A Miscellany
Sep. 21st, 2022 01:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
1. Fiona, indignant at the sexist nomenclature of manholes, coins a new term: themholes.
2. I randomly thought of the time as a toddler when I made a plan to get rid of my dreaded courdoroy pants. I despised courdoroy as a child. In what seemed impeccable logic, I decided that if I just pooped in those pants, they would surely be thrown away, and I would never have to wear them again. I have an incredibly vivid memory of standing in the hallway and triumphantly soiling those pants. Spoiler alert, Gentle Readers: my clever act of rebellion did not elicit the response I was hoping for.
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Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The words are beautiful as always, but with the exception of Elizabeth, I don't really like any of the characters. Lesje is washed out and ineffectual, and Nate is a man-baby. I don't think I'm supposed to like Elizabeth, but she's interesting and complicated and ruthless. This is an early book, and I think Atwood's writing has improved since early days.
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2. I randomly thought of the time as a toddler when I made a plan to get rid of my dreaded courdoroy pants. I despised courdoroy as a child. In what seemed impeccable logic, I decided that if I just pooped in those pants, they would surely be thrown away, and I would never have to wear them again. I have an incredibly vivid memory of standing in the hallway and triumphantly soiling those pants. Spoiler alert, Gentle Readers: my clever act of rebellion did not elicit the response I was hoping for.
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The words are beautiful as always, but with the exception of Elizabeth, I don't really like any of the characters. Lesje is washed out and ineffectual, and Nate is a man-baby. I don't think I'm supposed to like Elizabeth, but she's interesting and complicated and ruthless. This is an early book, and I think Atwood's writing has improved since early days.
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Date: 2022-09-21 05:32 pm (UTC)I used to deliberately run my pantyhose faster than my mother could buy more.
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Date: 2022-09-21 07:01 pm (UTC)Toddler you clearly learned an important life lesson: Rarely does pooping in one's pants lead to the anticipated outcome.
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Date: 2022-09-22 09:39 am (UTC)INORITE?
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Date: 2022-09-22 10:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-21 11:01 pm (UTC)2) Wow. That strategy never occurred to me to get rid of my much-loathed footie pajamas. I just stole a pair of scissors and hacked the feet off.
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Date: 2022-09-22 09:40 am (UTC)I am imagining wee you wielding those scissors in triumph. Glorious!
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Date: 2022-09-21 11:09 pm (UTC)When a cunning plan goes wrong...
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Date: 2022-09-22 09:45 am (UTC)I always love me some dubious juicy literary gossip. LOL
Cat's Eye is next on the list!
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Date: 2022-09-22 07:59 pm (UTC)I LOVE Cat's Eye, it's one of my fave Atwood novels, altho I don't think it got a lot of love. One of the few times she writes about a successful female artist IIRC (there's Joan in Lady Oracle, but the romance writing is a bit of a joke). Then again just woke up, need more coffee. Or wait, isn't there a novelist in Blind Assassin?
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Date: 2022-09-23 09:59 am (UTC)I haven't read Lady Oracle either.
Yes, there's a lady novelist in The Blind Assassin!
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Date: 2022-09-22 05:46 am (UTC)I had quite a few corduroy pants over the years, as it was a pretty popular fabric. I didn't hate them, but I didn't love them, either. The way the ribbing rubs against itself bugs me.
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Date: 2022-09-22 09:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-22 12:24 pm (UTC)*hearts you, and Fiona too*
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Date: 2022-09-23 09:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-22 03:47 pm (UTC)When I see a "Speed Hump" sign I always wonder, are you boasting or complaining?
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Date: 2022-09-23 09:51 am (UTC)And speed hump instead of bump definitely sounds like a municipal worker decided to play a prank. I love it.
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Date: 2022-09-22 03:52 pm (UTC)See, I liked corduroy but it always chaffed me. You don't see much corduroy nowadays though, I wonder why?
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Date: 2022-09-22 10:31 pm (UTC)I had no idea there was a band. Definitely the book.
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Date: 2022-09-23 09:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-23 11:47 am (UTC)I was worried this Who's on First would happen with my Corduroy joke, but I said, "Self! Don't overthink it!"
(and oh lord there's another dated reference. :P)
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Date: 2022-09-26 12:06 pm (UTC)What a wonderful name. :)
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