Who is neal stephenson?
And it's wierd that there is commentary on an avatar that isn't there anymore. (I woulda kept it, but it was special for halloween. )
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Betty Felon wrote:Who is neal stephenson?
He's the author of sci-fi books so good you hate to call them sci-fi. They're full of literary and cultural references and social commentary and well-done science and all that good stuff that sci-fi is supposed to be about. The word avatar came from Snow Crash, which is a good intro to his material. Some of his later books get a little...dense.
'zactly!
smelllikelime wrote:I heard 'The New Girl' earlier today and kept mentally replacing the lyrics with 'Menudo.' Seriously, it sounds like that's really what they're saying!
Hold me.
THAT's what i'm talking about. it's freakishly off-putting, isn't it?
and it's not even a 'scuse me while i kiss this guy' type of moment because I actually know the real lyrics and yet continue to hear the word Menudo.
neuro-linguistic-programming at its worst!
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There he goes, talking about that goddamn paper again
X-Files, Season Three all the way! i wrote a paper once, 35 pages, specifically on the "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" episode, for a class called "studies: science fiction" which was really about the UFO phenomenon.
I miss college.
I miss college.
