"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." - Oscar Wilde
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Neuromancer
..."Midnight in the Rue Jules Verne", takes place in high orbit on Freeside, a Las Vegas-like pleasure dome, and the nearby Zion cluster, where Armitage, Molly, Case, and Riviera make their final arrangements for what they now learn will be an assault on Straylight, enclave of the Tessier-Ashpools, an eccentric, wealthy and inbred high orbit clan.
...In "The Straylight Run" the quartet moves toward the labyrinthine core of Straylight, back into an underworld zone of irrationality suggestive of Night City in the book's opening chapters. Case is arrested, but Wintermute kills the police guarding him. Armitage suffers a mental breakdown and Wintermute murders him as well. Molly accidentally stumbles upon Ashpool, the clan's patriarch, in the midst of a suicide attempt; when he threatens her, she kills him. But she is soon kidnapped by Riviera who has found 3Jane, the last Tessier-Ashpool left awake and alive in Straylight (most of the others have been cryogenically frozen; Jean, 3Jane's brother, is on earth doing business). Riviera, having served his purpose of befriending 3Jane with his magical projections and gaining access to Straylight, has decided to double-cross Armitage and Wintermute. Case, who has been monitoring the situation through his cyberspace deck and simstim unit on the Zion cluster, heads in with a rastafarian named Maelcum to rescue Molly. Hideo, 3Jane's ninja servant, murders Riviera shortly after Case and Maelcum appear. 3Jane gives Case the password that will allow Wintermute to attain its goal: to merge with Neuromancer, another Tessier-Ashpool AI, which has fought against the union. The two AIs can now dominate the matrix.
ME...
Shazia, 30, Corporate person by day, Married
Canadian-British citizen living in Milwaukee, USA
My Likes...
EBM, My 3 cats (with a total of 10 legs), Soccer (Football), VWs, Motorcycles, Scrumpy Jack Cider, Travelling as much as possible, My job (believe it or not!)
So, farewell to BME. I know I thought of 'closing' my account before and didn't, but I really don't do justice to having a page. With all the other things going on in my life, updating my page is a lower priority. It's not that I don't love BME and the great people I've met here (I will still keep in touch with them!)...it's just a time and life issue.
Right now my focus has to be on work (which includes moving to Brussels) and School (getting an MSc done in 2 years while working full time). Whew. Leaves little time for much else. Leaving is not an "I don't want to pay" issue. Just time. Not enough time.
So thanks to all the great people here, and maybe when things calm down a bit I'll be back. Thanks to JesseV for all his great work lately...my nape ladder rocks. And thanks for taking care of my cheesehead buddy - that cheese magnet better still be in the shop when I return!
Just found out today that the plan's a go. We don't have details or dates yet, but I imagine we'll be moving sometime toward the end of May. So if anyone who lives there happens to hit this page, drop me a line and let me know...where is a good place to live? good clubs? good body mod?
Next trip on the horizon is Toronto from April 19-25. Heading to JesseV's for cutting for my friend Port and nape piercing for me. Whoee.
Less than a week after that, I head to Orange County for work. I'm happy because Kip is going to fly out and meet me for the weekend too - we'll probably drive down to San Diego. It's our 5th wedding anniversary while we're there :) I'm flying him first class to meet me - him putting up with all this moving and uncertainty because of my career is awesome. I couldn't ask for more!
