No, it surprises me that you find it hard to get a word in edgeways, aidan. You never seem at a loss for words. Especially with a whole story for 2 at your disposal.
Was there any reason for December 17th being mentioned in spendius's treatise on astrology?
I hope so.They are gorgeous gals the lot of them.
Only some serious disruption to my routines,such as dropping dead,would keep me away.
I am looking forward to your creative contributions.I have always maintained that the best writing is aimed towards one specific person.The idea of "the readers" is an abstract concept even though it is an ever present consideration.My main advice is to not try to go so fast.It may take a while to compose a hundred words but that is read in a minute.A reader needs colour and character development which is done in a million ways.Ideally it would take us a couple of months to get Lauzan back on his horse with Isabella's reply.
Did you know that Les Liaisons Dangereuses is being danced at Sadler's Wells July21-Aug14 with Adam Cooper ("the sexiest man in ballet") playing the "unholy seducer",the Vicomte de Valmont?
Do you think I'm Lauzan or Valmont?Who are you?
It was a joke Clary - Spendius - I hope you took it as such. I know the society of lovely ladies is what you live for and most enjoy - which is as it should be for a young man who is happily single and enjoying himself.
I think of you as Valmont Spendius. Do you want to be Lauzan? Do I have to be a character? Maybe I could be the parlor maid. Did you decide to change her name? If so- what to?
'Toinette.
Was there any reason for December 17th being mentioned in spendius's treatise on astrology?
Clary-
It wasn't actually a joke.As the solstice approaches a superstitious tribe of ancients might worry that the sun was going to continue sinking and leave permanent night behind.The 25th being four days after the turn would provide confidence that all was not lost which might not be so sure on the 22nd using instruments as crude as Stonehenge to measure with beautiful though it is.So I went 4 days earlier to contrast the two possible moods more precisely.
Nowadays we never think about such things because we know what is happening thanks to science but I can see that it must have been a matter of the utmost importance 10,000 years ago when ladies were seduced with a growl rather than with six gin and tonics and a flash set of wheels.
Isn't science wonderful?
Yes it is, and I am very interested in your explanation. It was coincidental because I was due to be born on 25th but an unfeeling surgeon felt that he didn't want to work on Christmas Day and hauled me out on the 17th.
It has often been noted that there are differences in the performance of children born at different times of year - winter babies being more advanced, for example, in the northern hemisphere.
Are you a scientist by training?
Whisper it.
It may be that your surgeon was a superstitious person,it's possible,and he had had a message from the starlight to the effect that female Capricorns in the latitude he was in at that particular time were ugly little stupid sods and Sagittarians were beautiful sweet intelligent creatures so in order to do his best for the world he brought forward your nativity.
Maybe he felt you were kicking too hard or it is also possible that your Mum wanted to be home by Chritmas herself and pressured him.
Even a half-assed scientist would try to examine all alternatives before loading the blame onto the good man's shoulders.I was 5 weeks early because my head was so big my Mother,bless her,was frightened of not being able to pass me out if it got much bigger.I was born green.But then again there may have been a label mix up in the baby holding bay.
It could have been due to exactly where your parents tax year was timed by the IR.There were child allowances I think then.On PAYE the tax year was the same for everybody and often fell on April 5th.Surgeons were hauling them out all over the place to beat that deadline and qualify the parents for a rebate.There used to be a lot of marriages at the end of March for the same reason.
I remember once a couple who were both earning large salaries who got divorced for tax reasons.They weren't splitting up or anything.It's a funny old world.
Isn't it?
Sure is! Whichever reason, it was obviously right that I was a Sagittarian, I haven't the right character for Capricorn at all. Astrologers say it's 'when you first draw breath' but Chinese astrologers are keener on conception time...
If I had my study time again, I'd do something a little more scientific. What would you do?
I don't really know.It hasn't turned out so bad as it is and one never knows what would have happened if anything was changed.If I was pushed I would simply try harder.I would probably chase more ladies as well.
I think the Chinese have a better idea there.Not that I would like to be Chinese.
Are you aware how difficult science is emotionally?
No! Scientists are mostly nerds with no common sense.
Interesting to read all of your previous postings. All I know is, that I was a love child and the first girl after two generation of boys. Lucky all the way!
So what's your sign anyway spendius?
Ah,Ah!That would be telling wouldn't it?Star signs are in word patterns and that sign is very old.So old it is lost in the foggy ruins of time.Can you not see it sometimes.
Do you think you deserve a butler?
So, you're a Virgo then
Of course I deserve a butler, and if I wouldn't like to drive
by myself so much, I'd take a chauffeur too.
KNow one?
Well-I might.Not a butler actually but a potential one.He's at a bit of a dead end at the moment.I've already softened him up a bit.I would have to explain to him the benefits from his point of view.
What might the benefits be?
I forgot to say that it is bath-time so you may consider your reply at legth.
Well the benefits are paid according to his qualifications.
Just living in southern California might be benefit enough,
who knows.
Do you take a bath every day? WHy not shower?
My mother used to bath me in nice warm suddy water with a plastic duck or two for company.Somewhere deep down I probably have a residual memory of that.
And in a bath I find one can think whereas in a shower there's a continual aggravation going on.That's what I find.
Are you able to construct long convoluted arguments in the shower?Do you ever burst out laughing in the shower?You don't mind answering two questions do you?How about three?
Every picture tells a story.
Quackers.
Every picture tells a story.
Quackers.
The company of ducks could be responsible?
I am woman, I am multi tasked - remember?
Yes I can answer several questions at once: I can not only construct arguments, I also can start an argument in the shower (while being lathered up in soap) with someone
else of course. Dto. for laughing in the shower.
I guess we're made more aware of water being a precious
commodity here in the southern desert states, and even
our shower heads have water conserving devices that shut
off inbetween applying soap, so a bath would be considered
a wasteful sin. Besides, showering is less drying to your
skin as a bath.
Are there many regulars like yourself, in your pub?
I can't say I'm a regular to the pub, even though being at university, we have our own pub, not to mention the surrounding ones, being in the heart of the city AND my friends who drink themselves sick...but no, I can't say I have even been in a pub before. I'm legally old enough but I prefer a movie or going to a quiet library instead. I don't think that's weird (despite my friends objections and cries of despair at my unexciting life) - it just happens so that I am such a person and I enjoy what I do. I won't - I REFUSE to give into peer presure and I can confidently say that I have never given in. But of course, that doesn't mean that I think going to the pub is BAD, I am not such a person, is all.
Have you ever gotten ridicoulously drunk at all?
