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aussiedave

Five Things

Feb 24, 2009 08:43

Blergh. Horribly, horribly ill today. Like not "he has man flu, he's just bitching", properly ill. Hating it.
So, writing Jhereg plot docs, wasting time on the internet and napping it is.

Thought I'd give this a go. zero_pixel_coun has kindly furnished me with a list of five subjects to waffle on. Please let me know if you want me to do the same for you.

( Five subjects thing. )

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putrescine February 24 2009, 09:46:39 UTC

Gimme five.

aussiedave February 24 2009, 10:15:03 UTC

1. Goth music, from Depeche Mode and Siouxsie to VNV Nation and "power noise." Why the shift?
2. Being a lawyer.
3. Zombies.
4. Politics within LRP.
5. Something you've done, but only the once, and wouldn't do again.

putrescine February 24 2009, 11:51:42 UTC

Done and done.

black_faery February 24 2009, 09:56:51 UTC

I am exceptionally pleased that Mr Pratchett is to become Sir Pratchett. I have tried to explain to other people that I read his books not only for the characters, but for the philosophy and psychology, and social commentary that he hangs the story off, but there's a feeling among people who don't read him, or who haven't read the later stuff where he really gets into his stride, that he just write silly comedy. I know someone who considers him to be far sillier than Douglas Adams, and won't read him for that very reason. (Whereas I find Adams rather too silly, and can manage about a book and a half of his style before I get irritated by it.)

Can you recommend any particular books by Susannah Clarke or Marie Phillips?

aussiedave February 24 2009, 10:16:49 UTC

Hey,

I'm thinking particularly of "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" by Clarke and "Gods Behaving Badly" by Phillips. Clarke's written a follow-up anthology, "The Ladies of Grace Adieu," but I don't think Phillips will necessarily write in the same genre again.

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aussiedave February 24 2009, 19:30:47 UTC

Okay:

1. National Pride (is/is not the same as Bigotry)
2. Is unqualified happiness possible?
3. What do you want to do with your doctorate?
4. Your favourite song
5. LRP in Europe

javez_tmf February 24 2009, 13:34:53 UTC

Okay then, I'm game. Gimme 5 subjects.

aussiedave February 24 2009, 19:34:12 UTC

1. Tattoos as spiritual experiences
2. You've been in the Jhereg even longer than me. What do you think of the changes it has gone through over the years?
3. Fatherhood
4. Western society doesn't have "rites of passage" anymore, in the way tribal cultures still do. What effect do you think this has on us?
5. Why Alianore? And why Fae?

javez_tmf February 24 2009, 22:26:08 UTC

Interesting stuff. Had to cut it short as midnight was approaching, and my darling daughter has been getting nightmares at 4.00am recently.

Replies here -> http://javez-tmf.livejournal.com/42634.html#cutid1

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aussiedave February 24 2009, 19:40:07 UTC

1. Your dream car
2. LiveJournal/FaceBook/MySpace etc. as tribalism
3. Jobhunting
4. The most exciting technological/cultural development you've recently encountered
5. Something you've done once, and will never do again.

aussiedave February 24 2009, 21:19:39 UTC

Also, happy birthday, hon. Hope you're having a nice day.