Last night

[desperance]

I was - as so often these days - the embodiment of virtue yesterday. I did much work at home, and then I went into the Lit and Phil to do more work there, for in addition to my writings (My writings. Let me show you them) I am currently proofreading a book about the mentoring process within creative writing. It is, beyond doubt, both timely and useful; unhappily, it makes my eyes bleed. Like all how-to books, it comes from the brutalist school of literature: utterly concrete slabs of prose with no personality, entirely unnuanced. I struggle, but endure; I'm halfway through, and I really need to finish it today. Which means taking it to the Lit & Phil this morning, buying lunch en route and just not quitting till it's done, probably this evening. Aaargh...!

However. To resume:

Gail came to find me about half-five, and we decanted to the pub across the road. Where we drank a bottle of wine, and then another; for we had time to kill, and we had earned it. Then we went up to Waterstone's, for an event.

Where. I spoke to. John Lahr. And Ian McKellen. And Armistead Maupin.

John was there because Ian was, and Ian was there because Armistead was; it was Armistead's gig.

And I had words of them all. Eek!

Comments

[szandara.livejournal.com]

Where. I spoke to. John Lahr. And Ian McKellen. And Armistead Maupin.

wow. um... envy envy envy. IanFreakingMcKellan????? WOW.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

'Zackly.

*is fanboy*

*squees*

[wishwords.livejournal.com]

That's "Sir" IanFreakingMcKellan to those of us who haven't "had words of them all."

Sorry, couldn't help it.

[time-freak.livejournal.com]

Which means taking it to the Lit & Phil this morning

When i read that I thought it said Phil and Lil , like the rugrats! I had to read it a few times to be certain... ahem.

But very jealous of you, sounds great :-)

[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

The last famous person I met was one of the Grumbleweeds*, he asked me to move out the way so he could get to the sausages. It's not just you famous author types that lead a glamorous party lifestyle.

RJ


*The Jimmy Saville one.

[wishwords.livejournal.com]

And you didn't stumble over your tongue or faint? Wow! You are so very cool.

[szandara.livejournal.com]

With two bottles of wine in him, no less! I hereby declare Chaz a Hero of the Revolution (Cultural Division, citation issued for Immense Coolness under Extreme Circumstances).

[beckyzoole.livejournal.com]

I hereby declare Chaz a Hero of the Revolution

Seconded!

Ian McKellan gives me bees.

[mantichore.livejournal.com]

Oh, Armistead was in Bordeaux a few years ago for a reading and discussion. Chatted with him quite a bit afterwards, too.

Hm?
All right, all right. Ian McKellen wasn't, no. Hmpf.

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

Way kewl addition to the Memorable Files.

[esmeraldus-neo.livejournal.com]

you....worded...with...Ian McKellen...AND...Maupin?

I can has convulsions of envy.

But I met Ben Bova tonight.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

SQUEEE! OMG! Teh envy, teh envy!

Is Sir Ian as deadly dashing IRL as he is on screen?

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Oh, lor. He's gorgeous. He's a little shorter than me (which probably puts him in the six-foot range, but don't take that as gospel: the world divides into Taller Than Me - very few, and I know most of them by name - and Shorter Than Me, which is the rest of you), his hair is Gandalf-white, his eyes twinkle and - well, he has that voice, y'know? It's the voice that gets me, every time...

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*shivers with envy* :) Yeah. That Voice. *drools*