Short, unconnected things

[cosmolinguist]

I think I'm about the last person I know to read American Gods. I'm about five pages into it and I already like it. The inside cover of the book says that Neil Gaiman is from England, which I knew, but now lived in Minnesota, which I didn't. He probably doesn't now—the book is three years old—but even so, it made me happy to read that. I like England and Minnesota.

I decided yesterday that I must have lost a little weight, because my pants—or trousers, for you silly English people—kept nearly falling off. And in fact I could take them off without unbuttoning them. (I was similarly worried about one of my skirts last week. I mentioned this to Andrew and he said "Get a belt!" I told him I have them, but not here. So he took off his—we were walking somewhere at the time—and insisted that I wear it because he wasn't going to take it back.) I don't have money to buy new clothes, though, so I'm stuck with these. Oh well; as problems go, this one isn't bad to have. Andrew's proof that I'm losing weight is that the skin on my back is looser. Hearing that made me laugh.

This may be the best song ever.

Comments

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

I think I'm about the last person I know to read American Gods.

You know me, and I haven't read it yet. I haven't even heard of it. :)

Oh well; as problems go, this one isn't bad to have.

And having that kind of weight/clothing problem is the best kind to have. :)

Love ya!

[cosmolinguist]

Neil Gaiman is popular among anybody who likes fantasy, comics, and a lot of other things that my friends seem to like. Plus, he's really good.

Love you too! Have fun on your road trip.

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm not really into that stuff, so that would explain why I haven't heard of the book. :)

I will! The car's just about packed! I bagged things in a very silly manner -- snack foods, breakfast foods, eating utensils...

I'm such a (cute) dork. :)

[cosmolinguist]

I'm not either, but I still can't help but like the guy. :-)

You're the best kind of dork, Rachel.

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I am. Seth was pretty amused when we saw how organized I packed everything. The big hug and smile said it all...

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

And in fact I could take them off without unbuttoning them.

You could? Or Andrew did?

[cosmolinguist]

I did.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

uh-huh... sure. ;)

[cosmolinguist]

You give me credit for being far more interesting than I am.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

You don't give yourself enough.

[cosmolinguist]

Even so, I still take off my own clothes. :-) Promise.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

I'd rather you let me take them off. But okay. ;)

[cosmolinguist]

That would be more easily arranged if you weren't so far away, you know.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

Yes yes, that's why you need to stopover in Toronto on your way back, you know.

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

You certainly love the Minnesota ladies, don't you? ;)

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

there do seem to be a large proportion of lovely ones, yes.

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

You are correct in your conclusion. :)

[cosmolinguist]

And with good reason! We're lovable.

[paninogirl.livejournal.com]

That we are... :)

[comradexavier.livejournal.com]

You know, you wouldn't have such a weight-loss problem if you were living somewhere with lots of food to eat and nowhere to go under your own locomotion... ;-)

[cosmolinguist]

Ah, but I do have food to eat. I was just eating some, in fact, as I read that comment. Andrew says I'm losing weight because the food here isn't all made of sugar like it is in the states ... which sounds crazy but even the bread at Subway tasted too sweet to me after having been here a month. I say it's because whenever we do get something with sugar in it--like Coke or biscuits or ice cream--he gets most of it. (Sure, he says I can have it, but only if I want it within the next couple of hours before he makes it disappear!)

And speaking of Andrew getting things, for the past week, when he's been sick, I've been the one buying food and getting him aspirin and things like that, so indeed I have been walking places. So there! :-)

Anyway, it's not much of a problem. As Rachel says, if one is going to have a problem fitting into their clothes, this is definitely the better one to have.

[comradexavier.livejournal.com]

I could almost buy into the more-sugar-in-food-here thing. I usually don't want foods that are supposed to be sweet—ice cream, cake, candies, etcetera—because I find them too sugary. Maybe that's a side-effect of general sugar overload.

[hephaestos.livejournal.com]

My mom lost a good deal of weight when she lived in London, but of course they still had rationing then.

[cosmolinguist]

Andrew does claim it's because the food is better for you here, because it's not all sugar.

But I accidentally (well, you know, without noticing or trying or any of those things) lost a size my second year of college, too, so it's not just Britain that does it to me. :-)

[revdj.livejournal.com]

He still lives in Minnesota.

Neverwhere is my favorite book of his.

[cosmolinguist]

I'm about halfway through American Gods now, and in total agreement with all the things he's saying about the winters and the small towns and the people who live there. Odd that someone who thinks it should be spelled "kerb" is making me miss home as much as anything else has since I've been in England. :-)

I can't seem to remember to say everything in one comment today

[cosmolinguist]

I just read Neverwhere. It's the only thing I've read by him so far, other than parts of Smoke and Mirrors (which Iwas recommended to me back when I hadn't heard of Neil Gaiman, by someone else who hadn't heard of Neil Gaiman), though I have a CD on top of the computer speaker with Sandman on it that stealthmunchkin insists I have to read, so I suppose I'll be getting around to that some time soon.

[gentleman-lech.livejournal.com]

Nope. You're not the last person to read American Gods. I'm sure you'll finish before I start. :D