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Post by bballgirl on May 5, 2016 9:56:38 GMT -5
I have never liked all that business with the sparkling. I prefer good old-fashioned vampires who burn to death in sunlight. At least you know what side they are on that way. Actually, when you think about it, they come on to you, appear all charming, give you disturbing sexual dreams, flirt with you, lead you on, arrange to meet you at midnight, and then when you say yes they just suck all the life out of you. Burning to death is too good for them! No true vampire sparkles. There is no substitute for the original - Dracula, by Bram Stoker. I haven't really liked vampires since the late 90s, and that Twilight bullshit completely ruined it for me. Oh yeah!! Totally agree with you about Bram Stoker's Dracula. That was before the bait and switch and my ex and I had fun in the theater that night |
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Post by deleted on May 5, 2016 10:30:02 GMT -5
. Maybe for future dates I have learned some key questions to ask like: 3) Have you ever been in a plane that split apart and crashed? . When I visit your city I'll have front row seats for you. if you sit just behind the middle of the plane, you'll have front row seats, too. |
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Post by DryCreek on May 5, 2016 10:46:59 GMT -5
if you sit just behind the middle of the plane, you'll have front row seats, too. Is that like the song "I've got oceanfront property in Arizona"? ;-) |
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Post by deleted on May 5, 2016 12:27:03 GMT -5
Is that like the song "I've got oceanfront property in Arizona"? ;-) Don't say that shit! I live in California and I'm not a strong swimmer. |
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Post by unmatched on May 5, 2016 19:10:40 GMT -5
Unmatched suggested Shibari. That brought to mind *Shibumi*. Any potential date who gets the reference and starts waxing about {ha, look it up yourself, or better still read the book} would be interesting to get to talk with. Unless of course, they read it, didn't get it, and dismiss it out of hand. Might as well be a nose bleeder. I looked it up - it sounds interesting. I might have to read that one. |
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Post by petrushka on May 5, 2016 20:14:54 GMT -5
Unmatched suggested Shibari. That brought to mind *Shibumi*. Any potential date who gets the reference and starts waxing about {ha, look it up yourself, or better still read the book} would be interesting to get to talk with. Unless of course, they read it, didn't get it, and dismiss it out of hand. Might as well be a nose bleeder. I looked it up - it sounds interesting. I might have to read that one. Some people pan the book because they find the protagonist, his "abilities" unlikely. But Trevanian has a way with words, that just completely blew me away. His description of post nuke Japan, of a white-out in the Pyrenees, of the spelunking (which I would never be capable of, I'd go hysterical with claustrophobia) totally gripped me, shook me, turned me over and dropped me 'splat' on the floor. The ability with language is just amazing, to me. There are actually one or two short stories by Ray Bradbury that did that to me. I fondly recall sitting under a weeping willow by a creek on a park bench in Nelson, NZ, reading a short by Bradbury about some people trekking through a dusty desert, about to die of thirst if they didn't find water soon, and I felt parched - my lips were almost cracking from the heat... |
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Post by unmatched on May 5, 2016 20:15:56 GMT -5
I looked it up - it sounds interesting. I might have to read that one. Some people pan the book because they find the protagonist, his "abilities" unlikely. But Trevanian has a way with words, that just completely blew me away. His description of post nuke Japan, of a white-out in the Pyrenees, of the spelunking (which I would never be capable of, I'd go hysterical with claustrophobia) totally gripped me, shook me, turned me over and dropped me 'splat' on the floor. The ability with language is just amazing, to me. There are actually one or two short stories by Ray Bradbury that did that to me. I fondly recall sitting under a weeping willow by a creek on a park bench in Nelson, NZ, reading a short by Bradbury about some people trekking through a dusty desert, about to die of thirst if they didn't find water soon, and I felt parched - my lips were almost cracking from the heat... OK sold. Just bought it online. |
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Post by deborahmanning on May 5, 2016 21:32:00 GMT -5
It's a good book. I first read it as a teenager, when a guy friend said we should have "kikashi sex" -- we were both virgins at the time so that got my attention fast! Turns out it's a pure invention on the author's part, but a good stimulus for the imagination.
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