tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post1459768191488721649..comments2023-11-05T22:12:49.545+11:00Comments on World. Oyster. Stage.: Princess comes back tomorrow Melbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-53304599150424250592012-09-07T21:21:33.084+10:002012-09-07T21:21:33.084+10:00Sounds wonderful. I hope she has just as good a ti...Sounds wonderful. I hope she has just as good a time if/when she goes back. I know some people from the city start feeling the isolation after a few months; but then again, with email, skype, twit-book and all the rest of it nowadays, it might not be so bad. Provided you have access to all that, of course.<br /><br />I like the dinner-time conversation story -- especially thinking about three generations of women being able to joke about something like that without anyone getting embarrassed or uncomfortable. Very cool. Also, I think about the only time you should have to stick your arm into a cow's vagina is if you're trying to turn a calf that's decided to try and come out the wrong way. It can be pretty traumatic. Personally, I've had a lot more experience with sheep, but Nomesy (Looksee(EMS)) should know all about it, wha' wi' comin' offa dairy 'n'at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-59827868224448354462012-09-07T17:54:15.539+10:002012-09-07T17:54:15.539+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-87620575184836025642012-09-07T17:54:05.406+10:002012-09-07T17:54:05.406+10:00I'm very embarrassed. I wrote taught instead o...I'm very embarrassed. I wrote taught instead of taut.<br /><br />Alex, agree absolutely about the plot twists, can be really annoying. I too prefer something less startling and more organic.<br /><br />In other news: P is back. They all ran a little wild, got into trouble with lots of hijinks, had such a good time, didn't want to come back but was full of stories. She now intends to go work as a jillaroo on the cattle station up there after Year 12. She also made close fast friends with the local kids, learned so much about their culture and connection to the land and all that stuff. Lucky lucky girl.<br /><br />She preg-tested a cow, twice. Shoved her arm all the way in (with a big glove on it up to the armpit). This meant last night, at dinner, with my mother, we were discussing *why* it was up the cow's anus rather than vagina, we worked out you wouldn't be able to feel the calf's head through the cervix but maybe through the wall of the anus you could... then P said 'I wouldn't want to put my hand up a cow's vagina though' and I said 'why not' and she said 'because then it's like having sex with the cow' and I said 'yeah, but you already had anal sex with the cow' and then we all laughed, including my mother, who managed to look scandalised at the same time.<br /><br />P loved working with the cattle, manning the gate thingy that she had to shut really quickly to stop them going too fast etc.<br /><br />They just had a great great time. Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-66189895689433601182012-09-06T14:45:08.968+10:002012-09-06T14:45:08.968+10:00Is it going to spin off into freak-out territory w...<i>Is it going to spin off into freak-out territory with over-dramatic plot twists? (I hope not)</i><br /><br />I too am fed up with dramatic plot twists. I get a sense that a lot of writers (particularly sci-fi/fantasy/etc(genre?) writers) have this idea in their head that dramatic plot twists are wonderful things that you have to be a bad writer to stuff up. I think the opposite is true. Dramatic twists are cheap and crappy by default and you have to be really, really clever to make them work -- and your story really has to be constructed in a way that warrants it. My favourite type of twists are the not-so-dramatic ones that happen so naturally and gradually within the story that you don't even realise they're happening - because, y'know, that <i>is</i> the story.<br /><br />And then there's the topic of cross-media adaptations. <i>sheesh</i>.<br /><br />How was P when she got home? Any good stories? How are things up in that part of WA these days? (I guess I think it's up too)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-1923033192413537762012-09-05T13:28:49.428+10:002012-09-05T13:28:49.428+10:00Yeah I saw that Edward the vamp is on the cover, E...Yeah I saw that Edward the vamp is on the cover, Elaine. And hi! <br /><br /><br />I started reading it this morning, yes taught is the word James. Looking forward to putting a couple of hours into it tonight, should be able to knock it over. Already am very impressed by his clean prose.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-30524675508358469732012-09-05T10:47:27.900+10:002012-09-05T10:47:27.900+10:00I also loved the DeLillo. I have been intermitten...I also loved the DeLillo. I have been intermittently slogging away at his Underworld for a few *cough* years *cough* (I find the American-ness of the cultural references difficult)<br /><br />Did you know that R-Patz is starring in the the Cronenberg film adaptation of Cosmopolis (due out soon or recently opened). I wonder if he'll do it justice.elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599212165013675405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-15124488577791229782012-09-04T20:24:37.069+10:002012-09-04T20:24:37.069+10:00Keen to hear what you think of both books.
I'...Keen to hear what you think of both books. <br />I've read the DeLillo [my first] & really admired the taught syntax. The length meant that it didn't risk outstaying its welcome as well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com