week in the life of me, vol. 6 [sheldrake]

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I missed most of today's photo opportunities because I left my camera at home. So instead of seeing, for instance, the fascinating inside of Caffe Nero, or the SO ALMOST BLOODY PERFECT dress I had to leave in Debenhams, you just get a bunch of out-of-focus pictures of my books.

07.51 -- delicious tea

19.16 -- big bookcase

19.16 -- small bookcase

19.17 -- bedside table

19.18 -- cookery books

19.19 -- coffee table books

19.20 -- ebay fabric on the wall

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I have that same edition of the Thurber, although mine is in slightly worse condition! Haven't read it for aaages though.

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All the pages are falling out of mine! :) Neil Gaiman mentioned it on his blog recently, and it prompted me to get it out again.

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I adore The Thurber Carnival. Never heard of the 13 Clocks--good?

And your bookcases are so plentiful they make me slightly jealous.

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The result of 33 years of dedicated escapism.

The 13 Clocks is awesome! It begins like this:

Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldn't go, there lived a cold, aggressive Duke, and his niece, the Princess Saralinda. She was warm in every wind and weather, but he was always cold. His hands were as cold as his smile and almost as cold as his heart. He wore gloves when he was asleep, and he wore gloves when he was awake, which made it difficult for him to pick up pins or coins or the kernels of nuts, or to tear the wings from nightingales. He was six feet four, and forty-six, and even colder than he thought he was. One eye wore a velvet patch; the other glittered through a monocle, which made half his body seem closer to you than the other half. He had lost one eye when he was twelve, for he was fond of peering into nests and lairs in search of birds and animals to maul. One afternoon, a mother shrike had mauled him first. His nights were spent in evil dreams, and his days were given to wicked schemes.

Wickedly scheming, he would limp and cackle through the cold corridors of the castle, planning new impossible tasks for the suitors of Saralinda to perform. He did not wish to give her hand in marriage, since her hand was the only warm hand in the castle. Even the hands of his watch and the hands of all the thirteen clocks were frozen. They had all frozen at the same time, on a snowy night, seven years before, and after that it was always ten minutes to five in the castle. Travellers and mariners would look up at the gloomy castle on the lonely hill and say, 'Time lies frozen there. It's always Then. It's never Now.'

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Wow, that's brilliant! So like and so unlike The Thurber Carnival. I really want to read it, now. :)

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Oh, do! There's an interesting article here here about the book, and a bit about Thurber in general. Incidentally, I don't know The Thurber Carnival. The only other Thurber I've read is Thurber's Dogs, a longtime staple of my family's bookshelf, and not really anything like The 13 Clocks.

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The 13 Clocks looks amazing. I've never read any of his children's literature before, though the article suggests that readers only tend to know one branch of Thurber's work! It does sound like it has has usual madness though. The Thurber Carnival is I think a collection of his journalism; it's stories and cartoons mostly about his own family, which are VERY VERY funny, possibly make me laugh more than anything else.

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Ooh, then I'll have to check that out. :) YAY FOR EXPLORING THE WORK OF JAMES THURBER DAY!

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Can I borrow your John Peel book bb?

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Course you can, m'dear! :)

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Eeee books!

AND TARDIS OMG

:D

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YAY TARDIS! :D

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Gawd! That tea looks STRONG!!!!

::adds more milk and a big spoonful of sugar::

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Oh... and why did you have to leave the dress in Debenhams?????

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So sad, it fit beautifully everywhere exept for the right side of the bust and shoulder strap, where it was ever so slightly baggy and saggy and weird. I could have attempted adjustment, but I undoubtedly would have buggered it up, and I didn't really want to spend £65 on something I had to adjust anyway. So the search continues... (it's for a wedding).

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That is a shame. There is a really nice little boutique next to Saints Coffee Shop (near Cardinal Wolsey's house) I got a fabulous dress (http://clara-swift.livejournal.com/643216.html) by a design company called St Martins and it wasn't overly expensive.

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Oh cool! That's a great dress and I think I know the place you mean - I'll have to check it out! :)

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It could be worth it. That dress was only £35 and I got it with a third off in their sale.

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Strong-ish I suppose, but the light makes it look much darker than it really was. The wool's not really that colour either. :)

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