Absolutely! I stalk your journal for the comments threads, because they're so hilarious. This one is especially good, though *g* It's like - your entire flist is made up of mad funny geeks! It's the coolest place in town!
It's Hermione syndrome, and there IS NO CURE!
...but having a diagnosis is half the battle? Hermione syndrome, I must remember that *g*
OMG, have you seen this?
Not yet! But I will, when I get home to my computer that has my software on it! I've heard good things about that show.
if right from the start there are a bunch of terms I don't understand, and I have to put lots and lots of effort into figuring out the world, I get frustrated and give up.
Ah, fair enough. And yes, Neal Stephenson does that even more than most - throwing you into the world so you work it out as you go along. I really enjoy his stuff, though. *sads*
"If I wanted to be this fucking confused, I'd go back to reading Dryden."
Yeah, but you read James Joyce, so you have no room to talk about people writing confusingly *g*
I don't think I ever read any Dryden. Nor much Milton, though I have a copy of Paradise Lost somewhere. I should probably remedy that.
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Absolutely! I stalk your journal for the comments threads, because they're so hilarious. This one is especially good, though *g* It's like - your entire flist is made up of mad funny geeks! It's the coolest place in town!
It's Hermione syndrome, and there IS NO CURE!
...but having a diagnosis is half the battle? Hermione syndrome, I must remember that *g*
OMG, have you seen this?
Not yet! But I will, when I get home to my computer that has my software on it! I've heard good things about that show.
if right from the start there are a bunch of terms I don't understand, and I have to put lots and lots of effort into figuring out the world, I get frustrated and give up.
Ah, fair enough. And yes, Neal Stephenson does that even more than most - throwing you into the world so you work it out as you go along. I really enjoy his stuff, though. *sads*
"If I wanted to be this fucking confused, I'd go back to reading Dryden."
Yeah, but you read James Joyce, so you have no room to talk about people writing confusingly *g*
I don't think I ever read any Dryden. Nor much Milton, though I have a copy of Paradise Lost somewhere. I should probably remedy that.