Delirium
I've started re-reading American Gods by Neil Gaimen. I'm about to make a big geek confession right now. I've never been into comic books nor science fiction. However, for a time I was a HUGE Toris Amos fan. I bought a few too many b-sides and read too much about her. When I heard that there was a comic book character loosely based on her, I just HAD to read the comic. I marched my way into the local comic book store and prodded the clerk for information. Thank goodness he was kind and did not laugh at me. He pointed me to Delirium from Sandman.
My love affair with the Sandman comic series started there and finally I knew what Tori meant when she sang, "If you need me, me and Neil'll be hangin' out with the Dream King". I still don't know what Charles Manson's favorite ice-cream is however.
Once the Sandman series ended, I moved on to Gaimen's children's books and then onto my first novel, American Gods. I loved the book if only because he has pieced together so many different parts of this country and he mentions pasties ... no, not THOSE pasties. I'm just very excited to be reading it again - there are so many tasty allusions and treasures hidden in the text.
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I sent The Husband out on an ice-cream run last night. He started it by asking for chocolate. He came home beaming with pride and four pints of Bluebell ice-cream. It was on sale after all. It was tasty but if the Rite Aid does not replenish their stock of Ben & Jerry's I'm going to throw a fit.
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I wish that I had more to report on the baby front. I have very few symptoms and those that I do have are mild (except for the moodswings!). I'm trying to drink my daily required ounces of water. The Baby is just hanging out and getting fatter. I can feel jabs higher up than before but nothing that feels like a rib has broken.
My love affair with the Sandman comic series started there and finally I knew what Tori meant when she sang, "If you need me, me and Neil'll be hangin' out with the Dream King". I still don't know what Charles Manson's favorite ice-cream is however.
Once the Sandman series ended, I moved on to Gaimen's children's books and then onto my first novel, American Gods. I loved the book if only because he has pieced together so many different parts of this country and he mentions pasties ... no, not THOSE pasties. I'm just very excited to be reading it again - there are so many tasty allusions and treasures hidden in the text.
I sent The Husband out on an ice-cream run last night. He started it by asking for chocolate. He came home beaming with pride and four pints of Bluebell ice-cream. It was on sale after all. It was tasty but if the Rite Aid does not replenish their stock of Ben & Jerry's I'm going to throw a fit.
I wish that I had more to report on the baby front. I have very few symptoms and those that I do have are mild (except for the moodswings!). I'm trying to drink my daily required ounces of water. The Baby is just hanging out and getting fatter. I can feel jabs higher up than before but nothing that feels like a rib has broken.
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I LOVED American Gods. And I own ALL of Neil Gaiman's books and comics. His comics, er, graphic novels, are the only ones I own. I have the whole collection of Sandman that I get torn about selling. His writing is so literary and interesting that I hope to pass on that love to my children.
someone help me... i need to know which issue of Sandman delirium said"have you ever spent days and days and days making up flavors of ice cream that no ones ever eaten before. like chicken and telephone ice cream" freedom_b_light@yahoo.com
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