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Oct. 19th, 2009 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
highlyeccentricBounty prize for anyone who can answer correctly:
Why are pirates pirates?
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So Amy monster has been chilling out at my place this afternoon, putting up with my ridiculous trains of thought and despicable smoking habit, and she foolishly left herself signed in on my computer. I could take this opportunity to air all her darkest and most embarrassing secrets for her here, but they pretty much get enough internet airing already so there's really no point. She also left me her book on 19th Century lesbianism, purely by accident, and I'm relishing it. I always thought there was something a little insincere about the Victorian Prudery facade, but lesbians? Bring it on. Furthest I've ever delved into Victorian lesbianism is Carmilla.
As you've no doubt already heard, I am sending Amy back to Sydney uni next year. She's going to be burying herself in Old French, and I'll be there to spank some sense into her (in full dominatrix get-up, bien sur) if she misbehaves. So don't panic, everybody.
And this is me signing off, because the dishes, sadly, will not wash themselves. Domesticity kinda spoils my enigmatic persona, doesn't it? I'll have you all know I look damn fine in bright pink rubber gloves.
Why are pirates pirates?
***
So Amy monster has been chilling out at my place this afternoon, putting up with my ridiculous trains of thought and despicable smoking habit, and she foolishly left herself signed in on my computer. I could take this opportunity to air all her darkest and most embarrassing secrets for her here, but they pretty much get enough internet airing already so there's really no point. She also left me her book on 19th Century lesbianism, purely by accident, and I'm relishing it. I always thought there was something a little insincere about the Victorian Prudery facade, but lesbians? Bring it on. Furthest I've ever delved into Victorian lesbianism is Carmilla.
As you've no doubt already heard, I am sending Amy back to Sydney uni next year. She's going to be burying herself in Old French, and I'll be there to spank some sense into her (in full dominatrix get-up, bien sur) if she misbehaves. So don't panic, everybody.
And this is me signing off, because the dishes, sadly, will not wash themselves. Domesticity kinda spoils my enigmatic persona, doesn't it? I'll have you all know I look damn fine in bright pink rubber gloves.
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Date: 2009-10-19 10:46 am (UTC)Really, she should be more careful ... oh who am I kidding!
On Victorian Prudery - the thing about Victorian prudishness is that they were terribly obsessed with all the sex they absolutely shouldn't have been having *cough cough*. And with making sure that people knew exactly which sorts of sex Not To Have.
I find that the best thing to do is not to trust people who say they're Against That Stuff, because generally secretly they really want it. Case in point: Benedetta Carlini, 16th century Italian nun, had visions and believed she was possessed by a male angel who - she swore up and down - was responsible for making out with the nun who was watching out for her because of her visions. I like Benedetta!
/the more you know.
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Date: 2009-10-21 12:51 pm (UTC)