(I kind of hate it when they call him a writer)
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
amych - May 31, 2009 6:27:21 am PDT #11536 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Barb - May 31, 2009 6:34:18 am PDT #11537 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
That too.
Laura - May 31, 2009 7:08:13 am PDT #11538 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Oh dear, I am apparently an old sappy sap because I cried when I read The Notebook. I haven't read anything else he wrote. I enjoyed it. It wasn't what I normally pick for myself, but it was my neighborhood book club pick.
vw bug - May 31, 2009 7:14:27 am PDT #11539 of 30000
Mostly lurking...
There's a black hole of spendiness about that place, I swear.
I call it the $100 store. I can go in there for a package of toilet paper and still spend $100. It's amazing.
Dana, I hope you feel better!
sj, yes! Take a nap, girl!
WindSparrow - May 31, 2009 7:21:27 am PDT #11540 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I call it the $100 store. I can go in there for a package of toilet paper and still spend $100. It's amazing.
Just think how spendy it would be if Target had a fabric department.
Barb - May 31, 2009 7:21:59 am PDT #11541 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
The sappiness and intense romanticism doesn't bother me in the slightest, Laura. What DOES bug me is that if a woman had written that same book it would a) be called a romance and not in a good way and b) that's presuming it would have ever been published in the first place.
A female author writes that same book as their first novel and publishers turn their noses up at it in all likelihood. (Debbie Macomber can get away with it, but she's also been published for twenty years.) A male author writes this book and it's sensitive and insightful.
And on top of it, he gets all insulted when his work is referred to as romance and gets all ugly about the genre.
Nora Deirdre - May 31, 2009 7:34:44 am PDT #11542 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
whee! Congrats to the PixDesigns.
I am unexpectedly going to the Phish concert tonight at Fenway Park with some old friends. I am so excited! I could take or leave the concert but am really looking forward to seeing everyone.
vw bug - May 31, 2009 7:46:29 am PDT #11543 of 30000
Mostly lurking...
Just think how spendy it would be if Target had a fabric department.
Holy cow! That would be very, very dangerous.
Relatedly, kind of, I was in my quilt shop yesterday buying fabric to repair a baby quilt for one of CBD's college friends. I'm actually repairing three quilts for her. Jane, the shop owner, got so excited and asked if she can give people my name and contact info for repairing treasures. Apparently, she gets people into the shop all the time who want things repaired (quilts, teddy bears, etc.--things that wouldn't be appropriate to go to the tailor/alterations bit of a dry cleaner), and she doesn't have anyone to refer them to. So, I gave her a bunch of my cards and will drop more off this week. This just might give me what I need for summer work, while I job hunt. Also, I felt really honored that she trusts me enough to refer me. It was really nice.
am unexpectedly going to the Phish concert tonight at Fenway Park with some old friends. I am so excited! I could take or leave the concert but am really looking forward to seeing everyone.
How fun!
Laura - May 31, 2009 7:49:19 am PDT #11544 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
What DOES bug me is that if a woman had written that same book it would a) be called a romance and not in a good way and b) that's presuming it would have ever been published in the first place.
Ah, I can see that completely. When I am considering books to read the gender of the author never enters my mind. Also, shaking tiny ineffective fist at the insanity of that type of bias.
sj - May 31, 2009 9:01:48 am PDT #11545 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj, yes! Take a nap, girl!
Too late. Dave's family will be here in an hour and I still need to get dressed. The beans in the soup are not cooking fast enough.