Neil Gaiman brings all the boys to the yard

[sabotabby]

So every time I open American Gods on the streetcar to read it, some guy is going to inevitably use it as an excuse to initiate an awkward conversation. Am I right?

Look, if I wanted to talk to someone, I wouldn't have my face buried in a book, now would I?

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[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

Yes.

Slut!

[sabotabby]

I'm trying to figure out what book would make one instantly unsexy. Maybe ChickLit...

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

Right-wing "feminists" like Paglia.

Redhead+fantasy novel= awkward boy magnet. Sorry, it's a law of the universe.

[syndicalist.livejournal.com]

Haha! You need THE ISOLATR.


By the way -- sorry for the request -- but can you check out my LJ's new layout and tell me how it looks in your browser: http://syndicalist.livejournal.com

[burkesworks.livejournal.com]

Look, if I wanted to talk to someone, I wouldn't have my face buried in a book, now would I

[bill hicks]
"'Well, looks like we got ourselves a reader.' What the fuck's going on here? It's not like I walked into a Klan rally in a Boy George outfit, God damn it. It's a book!"
[/bill hicks]

[apperception.livejournal.com]

I have the same problem when reading Hegel.

[sabotabby]

I think he would have been a "good catch" for someone. But he was a condo developer, so it'd have never worked out with me.

Redhead+flowing white skirt+fantasy novel = what was I thinking, really?

[sabotabby]

Can I get an ISOLATR that only works IRL? I want to be noticed on teh intarwebs.

It looks beautiful, but is the top of the banner supposed to be cut off? I think LJ's stupid new paid account interface is getting in the way.

[sadie-sabot.livejournal.com]

I loved that book.

No one ever tries to talk to me on public transit. is it me oris it san francisco? who knows, but I appreciate it!

[sabotabby]

Bwah. Alas, he left us too soon.

[sabotabby]

Really?

[sabotabby]

Perhaps people are just more polite there.

I don't ordinarily mind people starting conversations with me, and I suppose it's better to start a conversation about a book than, say, the size of my boobs. But he claimed to have read it, so he ought to have known that it was more interesting than he was.

[apperception.livejournal.com]

I do. I can't read a book while I'm at work, even if it's something completely fucking dense and boring like Hegel, without someone coming up and talking to me about it.

"Whoa ho ho ho ho! We've got a professor here! ho ho ho ho ho!"

[syndicalist.livejournal.com]

No, it isn't supposed to be cut off. *Sigh*. It looks okay inthree different browsers - Safari, Camino, and Firefox -- on my Mac, but I've learned the hardway that one looks good one place can looks like crap somewhere else. Thanks for looking at it.

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

So, how big are your boobs?

[sadie-sabot.livejournal.com]

LOL

[syndicalist.livejournal.com]

Oh, and -- argh -- could I trouble you to ask what browser you viewed it in? On a PC or Mac? Thanks. =/

[sabotabby]

It's that stupid grey strip that LJ decided to put there.

[sabotabby]

Smaller than those of most women on LJ, for some reason.

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

That's it, you're off my friends list!

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

I think that's the risk of reading anything by Gaiman.

[sabotabby]

Safari on a Mac. (OSX, Safari 1.0.3.)

[sabotabby]

*emo tear*

[sabotabby]

"OMG! He's the greatest writer ever!!!one!! He's like a god to me! What else have you read by him?"

[caprinus.livejournal.com]

Maybe if you covered it with the jacket for "Godless: The Church of Liberalism"?

Of course Ann Coulter would get you another set of guys bothering you, but those you can without any regrets kick right in the 'nads.