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hawkwing_lb) wrote2006-12-15 10:29 pm
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Sickness is mine, always
Gods and little fishes, this has been a bad year for me. Illness after injury after virus after infection after depression after bad shit. Annus horribile, or however one conjugates the Latin.
So. Have a meme.
So. Have a meme.
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
hawkwing_lb sent to me...

Twelve marius drumming
Eleven libraries piping
Ten herodotus a-leaping
Nine antiquities dancing
Eight weapons a-reading
Seven bookshops a-writing
Six suetonius a-running
Five anci-i-i-ient societies
Four wb yeats
Three michael collins
Two pharaonic tombs
...and a stalin in a gracchii.
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No alcohol. Alcohol does odd things to the taste of a good sponge, in my opinion.
I read Snake Agent and found it pretty cool. Demon and the City is on my TBR pile (and it's saying something about my life in recent months that I have a TBR pile :)). Odd thing, though: the setting is pretty noir, if you know what I mean, but the tone of the story itself is fairly light by comparison. I'm interested to see how TDaTC matches up.
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I've made trifle, so I do remember putting custard into mine. It were yummy.
Now I've gone and made myself hungry.
Yes, the setting is noir-ish, in an intense, crowded, Chinese sort of way. I envision New York City, in the area named Chinatown, because it has those narrow winding streets filled with vendors, odd and tantalizing aromas, strange and exotic items hanging in windows, and Chinese of various dialects being spoken all around.
TDaTC is more from the demon's perspective, and it's an interesting one. All these different demons!
For another take on Chinese demons, if you ever get the chance to rent or somehow see Big Trouble in Little China, you should. It's an 80's classic, but it has these cool Chinese demons. And David Lo-Pan, one of the hammiest of Evil Lords you will ever see. :-)
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Big Trouble in Little China? I'll keep an eye out.
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Mmm. Trifle.
Yes, keep your eye out and wince along with me over the dated sensibilities, and be patient for you will enjoy the Chinese demons. It's a very silly movie, and the actors clearly had a lot of fun. :-)
And then you will never be able to read Liz Williams without thinking of those demons. Or LoPan. And my evil work here will be done...dang. I'm thinking out loud again.
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That's a bad habit, that is. Could get a person into a whole lot of trouble, wouldn't you think? ;)
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Just you wait.
:-D
Oh, and Happy Winter Solstice to you.
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:)
And belated Happy Longest Night to you, too. :)