I'll ascend into your heaven while I'm treading in your sea

[sovay]

My poem "Reliquiae" is now online at The Pedestal Magazine. It is for nineweaving, who showed me a picture of Seahenge.

(Now I want to know if Elizabeth P. Glixman is related to my mother's side of the family . . .)

I am not yet home; there will be updates soon. For now, I shall state only that strange_selkie and darthrami and their three cats are made of awesome, and so were those cinnamon buns. Also, Jason Isaacs.

Mr. Darling had been practicing small talk all afternoon.

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[ex-greythist387.livejournal.com]

Ack! Don't you sleep? I'm up too late for comfort, but you are on Eastern time....

I rarely remember short poems after a quick reading, but I am glad to recognize "Reliquiae."

[tithenai.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, Jason Isaacs. *love* I love him evil, I love him good, but most especially love him evil.

[setsuled.livejournal.com]

My poem "Reliquiae" is now online at The Pedestal Magazine.

It's a lovely poem.

[sovay]

It's a lovely poem.

Thank you!

I forgot to mention also that my poem "Fasti" has been accepted by Heliotrope, which makes me particularly happy since I half-killed myself to get it finished on deadline. It should also appear this month.

[sovay]

I love him evil, I love him good, but most especially love him evil.

Oddly enough, I took almost no notice of him as Lucius Malfoy, but as Mr. Darling and Captain Hook he had me instantly riveted. I am so pleased that the film preserved the pantomime double-casting. What else have you seen him in?

[sovay]

Don't you sleep?

Not as much as I'd like . . .

I rarely remember short poems after a quick reading, but I am glad to recognize "Reliquiae."

Thank you! I'm honored to provide an exception.

[tithenai.livejournal.com]

If I'm not mistaken, he was the evil British guy in The Patriot (which, otherwise, I really didn't like at all, but ... I loved him so much. Even in his absolutely horrible scenes). He also had a smallish bad-husband role on Friends with Money... But I agree, I think overall he was best in Peter Pan.

(A quick IMDB search just revealed he was also on Dragonheart! Hee! As Lord Felton!)

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a good time.

Took me a moment to cross-reference Mr Darling and Jason Isaacs, but he was brilliant in that film, wasn't he?

Did you ever read Jane Yolen's short story "Lost Girls"?

[setsuled.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. Let me know if I can assist in any half-resurrections.

Though, looking at the Wikipedia entry for "Fasti" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasti) (as I had to, for my ignorance), I see that you might have left your poem unfinished.

By the way, I drove all over town to-day looking for The Secret of Roan Inish. Looks like I'll have to order it online . . . Part of the problem was that a lot of the stores I tried to go to were closed, all of a sudden. How many clothing stores do we need in this world?

[sovay]

Though, looking at the Wikipedia entry for "Fasti" (as I had to, for my ignorance),

It doesn't seem to be a widely-known entry in the catalogue of Ovid, but I love it—ritual calendars and slightly snarky storytelling, what's not to like?

I see that you might have left your poem unfinished.

It was a near thing . . .

Part of the problem was that a lot of the stores I tried to go to were closed, all of a sudden. How many clothing stores do we need in this world?

Over the last few years, Lexington Center has been quietly turning into a crossroads full of banks. I am unutterably depressed by this.

[sovay]

Took me a moment to cross-reference Mr Darling and Jason Isaacs, but he was brilliant in that film, wasn't he?

He's on my list of character actors to watch for. And very close to my definitive image of the characters, now.

Did you ever read Jane Yolen's short story "Lost Girls"?

I did, although it's not my favorite take on Peter Pan. I have much better memories of a short story reprinted in one of the early Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthologies, narrated by a middle-aged Slightly—if the books weren't all still in a box downstairs, I would look up its title. Mrgh.

[seajules]

That's a fabulous poem! You really have a direct line to my id.

I have that version of Peter Pan. I have yet to work myself up to watching it.

[sovay]

You really have a direct line to my id.

I take that as a very high compliment!

I have that version of Peter Pan. I have yet to work myself up to watching it.

I didn't expect to be as impressed as I was. It's a really, really good adaptation: it's charming in all the right places and shadowy in the others and there is never less than a sense of wildness, because without the mythology it's just twee Victoriana with special effects.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I did, although it's not my favorite take on Peter Pan. I have much better memories of a short story reprinted in one of the early Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthologies, narrated by a middle-aged Slightly—if the books weren't all still in a box downstairs, I would look up its title. Mrgh.

I'll go look for that one, then. The local library has a fair number of the earlier _YBSF_ and _YBFH_ anthologies, IIRC.

[seajules]

I take that as a very high compliment!

It's a twisty place to get to, and even twistier to get me to admit it. *G*

I've heard nothing but good things about that version of Peter Pan, which is one reason I'm working myself up to watching it. I expect an emotional viewing, and I like to be prepared for those.