Looking for Book Recs
Dec. 31st, 2010 12:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caitriI have a gift certificate and a good used bookstore in my vicinity, plus lots of upcoming quality airport time. Hit me. Please.
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Sidewaysedly, I started writing a western AU because Pike started cussing in a western accent in my head and the more I thought about the True Grit remake the more it irritated me. Also, Karl looks awesome in western gear and that makes my warped lil mind go nuts.
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Okay, I'm beyond sick of having this conversation with strangers/acquaintances: "So ya'll have to go back and forth between Texas and Georgia? That's awful! Cait, when are you moving?"
Okay, 1) why is it always assumed *I'm* the one who has to move? I'm the academic! I work in a ridiculously tiny field! (Seriously, people, there are maybe TWELVE people on the planet who do exactly what I do. Also, I get PAID to obsess about SciFi! If I have to leave, it will be with much crying and protest and a host of other things. *grumble*)
2) We're adults! Functioning ones, even! Stop treating us like we don't have a clue! Seriously, the next person who goes off about I'm supposed to have babies is gonna get a graphic earful about how we're actually in a group marriage and Rudolpho will be the designated father for the first litter, or something. Grr.
3) Yes, it's hard. We kinda noticed. We get through it day by day. Now say something mildly comforting and move the fuck along. Thanks.
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Sidewaysedly, I started writing a western AU because Pike started cussing in a western accent in my head and the more I thought about the True Grit remake the more it irritated me. Also, Karl looks awesome in western gear and that makes my warped lil mind go nuts.
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Okay, I'm beyond sick of having this conversation with strangers/acquaintances: "So ya'll have to go back and forth between Texas and Georgia? That's awful! Cait, when are you moving?"
Okay, 1) why is it always assumed *I'm* the one who has to move? I'm the academic! I work in a ridiculously tiny field! (Seriously, people, there are maybe TWELVE people on the planet who do exactly what I do. Also, I get PAID to obsess about SciFi! If I have to leave, it will be with much crying and protest and a host of other things. *grumble*)
2) We're adults! Functioning ones, even! Stop treating us like we don't have a clue! Seriously, the next person who goes off about I'm supposed to have babies is gonna get a graphic earful about how we're actually in a group marriage and Rudolpho will be the designated father for the first litter, or something. Grr.
3) Yes, it's hard. We kinda noticed. We get through it day by day. Now say something mildly comforting and move the fuck along. Thanks.
