Ok, bad enough I'd somehow managed to confuse Teresa Nielsen Hayden and Suzette Haden Elgin -- see, the names are similar, kind'a, if you squint a little -- but I'm starting to think I'd done the same thing with Poppy Z. Brite and, um, Faith Popcorn.
See, the names are similar, kind'a, if you squint a little. . .
Realized this after reading a bit of PzB online and thinking, "Wow, this isn't at all what I expected."
I've mentioned the degenerative brain disease, yes?
And white people all look alike anyway.
Want to know more? I'll be looking over Teresa Suzette's Linguistics & Science Fiction Newsletter when I get a chance, and probably signing up when I manage to secure that gainful employment thing the kids are all into these days.
Update: Bringing this all full circle, there's an entry (and long related comment thread) at Making Light about the whole banned from a fan community about your own work thing.
Spot the looney.
HInt: She (or he) has a LiveJournal email addy.
I know several sane people who have LiveJournals, but I'm starting to think they're the minority.
They probably say the same thing about bloggers.
'py birfdae and all that.
Happy Birthday darling. Gifts going to be a tiny bit late but I suspect you'll like it just the same.
I suspect there IS a connection. I omitted something witty about you just getting old until I remembered that I'm older than you. I think.
Whatever. So, ditto on the birthday thoughts.
Yup. Certifiable looney here.
Happy B-day sweetie.
Happy birthday!
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You know memory is the first thing to go.
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What about the split personality types who have both a livejournal *and* a blog? Ne'mind, I don't wanna know.
Have a good birthday!
Happy birthday from this sane livejournaller. HA.
it's your birthday until the cake runs out. so do like i do and put a chunk of it in the freezer. also, wear a paper crown on your head that says "birthday king" written in crayon. i do that too. when saying anything at all, preface it with "as today marks the most illustrious date of my birth", e.g. "as today marks the most illustrious date of my birth, you will make me pancakes for breakfast", etc.
have fun -
Happy Birthday
Yeah, um, uh, what Gujari said.
happy belated birthday! hope it was wonderful.