I do draw the line at a Caesar salad latte, though. I have standards.
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
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"may I interest you in an iced coffee, young one? it only tastes a little like Caeser salad"
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Well since you called me "young," I can't possibly resist.
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
actually you'd probably end up as Susan, wouldn't you
but both John and I would be Edwin
at least we can agree that FB would be Lucy
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I feel like I've been insulted somehow but now I have to go re-read a book to remind myself how that has happened...
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Susan was the independent-minded older sister who stopped believing in Narnia
In The Last Battle, Susan is conspicuous by her absence. Peter says that she is "no longer a friend of Narnia", and (in Jill Pole's words) "she's interested in nothing now-a-days except nylons and lipstick and invitations." Similarly, Eustace Scrubb quotes her as saying, "What wonderful memories you have! Fancy you still thinking about all those funny games we used to play when we were children," and Polly Plummer adds, "She wasted all her school time wanting to be the age she is now, and she'll waste all the rest of her life trying to stay that age. Her whole idea is to race on to the silliest time of one's life as quick as she can and then stop there as long as she can." Thus, Susan does not enter the real Narnia with the others at the end of the series.
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
okay, yep, that's me... well maybe not the nylons
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe if I only believed in Narnia I could not kill every gumdrop tree I try to plant ;_;
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
"...nylons and lipstick and invitations." Sounds like a Bryan Ferry lyric.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
reading that paragraph reminded me how much I hated all the Narnia travelers by the end of the series
like, shut up you judgy fucks, only one of you actually knows how to LIVE and the rest of you are actually dead
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ more evidence that I desperately need to re-read? Apparently the whole series fell through the gigantic gap in my memory.
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Can I just go ahead and blame nursing school? Because that is my inclination.
they're all actually dead in the end, but susan doesnt get to heaven iirc
Hot cross buns exist, and are the only thing we ever actually thanked the british for i think
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
The proselytising in the Narnia books got a little tedious after awhile.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I guarantee that when you reread, you will find yourself rooting for most of them to die
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, but at the time i think it would have gone over most readers' heads.
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
it's interesting because in many ways it's the exact opposite of Pullman's His Dark Materials but at some point near the end of both you find yourself really rooting for an apocalypse to come sweeping through and get rid of all the people doing things you think are stupid
or maybe that's just me
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
His Dark Materials I remember a little better - first book was ace, second one was pretty good, third one was still creative but I remember thinking the end was disappointing
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
felt the same way about 'green eggs and ham'
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Lately I've gotten the notion while reading fiction that writing a good ending is really, really difficult. I've run into trite endings and a few that didn't make any sense at all.
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
xp LOL
It started early for you, then.
i want to say yes.....
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Damned fish in '1 fish, 2 fish' got on my nerves, too.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
agree with you on endings, particularly with anything fantasy-y
There has to be a word for that
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Stephen King Syndrome
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
lol, funnily enough I was thinking specifically of a book by Stephen King's son, Joe Hill (_Horns_). Great concept, the end is a mishmash of wtf happened?
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
At least w Stephen King I usually understand what he was trying to get at...
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
no, i meant fantasy-y
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Pat endings don't satisfy. Many non-ending endings don't satisfy. Improbable endings don't satisfy. One of the things I most adored about Maugham short stories as a kid was how often they had perfect endings.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Also took it into my head to read the first _30 Days of Night_ graphic novel which was all great concept and terrible everything else.
the movie is actually pretty decent
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Michael, that's how I felt about Ray Bradbury short stories when I was younger, but now I'm afraid to go back and re-read them because I'm afraid I'll think they suck now
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
they don't, not at all
"The Veldt" is still terrifying
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Dan - it's in my Netflix queue, just haven't been in a vampire-y mood since reading that. Loved the first two _Walking Dead_ graphic novels and am lobbying for more of them for Mother's Day.
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, man, "The Veldt" is what got me hooked...
I used to go to the library and use the CARD CATALOG to find Bradbury books that weren't on the HSTNGS shelves. I remember using little slips of paper to make requests. Sometimes it even worked!
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.veddma.com/veddma/Veldt.htm
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, I love the internets...
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah after a bunch of musing I recently realized that in retrospect I pretty much hated the Panera series as well.
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
well what do you expect when you read a series that's about Caesar salad flavored coffee drinks?
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
to be up all night burping anchovies
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I feel like there's probably some lower GI effects possible here, too, but I'll refrain from elaborating.
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I come to bury caeser, not to make pastries and beverages that taste like him
― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
there's an obvious, environmentally conscious solution here that will save you time...
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
SOYLENT GREEN IS CAESAR!!!
btw everyone here loves me enough to go buy a copy of The Mountain Goats' All Eternals Deck this week, right
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
You get a royalty? Niiiice, I figured you got a flat fee.
― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
no royalties, I just want to be able to say "I was on an album that debuted in Billboard's Top 200"
― whelping at his sandpapery best (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link