at long last i know my true calling!

it's anthropodermic bibliopegy!

that's right, i want to become a book binder who works in human skin! okay, so maybe that's a mite grisly, but check out this job description:
The practice...was sometimes used in the 18th and 19th centuries when accounts of murder trials were bound in the killer's skin.
come on ~ if nothing else, it's writing gold!

you're so going to see this in the Leverettsville Gazette.

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and this is what happens when i stay up past midnight.

From: [identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com


well they say some beauty is only skin deep (yukyukyuk)

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is that the one with ewan mcgregor? i ain't seen it, but i know what it's about.

From: [identity profile] bachsoprano.livejournal.com


Yep - very interesting movie, but not for the faint hearted...

Skin deep....groan! :)

From: [identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com


there's just so much about it that's creepy and weird, it's hard to know where to begin!


From: [identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com


this whole interminable death row thing is really putting a damper on the binding industry, but i guess you can't rush quality.

(oh man, that's so bad) ~

From: [identity profile] dsch.livejournal.com


Gwaaaugh...
But you're absolutely right. It would be a great thing to write about in some sort of mystery or creep-out story...

From: [identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com


i'm pretty sure jonathan swift advocated for the idea alongside making kid gloves from real kids ~ hahahahaha

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From: [identity profile] lastremnant.livejournal.com


come on ~ if nothing else, it's writing gold!

Haha, for some reason when you wrote this I suddenly thought of Kenny Bania from Seinfeld. "It's gold, Jerry! It's gold!" :)
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Creepy. But I can see why you'd say that--almost too well.
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