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happy belated galentine's day!
Feb. 14th, 2017 04:55 pm
UTERUSES BEFORE DUDERUSES! I'm so happy we have this holiday :) To all kinds of love <3
UTERUSES BEFORE DUDERUSES! I'm so happy we have this holiday :) To all kinds of love <3
book rec: get in trouble by kelly link
Apr. 30th, 2016 11:11 amI've just read something that I can really, really recommend.
Get in Trouble is a book of short stories by Kelly Link; a finalist in this year's Pulitzer's for fiction.
These are mundane stories in fantastic universes. These stories are full of dark whimsy and of genuine feelings often concealed from others, and they are often sexy. I don't remember reading anything like this since Roald Dahl's stories for grown-ups (Tales of the Unexpected). Talented storytelling, relatable characters - such a strong collection. Don't discount it just because the world of these stories is out of whack.
"These stories make you laugh while staring into the void." (Boston Globe)
Some teaser plots:
- waitress hangs out with her childhood friend who is now a world-famous superhero
- girl is indentured to look after a house full of mischievous creatures and doorways into another world
- in a modern world run on ancient Egyptian customs, two rich disillusioned teenagers go to a burial chamber
- gay couple go to a disastrous island wedding while their surrogate has pregnancy complications back home
- girl falls in love with her BFF's new robot boyfriend
- astronauts tell (really freaky) ghost stories on a spaceship
- woman with two shadows runs a warehouse in the Keys, at the end of times
There are character names rendered in cartouche symbols and ghosts living in robots; superhero conventions and demon lovers helplessly in love; murder art and a vanished nudist colony. I was blown away and I just have to pass this goodness along :)
Get in Trouble is a book of short stories by Kelly Link; a finalist in this year's Pulitzer's for fiction.
These are mundane stories in fantastic universes. These stories are full of dark whimsy and of genuine feelings often concealed from others, and they are often sexy. I don't remember reading anything like this since Roald Dahl's stories for grown-ups (Tales of the Unexpected). Talented storytelling, relatable characters - such a strong collection. Don't discount it just because the world of these stories is out of whack.
"These stories make you laugh while staring into the void." (Boston Globe)
Some teaser plots:
- waitress hangs out with her childhood friend who is now a world-famous superhero
- girl is indentured to look after a house full of mischievous creatures and doorways into another world
- in a modern world run on ancient Egyptian customs, two rich disillusioned teenagers go to a burial chamber
- gay couple go to a disastrous island wedding while their surrogate has pregnancy complications back home
- girl falls in love with her BFF's new robot boyfriend
- astronauts tell (really freaky) ghost stories on a spaceship
- woman with two shadows runs a warehouse in the Keys, at the end of times
There are character names rendered in cartouche symbols and ghosts living in robots; superhero conventions and demon lovers helplessly in love; murder art and a vanished nudist colony. I was blown away and I just have to pass this goodness along :)
Today, I saw J off to a crazy wilderness canoe trip; drove for an hour and a half through the still flowering fields, windows down and listening to Cat Power purr; had my hair colored; got out for a run; took pictures of the prairie; didn't eat any crap food (yet). All of this by NOON.
At this rate, I'm going to crack all secrets of the universe and restore world peace by dinner. Or take a nap :) HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!
UPD: I'm watching the new Sherlock Holmes and while I LOVEADOREWORSHIP this Watson and how the writers translated the script into the 21st century-- the Holmes is just wrong, he's too much of the Eleven. *tries to ignore him completely* Also, the suspense elements are frustratingly obvious. Nice camera work tho. *IS A WAFFLE* OKAY, HE'S GROWING ON ME BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF SUPERIOR ACTING.
UPD: so getting some of these t-shirts. Orange is a new tan :D and about the darkside and cookies.
At this rate, I'm going to crack all secrets of the universe and restore world peace by dinner. Or take a nap :) HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!
UPD: I'm watching the new Sherlock Holmes and while I LOVEADOREWORSHIP this Watson and how the writers translated the script into the 21st century-- the Holmes is just wrong, he's too much of the Eleven. *tries to ignore him completely* Also, the suspense elements are frustratingly obvious. Nice camera work tho. *IS A WAFFLE* OKAY, HE'S GROWING ON ME BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF SUPERIOR ACTING.
UPD: so getting some of these t-shirts. Orange is a new tan :D and about the darkside and cookies.
So! This is a long story of my Glamnation experience (or how I went to Adam Lambert's concert in Hammond, Indiana). Think Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle meets Jersey Shore meets American Idol auditions - if that's your thing, read along!
( 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. )
♥
brb later tonight!
♥
brb later tonight!
sucky is maaahn. happy halloween!
Oct. 30th, 2009 05:33 pm
it's candy, gummi flesh and crunchy bones.
the knife is my own decorative flourish.
we'd be staying in and watching Sleepy Hollow.
hope you'd be all getting scared! or stealing candy from little children.
