odds and ends

[ursula]

I read most of the second two books of Gene Wolfe's Long Sun series on the plane home. Somewhere in the middle I dozed and dreamed that someone was forcibly interrogating someone else using the fact that the someone else was some collection of finitely generated Z-modules, while the interrogator was a free Z-module and could therefore map onto his victim at any time.

The Long Sun books are beautiful but distant, and I react with incredulity every time the main character mentions that he's in love with the woman he's in love with. I think I am supposed to conclude that he's not-very-sub consciously sabotaging his priestly status; but I don't think I'm supposed to conclude that he is arbitrary and unfathomable.

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Now that I have real internet access again, I can post this, borrowed from mjbarefoot:

Reply to this post and...

1. I will tell you what song reminds me of you. (I reserve the right to substitute other works of art as necessary.)
2. I will tell you what celebrity/public/fictional person you remind me of, either in personality or in looks.
3. I will give you one word that I associate with you when I think of you.
4. I will tell you what colors I associate with you.

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My car works (mostly) at the moment, in case anyone's keeping score.

Comments

[arhracole.livejournal.com]

Welcome home. And hope your car stays working for longer than the moment. Though, I don't think keeping score on that one is a good idea.

And of course I'm curious about the things for the reply to this and.... I'd be willing to bet Glasseye is a big influence for you as far as I go. ^_^

I am replying cause it is all about me

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

We missed you this weekend, ah well, see you friday

Replying.

[showergrrl.livejournal.com]

Because I like to know what people think of me.

[alsoelsewhere.livejournal.com]

I cannot resist.

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

!

[glowing-fish.livejournal.com]

Can I recompile my Z module into my dynamically linked router subfunction? Do I need a titanium overlace tachymetric relay to do so?

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

i totally need to know now...how do you know mjbarefoot? (b/c it's a *mighty* small world :-)

[frog-lady.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your car is working, and it's nice to know that other people have work permeate much of the rest of their thoughts.

This is also an official reply to your post.

[hankshiny.livejournal.com]

I once had a fairly traumatic dream about maximal ideals.

[mangonini.livejournal.com]

i am replying!

[ursula]

We had a Greek class together. I'm guessing she was one of your students?

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

:D

as i said, it *is* a small world!!!

[reasie.livejournal.com]

I suppose the SO gets leave to cheat on his reply. :P

A bore is someone who insists on talking about themselves, whereas a wit is one who has the wisdom to talk about you... therefore I'll post here that Ursule reminds me of! Ha!
Of course these are just the vaguest hints and ideas based on our limited contact, and I don't expect anything in return, since our contact HAS been limited, and I'd rather be active than passive- observer than observed.

1. Ursule, you are for some unknown reason linked to Pink Floyd in my mind. See Emily Play... I always got the feeling Emily was a scientist, a wizard or mathemetician, possessed of knowledge the singer cannot fathom, and that is why her motions are inscruitable.

2. You are actually a lot like Maureen McHugh. Is that cheating? She's not hugely famous, but there are manners about her that are very you. If that doesn't count, let me say Claudette Colbert for compliment's sake, in grace, if not in personality.

3. careful

4. Brown. A warm, knitting-yarn brown.

[nobu.livejournal.com]

i'm an attention whore too :P
but didn't my cards say your car would be ok in the future? :)

[ursula]

It helps to be intensely academic :)

My friendslist is full of other Greek students. I'd say flurious, too, but as far as I can tell he doesn't journal, just comments.

[ursula]

1. Something by Pearl Jam.
2. A Sean Stewart hero. Let's say Perfect Circle, maybe.
3. Immortal :P
4. Black. And, um, pink.

Re: I am replying cause it is all about me

[ursula]

1. "Heart of Glass."
2. Chenille in the Long Sun series, for the energy.
3. Bold.
4. Bright red and purple-dyed linen.

Re: I am replying cause it is all about me

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

hehehehe

Re: I am replying cause it is all about me

[ursula]

So, you wanna enter Kingdom A&S and get aelfgyfu to stop harassing me? :)

Re: I am replying cause it is all about me

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

hmmm, let me think about that.... uh, no. Apparently there is only one contestant. It is just too far for me & I have nothing, Absoultely nothing to present. hey but thanks for the vote of confidence

Re: I am replying cause it is all about me

[ursula]

You have an entire Flemish outfit! There's no law against reusing stuff.

Elfa says there are two now, but they still want more competition.

[hankshiny.livejournal.com]

Oh I totally didn't notice that I was asking to be memed. You can if you want to, but only if it amuses you.

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

hey cool...never studied greek but had to take latin and all :D

[ursula]

And German is the next language in my grand plan . . .

[ursula]

I left out the instructions about posting this in your own journal and brightening someone else's day, since I wasn't entirely convinced I was going to be brightening; but if you do steal this I can reciprocate in kind ;)