onto Otakon

[xparrot]

Off to Baltimore tomorrow for Otakon - my 5th now. Don't have any especial plans, it's just gonna be me and gnine wandering around cosplay gawking and having fun. And buying manga. Does that count as a plan? There's money burning a hole in my pocket that could be Japanese volumes of Yu-Gi-Oh instead! *ahem*

I picked up Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander at Borders a few days ago, because it was on sale and I enjoyed the movie and have been meaning to check out the books. 40 pages in and loving it, I'm so weak to 19th century and pseudo-19th century literary embellishment. I can only take so much of it at a given time, but for the length of a book or two it is such a delightful read. Makes me smile. That the official name of the novels is the "Aubrey/Maturin Series" also makes me smile...wonder if anyone's ever explained to the publishers the alternative reading of the "/"?

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[evil-kat.livejournal.com]

I happen to love Master and Commander, no joke. Patrick O'Brian, from the interviews I've read, pretty much lived in the 19th century, so I don't think he had any idea what alternatives to '/' were

Haha! I'm also getting ready for Otakon! Hope it's a good one!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to reading more of the series, I really do enjoy this kind of thing. and the fact that it's a series named after the friendship of the two guys makes me all happy even aside from the slashing implications.

Otakon will be great! all these awesome people such as ourselves will be there, after all! ^__^

[evil-kat.livejournal.com]

I'm up to the 7th or 8th book or so right now. So far, the third book, HMS Surprise, is my favorite right now. Maturin sure has a lot of steel. So, of course, does Aubury. And there are TEN TRILLION slash implications. What makes it even better, is that O'Brian was probably completely unaware. :D

Say! If you'd like to just give me a holla at Otakon, call me at 301-748-4316! :D It's always good to speak to a fellow fanfiction writer. :) I totally don't mind.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

my sis and I actually don't have celphones (!!), so calling is pretty tricky for us - but if you see a nametag with X-parrot on it, please do say 'hi'! ^^