January 11, 2009
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OK, let me start by saying… I’m an idiot.…………….why?
Because I scheduled my webnovel to update January 11th, 2008. Duh me! Sorry to anyone who was looking for it this morning. I didn’t catch it till around noon.
My car goes in to the shop tomorrow for four days. Even though my insurance offers a free rental (for a day), I decided to take off from work for the four days. Believe me, there’s plenty for me to work on at home, from cleaning to redoing my lost page of tattoos to catching up on my reading. I stopped in at the comic shop last week, and there’s a bag that’s been sitting next to my bed in anticipation of these four free days. Not to mention, I bought the novel that new vampire movie Let the Right One In is based on. So far, it’s pretty good. Not your typical vampire book (thank the gods!)I’ll get paid for two of the days off with left over vacation, and two are my “regular” days off. I worked today in order to get these four in a row. My only anxiety is that they’ll find something wrong with my car internally and it’ll end up taking longer than four days. Not that this should be the case, since I’ve been driving around for a couple weeks now and, aside from those two flat tires right before Christmas, no wheels have popped off.
Still, I’m paranoid. It’s annoying. On the other hand, I wouldn’t mind if they were done early or something.BTW, we’re starting the horror book club back up in February if anyone’s near Allentown, Pennsylvania, or even if you just want to read the book and discuss it online… We have books selected up to June, but if anyone has any suggestions or requests, we’re open to them. I’m thinking of suggesting Let the Right One In, but I’ve only read about a third of it, so we’ll see. The movie looks excellent too. I’m still not certain of the significance of the title.
The Horror Book Club
Meeting the first Saturday of every month
This year’s schedule so far:
February 7th: Dracula
by Bram Stoker
March 7th: Dark Hollow
by Brian Keene
April 4th: Adrift on Haunted Seas
by William Hope Hodgson
May 2nd: H P Lovecraft’s Book of the Supernatural
edited by Stephen Jones
June 6th: Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
& The Jewel of Seven Stars
by Bram Stoker
Tattoothe webnovel so far…Chapter 1: Blood is ThickerChapter 1.1 in which Glory is not mindful of the store
Chapter 1.2 in which Glory is made to do something she would really rather not
Chapter 1.3 in which Glory thinks she might be sick
Chapter 1.4 in which Aaron makes a mistake
Chapter 1.5 in which Glory is made to see the error of her ways
Chapter 1.6 in which the circle remains unbrokenChapter 2: A Farewell to ArmsChapter 2.1 in which Aaron makes another mistake
Chapter 2.2 in which Glory reflects on her path
Chapter 2.3 in which we learn Aaron is not really a nice boy
Chapter 2.4 in which Glory speculates on the holiness of salt
Chapter 2.5 in which Glory learns of the necessity for upper body strength, but makes do with what she has
Chapter 2.6 in which Aaron tries to make amends, but is still pretty much an assChapter 3: Small SacrificesChapter 3.1 in which Glory is spat on, twice
Chapter 3.2 in which a cop is threatened
Chapter 3.3 in which someone is crying
Chapter 3.4 in which there’s more to the moon than meets the eye
Chapter 3.5 in which Glory comes face to face with an loony environmentalist
Chapter 3.6 in which Glory gets turned around
Chapter 3.7 in which Glory is threatened
Chapter 4: The Shape of Things to ComeChapter 4.1 in which a doctor makes his rounds
Chapter 4.2 in which Glory is asked some awkward questions
Chapter 4.3 in which Glory adopts a pet
Chapter 4.4 in which Glory gets a surprise, but decides she should not have been surprised at all
Chapter 4.5 in which Glory explains why there are no debts where duty is concerned
Chapter 4.6 in which a shapeshifter is an enemy to no man
Chapter 4.7 in which Glory defends Toby’s right to make a phone call
Chapter 4.8 in which the nose knows
Chapter 4.9 in which good pizza is wasted on a possum
Chapter 4.10 in which the ruse is discovered and much blood is shed
Chapter 4.11 in which names are dropped and there is much frustrationChapter 5: Of Mice and Men and Other ThingsChapter 5.1 in which money can’t buy happiness
January 11th
The Roman Carmentalia honors the Carmenae, prophetic nymphs identified with the nine muses. Their leader is Carmentis, a goddess of prophecy and protectress of women in childbirth. She is also honored with another Carmentalia on the 15th of January.
The 11th and 15th were among the most important festivals for Roman mothers. Roman matrons celebrated along with the flamen (a priest devoted to a particular god of the Roman pantheon) and pontifices (a council of nine, fifteen, or sixteen priests). Two Carmentes, called Porrima and Postverta were worshiped as her sisters and attendants. Near the Porta Carmentalis, which was named for her, was a Flamen Carmentalis. It was not lawful to defile her shrine with leather or any skin of slaughtered beasts.
Juturna, an old Italian goddess of fountains and prophetic waters, is honored with the Juturnalia on the anniversary of the day on which her temple was erected in the Campus Martius by Lutatius Cotulus. All aqueduct workmen and others in a similar field celebrate the Juturnalia.
As part of the New Year’s celebrations in Japan, the kagami-mochi, a two-tiered rice cake which was placed in the alcove of the living room or kitchen, is cut up and eaten today. This custom, called kagami biraki, originated with the samurai class.
On the 27th day of Mechir, a Feast of Sokar occurs.
Comments (5)
Maybe the title refers to letting the right vampire into your humble abode?
@heidenkind - Actually, I just finished the book a couple minutes ago. It could be argued one way or the other, but I think it refers not just to the superstition (used in the book) that a vampire must be invited in, but that the vampire should be careful who it lets in as well. And the theme was further carried by all the other failed relationships in the book. I was pleased to see that this was something of a more traditional vampire (not the Hollywood Glam-vamp), but at the same time, annoyed to see some of the Hollywood and Stoker characteristics perpetuated. All in all, aside from some ickiness, it was an excellent book. I’d read something else by this author if it was offered me. I think the writer would have done better to go with a supernatural cause instead of adding a contagion-like almost retrovirus-like aspect to vampirism, but it was still a good book. I just felt that the psuedo-scientific description of the process of becoming a vampire was at odds with the obvious supernatural elements.
@harmony0stars - Hmm, that sounds like a good book. Is there any romance in it?
@heidenkind - Welllll, yes and no. It kind of depends upon your outlook. One character is certainly in love with another (if you want to call it that)… but he’s a pedophile so that’s not what I would call it, obsession, certainly. The affection between the two main characters (both technically 12 year olds) is purely platonic and that’s one of the reasons I like the book (being asexual and all). The ickiness I mentioned, well that has to do with the pedophile and what happens to him.
I don’t really read romance…. I’ll let you know if I ever read anything good that happens to have romance, but it’s not really my thing. lol Sorry.
@harmony0stars - Hmmmm. Well, it still sounds like it might be interesting. I don’t have to have romance in a book to enjoy it, that’s just my preferred brain anaesthetizer.