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What a state to wait till eight
1. The release party for The Drowning Girl was a great deal of fun. I went down on the commuter rail, which gave me a beautiful view: late clear light throwing Wyeth shadows, that slightly milky blue sky that dusts down to green at the horizon. There was a daymoon over the roofs of Providence as I walked from the train station to the bookstore, hiking up Angell Street. (With no recourse to the internet! I got directions from the Amtrak ticket sellers and made up the rest. I felt very old-school. Or at least studenty.) There was discussion, reading, the book trailer, signing, and then ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
greygirlbeast, humglum, readingthedark, (briefly Brian Evenson) and I all went out for really spectacular Indian food. Geoffrey drove me back to the train afterward and I read Vanessa Gebbie's The Coward's Tale (2011) on the way home. There was not nearly enough time for conversation, but it was good. I am also planning to attend Caitlín's signing next week at Pandemonium, as so should you. Go read her poem "Atlantis" in the meantime.
2. There is an exhibit at Bletchley Park called The Life and Works of Alan Turing. The future's too slow; we want teleportation now.
3. Courtesy ofhandful_ofdust: Roddy McDowall reads H.P. Lovecraft. "The Outsider" and "The Hound." He's perfect—that fine-pointed, high-strung voice. I feel I must reciprocate by offering James Mason with "The Tell-Tale Heart."
4. Tiny Wittgenstein seems to have been temporarily replaced by Tiny Cast of Several Musical Comedies. Or maybe he's just hanging out on the other shoulder, enjoying the dance numbers. (Am so going to New York in April to see this, I should mention.)
5. You can wake yourself up really quickly eating leftover vindaloo for breakfast, especially if it turns out it was left over for capsaicin-related reasons.
greygirlbeast, humglum, readingthedark, (briefly Brian Evenson) and I all went out for really spectacular Indian food. Geoffrey drove me back to the train afterward and I read Vanessa Gebbie's The Coward's Tale (2011) on the way home. There was not nearly enough time for conversation, but it was good. I am also planning to attend Caitlín's signing next week at Pandemonium, as so should you. Go read her poem "Atlantis" in the meantime.2. There is an exhibit at Bletchley Park called The Life and Works of Alan Turing. The future's too slow; we want teleportation now.
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handful_ofdust: Roddy McDowall reads H.P. Lovecraft. "The Outsider" and "The Hound." He's perfect—that fine-pointed, high-strung voice. I feel I must reciprocate by offering James Mason with "The Tell-Tale Heart."4. Tiny Wittgenstein seems to have been temporarily replaced by Tiny Cast of Several Musical Comedies. Or maybe he's just hanging out on the other shoulder, enjoying the dance numbers. (Am so going to New York in April to see this, I should mention.)
5. You can wake yourself up really quickly eating leftover vindaloo for breakfast, especially if it turns out it was left over for capsaicin-related reasons.
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Tiny Cast of Several Musical Comedies sounds more cheerful than Tiny Wittgenstein.
Yay Roddy McDowall!
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Oh, yes. It's a definite improvement.
Yay Roddy McDowall!
I highly recommend!
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We will converse again soon, and for longer. And maybe there will be werewolves this time.
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And then the cops shot the Cthulu and that was that. Which I must say is an awesome way of ending a Lovecraft story but I think only Lovecraft has dared to wrap it up like that.
BTW, Happy Purim if you celebrate it.
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That's great. I will have to find and read that story now.
BTW, Happy Purim if you celebrate it.
Chag Purim sameach to you, too! I am behind on my hamantashn, but will be making them tomorrow.
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Now I'm still pretty drunk. THere was this British girl at the party I attended and she could really make a great cocktail.
Time to go to sleep. I have a Kurt Vonnegut semi-biography to read.
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Aw.
Time to go to sleep. I have a Kurt Vonnegut semi-biography to read.
Semi-biography?
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MOAR teleporter!
You can wake yourself up really quickly eating leftover vindaloo for breakfast, especially if it turns out it was left over for capsaicin-related reasons.
*snarfl* And here I am planning to make hogget vindaloo for dinner tonight, with our newly ripened plant-ful of bright red chillis. Hmm...
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I don't even think I know anyone I can ask to make the pilgrimage for me! (And take photographs!)
And here I am planning to make hogget vindaloo for dinner tonight, with our newly ripened plant-ful of bright red chillis. Hmm...
If there are results, please post them . . .
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I'd only taken Amtrak before now, possibly out of habit from my New Haven days. The commuter rail is more of a milk run, but cheaper (and double-decker, which entertains me far more than I'm sure it should) is a plus by me.
(I wish we had a functional rail system in this country. Don't get me started.)
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The future's too slow; we want teleportation now.
Definitely.
4. Tiny Wittgenstein seems to have been temporarily replaced by Tiny Cast of Several Musical Comedies.
I reckon that's a good thing.
5. You can wake yourself up really quickly eating leftover vindaloo for breakfast, especially if it turns out it was left over for capsaicin-related reasons.
I'll have to hold that in mind. For some reason I'm always tempted to eat leftover jambalaya for breakfast, but I never end up doing it, probably because it always seems as if it's being saved for another night's supper.
I'm told waking up quickly is one excuse for eating pickles at breakfast in Japanese (maybe Korean as well?) culture.*
*Pickles are often found in Scandinavian breakfast spreads, but I have no idea if they're meant for the purpose of stimulating the nervous system, or if they're simply there because people like and expect them. They're better than gjetost, and that's good enough for me.
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It really, really is.
For some reason I'm always tempted to eat leftover jambalaya for breakfast, but I never end up doing it, probably because it always seems as if it's being saved for another night's supper.
I have never really gotten the hang of breakfast; either I don't eat for hours after I get up or I eat something sufficiently peculiar I'm not sure it should count. I don't even eat breakfast foods later in the day, unless it's crepes or something.
And then every now and then I just really want a bowl of oatmeal and I usually wind up eating it for dinner.
They're better than gjetost, and that's good enough for me.
I love gjetost!
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Excellent.
I have never really gotten the hang of breakfast; either I don't eat for hours after I get up or I eat something sufficiently peculiar I'm not sure it should count.
I reckon even peculiar things count, somehow. Unless of course you'd truly wish them not to.
After all, there are people who eat cold pizza for breakfast, which makes me shudder. By the same token, parts of my ideal breakfast, especially the black and white pudding part, make some of them shudder. And I've never figured out why everyone who eats eggs and pork products for breakfast doesn't fill out the set with grilled tomatoes.
And then every now and then I just really want a bowl of oatmeal and I usually wind up eating it for dinner.
Very traditional, that. At least if there's salt included.
I love gjetost! [info]hans_the_bold introduced me to it. It's like candy in cheese form.
Hmm, I'm tempted to offer a trade: my share of gjetost for your share of cruciferous vegetables.
I've mixed feelings about gjetost,* actually. I sort of like the first bite, but afterwards the combination of cheese with sweet and sticky begins to bother me. I suspect I should consume it as shavings, perhaps over something or other that would balance it, before I reject it entirely.
*I can't speak to brunost as a whole, having not had other varieties.
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3. James Mason! Yes!
4. Good news!
5. Wince. I'll trade your vindaloo for a dhansak.
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That's a wonderful thing to say about a book. Tell Caitlín!
James Mason! Yes!
I love him so. He was just the villain from North by Northwest (1959) for most of my childhood, and then I saw him opposite John Gielgud in Julius Caesar (1953) and I never looked back. He's one of the great things about Kubrick's Lolita (1962).
I'll trade your vindaloo for a dhansak.
Dude. A dish with goat I haven't had! Yes, please.
Actually, is this the animated version of "Tell-Tale Heart" that Mason narrates?
It's off a Decca LP from 1959—one side is "Sorry, Wrong Number" with Agnes Moorehead ("With A Supporting Cast") and the other is James Mason on "The Tell-Tale Heart," plus "Silence" and "Annabel Lee." I don't know if it's the same track or a re-recording. Have you got a link to the film?
(The back cover helpfully offers, "If you enjoyed this recording . . . you're sure to like other Long Play albums." Which is how I found out there exists a recording of the original Broadway cast of The Lady's Not for Burning. John Gielgud and Pamela Brown as Thomas and Jennet, should be Richard Burton and Claire Bloom as Richard and Alizon. I wouldn't quite kill for it, but I might seriously consider beating someone up. It's one of my favorite plays. Rave of local production last year here.)
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(I actually dreamt I was at the launch party! I either woke up or was too shy to say hello to you.)
Alas, I'm on mobile-nets, else I'd send you a link to that film. If you haven't already, check out Eddie Izzard's take on Mason advertising food for small dogs...
I *love* dhansak with a vengeance. I wonder if a paneer dish might work with goat's cheese?
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Dude. Next time you see me in a dream, say hi!
If you haven't already, check out Eddie Izzard's take on Mason advertising food for small dogs...
. . . I have not seen that. I'll look it up, she said with some slight trepidation.
I wonder if a paneer dish might work with goat's cheese?
I don't see why not. I love goat cheese.
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ANYWAY.
Tiny Ethel Merman is here. She wants to know if you just want the first five bars for a test run or if she should let 'er rip, and I wanted to give you a chance to pop in earplugs.
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Because you remind me on a regular basis?
Tiny Ethel Merman is here. She wants to know if you just want the first five bars for a test run or if she should let 'er rip, and I wanted to give you a chance to pop in earplugs.
Tell her she's going to have to fight Tiny Barbara Cook for the privilege first!
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This is very cheering to hear. I hope that the cast of the musical sticks around or at least takes you with them when they go off to be a touring company.
Do let me know if you want movie company when you are in NYC.
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Thank you! I like that image.
Do let me know if you want movie company when you are in NYC.
Absolutely.