teela

Have a great time at christmas and a very happy new year!!!!!

Have a good Christmas missy

I try to go to conferences/conventions whenever I can - mainly the Fortean Unconvention and the Questing Conference - they're nearly always entertaining if not fascinating. The alternative history scene isn't as lively as it was in the late 90s but that's post-Millennium blues for you. Mind you there are a lot of shoddy characters out there too and I think the market's getting more discerning (maybe partly due to the more educated interest drawn by the Da Vinci Code? *shrugs*).

Robert Bauval is quite the charmer, but IMHO he milks it too much, and he's one of the main 'stirrers' on the scene - IMHO reading between the lines it was his fault that Gantenbrink got booted from the original Upuaut project - he is also one of the reasons why the author Ralph Ellis couldn't get mainsteram publishing. Graham Hancock is pretty cool too, and he seems to have eaten his humble pie and done his homework after being hauled over the coals on BBC's Horizon (his Underworld book on underwater artefacts is superb). I've also had the pleasure of seeing David Rohl speak a couple of times - he used to lecture at UCL where I went - nice guy, doesn't take any s*** either. I'm still trying to pick up some of his books - some of them are damn hard to get hold of...

Am not got mail yet, but my hounds are out chasing the cyber-postman.
I expect them to return with mail or the bloodied behind of some poor terrified email server.

Welcome back, glad you`re ok if a bit ill.

Get better soon

For what u said earlier today; I love you. And so does Klarion

Now nuke them filthy flu germs.

Vivienne Westwood went to the university i am at at the moment. i find this strange but up until then i thought it to be the trashiest establishent this side of nationally advertised institutes. and smiths <3

now those are some cool pictures!

don't ask me how i stumbled on your journal, i just did. SG is a maze..

Speaking of...

I think I have a favor to ask you. That involves something in Manchester, on November 10th. In exchange I will be your best friend in the world, and give you a million dollars.*

*or something of equal or lesser value, given that I don't actually _have_ a million dollars.**

**By equal value, I mean something really cool, like ice cream, or a puppy.

Hey, sorry for the lack of conatct - just fixed by braodband connection after three weeks of dysfunction . Hey, it's all been happening for you eh? Will post some more discursive comments shortly....

Good lead on tge guardian comics page I think - have you seen the 'Perry Bible Fellowship' strip that started last week? It's most amusing.. Shrunk 3 sizes? Wow, Yey you, babe

thanks so much for offering me the ticket! i'd really love to go, but i went out last night, spent too much money and feel pants today! (you've probably already given the ticket to someone else by now anyway).

i hope you have fun though, please let me know how your night goes!

It's like a car wreck. Horrible, mangled and twisted, bloody; but you can't help but look. You're compelled.

a. where are these night shifts?
b. folio filler: hurrah!
c. press passes?! (so jealous...)

x

I think there are some innate traits and qualities that will be expressed by the people who harbor them if said traits and qualities are dominant enough, but I agree that we are mostly products of our society. Sometimes all ya can do is follow the norms and values of the dominant society even while acknowledging that the reasons behind following them really have no grounds whatsoever.

If you can't make such concessions, then perhaps it IS better if you move to a cave to become a hermit in order to escape judgments by others. but then. without a societal measuring stick, would you begin to yearn for others' opinions and judgments? juuuuuuust a thought.

You dig the Gaiman? You grabbing his new book Anansi Boys? I'm not sure when it comes out where you live, but I think it's coming out here in a few days and I am exciiiiiiiiited. And he's doing a reading here two days before my birthday! rock on. anyhoo. taker easy.

Hello again

I work in Whitechapel, live in Archway. Your neck of the woods is a stone throw from Whitechapel.

Your wishlist doesn`t work. When I log on, it gives me my wishlist, not yours.

Have another go or if you trust me give me you address via contact tab and the book is yours

I`ll send you a tiny mail anway to get the ball rolling.

Hey and don`t worry about not knowing about Lord Dunsay, I came to it quite late and there are only so many hours in the day

I`ve been wanting to write fantasy for a long time and have done all sorts of research, plus a few chapters. I`m a bit disillusioned at the moment with my writing style and content, mainly because of Neil Gaiman and China Meville. They humble me with their originality and have got me questioning the value of my work.

I don`t want to churn out just another fantasy novel. We`ll talk about this more sometime.

I read that short story and liked it. You see what Neil does, he takes a genre and then adds sex and horror. Who would have thought to have a character like that little girl in such an old world setting? Or if they had the idea they would dismiss it as too off the wall or whatever. She would have been a blood sucker only, not this little girl that bites cocks. In a few pages he`s brought up necrophilia, incest, pedolfilia as well as plain old sex. What a guy!

So keep well and speak soon.

You're welcome!

What's OTT?

Anyways, considering how you look in photos et. al, I'm assuming it's a matter of time (read: minutes) before cute boys start knocking on your door. That's my assumption, at any rate...

Few months before you're world-reknown? Hm. It can happen, but it hasn't happened to me yet! But in any case, now I want you to send me art!

Yeah, going to the concert helped (and the fact that it on the brillaint side even moreso), but you know, it's like getting drunk. You eventually come 'round. Feeling a bit better today, though.

Hey, thanks for stopping by. I actually do get a steady trickle of notes like yours, but I agree that Gibson should probably be more widely read in this crowd.

If you check out the SciFi group (I think) you'll find a decent few references to Gibson's work, mostly in the "hottest character" thread, where everyone loves Molly (I prefer Chevette). Of course, Molly made it to the big screen and has some pretty sick body mods, so maybe that has something to do with it


Sorry to read about your financial troubles. I have no comforting or witty things to say about it... but I hope you can find a way out.