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[jazzfish]

Fascinating interview with William Gibson in the Paris Review: "For years, I’d found myself telling interviewers and readers that I believed it was possible to write a novel set in the present that would have an effect very similar to the effect of novels I had set in imaginary futures. I think I said it so many times, and probably with such a pissy tone of exasperation, that I finally decided I had to call myself on it."

PURE EVIL.

Irregular Webcomic, David Morgan-Mar's daily Lego-based comic with about a dozen storylines, has come to an end after well over three thousand strips. Not to worry! He's rerunning them all from #1, with new annotations. So now's the perfect time to jump into one of the geekiest and consistently funniest webcomics around. (DMM's other big venture, Darths & Droids, is nearly at the end of Episode 3. I really hope he covers episodes 4-6 as well. Luckily, according to the FAQ they'll be covering episodes 4-6 as well.)

Making the Grade, a history of maple syrup, and a good follow-up to my earlier discourse. [via rbandrews]

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Last night's sleep was not precisely restful. I dreamed I finished up the %&$ Space Story and attached it to an email and sent it off to the editor in question. About ten seconds later I got back an email response consisting of "No." I was kind of shocked, until I realised that I hadn't actually added in any of the stuff I'd meant to and been asked to. Then I was just miserable and mad at myself for blowing my chance at getting it published.

I used to dream a lot more, and even lucid-dream about half the time. I stopped in late 2002/early 2003 when a lot of other things in life were going pretty wrong, because my dreams were all ending up like that one.

Came down with a 48-hour head cold on Thursday night, but I caught it early enough to not stress myself. Spent Friday doing not a whole lot other than sleeping and staring blankly, and was functional enough to do some gaming on Satyrday.

Sunday night uilos and I went to see Mr and Mrs Amanda Palmer, for whom the line was literally around the block. It was a good show: they were kind of adorable, and Neil read a few poems and "Orange," the story he read at Balticon in 2006. I'm not quite sure what I think of Amanda's music; I enjoyed it but I don't feel inspired to run out and buy albums.

We're visiting DC (ABG, Dar concert, possibly other things) this weekend, and I'll be working from work for a couple of days as well. Possibly I can use some of the travel time to do some writing. Here's hoping.

Comments

[thanate]

I feel like half the people I know think Amanda Palmer is fantastic; I think she has a lovely voice, and I don't actually care for just about anything she does with it, to the point where I've asked grauwulf not to play her stuff when I'm around. It trips my "why are you screaming/whining instead of singing" circuits far too much, which is sad.

Also, ew-ew-ew-ew-ew!!!! on those onions. What a wasted of crappy caramel apple sheets.

[jazzfish]

Those onions are the first Halloween thing in a long time that has made me physically recoil.

Amanda Palmer's voice surprised me being as deep and rich as it is. I think I could like it but I'm not really feeling inspired to do so.

[notyourwendy]

That's kinda how I felt about her - I like her voice and she has pretty sweet piano skills, I just don't like what she does with them. I do, however, like how much she seems to be making Mr. Neil a happy, silly Brit.

[darkfyre_muse]

So Steve and I both have friday off. Would you be interested in an early dinner before the show?

[jazzfish]

The problem there is that the Birchmere is a dinner and show kind of place, and if you're not there at dinnertime you probably won't have a decent seat.

On the other hand, we've currently got no lunch plans and are thinking about wandering around in the District in the afternoon. Interested in lunch downtown?

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

I am a fan of the Palmers and quite jealous that you got to see them :)

[jazzfish]

I imagine they'll have an east coastish tour soon enough. :)

[dmmaus.livejournal.com]

DMM's other big venture, Darths & Droids, is nearly at the end of Episode 3. I really hope he covers episodes 4-6 as well.

This has been answered in our FAQ for 4 years now. :-) Yes, we are doing the original trilogy.

[jazzfish]

Thanks! (Oh, the FAQ. Who ever thinks to look there? :)