rambling

[mamajoan]

I just wrote a lengthy thing on feedback and why/when it makes you happy. But then I decided it was just unbearably pretentious so I deleted it. Damn, I hate it when I sound pretentious. Almost as much as I hate it when I can't stop second-guessing myself.

This morning my boss handed me a copy of Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins, and said that he wants our manuals to be as brilliant as this novel. I guess that means I'm going to have to read it. I've never read an entire Tom Robbins. I read about a third of Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas and gave up in disgust. Has anyone out there read them both? If I hated the latter, am I going to hate the former, or are they sufficiently different? Sigh.

Comments

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

I liked JItterbug Perfume, really liked Skinny Legs and All [except for the disappointing ending], and couldn't get through the first chapter of Another Roadside Attraction.

haven't read Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas but I'd guess there's probably enough difference to make Jitterbug Perfume bearable, if not a favorite.

Not much help, I realize as I read this over. Sorry.

[jrosehale.livejournal.com]

This morning my boss handed me a copy of Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins, and said that he wants our manuals to be as brilliant as this novel.

The hell?! And you thought *your* deleted post was pretentious?!

Man, they let the wrong people be bosses. That's all I can say.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

LOL! I guess I neglected to make it clear that he was kidding. At least, about the manual part. He probably will expect me to read the book though.

I mean, last week he wanted all the sentences in the online help to rhyme, and before that it was the whole manual in haiku. He's a little wacky, is all. ;)

[xochiquetzl]

silly user, press
any key to continue
yes, that one, press it!

Ahh, okay

[jrosehale.livejournal.com]

Goodness, I was afraid we had a new contender for a Dilbert panel!

[ex-verdandi713.livejournal.com]

I used to love Tom Robbins (well, I was sixteen). Now I loathe him, but I still retain enough knowledge of his evil mojo to declare that Jitterbug Perfume is more painful than Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, but not one-fifth as painful as Still Life With Woodpecker. Yes, you will hate it. Do with this knowledge what you will.

[tiggrrl.livejournal.com]

Jeez, I've only read one Tom Robbins novel, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, but I liked it; does that make me a bad person?