i missed an opportunity to see mtx last night. because i’m self-centered and had been slacking off in the reading of my favorite blogs. therefore, i did not see the tour information. they were here last night. all of the sudden this morning i said, to myself, “hey… i wonder what dr. frank’s up to… these days.” [not wanting to end my sentence in preposition.] can you believe that? missed it by a day. you know why? not only am i self-centered, but lately you find that my head is always in a book. always.
speaking of books, i just finished “good omens” and loved it! adored it! delighted in it! i have a feeling that this is a book that i will be pushing off on people constantly. i’ve made a deal with evildeb to read some book she is enjoying [i don’t even remember what it is] to get her to read “good omens.” i don’t know why i bother. she never likes any book i recommend. i should have learned my lesson when she failed to see the subtle humor and brilliance in isaac adamson’s “tokyo suckerpunch.” she said she didn’t like it and that it wasn’t well written. so then i had to hate her…. again. the only book i know for sure that we’ve both liked, is “wicked.”
which reminds me of louise. now, you know louise is scottish. except when she’s in new york. she has loaned me some of her audiobooks, to listen to on my commute. she was listing off the titles that she had, and she told me she had this book.. and we had the following conversation.
me: what? “midder midder?” what’s “midder midder”?
louise: you know… “MIDDER MIDDER.”
me: *scratches head in confusion*
louise: [with sarcasm i might add] oh PARDON ME, i meant MIURRR MIURRRRRR.
i’ve never had trouble understanding louise before. maybe it’s because there was no context for the word “mirror.” maybe she’s totally unintelligible and i’ve never noticed? is that true, louise? louise… say “aluminum.” …. go on, say it!
ack! good omens is cowritten by terry pratchett. i read a book by him called _wyrd sisters_ and it was horribly written (as was _tokyo suckerpunch_). i think evil deb and i should recommend books to each other. hey evil deb! read _midnight’s children_ by salman rushdie!!!
i want specific examples of the horrible writtenness of tokyo suckerpunch, please. or i shall delete your comment forthwith. your opinions will now be considered suspect, and your personage questionable.
i cannot speak of terry pratchet except to say that if he suffers from horrible writteness as well, neil gaiman obviously went through and fixed things. as this book made me laugh outloud with joy.
i’d also like to point out that i tried to read a salman rushdie book and was not impressed or intrigued enought to finish it. there. i’ve said it. but you pushed me.
Incomprehensible? but that was me talking American.
Here’s some lines from a poem to illustrate how I’d talk normally. “Midder” my arse… get back to me when you know what chiel means.
O Lord look doon on Buchan
An a’ its fairmer chiels!
For there’s nae in a’ Yer warld
Mair contermashious deils!
Yet tak a thocht afore Ye lat
Yer wrath and vengeance fa’,
For sic weet and clorty widder
Wid gar ony human thraw!
Dude! Jodi, I got THE SOAP today. You didn’t tell me that it was from my home town, which is only one town over from where I live now. No wonder it got here so quickly! It’s on the street that I use to get to my parent’s house, from the freeway – I drive by it all the freakin’ time, and I never knew! Ok, no review, yet, I just got it, and haven’t used it, but the return address thing just kind of freaked me out, ya know?
Full report later.