Blanket Fluffiness At Odd Hours.

[rionaleonhart]

Back home! The journey home was mostly uneventful, although I did get accosted by a man who appeared to be threatening me with a lighter until I realised he was just asking for a cigarette. I suppose lurking alone in shadowy corners of a Belgian station makes one look like a cigarette-carrying type. As a general rule, when attempting to use a lighter to convey 'cigarette', just display the lighter and keep it unlit; holding it much too close to the chest of the person to whom you are speaking and flicking it on and off continuously is apt to unnerve.

The Netherlands were absolutely lovely; it's the first time in ages I've been able to take a proper holiday without worrying about anything. Apart from bicycles, which are everywhere, and they are swift and quiet and could rebel against their human masters and kill us all at any moment.

dracothelizard and I, I have discovered to my surprise, are not actually the same person. Nor is she Top Gear Dog, as I had sort of imagined she would be, probably due to her userpics. She is, however, utterly wonderful. We spent most of the week insulting each other. I put up with her mocking my terror at Silent Hill 4; she, in turn, put up with my suddenly waking in the middle of the night, flailing around a lot and then tying my trousers around my head in the desperate hope that they would somehow fend off a particularly furious mosquito (SHUT UP, I HAVE A PHOBIA). It was glorious.

ALSO, I NOW HAVE THE BEST SLIPPERS EVER. THEY ARE FLUFFY AND CLOG-SHAPED AND HAVE WINDMILLS* ON THEM AND THEY ARE THE SILLIEST THINGS EVER AND I LOVE THEM.


* The reader may be disappointed to learn that these are actually images of windmills. Not, y'know, windmills. Although those would be fairly awesome slipper accessories.

Comments

[jira-rd.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who's screen name is "Driorianos" and now I'm thinking of her.

Or it makes me sort of think of "Durza" from Eragon. I'm not sure why.

Hm... I am married to Draco. Am I married to you as well? I am very confused now. And now I must go confuse myself further by trying to argue a paper about whether Islamic Democracy can exist or not. ARGH. *throws things at the paper* Work with me, damnit.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

DON'T MENTION ERAGON IN MY PRESENCE. *grumbles about books riddled with ridiculous fantasy cliches getting all the attention*

Hey, now, that would technically be e-polygamy. I'm not sure if I agree with that.

[jira-rd.livejournal.com]

Gwroija wer;oij I hate the movie. I love the book, but THE MOVIE WAS HORRID.

Basically, they said, "Hey, we'll take about 1/5th of what's actually in the book, and then completely twist it to fit our whim, and then call it 'Eragon: The Movie'!"

And then I sobbed.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

I have seen Eragon The Movie, and I preferred it when it was called Star Wars IV.

I haven't read the book, but I'm sure I would prefer it when it was written by David Eddings.

I don't know how people can enjoy Eragon The Book, because from what I've heard, there are plenty of fantasy writers who have used the same themes and plots and characters and have done it better.

[jira-rd.livejournal.com]

I didn't really like the book all that much. I liked Saphira, the dragon, because she was pretty awesome, and Brom, because he was just fucking awesome and pwned Eragon's ass. And Murtagh, because he was so pretty and slashable with Eragon. That was the only time I liked Eragon was when he was being all slashy with Murtagh. Because Murtagh is the sex.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has THREE potentially awesome dragons, plenty of older men pwning , and at least one fairly obvious male/male pairing, which even the author has confirmed. It also has canonical incest.

In conclusion, GRRM utterly pwnzors Paolini.

[jira-rd.livejournal.com]

I very much so need to read this book.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

BookS. A Song of Ice and Fire so far has four books, all pretty thick and brilliant. Don't get too attached to certain characters.

The best part, though? George R.R. Martin, unlike Paolini, is actually a good writer :D