And a porridge in a pine tree?

[jackshoegazer]

Curses abound in the light of night!

I don't know either. I'm home again, and it took me an hour and a half to get through all the posts I missed in the past two days. I really need to trim my friends list a bit, but I don't have the heart.

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel is a very odd book indeed. I'm barely 200 pages into this massive tome, but my impression thus far? It's exactly like every other novel set in early 1800's Britain, except this one has weird fairies and magicians in it. The usual fixtures? Servants! Oh, god how I miss my lives when I had servants! Sure, they were nosy and spread gossip to your neighbors for favors and cash, but damn, they would heat my bed-warmer to just the right temperature!

I'm cold.

Fucked up story: Apparently, FEMA communications are messed up, they often accidentally send multiple construction crews to sites for jobs. So these crews arrive and guess how they decide who gets the contract and does the job? They fight over it! Someone I know, his brother runs a construction crew who did a lot of work in Florida after their last hurricane. They would show up at a job, see another crew and then they'd have pipe and crowbar fights over who got the job. This time, this guy and his crew are headed to New Orleans with three campers and a bunch of guns and knives and other nasty weaponry. WTF?

Comments

[maeghanne.livejournal.com]

der...

[bencollier.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed JS & Mr. N. It gets really dark later on in the book - I'll be quite interested to see what the authoress's subsequent stories are like.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

This is the reason why people outsource. Americans are stupid. We should bring Iraqui construction companies here to rebuild New Orleans.


*hangs head in shame*

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

For some reason, porridge in a pine tree sounds really good right now, wrapped up in a blanket with the scent of pitch and tart needles and a big steaming bowl of oatmeal with maple syrup drizzled on top. The air conditioning has come on in my office randomly and I'm freezing.

Ok, let's see if I can post a picture in five tries or less!

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

It's a good thing that Texas is the largest contiguous state or he'd never be able to find it.

[tellme-too.livejournal.com]

yeah you should really get rid of all teh nasty trolls
*URK!*
;)

[matt120.livejournal.com]

Yes, servants are good. Especially flogging them!