What a state to wait till eight

[sovay]

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 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 of 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.

Comments

[gwynnega]

I'm very fond of leftover Indian food for breakfast (ideally Palak Paneer with some naan and a soft-boiled egg).

Tiny Cast of Several Musical Comedies sounds more cheerful than Tiny Wittgenstein.

Yay Roddy McDowall!

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

I forgot the last Lovecraft book I read - I mean the title - I think it was the Lurker at the Gates (or something like that) but I just remembered how much it was geared toward graduate students since the whole thing was about hunting through the library to find arcane facts and legends in order to chase down the weird conspiracy.

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.

[selidor]

There is an exhibit at Bletchley Park
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...

[vanguardcdk.livejournal.com]

I love that the commuter rail goes to Providence. It's a very nice ride and plops you right in the city.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm very happy that you had fun at the release party and spectacular Indian food afterwards.

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.

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

1. The Drowning Girl blew me away. It's kaleidoscopic, and I may actually have to re-read it straightaway. If I try and pick up any other book right now, I might ruin the aftertaste.

3. James Mason! Yes!

4. Good news!

5. Wince. I'll trade your vindaloo for a dhansak.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

I married a man, I married a man, why didn't you tell me I had married a man.

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.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

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.)

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.