Back home safely

[beowabbit]

I'm back home safe and sound, if groggy. I got on the plane last night at 10:00pm HST, and got off this morning at 4:00pm EDT. Didn't get much sleep, but that'll help me get to bed “early” according to my biological clock and get back on a normal schedule (which will allow me to get to Seafarers of Catan on time :-).

So yesterday morning I popped in the pool for a bit, packed, popped in the pool again with Tigris, and then went to the HawaiiPAL barbecue (where Tom met us, having just gotten off of work). The barbecue is on the waterfront, with lots of sailboats for Tom to ogle. Was nice hanging out and chatting with people; a nice relaxed, low-key end to the trip.

Then Tom and Tigris took me to the airport and we said our sad goodbyes until the next time.

It was a fabulous trip, and I can’t wait until the next one. Visiting them in Honolulu is really different from visiting them in Kona, because in Honolulu, they’re a part of a much denser social network. And Honolulu is just really cool. :-) Pictures will be forthcoming when I become conscious enough to sort and annotate them.

(BTW, I’m almost done with Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, which Tigris and Tom had given me some time ago and which I started on the plane when I left Boston. I like Gaiman a lot.)

Comments

American Gods

[queue.livejournal.com]

Cool. I just finished it today, so we can chat about it, if you like. :-)

[derien.livejournal.com]

I liked "American Gods" a lot, but I originally read it, and "Neverwhere" because I liked "Good Omens" so much, and that I read because I'm a huge Pratchett fan. I'm not sure I like Gaiman's writing as much as Pratchett's, it's maybe not quite my cup of tea, but Gaiman gets huge points in my book for being generally very cool. He's okay with fanfiction, and puts queer characters in his stories.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

He's also hot as hell :)

[derien.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't have much opinion on the looks of guys, and the only pic I've ever seen of him is the one on the back of the copy of "Good Omens" which I have, in which he poses as Crowley and Pratchett is dressed as Aziraphale. (The question of people's mental image of C and A keeps coming up in that fandom, and I hate to admit I'm that easily swayed but really they're my mental image of Crowley and Aziraphale, although I think of A without the beard and hat. I really really can't think of A as a young, blond pretty guy. Ick.)

[beowabbit]

Interesting. I like Gaiman’s writing style a bit more than Pratchett’s, but they’re so different it’s hard to compare them that way. (It’s like saying “I like strawberry a bit more than violin.”) I definitely like Gaiman’s storytelling more than Pratchett’s — I read Pratchett more for the turns of phrase (and since I care a lot about turns of phrase, that’s no small praise) and the jokes than for the plot or the capital-I Ideas.

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

I'm currently reading American Gods, but it'll be a while before I finish it, since I'm doing it as a read-aloud with R. I'm enjoying it very much so far.

[angelovernh.livejournal.com]

Hi!!! I've been meaning to put you on my friends list for awhile, but haven't done it til now. I welcome you to add me to yours if you would like. It was good to see you at the Pride parade :)

"American Gods" is a book on my "to read" list, though I have yet to buy it. I'm hoping the local library has it, since I'm heading there today.

Glad to hear you had a good time in Hawaii. I miss it SOOO MUCH!!!