Special Canadian history Edition...
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felis_ultharusA lazy day. Revised about 25 pages, felt inspired to rewrite one section heavily. Other than that, I've been slowly slogging my way through CanLit.
Right now it's a journal of the explorer Sir John Franklin, and I have discovered that 19th-century writers can still write pages of effusive, soppy description while their fingers are freezing off. The internet will never be as emo as the Victorians, no matter how hard it tries.
Spent yesterday evening doing research for the novel. Ancient microfilm machines are interesting. Came up with a lot of information on the Lion d'Or raid -- where 376 people were tried simultaneously as "found-ins" at a gay dance in 1950.
I also stumbled across a hilarious article from La Presse in 1950. The president of the University of British Columbia was predicting that there were be no major political or social change in Canada between 1950 and 2000.
If it weren't written in French, it could've been a The Onion in History article.
Right now it's a journal of the explorer Sir John Franklin, and I have discovered that 19th-century writers can still write pages of effusive, soppy description while their fingers are freezing off. The internet will never be as emo as the Victorians, no matter how hard it tries.
Spent yesterday evening doing research for the novel. Ancient microfilm machines are interesting. Came up with a lot of information on the Lion d'Or raid -- where 376 people were tried simultaneously as "found-ins" at a gay dance in 1950.
I also stumbled across a hilarious article from La Presse in 1950. The president of the University of British Columbia was predicting that there were be no major political or social change in Canada between 1950 and 2000.
If it weren't written in French, it could've been a The Onion in History article.
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Date: 2006-01-22 07:59 pm (UTC)... possibly freezing your fingers off (and the misery of Canadian winters in general - why haven't we all decided to hibernate, anyways?) enhances the soppiness of descriptions - that is, if you're miserable and angsty, it's one thing, but if you're miserable and angsty and being made aware of all the physical discomforts you have to deal with that others aren't putting up with... well, we're talking emo x3, right? Bring on the angst!
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Date: 2006-01-23 10:43 am (UTC)Sweriously, I expected to see a passage like: "Dear diary. Today we lost Pierre. He was screaming outside for help, but I was too busy recording the deep emotions roused in me by the parting of company with the other team yesterday..."