"If you were here..."
Nov. 20th, 2010 12:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greygirlbeastOf all my nightmares, there is one that is the worst. Even my nightmares of nuclear apocalypse pale by comparison. It came to me this morning, that worst of all my dreams. And now I'm trying to put it away.
Yesterday, I wrote 973 words on "The Prayer of Ninety Cats." It was a day of very, very slow and meticulous writing. This is probably a more ambitious short story than I needed to take on just now. Maybe it's my way of coping with not having gotten the Mars story written.
I got the news yesterday that A is for Alien has sold out at the publisher. Which pleases me, and means, among other things, that we will now be offering it on eBay soon.
The weather has turned cold, and I'm supposing the first real snow's not too far off.
Last night, I tried Dogfish Head's Chicory Stout, and was truly, truly impressed. And I'm a stout snob.
Oh, and before anyone mentions it, I am very skeptical about Catherine Hardwicke's forthcoming Red Riding Hood, despite the involvement of Leonardo Dicaprio and Gary Oldman. For one, Hardwicke directed the first Twilight film, and for another, there's a lot of crap in the trailer that looks tailored to the paranormal romance/shifter crowd. Oh, and there's Billy Burke's absurdly anachronistic haircut. That haircut causes me pain. It hurts. I'm also annoyed at the articles calling this a "bold new take on 'Little Red Riding Hood,'" because it certainly isn't a new take. So, yeah, we shall see.
And do, please, not forget that today is the Twelfth Annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Yesterday, I wrote 973 words on "The Prayer of Ninety Cats." It was a day of very, very slow and meticulous writing. This is probably a more ambitious short story than I needed to take on just now. Maybe it's my way of coping with not having gotten the Mars story written.
I got the news yesterday that A is for Alien has sold out at the publisher. Which pleases me, and means, among other things, that we will now be offering it on eBay soon.
The weather has turned cold, and I'm supposing the first real snow's not too far off.
Last night, I tried Dogfish Head's Chicory Stout, and was truly, truly impressed. And I'm a stout snob.
Oh, and before anyone mentions it, I am very skeptical about Catherine Hardwicke's forthcoming Red Riding Hood, despite the involvement of Leonardo Dicaprio and Gary Oldman. For one, Hardwicke directed the first Twilight film, and for another, there's a lot of crap in the trailer that looks tailored to the paranormal romance/shifter crowd. Oh, and there's Billy Burke's absurdly anachronistic haircut. That haircut causes me pain. It hurts. I'm also annoyed at the articles calling this a "bold new take on 'Little Red Riding Hood,'" because it certainly isn't a new take. So, yeah, we shall see.
And do, please, not forget that today is the Twelfth Annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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Date: 2010-11-20 05:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-20 05:30 pm (UTC)The new twist is that the werewolf doesn't turn into a wolf or eat meat.
Ah, the vegan werewolf.
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Date: 2010-11-21 07:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-21 07:07 pm (UTC)It's Dark Beer Season
Date: 2010-11-20 07:17 pm (UTC)Re: It's Dark Beer Season
Date: 2010-11-20 07:44 pm (UTC)The Chicory stout is just barely on the shelves. I noticed ours was bottled Nov. 2nd.
Re: It's Dark Beer Season
Date: 2010-11-20 07:56 pm (UTC)Also - DFH would need to produce a lot more due to the size of the state. Brewers have pulled out not being able to keep up with demand and short changing existing accounts.
Oddly, Theobroma made it out this year in bottle and keg so maybe there's hope.
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Date: 2010-11-20 07:47 pm (UTC)I don't even vaguely like beer, and I keep trying things by Dogfish Head. It's something about the fact that they reconstruct five-thousand-year-old grave offerings, and think black pepper belongs in mead.
May the nightmare keep off tonight.
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Date: 2010-11-20 08:40 pm (UTC)I don't even vaguely like beer, and I keep trying things by Dogfish Head.
They do amazing things.
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Date: 2010-11-20 08:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-20 08:19 pm (UTC)So what the heck was your nightmare about?
That I won't say. I gotta draw the line somewhere.
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Date: 2010-11-20 08:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-20 08:29 pm (UTC)Ouch, "Little Red Riding Hood" being abused by the first Twiblight hack. If "LRRH" is as bad as "Blight" then Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf will probably stand a chance of suing for defamation of character.
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Date: 2010-11-20 08:39 pm (UTC)As I said, I cannot be anything but skeptical.
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Date: 2010-11-20 11:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-21 01:54 am (UTC)I feel rather shallow but last night my last conscious thought was of a scene from Boys Don't Cry when Brandon is outed and beaten up. It was a grim way to fall asleep. Thankfully, I cannot recall a single dream when I woke up which is unusual for me.
I do not get this bigotry. We are facing mass extinctions and so many other tragedies, why do people give a bigoted shit about who loves who or who wants to mix it up? I think is is wonderful we live in an age in which an individual can change their sex and I think we should all be happy if one person can love another one.
Frilling bigots make me so mad which is not the power I want to give them.
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Date: 2010-11-21 03:21 am (UTC)And, on a lighter note (well, to me, anything would be a lighter note), that was a great link to Hal Duncan. Or, should I say a fucking great link?