, italian opera, literature, museums, neil gaiman, never mind the buzzcocks, old movies, photography, politics, pushing daisies, qi, queen, radio 4, socialism, soup, stand-up, stephen fry, the sims 2, thrillers, travel, tudor england, writing.