Every day should be a day off.
May. 11th, 2004 06:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I took the day off yesterday and didn't check email ALL DAY. :D:D:D Of course, it would have been nicer if it hadn't been so miserably rainy, but whatever. I went to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
corianderstem's work place, where we met Marian Keyes, who is really cute and funny. After having met her, I can appreciate her books in a way I wasn't able to before; knowing that she's a recovering alcoholic and that she's suffered many of the troubling things that her characters have gone through goes a long way in making me feel "more okay" (don't know how else to put it) about the humorous way she writes about those subjects. Now I know there's a lot of self deprecation in it, and I always appreciate people who have a good sense of humor about themselves. (Plus because I know she's doing well now.)
I made an entire post to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
literocracy about it, so I'll just be lazy and link. As promised, I had her sign my copy of Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married to literocracy. :D An excerpt:
***
You're a British writer -- do they change text to Americanize things?
MK: Yes, they did that a lot, actually, for my older novels. But not the new one so much. I think after Bridget Jones' Diary and the movie, people are now more aware of what our slang is. You know what 'snogging' and 'shagging' and 'knickers' are, so there's less reason to 'translate' them. But sometimes there's really no help for it, and it's important that the reader understand what is meant.
I refrained from saying that I mostly knew what all those things were from reading Harry Potter smut on the Internet.
***
I have posted answers to the blink lyrics meme. Here's another one, mostly forjade_okelani, but also for anyone else who might be a Melissa Etheridge fan. I know maybe three songs by her, so this is a total crapshoot!
Melissa Etheridge: Give me song titles.
Meanwhile, I have heard much talk on my friends list about some apparent TV adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time ... I don't remember it very well now, but I do know that I was nutzoid about it back in the day, and devoured such related novels as A Wind in the Door, Many Waters, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. I think it was the first (and the only, for many many many years) sci-fi thing I ever liked. Anyway, am sad to have missed it, though now I feel like reading the books again.
corianderstem's work place, where we met Marian Keyes, who is really cute and funny. After having met her, I can appreciate her books in a way I wasn't able to before; knowing that she's a recovering alcoholic and that she's suffered many of the troubling things that her characters have gone through goes a long way in making me feel "more okay" (don't know how else to put it) about the humorous way she writes about those subjects. Now I know there's a lot of self deprecation in it, and I always appreciate people who have a good sense of humor about themselves. (Plus because I know she's doing well now.)I made an entire post to
literocracy about it, so I'll just be lazy and link. As promised, I had her sign my copy of Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married to literocracy. :D An excerpt:***
You're a British writer -- do they change text to Americanize things?
MK: Yes, they did that a lot, actually, for my older novels. But not the new one so much. I think after Bridget Jones' Diary and the movie, people are now more aware of what our slang is. You know what 'snogging' and 'shagging' and 'knickers' are, so there's less reason to 'translate' them. But sometimes there's really no help for it, and it's important that the reader understand what is meant.
I refrained from saying that I mostly knew what all those things were from reading Harry Potter smut on the Internet.
***
I have posted answers to the blink lyrics meme. Here's another one, mostly for
jade_okelani, but also for anyone else who might be a Melissa Etheridge fan. I know maybe three songs by her, so this is a total crapshoot! Melissa Etheridge: Give me song titles.
- I had to open up a lot of oysters
- When the darkness comes down
- I turned your dreams into lightning
- And he blesses whom he pleases
- I saw you with your envoy
- This mist that covers your eyes
- And as far as you're concerned I'm just a thief
- Be as sharp as a needle that's twisting your brain
- The satisfaction you invite
- Down the road of my desires to the oceans of my needs
- I know you haven't really heard from me in ten thousand years
- As she drags her cigarette
- I ain't looking for no blue-eyed lover
- If someone else can light your mystery
- I have been to the sword, seen it come, seen it die
- This is the story I know
- I'm drowning in my bed
- I got this whiskey to take care of my lips
- And so I beg for sleep the child who walked before she crawled
- As original as sin, deny all that you feel
Meanwhile, I have heard much talk on my friends list about some apparent TV adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time ... I don't remember it very well now, but I do know that I was nutzoid about it back in the day, and devoured such related novels as A Wind in the Door, Many Waters, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. I think it was the first (and the only, for many many many years) sci-fi thing I ever liked. Anyway, am sad to have missed it, though now I feel like reading the books again.
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Date: 2004-05-12 02:11 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-05-12 09:59 pm (UTC)FINE BY ME!
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Date: 2004-05-12 02:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-12 02:18 am (UTC)*dies laughing*
I have a few of her books, good to know she's a real person.
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Date: 2004-05-12 08:49 am (UTC)1. I had to open up a lot of oysters
Fuck, this is off her new album..... it's..... *starts humming* *grateful for recent concert*.... WHEN YOU FIND THE ONE.
2. When the darkness comes down
awww, Shriner's Park. Oh, no one ever mentions songs from Your Little Secret. I know this is all random, but good on you. :D
3. I turned your dreams into lightning
Enough of Me
4. And he blesses whom he pleases
The Boy Feels Strange
5. I saw you with your envoy
Occasionally
6. This mist that covers your eyes
You Can Sleep While I Drive
7. And as far as you're concerned I'm just a thief
Damn, this is from her first album, arguably the one I know least... *hums crazily* Don't You Need???
8. Be as sharp as a needle that's twisting your brain
If I Wanted To
9. The satisfaction you invite
It's Only Me. <3 that line.
10. Down the road of my desires to the oceans of my needs
I Take You With Me
11. I know you haven't really heard from me in ten thousand years
I do not know this lyric. I have never heard it. Which leads me to believe it is one of two bonus tracks off the SE of the album Breakdown which I have, but which glitches before you reach those songs, and I have never been able to download it (for some reason, Melissa's fans on Kazaa are the extrasuperlame). I cannot think of its title, and this guess is merely by process of elimination. Is it Cherry Avenue, or is it You Don't Know Me... aaauuugggghhhhh...
12. As she drags her cigarette
Secret Agent! This song was so awesome live.
13. I ain't looking for no blue-eyed lover
Hahahaha, my love is only Skin Deeeeeeep, baby... *gets lost*
14. If someone else can light your mystery
Stronger Than Me
15. I have been to the sword, seen it come, seen it die
Keep it Precious. <333 this song beyond words. I want to use it in a fic one day when I find just the right thing. And this is totally my favorite line from it! <3333 you.
16. This is the story I know
Dance Without Sleeping
17. I'm drowning in my bed
Mama I'm Strange
18. I got this whiskey to take care of my lips
Royal Station 4/16
19. And so I beg for sleep the child who walked before she crawled
The Late September Dogs (aside -- I was humming this in my head while I was away from the computer this evening, and only placed it just as I sat down to finish this meme up)
20. As original as sin, deny all that you feel
Silent Legacy
*decides to make kickass ME compilation CDs as soon as Linkin Park Meme is live*
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Date: 2004-05-12 05:59 pm (UTC)Though you'll notice I stuck to albums that were, you know, released.
You were even close on the one you didn't know -- it's called "They Don't Know Me"