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New lights were put in our breakroom at work, yesterday. It's really bright, now. Everyone is distressed at the loss of our romantic ambiance.
I don't know why I can't seem to write a coherent post, lately. Or then again, maybe all my posts since the beginning have been incoherent and I'm just now noticing. Yes, that's probably the case. So, because so many people seem to be posting about their dreams, lately, I present you with this dream from last night, a rather pointless tale ( of murder and catastrophy. )
I'm currently reading "The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of the Great Detective in India and Tibet," by Jamyang Norbu. For some reason the hardcover edition was published under the title, "Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years." The back cover blurbs also say Jamyang Norbu is a much-celebrated author from Tibet, which (if true) is Good and Right. It's excellent so far, and uses some characters from Kipling's "Kim." (Hurree Chunder Mookerjee and Captain Strickland, if you happen to remember them at all.) This makes me happy, even though I was not a huge fan of "Kim." I was a huge huge fan of The Jungle Book (I read my copy to death) and Just So Stories (the reading of which belonged to my father - it was a special wonderfulness to hear them read aloud by him), but I found "Kim" quite dull and often incomprehensible. I should probably re-read it at some point, or some of the related stories, see if I can't get my head around it better, now.
I don't recall if I said, but "Tintin in the New World: A Romance" did turn out to be a romance, in one sense. As soon as he killed off the boyfriend of the woman he was after she left him, but the two background character guys who always argued, THEY turned out to be the romance. I mean, I sensed it in the pit of my slashy soul - they lived to argue with each other - but was wonderfully gratified to see it actually done, I didn't think the author actually would do that.:)
I guess this is enough rambling. There wasn't much to talk about from work. Oh, wait, one thing did happen...
( work stuff )
I'm currently reading "The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of the Great Detective in India and Tibet," by Jamyang Norbu. For some reason the hardcover edition was published under the title, "Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years." The back cover blurbs also say Jamyang Norbu is a much-celebrated author from Tibet, which (if true) is Good and Right. It's excellent so far, and uses some characters from Kipling's "Kim." (Hurree Chunder Mookerjee and Captain Strickland, if you happen to remember them at all.) This makes me happy, even though I was not a huge fan of "Kim." I was a huge huge fan of The Jungle Book (I read my copy to death) and Just So Stories (the reading of which belonged to my father - it was a special wonderfulness to hear them read aloud by him), but I found "Kim" quite dull and often incomprehensible. I should probably re-read it at some point, or some of the related stories, see if I can't get my head around it better, now.
I don't recall if I said, but "Tintin in the New World: A Romance" did turn out to be a romance, in one sense. As soon as he killed off the boyfriend of the woman he was after she left him, but the two background character guys who always argued, THEY turned out to be the romance. I mean, I sensed it in the pit of my slashy soul - they lived to argue with each other - but was wonderfully gratified to see it actually done, I didn't think the author actually would do that.:)
I guess this is enough rambling. There wasn't much to talk about from work. Oh, wait, one thing did happen...
( work stuff )
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