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Friday, 19 August 2005 03:12:29
Recently I read with great joy the "Looking for a new book to read" thread. Now that the kids are bigger, I'm reading again and that thread has given me much for thought. I started posting this there, as it concerns a book, but then I thought it was just too much rambling to really go there, so here it is. I'm actually casting a big NO vote for a book. It's a classic, so I'll probably hear from some folks on this one. I just finished George Orwell's "1984." I'd read it in high school and remembered it as being dull and depressing. I read it back before 1984 when communism was still a force in the world. Well, now that I'm all grown up (ha) I thought I'd give it another try. After all, I could have been mistaken. Man, was I wrong--about being mistaken that is. I have never had to flog myself so much to get through a book. (I guess I've just been lucky to pick good books.) Well, okay, the first quarter of it was interesting, which kept me going for the rest of the book, wading through Orwell's political treaties and an increasingly numbing plot. There were times I could only read two pages before my brain shut down, which is not how I read (you can't get me away from a book once I'm into it). I suppose the book was a product of it's times. And, yes, there are a lot of things going on in the book that you could say are happening now. However, that doesn't make it good literature. I'd like to thank perfessergee for posting Vernor Vinge's "A Deepness in the Sky" on the book thread. What a relief to be reading it! I'm also hoping some Firefly books start showing up out there in the 'verse!
Friday, 19 August 2005 06:01:51
Hi I was thinking of writing fan fiction. Is it fun? easy? should I create a character? I heard people tend to not like it when people create characters.
Friday, 19 August 2005 06:10:20
So I was leaving my wife's work, after bringing her some dinner ('cause I'm an awesome husband), and what do I see as I make my way onto the 805 south? The moon. Yellow and twice as big as it should be it stares at me through my windshield. Tempting me. Taunting me. "I dare you," it says. "I don't think you have the cajones to get your butt up here. You don't have a hair on your ass." Careful Moon. I've never been one to back down from a challenge. P.S. I burned my finger real bad in the middle of this blog making mango bars for my wife 'cause she's had a rough day and 'cause I'm an awesome husband. P.P.S. What is it with me and stuff made out of Mangos. P.P.P.S. I'm serious Moon. Don't make me come up there. Droppy
Friday, 19 August 2005 13:59:57
I removed both of my last two blogs because they were offensive to one party or another. It is not right for me to broadcast our problems on the internet...It's one of the things that has irritated me about Bryan and now I am no better. TWG---I'm sorry for my rash comments. I love my husband very much...I don't think it is right to flirt with other people when they or you are married. I hope you and Jake have a great life together. As for everyone else..thanks for your comments and critisism. Bryan is a wonderful man....I love him very much. Kudoos to all of you for caring so much about him. I will not be posting anymore...It just seems to cause me more pain. I don't think I can handle anymore. I wish all of you the best of luck...I hope you all have a great time at the movie premier.