Happy Birthday!!!!! (And a bit about Lymond chronicles)

[alexandral]

Happy birthday dear queenofthorns and jenlev!!! ** squishes and throws confetti ** I wish you happiest of birthdays! Two of most awesome ladies being born on the same day - this must be a very special day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish I could teleport this to you!! Hungarian marzipan extravaganza:




London sitrep
It was a glorious trip and the Oracle User Group was very informative. I have many things to share, but I must save them for the time when I am less tired and brain-exhausted. Just a couple of things (that will not wait until tomorrow).

1) There was an earthquake in Yorkshire AND I WASN'T THERE! I have never have been in an earthquake and whilst I am not saying that I wish to experience a BIG earthquake (and neither I wish it upon anyone else) it could be interesting to experience a little tiny one?

2) I have properly started "The Game of Kings" by Dorothy Dunnett.

- ** sigh ** Well, I have been living in the UK a while and I have become better with my English over the years and people I meet for the first time don't ask me to repeat my phrases anymore. And I even read with a considerably good speed. But then a book comes along and whilst I LIKE IT and find it's style worthy of an immediate notice I don't seem to be familiar with a good half of the worlds on EVERY SINGLE PAGE of it. And this is intensified by the fact that I don't know English history well enough to recognize any of the historical names in the book. ** weeps ** OK, I like a challenge and I am sure if this doesn't kill me it will make my English better, but is it worthy of getting myself into 6 books 500 pages each? (I apologise for blurting this all out)

- Will Lymond get a nice OTP?

- I spoiled myself for the end of the book - Richard/Lymond and Richard/Mariotta, I just love it.

Comments

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Lymond Chronicles are my favorite books ever, and probably my favorite fictional thing in any medium.

So much angst, h/c and self-loathing suicidalness is very good. The language does get more lucid in later books :)

Lymond does get an OTP and they are my favorite OTP ever. There is so much self-sacrificing and gorgeousness and angst and his thinking he is totally unworthy of her and trying to push her away but not being able to bear to be without her.

I did some musings/meta on Lymond which are spoilery which might further convince you:

http://dangermousie.livejournal.com/tag/lymond

And here is my favorite scene ever, typed up. It's very shippy and quite spoilery:

http://dangermousie.livejournal.com/429787.html#cutid1

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I started reading it ( I had to order it from the library) because I remember your and queenofthorns's posts about it.

The language does get more lucid in later books :)

Nice to know. You see, may be because of my profession as a programmer I feel I must find out the meaning of every single word in any book I am reading. I think it is something to do with : "Information = must be processed fully" thing. :D "The Game of Kings" is fully old-English and Scottish-English and Latin and whatnot . Makes my mind go craaaaazy!

Lymond does get an OTP and they are my favorite OTP ever. There is so much self-sacrificing and gorgeousness and angst and his thinking he is totally unworthy of her and trying to push her away but not being able to bear to be without her.


You know me - pushing her away for her own good is so my thing (and their age difference too!)