One of those things that happen

[desperance]

So I was sitting in my bath, musing upon... Well, not musing upon anything much, really: listening to the radio, rather, as I do. Only it struck me suddenly that I'd quite like to write about the adventures of a barber who served the upper crust; and that would probably be a steampunky elite, which would add to the fun of it all; and - hey, could it be called...?

Yes, it can. I have googled, and the name apparently did come out of nowhere; for this little time, I guess I have made a Googlewhack.

The title and first line are:

I SHAVED HALF-EMPEROR CYRRHENIUS

These? These are the steadiest hands in the demi-monde.

[And don't ask me about these halves and demis, I haven't worked that out yet...]

Comments

[fiction-theory.livejournal.com]

I freaking love your title and your first line. When you finish writing this, I DEMAND to be able to consume it's awesome power immediately.

I bet being a barber you'd hear all sorts of shit. I mean, hairdressers (like my grandmother) are like shrinks and advisers and confidants and all sorts of things to their customers.

Plus, you'd be in a position to kill someone who probably wasn't suspecting you.

Oh, or give them the worst haircut ever.

[sora-blue.livejournal.com]

Bestest title evar.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I freaking love your title and your first line. When you finish writing this, I DEMAND to be able to consume it's awesome power immediately.

Okay, that's a deal.

I bet being a barber you'd hear all sorts of shit. I mean, hairdressers (like my grandmother) are like shrinks and advisers and confidants and all sorts of things to their customers.

'Zackly. There was a slew of pompous "I shaved the crowned heads of Europe"-type memoirs back when the most of Europe still had crowned heads to shave, so notoriously dull and self-serving that the phrase became a joke - but, lordy, the opportunities! The possibilities!

[desperance.livejournal.com]

*g*

[song-of-copper.livejournal.com]

A barber - great idea! Because barbers are never just barbers... Ooh, story possibilities by the half-hundredweight! :-)

[fidelioscabinet.livejournal.com]

Oh, this has legs. And a straight razor, too. *hums Largo al factotum*

If Diocletian could come up with a quadrumvirate with Augusti and Caesares, why not hemis and demis and semis?

[desperance.livejournal.com]

*hums it right back at you* (and how did you know, that's what I've been humming all day...?)

I'm fairly sure that at some time in my life I've seen a drawing of a straight razor with legs. Unless it was a razor-clam. Either way, it's a bit creepy and I don't want to go there.

But, yes. Suddenly I am obsessed with barbers and barbering. D'you suppose a shave with hot towels might be deductible, in these particular circumstances...?

[fidelioscabinet.livejournal.com]

Well, it's what one would hum, in these circumstances, isn't it?

In view of your position on Research, as noted in your latest post, I wouldn't call the shave-with-hot-towels research, exactly, more like Useful Experience.

I apologize for the unsettling mental image. Slang is so dangerous sometimes.