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I am highly read up and researched on trauma bonds because I am trying to break the one I am addicted to with my abusive STBXH. I physically wanted to be with him after we had the ugliest divorce, custody and criminal battles. I had to find out what the fuck my problem was and trauma bonds is it. J+D parallel our lives in a lot of ways so let me list the reasons why it’s so strong (from the amazing book The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships
When there are repetitive cycles of abuse
When the victim and the victimizer believe in their own uniqueness
When high intensity is mistaken for intimacy
When there is confusion about love
When there are increasing amounts of fear
When children are faced with terror
When there is a history of abuse
When exploitation endures over time
When the community family or social structure reacts in the extremes
When there is a familiar role and script to be fulfilled
When victims and victimizers switch roles of rescue and abuse
There's a book in which a dumb dudebro protagonist is talking to his gay dude friend, and the friend tells him a harsh truth that I think is a bit oversimplified but is still, alas, largely true:
If you're gay or bi, you're either a top or a bottom. If you're a top, you can top men or women and women, in our society, involve a lot less drama than being gay so most top dudes who can be with women are. So, most gay men who are with men are bottoms, which means most people wanna take the dick and not so many wanna dish it out.
...but with a gloryhole you can kinda pretend or ignore or cetera.
I tried both, but I generally prefer to have the dick in my hand, mouth, or ass. When I put the dick through the hole? I was mostly just enjoying the fact that someone else was getting off on trying to get me off. I've done GH one or two dozen times, at least once with multiple spectators, and I've only ejaculated twice while doing. ...and that time was, frankly, because spectators were watching. ...I'd rather have been the one ejaculated in/on.
I think it's hard to be a desired bottom (esp if you're not young or femme) but it's easy to be a desired top if you can get hard and get off.
Short answer: Both. Why limit myself?
I find there are authors that are better at keeping my attention than others.
I really like Christopher Moore. He's got a bit of a dark, silly , witty sense of humor, he's descriptive with out being wordy. If you liked Dead Like Me, you'll really enjoy A Dirty Job.
Janet Evanovich has a less dark, equally silly, witty sense of humor. Most of my family has read her 'Stephanie Plum' series.
They both have very 'cinematic' writing styles. For whatever reason, given the motivation, I can chew through either of those authors' books.
This is the wrong sub for your question, so it should probably be removed. Before that though, you’d probably enjoy reading The Eyre Affair, where that’s basically the plot.
Mark Helprin's amazing novel A Soldier of the Great War has an amazing sequence set in such a shelter during WW1. Highly recommended.
> χρειαζονται εχθρους ακομα κι αν αυτοι δεν υπαρχουν.
Johnly Walker: keep on walking
Έχεις διαβάσει το "Pattern Recongition" του William Gibson;
Jasper Fford The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel
From the back cover: Fans of Douglas Adams and P. G. Wodehouse will love visiting Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, when time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously: it’s a bibliophile’s dream. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career. Fforde's ingenious fantasy—enhanced by a Web site that re-creates the world of the novel—unites intrigue with English literature in a delightfully witty mix.
No mention of height or weight or size on that page. But I do see it links to a lot of other content.
This is the book I just finished that mentioned how small the Romans were in comparison to the Guals and Germans. But at the same time, it was a book about Ceaser and not military itself so it didn't go into detail other than one or two off-hand comments.
I'm late to the party, but check out A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin. An epic novel told from the perspective of an Italian soldier.
Late to the game, sorry.
Have you read the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde? It's one of my favorite things in the world. The Eyre Affair is the first one, and it's one of those books you keep 2 or 3 copies of because you just have to give one to somebody you run into.
Basically, if you grew up on Harry Potter and then majored in English Literature, and you also had your sense of humor and perspective permanently warped by Monty Python and all the other great British absurdist comedies, well then, Thursday Next is your gal.
It hits all your "likes", especially the language. It's some of the wittiest writing I've seen. Also, the author trolls the readers every now and then in some of the most unpredictable ways. Everyone always loves the books!
It's hysterical and whip smart, and Thursday Next is one of the more complicated and fleshed out female heroines in modern literature.
I'm currently reading this one. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300126891?psc=1
Motherfucker is 600 pages long and I'm going to love every bit of it. Ancient history, especially Rome, is better than fiction.
The Average American Male is kinda like that.
It's actually pretty RP in the beginning. It was what I read years ago, before I'd ever heard of reddit, let alone TRP, that got me thinking a certain way.
Congressman,
Maybe this is common knowledge, or a biased viewpoint, but I recommend
Republic, Lost by Lessig. One highlight is that a Congress proposed constitutional amendment has to go through channels where opposition would be strongest, and urges a national campaign outside of Congress.
I applaud your goals, good luck!
Oh, you have to read Fforde, he's HILARIOUS. The first book is The Eyre Affair.
If you haven't read Margaret Atwood, try The Handmaid's Tale (and then try sleeping for a week). She's pretty dark, but amazing.
Yes, like all things, I found out about Bradbury looking at Reddit first thing in the morning. At that point, only IO9 was reporting it, so for about 30 minutes, I thought it was possible that it was a hoax (though they cited some solid sources, but still, I think I wanted to think it was a hoax).
Even though he was 91. It sounds so illogical, but with someone like him, who was a staple in literature for more than 60 years, you think they're kind of superhuman. Have you read him?
I actually really liked the series by Jasper Fforde. It's all about a parallel universe and has some incredibly interesting and unique premises about "entering" books. I feel like it covers everything you're looking for, and I'm excited to get back to reading them myself.
The first book is called The Eyre Affair and was a great read. The second one was a bit slower, but I'm going to give it a shot again soon.
The Stephanie Plum series from Janet Evanovich fits those criteria. I'm not the biggest fan, but I know lots of people love 'em. Starts with One for the Money.
For anyone reading this, please check out the book, Republic Lost, by Lawrence Lessig. It explains in great detail the pervasiveness that Michael Ian Black describes above.
Lessig just released a book about how money corrupts politics, including his ideas about how we can change that. It's on my reading list for winter break for sure, and it sounds exactly like what you're looking for. Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Lost-Money-Corrupts-Congress/dp/0446576433
And if you want a preview, check out this awesome talk Lessig gave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc
If you already tried American Gods, try Stardust from the same author. Albeit shorter,the world is rich and wonderful while the story is quite clever.
If you are looking for something totally different, try the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. The first book is Eyre Affair. It is a book about people who love to read book. It has fantasy, sci-fi, crime thriller all mashed up together perfectly. It's funny and have several meta-references to some famous title which could encourage you to read even more.