Byron, bunnies and racism...

[fajrdrako]

A neat thing just happened. The costume designer at the theatre just walked into my office and handed me a book. "Thought you might like this," she said. "It's yours, I don't want it back." It's Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley. She's right, the title intrigues me.

I love it when people think of me with random books.

And speaking of random books, I did the book quiz linked by omnivorously and kikibug13: What Book are You?

My answer is ridiculous.

You're Watership Down!

by Richard Adams

Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you're
actually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink their
assumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where they
build their houses. You might be one of the greatest people of all time. You'd
be recognized as such if you weren't always talking about talking rabbits.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Allow me to roll my eyes in skepticism. Unhappy with this result, I did it again and was much happier. Let's just forget the bunnies, shall we?

You're To Kill a Mockingbird!

by Harper Lee

Perceived as a revolutionary and groundbreaking person, you have
changed the minds of many people. While questioning the authority around you, you've
also taken a significant amount of flack. But you've had the admirable guts to
persevere. There's a weird guy in the neighborhood using dubious means to protect you,
but you're pretty sure it's worth it in the end. In the end, it remains unclear to you
whether finches and mockingbirds get along in real life.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Given the above, this strip seems particularly apropriate.

Comments

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

But, but... I like bunnies.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I like bunnies too. No problem with bunnies. In fact, I thought Watership Down was a terrific book. Moving, even. I liked it. Shardik too.

But I am not a bunny.

Really, I'm not. I might well be Elwood P. Dowd but I'm not Harvey.

Trust me on this.

Tiny ears.

P.S. love your icon

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

I wrote Harvey/Anya once. I share this as a shameful secret.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

What? You have a sense of shame?

I am... flabbergasted.

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

Well, it's in a public entry, plus I just babbled about it here. So you do the math. Because I'm very bad at math. Another shameful secret no one knows except the population of planet Earth.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Math is irrelevant. Shame is unnecessary. Secrecy on LJ is futile.

Viva shamelessness!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Best Watership Down story: a butcher's shop in the area in which the book is set advertised, "You've read the book! You've seen the film! Now eat the rabbits!"

(I find rabbits extremely uninteresting creatures when alive. They definitely improve with the addition of garlic and claret, however.)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

"You've read the book! You've seen the film! Now eat the rabbits!"

That's hilarious! I love it!

Rabbits have soft fur and are fun to pet, but I agree with you about the addition of garlic and claret. Even - referring back to Lord of the Rings 'cause I was talking and thinking about it - some taters in the stew.

You're making me hungry just thinking about this. Is it lunchtime yet?

[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

Bunnies? You? Absolutely not. OTOH, Harper Lee is a brilliant choice.

I got stuck with:

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

inside you are churning with a million tensions and worries

Ouch! That sounds horrible.

I think you may be the least lazy person I know.

No, no bunnies for me. Mockingbirds and Finches are the thing.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Ugh. What the fuck.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

A Belgian Waffle? Whaet the helle? What weird kind of a book is The Poisonwood Bible, anyway? I looked it up on amazon: ...when Barbara Kingsolver sends missionary Nathan Price along with his wife and four daughters off to Africa in The Poisonwood Bible, you can be sure that salvation is the one thing they're not likely to find. The year is 1959 and the place is the Belgian Congo. Nathan, a Baptist preacher, has come to spread the Word in a remote village reachable only by airplane. To say that he and his family are woefully unprepared would be an understatement: "We came from Bethlehem, Georgia, bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle."

That kind of weird. Hmm.

I think they choose the books on this list at random from some book dump. And then shufled the questions.

If it's any consolation - you're not schizophrenic, just interesting!

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Sounds silly to me.

I certainly would not go spreading the Word in Africa, no less am I bearing Betty Crocker mixes. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear you are not taking coals to Newcastle Betty Crocker mixes to Africa. Too silly.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

hee.

Omg, I'm having way too much fun with my new ipod.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! What are you playing on it? I think I've almost got my iPod to work - getting iTunes is a lost cause, but there are other programs. Now I just need a cord. Maybe in next week's budget.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

I have an ipod nano, it's blue and has my pen name engraved (hah). I was loading songs onto it. Six hundred.

You can't load itunes?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Nope. The hours I, and my expert-guru friends have put into trying to do it, defy counting. I can't load iTunes because I can't load QuickTime and nothing, absolutely nothing will persuade my computer to take QuickTime. I think the hard drive is haunted.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Weird! What kind of pc do you have?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

An ordinary one. 40 gig hard drive. There's no reason it shouldn't take QuickTime. It just... won't.