Miscellanies

[rachelmanija]

1. Before you date a man, check for raccoons:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/tamnonlinear/104873.html

I'd say that tops my "naked woman on shirt + dead dog + bragging about accepting stolen money from cops + bedwetting + later discovering that he told people he'd slept with me when, due to all of the above, he hadn't" bad date story.

2. I just got a rejection letter from an agent for my memoir, saying that "it was a good read but not what I was expecting" due to not having a lot of detail about the religious rituals at the ashram. (That was because they were a) minimal, considering that it was an ashram, b) boring as they consisted of the same prayers every day, which in my opinion only need to be described once, c) not of any interest to me, either at the time or now, d) not something I was involved in much anyway as I missed all but the weekend or holiday ones because I was in school.

I wrote back to say that I'd already sold the book, but thanks for reading it.

3. I got my free samples from Tokyopop: complete or complete-do-date (not counting the books I already owned so didn't request) series of MARS (which I can _finally_ finish reading), X-DAY, CHOBITS, PLANET LADDER, DEMON DIARY, and GRAVITATION. Am contemplating driving to the used manga in Japanese store to see if they have more of SAIYUKI. I don't need to know kanji to stare at the pin-ups.

4. I am back in karate, with no apparent residual effects from the bookcase-lifting injury. Celebrated by going to Lare's, where Sempai dared me to eat a pepper. ("I will if you will.") Though he drank a lot of water and said he was sweating, his expression did not change, leading me and Hong Kong J to accuse him of being an android or an alien. (My expression was apparently quite amusing.) Am suffering today from aftereffects of tequila and peppers. Can't believe nobody picked Misato from EVANGELION as my Secret Anime Identity.

5. My article "The Golden Age of Fantasy" will be published in STRANGE HORIZONS: BEST OF YEAR TWO, by Lethe Press. I can't imagine anyone but the authors' relatives buying it, though, as the contents are available online for free. (Mine is linked from my user info.) Maybe I'll buy a copy for my Mom to make up for pillorying her in print.

Comments

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

Thank you for linking the raccoons post. I think I choked on my tongue.

[bluewoad.livejournal.com]

Well, having just helped a woman who was being kicked out of her house of 35 years, who also probably never cleaned the house or threw out much, I can believe this whole thing. It was truly amazing seeing how much... stuff this woman had. We had rented a 15-foot U-Haul, thinking that one woman living in a 700-sq-ft house can't accumulate *that* much stuff, right? Well, one over-stuffed U-Haul, 5 pick-ups, and a full-sized van later....

I think we found Jimmy Hoffa.

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I might pick up a copy of the SH anthology. I like your articles. :-)

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

feochadn (one-third of animerecs showed me a copy of a Saiyuki pin-up from a magazine this weekend. I stared at it and said, "You know, I realize that canonically Sanzo is supposed to be the prettiest in terms of the culture, but generally it's Hakkai who really does it for me. But. That picture. Yeah. Wow. Thank you."

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Okay, which one is it and is it posted on the internet anywhere?

And me too on the other.

*Crazed fangirl on*

Hakkai + Rachel 4Ever! Whatever sick, twisted, and pervy things he's into, I don't care! He could do them to me! Or I could do them to him! Men with glasses are the best! Especially when they also have adorable little pets!

*Crazed fangirl off*

[telophase.livejournal.com]

If you want anything that's in the Salty Dog I or II or Backgammon I or II artbooks, let me know. I've got a scanner and I'm not afraid to use it. :) It often takes a long time to load, but there's lots of Saiyuki manga and artbook scans at: http://bane-huntress.co.uk/OffLicence/saiyuki.html

As for me, I'm a Sanzo person. Tall, blond, emotionally unavailable: MY PERFECT MAN!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Los Angeles is over-blessed with my type of perfect man: medium height, dark-haired, and emotionally unavailable. Optionally, also physically unavailable. The trick is that they seem to be available, up to the point where you fall for them and then they explain that after the unfortunate events with their sister and their girlfriend and a lot of demons and all, they are unable to commit to so much as a one-night stand.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's my type of perfect man, too! Which would explain some odd similarities in our dating experiences....

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Once again, I realize just how boring my life is. That may be a good thing.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Are you referring to the raccoons, the bedwetter, or the way Sempai is kindly making up for me not having grown up with an older brother who would dare me to jump off bridges?

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Um, yes.

[tweedkitten.livejournal.com]

come to think of it.... misato would have been perfect.

and.... er, bookcase-lifting injury? ..??

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I remembered that among other possibilities, I'd lifted a bookcase on the Friday before the Monday night/really early Tuesday morning agony.