Felicitations

[tealin]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR PRATCHETT!


It almost makes me wish I believed in astrology so that I could think we had something in common.

Comments

[flusterdance.livejournal.com]

Why be like someone else when you can be like yourself?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I'm perfectly happy being myself, and wouldn't want to be anyone else. It's just cool when you can find a connection that links you (however tenuously) to someone you admire. If I didn't believe astrology to be complete rubbish, I could say 'Wow, we're both Tauruses!' and then there could be some sort of pshychic bond by which some of his infinite coolness might rub off on me, or be reflected on me through the astral planes by means of magical starshine and – rubbish. So far the best I can manage in a non-rubbish way is 'I read his books' and, to a lesser degree, 'we both speak the same language.' Oh, and I went to one of his book signings, so we were briefly in the same building.

I agree, blind devotion to someone and trying to mold yourself in their image is self-destructive and leads only to misery, but if you don't even admire anyone you end up being a self-absorbed narcissistic egomaniac.

[flusterdance.livejournal.com]

Apparently there's just something about me that keeps making you crazy.

What I meant was, you shouldn't stress about not having much in common with Terry Pratchett, because if you had everything in common with Terry Pratchett, then you'd be... Terry Pratchett. Anyway, it's no good to compare yourself to other people, because no matter who you look at, you'll never quite match up. Like comparing sheep and horses. "Oh, I'll never be as wooly as him." that's because you're not a sheep, you're a horse. You can be fast and smart and do that weird thing with your lips, and that makes up for the fact that you're not wooly.