*gets out X-Acto knife and metal ruler*

[constance]

The surprising number of people who want a handmade card from me (step up here if you want a card and haven't asked for one yet), they are making up for the fact that an equally surprising number of people want a non-explosive card, which has kind of spoiled some of my holiday plans, but hey, I am nothing if not adaptable, and as we all know, I aim to please.

I am very excited -- no lie -- to be able to make cards for people. I don't think I've said more than nineteen times in this space how much I adore papercrafts, so it bears repeating now, and though I am no Peter Callesen, and though I haven't made anything for a while, I shall do my best not to disappoint.

:::

Also, I did this last year, or maybe it was the year before, and I think I might make it a tradition. In case you were wondering what to get me.



01. authority

02. patience

03. a windy spring day

04. a Sunday afternoon with absolutely nothing to do

05. an uninterrupted conversation

06. a thunderstorm

07. a four-leaf clover

08. a compliment

09. a reprieve from gravity (temporary or permanent)

10. amnesty

Comments

[xanthophyllippa.livejournal.com]

Hee. (Depends. Got anything good?)

[tofty.livejournal.com]

I can almost guarantee you that I have something you'd like -- I have a lot of books -- but I'm not sure what you like best. Any hints?

[xanthophyllippa.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Things I liked that you may or may not have read and therefore which may or may not serve as examples:

HP (of course)

Bobbie Faye's Very (Very Very) Bad Day

Publish and Perish (James Hynes)

Straight Man (Richard Russo)

The Body Project (Joan Jacobs Brumberg)

I also like Alice Dreger's writing and books about food.

I should note that I hated Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides) and the His Dark Materials series. Jury's still out on Paolini's Eragon series; the books are too Tolkien-esque, and since I need a distinction between what I read for fun and what I read for work, I can't handle that much detail from my fun reading. Which also means I don't like Tolkien.

But really, don't feel compelled to send me anything.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Have you read Calvin Trillin...?

[xanthophyllippa.livejournal.com]

No. Genre?

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Food memoir. He's terrific, I think -- funny and interesting.

[xanthophyllippa.livejournal.com]

He sounds lovely. Shall we trade addresses offline, assuming that you are not a crazed stalker with ready access to quick travel or someone who will post my true identity on a scandal-mongering website? I can drop the clovers in the mail on Tuesday...