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Why are there some great writers we just cannot read?

Interesting - I thought I was the only person in the world who ever admitted that I really have little taste for the classics. However, this guy brings up an interesting point - maybe its a matter of timing - if you aren't "ready" for a book and are faced with it anyway, you'll dismiss it and maybe never go back and try it again.

I have tried to read Tolkien around 3 times - I just don't get into it. I was finally able to follow the plot by listening to the books on tape, but it just wasn't as all-encompassing for me as it is for die-hard fans.

By the same token, I loved Anne Rice as a teenager but think I may have "outgrown" (?) her now. I just don't reread "Queen of the Damned" and "The Vampire Lestat" with the same enthusiasm that I used to. It does not help that her current works are pretty poor.

Most "classic" literature is fiction, which is a genre I don't read very often anyway. Why are there not more non-fiction classics? (do Shelby Foote's histories of the Civil War count?)

Oohoo!

"Gothic" goodies at Style.com.

Very pretty (if a bit chi-chi for serious streetwear). From the details on the Vivienne Westwood bondage boots I think I can safely say that my fantasy ballerina-rocking horse shoes are safely out of my price range.

Thank doG, in a way..

please don't feed the animals

Out of nowhere my long-dormant Miyake patterns mailing list came to life with photos of the latest collections and news of yet another Miyake book. I've not made a Miyake since last fall and now I'm all inspired to work on odd origami-like garments again. However, I'm trying to do one project at a time.

Finally sewed the sleeves onto the tailcoat this evening. They are hanging "just so". Now that these and the welt pocket are done the rest should be a (relative) piece of cake.

Had a "Monty Python" moment when my new Lexx cd revealed itself to really be... a live Petula Clark album (???) My guess is that this disc was burned at the same factory and somehow got packaged as something else (this was a sealed new CD). Annoying but strangely funny.

My "grey lady" is bugging me to go to bed so I can perform my duties as "warm place".