hackthis_archive ([personal profile] hackthis_archive) wrote2003-12-11 11:20 am

Less of a meme and more of a youyou

(gacked from [livejournal.com profile] obsessedmuch)

I know very little about some of the people on my friends' list. Some people I know relatively well. I read your fic, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes spinach."

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal.

My personal goal is: to get over my writer's block, write my Obscure Santa thingy, and perhaps do something illegal this weekend.

I aim high.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2003-12-12 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
The only thing of his I've ever actually read is Kavalier and Clay, and I'm kind of afraid to read anything else lest it not measure up.
runpunkrun: superman lifting a car over his head, text: This isn't a goddamned job for Superman (goddamned superman)

[personal profile] runpunkrun 2003-12-12 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
That's definitely a big, big story. I can totally see how you wouldn't want to press your luck by reading anything more. He's an excellent writer, though, and even his first novel is very readable. I'll recommend Wonder Boys, which was his second book. It doesn't have superheroes in it, and it takes place over a single weekend, but there's a pothead professor/writer, his gay editor, and a kid genius.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2003-12-12 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
but there's a pothead professor/writer, his gay editor, and a kid genius.

Oh, well now you have my attention.