Just a quick word as I prepare to leave for Nashville tomorrow morning. I checked the Southern Festival of Books schedule and saw that my panel with Sigourney Cheek now has a title:
"A Very Calm Presence" — Two Stories of Family, Friends and Healing
A number of people have already indicated that they're coming. I hope you'll be there, too, if for no other reason than to see how I reconcile "A Very Calm Presence" with Schuyler, my tempestuous, monster-slaying tornado girl.
I had an epiphany about her, by the way. If you'd like to know what Schuyler sounds like when she actually speaks, you should play one of the Sims games. To the uninitiated (and even sometimes to Julie and me), Schuylerese sounds remarkably like Simlish. Unintelligible, but strangely beautiful.
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Ha! I play the Sims all the time. And now I'll think of Schuyler every time I hear a little Sim girl talking.
Also, I just finished reading your book the other night. I have been reading your blog since before Schuyler was even born, so I knew most of the story, but it was nice to see all of the gaps fill in. When I got about a 1/4 of the way in or so, I suddenly couldn't put it down. You wrote about her (and you and Julie) very well.
Rob:
Have fun in NashVegas (very near my neck of the woods)! Remember, you have to go to "Tootsie's" (Not sure if Schuyler can get in, though. Hmmm.)
I think of Schuyler when I hear the Sigur Ros songs that are sung in Hopelandic (made up gibberish language) Rymer actually said a couple of years ago that it was how he imagined Schuylerese to sound. Turns out we were sorta right, Simlish is very very similar. I have got to show some of the Simlish music videos to Rymer, he loves made up languages, probably since he has one of his own that he's used since he was a toddler. I rarely get to hear it since he wont speak it on request, it's more one of those cool things I get to overhear by chance when he's playing by himself and doesn't know anyone's listening. Come to think of it, it's very Simlish in sound. I'd love to peek in his brain and know how it started and what it means to him.
Can I just say how much I love that photo?
And you all do look so calm!
Rob, I read an article today about a special ed travesty that I think you might be interested in, given all the shit that the last school put you all through http://www.thenewstribune.com/news
/local/story/506988.html
I blogged about it, too. But I think you would have a lot to say about the issue.
Hi :)
I've been reading your blog for a very long time, commented many times but just now finished reading your book.
I wanted to say, as I've said before, thank you for sharing your darling daughter with all of us. Thank you for putting your experiences out there. There are so many people (myself included) who need to know they aren't the only ones who are dealing with Monsters and doing so in a spectacularly "human" way.
Loved the book!
---Nix
Rob. . .
Okay, this has no relevance to anything important. . .but I just have to say. . .I "discovered" Watters Creek today!! Oh my gosh!! I had no idea all of that was down there!! I've been to the Market Street and PF Chang. . .and always wondered where in the world all the other stores they were advertising where. . .then I drove down into the center today!! Livng in south Plano, I've only been up to Market Street a couple of times and never had the time to explore. . .but you are right. . .it looks like a great place to go wandering. Have you eaten at any of the restaurants there? Any you recommend?
Anyway, I thought of your comments about the place in a previous post as I was walking around and just had to comment!!
Like I said. . .no relevance to anything important. . .just the need to pass along my amazement.
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