keith

I'm super nervous about the Gaiman interview. I know I've talked to some big name people before, but never one with fans quite as rabid. As George Lucas could tell you, you don't want to raise the ire of geekdom. Plus I just love love love Mr. Gaimans work.

Have read 4 volumes of Sandman in the last two days. American Gods is next, and then Coraline. Hopefully I'll have time to read Neverwhere as well. My dreams are own3d.

In yet another way I've realized that I operate a bit differently from the world around me. Today's example: "low" and "high" English. Most Americans only use "high" English when they want something trivial to sound important "You are most cordially invited to...". This is not a flaw, in and of itself, and indeed is in many ways admirable. Americans tend to brook no bullshit, and to associate unnecessarily elaborate speech with concealing something, like the car salesman who harries you with an assault of words.

I, on the other hand, tend to switch to "high" English mode only when I want to convey something of gravity. English is a subtle language, and I like to think of its "low" mode being a cudgel and its "high" a rapier. The rapier, though less straightforward, is a much finer instrument, and, it should be noted, no less deadly when properly wielded...