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[fajrdrako]

jonquil had a link to the girly meme and I had a look at it.

Huh. I'm even less girly than I thought. I think my answer was 'no' to all questions except #44: I do yoga and pilates. And I do own a bunch of earrings, which I almost never wear now, and I think I have a black purse somewhere that I occasionally carry when I don't have pockets and don't need my backpack.

I'd like to be more girly than I am, really. It just doesn't work out that way.

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[teaphile.livejournal.com]

I'm confused by question 45. Do Scientific American, Discover, and Games count?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose so. They are magazines. I tend to accumulate mazazines like Wiward, Starlog and Yoga Journal. That doesn't sound in the spirit of the others questions, though, so I imagine they were thinking of things like Vogue and Elle.

[jkluge.livejournal.com]

Who is that in your pretty icon?

[(Anonymous)]

It's one of my new fannish loves - Yuri Kirov, the hero of Karin Lowachee's novel "Cagebird". He's a pirate and a geisha at the same time, what could be better?

The picture is from the cover of the book.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

:O

I just interloaned it. Thanks for adding to my vacation reading list! *pounces*

He looks purty.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to drown in books?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to drown in books?

As far as I know, no one has ever done so. And if anyone were to do so, it would no doubt be my friends and acquainances, all of whom have apartments full of massively stuffed bookcases, not to mention books that don't fit into bookcases.

So I think you are safe. Theoretically speaking.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Ha ha. ^ ^ I'm just looking at my piles right now and feeling overwhelmed and inferior but also very happy.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, that all sounds like a blessing to me. I mean.... I can understand the horror of having nothing to read, but having too much too read is like being too rich or too thin. It's a good thing.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

hehe. :) I mostly fear the coming of school, which means I have to return most of these books and start reading boring text again. :(

At least Eden never goes back to the library.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I always used to fear the coming of school! But not because I had to return library books.

I'm tempted to ask for "The Vizard Mask" on interlibrary loan. But the truth is I have a short of list of books to ask for on ILL that I haven't got around to asking for yet... and I have a humungous 'to be read' pile that I am having a wonderful time contemplating.

And meanwhile I'm rereading "Cagebird". I'll never catch up this way! (Note: this is not a complaint.)

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Hehe. The Vizard Mask is really great. You'll get it soon, I am sure. You're a quick reader!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Okay, okay, a trip to the library for an ILL request is in order....

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Hehe. :D Prince Rupert goodness!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I searched for it at the Ottawa U and Carleton U libraries; no luck there either. But when I ask for it I get a hit for a microfilm of a book called "The vizier of the two-horned Alexander" which I am tempted to request on the strength of its amazing title alone. Its author died in 1902. Hmm.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Go for it. I've been doing that lately, searching for one thing, interloaning something completely random, such as Witch Dog (a children's book about Rupert's poodle), Stage Beauty (which other people apparently knew about), and Women of the English Civil War.

Microfilm! my new love. I haven't done it in years and now I'm randomly into it.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I should perhaps add that the cover art is by Matt Stawicki.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

What about your big yes to the 'yoga' question? lol.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Heh - yeah, that was good. One step in the 'girly' direction.