Fabulous quote, and shoes

[blamebrampton]

One of the things that makes the medium of television bearable is the fact that it provides Stephen Fry with a comfortable living. His quiz show, the very funny and usually correct QI, has a wonderful quote book on the market, which I quickly snapped up (when doing freelance subeditorial work, being able to provide fresh material for pullquotes is e mark of a true professional). I have been slowly reading through it and taking the occasional note, my favourite so far is this, mostly for the attribution: 

"The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment."
T.H. White, multi-talented English schoolteacher, storyteller and countryman, who was also a sadomasochistic homosexual and alcoholic. J.K. Rowling claims him as a key influence on the Harry Potter books.

I think it shows.

Also, I was possessed by the spirits of raitala  and pingrid  today, with that of shiv5468  whispering in my ear. Which is why I now own these shoes.


 

J came into the shop when I was trying them on. 'Do you want them because they remind you of your fast-fading youth? Or because they make you look like a proper grown-up?' he asked.

'I can see over the counter!' I replied.

Comments

[mific.livejournal.com]

Loved T.H.White when I first read him (longer ago than I'm prepared to admit). Stephen Fry is funny and terrifyingly smart. Have just finished his audiobook of Philosopher's Stone, which is so good it's bloody hard now to adjust to Jim Dale doing the rest of the books less well. Am still in initial stages of intense HP fascination so immersing big-time - net, audio, fanart, fics. Would be worried if I allowed myself any time for independant thought, but no risk of that. Shoes are kickass - and essential to be able to see over counters of course.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I've only read The Once and Futire King and Mistress Masham's Repose, but I hugely enjoyed both even though I wondered at the mind of the man who wrote them.

Fry is terrific, I have been slowly working my way through The Ode Less Travelled, his how-to book for poetry. I WANT the Potter audiobook, but continually fail to remember to buy it. It may be that this will push me over the edge! And HURRAH for the first stages of HP fascination! I hope you are really enjoying yourself, I know I did!

I cannot tell you how much fun it is to be fake-tall, too ;-)