The actual smell of rain comes from plants. When plants are in drought they produce oils in replacement for waters. When the time comes and it finally starts raining the plants get their needed water and they release these oils in the air and the smell of that oil is what we call smell of rain
Today on “rules of English language I didn’t realise were a thing until someone pointed it out”
I read a fanfic once where the writer played with adjective order to make the person speaking sound weird and wrong and dangerous somehow and it absolutely fucking worked
I totally understand your confusion, IIRC, it’s not explicitly stated in QOTD. Here’s the section heading in TVL that shows us the year for the concert:
“Lestat de Lioncourt In the year of his Resurrection 1984
Dionysus in San Francisco 1985″
The SF concert, 10/31/1985, was gonna be the first stop on the tour. Daniel is turned the night before that first concert. So there’s your info!
This is backed up by the fact that Daniel interviewed Louis sometime between 1973-5 (it was published in April of 1976), and then had a… well… let’s call it a ~long and drawn out courtship~ with Armand for some 10-12 years:
10 years ago: ”And what would a mortal lover matter then, a human who’d been no more than a toy for a decade?” -QOTD
12+ years ago: “…an old crumpled royalty check for the book Interview with the Vampire, which he had “written” under a pseudonym over twelve years ago.”
Sometimes i just hate french language, we only have 1 word for being “excited” and “horny” it sucks because when i say “je suis vraiment excitée de te voir” it DOES NOT MEAN “I WANNA FUCK YOU AGAINST A WALL” IT MEANS “I’M EXCITED TO SEE YOU BECAUSE I MISSED YOU” BUT I CAN’T USE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE PEOPLE LOOK AT ME LIKE I’M SOME KIND OF SEXUAL MANIAC WHEN I DO IT
And don’t forget that the French word that was originally used for “to kiss” (and that is one of the meanings in a dictionary) now means “to fuck.” Americans get funny looks if they don’t know that one…
Oh yes, “baiser”….
Well this is all purely educational so #necessary reblog rebagelrebaguette.
Height: 5′3′’ I have wedged shoes, I get to be about 5′6′’-7′′ with those suckers on ;]
Time and Date: 11:24 pm, 6/16/15
Average amount of sleep:6-8 hrs
Lucky number: 08345, 916, and 392.
Last thing I googled: Google translate
Favorite fictional character(s): Lestaaaaaaaat (insert other VC characters here), Clarice Starling (original Hannibal), Frank TJ Mackey (from Magnolia), Jack Donaghy (30 Rock), Gob and Michael Bluth (Arrested Development), ALL the characters by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia), Will Ferrell’s G. W. Bush and Darryl Hammond’s Bill Clinton (SNL), I should at least one more woman in here… Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill), I should have some animated characters in here… Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (Chuck Jones era of Looney Tunes), Ren & Stimpy, NOONE IS GONNA READ ALL THIS SO I’ll stop now.
Favorite Books: Vampire Chronicles, I like some Stephen King (the Shining, etc.), Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Congo, etc.), Long Hard Road Out of Hell (Marilyn Manson autobiography), biographies in general, I like paperbacks that are falling apart.
Favorite musicians/bands: Billy Joel, Nine Inch Nails, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, the 90s, Tracy Chapman, Aimee Mann, Sting, the Police, the Civil Wars, Motown, the 80s.
Last movie I saw in the Cinema: What We Do in the Shadows
Dream Holiday: Time machine ride back to when IWTV was filmed and spend the entire time on the set omg I have issues.
Dream Job:Time traveler (not just for ^that. I’d use it for the good of humanity, too!)
Imma tag some more lovely ppl who have been in my activity feed:
DUDE I brainstormed alot, my blog was inspired by vampchronfic and vampire-chronicles-appreciation, so I wanted VC represented in the url prominently. I realized that “VC” rhymes w/ the “I want my MTV” slogan that MTV had in the 90s (and 80s), but “I-want-my-VC” didn’t quite flow right. “IWTV” had a better letter combination and here is a gif of the versions of my logo bc of reasons
{{More answers under the cut bc LongPost}}
2. What is your middle name?
DANGER. No. It’s *~Dorothy~*
3. If you could own a fairytale/fictional pet, what would it be?
I probly can’t get away with “vampire” for this one, since they probably make terrible pets… Cat-sized unicorn. Not very rational here, I should choose like the Golden Goose for infinite money, shouldn’t I? Okay, Golden Goose.
4. Favorite color? Depends on my mooooood but iridescence always catches my eye, especially in oily rain puddles.
Vampire Chronicles is my enduring addiction. Getting into the Avengers somewhat. Other than that, Real Life.
7. Why do you love tumblr? Fanworks and meta and such and so.
8. Tag your tumblr crushes! They answer the questions too.
I don’t wanna play favorites/crushes! I’m gonna tag some lovely people I’ve seen (or haven’t seen!) in my activity feed (this is a small sample; I appreciate you all! You keep my crazy blog alive!)(in NO particular order, and these are not necessarily even following me):
I-want-my-IWTV 