The WELL: inkwell.vue.144: Neil Gaiman's Goldfish Swapmeet

#1963: Martha Soukup (soukup) Thu 19 Dec 02 14:01

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:01:00 PST

Time to close this out. See you in Topic 169. [Read entire topic]

#1962: Dodge (hnowell) Thu 19 Dec 02 12:43

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:43:00 PST

I FINALLY got my copy of Coraline. I was going to get it at Sam's because their website said they had it and I was thinking of having them mail it to me because I couldn't actually FIND it there. So today I went to Barnes and Noble because one of my bosses likes their calendars for her appointments so I get them for her for Christmas. So, naturally, being right there... Geez. I thought I was going to have to go back to the front where the information desk is to find it 'cause it was hiding NOT where I thought it should be. The Gaiman section of Science Fiction did not have it. It was not on the rounders in the Fiction or Children aisles - those were all Christmas story books. I finally found it in the Young Adolescent fiction, I think, in order by the author, the G's. Sigh. But I got it. And, of course, you all know what a terrible hardship it is to wander the aisles in a bookstore. I did manage to get out with under $50 in books. Somehow. [Read entire topic]

#1961: Erynn Miles (erynn-miles) Thu 19 Dec 02 10:44

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:44:00 PST

Hello everyone! I'm in Bloomington Indiana now. Safe and sound in a HUGE apartment that is very, very nice. We're almost all unpacked. This has been one hell of a month, and I miss Cleveland, but I'm SO happy that we moved. Our building is right next to a Borders AND Barnes and Nobles AND a comics store AND a used paperback shop. I nearly fainted. I can't wait until I get money again. This is going to be very dangerous I can tell. I already visited the Comics store. I couldn't help myself. I wasn't supposed to spend any money, but I bought the Sandman King of Dreams calendar as a christmas present to myself. It's beautiful. I got a job at an upscale Chinese restaurant. I get to wear a tux! hahaha. There's even a shark tank. A waiter pulled me aside on the way out and said, "Girl, you're about to make phat cash." As soon as I got outside I burst into tears of joy. We went to hell and back and now things are finally working out. My sister (who lives with us now) got a job at Wet Seal which means she can get me clothes 30-40% off. I think Jess will be working for UPS. He has an interview Monday. We just finished putting his studio together this morning. He hasn't come out since. We bought a little white ford truck. Jess named it Barry, the Abominable Snow Beastie. It sucks that we had to miss Tori, but I'm sure she'll come here sometime soon. I hope. I guess my story is up at Aphelion now. I'm getting e-mails from relatives about it. Most of them are saying that they think it should be made into a movie. I'm noticing a lot of weak verbs and cheesiness. How embarrassing.

Neil- Tori wrote the stories? That's fabulous! I need to go read your journal. I'm behind on Neil News, I'm afraid.

Danw- It sounds like you need to direct the next film....

Mary- Right before my sister moved in with us, she got to ride in Counting Crow's tour bus and got front row center seats in Chicago. She didn't have sex with any of them, but she has pictures of herself and a friend in Adam Duritz's bed. The crew invited her to go to Nashville with them, but she knew the price so she turned them down. Now she plays their albums nonstop. It's actually kind of annoying. I wish I had a scanner though. The pictures are hilarious.

Rocky- I've heard of China Melville, I think. which books would you recommend?

Patricia- Blast! Well, you can visit me in Bloomy. I work at a much nicer restaurant now anyway with cute little Chinese men.

I know I'm missing people. I'll have to come back later. It's time to go to my new job! Weeeee! [Read entire topic]

#1960: Glen's attempt at wit (notshakespeare) Thu 19 Dec 02 09:31

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:31:00 PST

Oh hey,

Cafe Press just sent me a little note about the fact that I haven't sold anything in 3 months. So, if you've been putting off buying your "Scary Trousers" shirt, or the new 3 fish postcards, let me know so I don't close the store before you order something.

http://www.cafeshops.com/cp/store.aspx?s=gaimanmob,GaimanPants [Read entire topic]

#1959: Glen's attempt at wit (notshakespeare) Thu 19 Dec 02 09:05

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:05:00 PST

For the group's next title, how about:

A Long Topic About Neil Gaiman

y'know, instead of a short film...

Well, alright then. Let's hear the idea you came up with while ignoring you alarm clock. [Read entire topic]

#1958: Rocky (rocky-nyc) Tue 17 Dec 02 18:51

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:51:00 PST

Thanks Dan! :) [Read entire topic]

#1957: Daniel (dfowlkes) Tue 17 Dec 02 06:32

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:32:00 PST

<scribbled by dfowlkes Tue 3 Jul 12 10:14> [Read entire topic]

#1956: Martha Soukup (soukup) Mon 16 Dec 02 21:58

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:58:00 PST

E-mail from Davey:

I wrote large sections of this a whole week ago, and never got it into the topic... so, somewhat rewritten:

Seconding what Abbess said about the how good the Future Bible Heroes were at the Coolidge, although I heard that the ~45 minute door-opening delay was due to sound check problems (which I'd believe, in that theatre). We had waiting-on-line conversations with the novelty of everyone's teeth chattering in below-freezing temperatures. I was surprised to see the house ended up only ~2/3 full. I didn't write a set list, but I remember "Cafe Hong Kong", "Death Opened A Boutique", "Pretend to be the Moon", "I'm A Vampire", "Find An Open Window", "A Thousand Lovers in a Day", "I'm Lonely", and I don't remember what else I remember... CG's first comment coming-on-stage-with-the-big-popcorn-tub: "Well, _this_ is an advantage to playing in a movie theatre."

(Abbess: Oh, _that_ bottle of Laphroaig at Boskone; who, me? That was no bottle, that was just a bit of cable...)

Maure: The opening set in Boston was by Frank and John Navin of The Aluminum Group, whose site I found here http://www.mintyfresh.com/aluminum.html A deceptively light easy-listening sort of sound that lulls a person into thinking they know what the music's about... until one starts paying attention to the lyrics...

Did anyone go to the night-before shows in NYC? I found out last week that Kelly Link opened both of the Saturday night FBH shows at the Mercury Lounge with readings -- did anyone make those? Kelly said it was great fun and everyone was wonderful.

Spent Saturday-a-week-ago as one of a crew helping a friend move. Too many stairs. I was mostly fine until we had almost everything out of the truck at the other end and stopped for sandwiches, which gave my back and knees just enough time to stiffen nicely in the cold. I think my body's getting older even while I refuse to grow up.

Pamela: I picked up "zir" from various poly and bi friends. (I'm also poly but not involved with any poly-focused socio-cultural groups.) There's also a gender-neutral pronoun FAQ linked from www.polyamory.org that provides more information than I've ever even thought about reading through.

Ouch! for your week. I especially hope the moving-craziness is over and your colleagues settle into their new quarters with minimal additional support. And -- wellie-boots are your _friends_.

Neil: "...not at 10:00am. Not to all of them." Oh my. _That_ brought me up sputtering with laughter this morning... I'd call it Brave and Noble of you to have selflessly sacrificed yourself to the cause of determining the forenoon affects of such comparison tasting -- but I'm much more interested in learning if you found anything to compare to the legendary '55 Strathisla.

So, did you leave Shadow in Scotland?

Rocky: I haven't read any Mieville yet, but they're on my list for by-Wiscon (Memorial Day weekend) because he's a GoH there in '03.

Currently reading _The Fall of the Kings_, and the current issue of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, and Le Guin's _Dancing at the Edge of the World_ essay collection (I often have a Le Guin collection around somewhere). [Read entire topic]

#1955: Rocky (rocky-nyc) Mon 16 Dec 02 19:34

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:34:00 PST

What? No comments on China Mieville?

Now don't tell me I'm talking to myself. ;p [Read entire topic]

#1954: Maure Luke (maureluke) Mon 16 Dec 02 14:45

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:45:00 PST

Stet, I've never heard/read Dave Berry, but I heard he was the second funniest man in the united states. Is that true?

Christy, holidays are *for* reading time!! What is more important than reading??

Neil, I hope you do decide to show the film to benefit the CBLDF, and that it is shown here in Chicago. I'm so glad you had a good experience, and hope it leads to more directing opportunities (and more viewing opportunities for us! woo!).

Abbess, did Parker and Lily open for Future Bible Heroes? Meant to mention this before, but forgot: we saw them open, and their music was cheerfully dreary. I kept picturing a vampiric Annette Funicello and a surfing Dracula -- it was surfing movie music. Really dark surfing movie music. Very funny and odd. But after a while, monotonous.

Pamela, so sorry about the break in. That sucks. The snow has all melted away here, and we're just getting a lot of biting wind. Winter monsoons sound intersting.

My weeks have been crazy as well, but in less of a bad-things-keep-happening way and more of a where-do-I-have-to-be-now kind of way. My stomach is all in knots because some of the money I was supposed to get for school has fallen through, and I'm going to have to keep my job full time while going to school and having to do work study. I've been incredibly spoiled all of my life, and I've never had to work so hard at anything, so this is going to be sort of a test of my will, I think. I'm worried to death. But sort of excited, too. [Read entire topic]