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Wednesday, 04 July 2007 01:35:27
Hey, folk. As you know, i'm completely and totally addicted to Maya. I love Jane's works, and I love Freya. Freya and Mal are such a great couple they just mesh, unlike Mal and Inara. I don't like Inara. That's why, in like, every fic that I do with her, she dies at some point in the plot line. I'm sorry. I just hate Mara. I think it's because they lack in chemistry. And i've had a share of my own, very crappy relationships, much like Mal's and Inara's. But Mal and Freya works. And I kinda like chicks with short hair and bad-ass attitudes that can read peoples minds and create really hot illusions. But, I won't deny Inara this. She is kinda pretty. But I still love Freya.
Wednesday, 04 July 2007 03:22:45
I became an avid reader while in junior high. My main fare being fantasy novels. Over the years my tastes have matured somewhat but I still enjoy a good epic fantasy. Give me some sword & sorcery and I'm usually a happy camper. A few years ago I picked up a leatherbound copy of "Lord of the Rings" from the SFBC. This instantly ignited a passion for leatherbound books. As luck would have it I received a mailing from Easton Press who just happen to produce such books at fairly reasonable prices. Needless to say I jumped at their "100 greatest novels" offer. Even better I would only have to select the ones I wanted upon signing up. I checked off 29 out of the 100 selections confident in my choices. Here's where my trouble began. The first book I received was "Moby Dick". I had the perception that the story focused on Ahab's obsession with hunting the white whale. To my dismay it turns out that 90% of the book details the minutia of whaling and operating a ship. This being of no interest to me I had a very hard time getting through the book, something I haven't experienced in a long time. If that had been the only such occurrence things would have been fine. To date I have finished 8 books with about half not living up to my expectations. Even more frustrating is that I remember enjoying some of these works having read them earlier in my life. I can't quite figure this out. Either these books are terribly overrated, I'm not as bright as I'd like to think, or my years of reading lighter stories has damaged my palate with regards to the finer works of literature.
Wednesday, 04 July 2007 12:21:14
Dear avid readers, Hi all (first and foremost). Just so you all know, as it turns out: today is my Birthday. I was born on the 4th of July, which is deeply sardonic because I am Australian. As to my actual age…. Well… I am officially twenty-three, which is both deeply depressing and nostalgic for myself. For whatever the reason, around this time of year I get very reflective as to where I am in life and how little I have progressed (in the greater scheme of things). My slumber of self-loathing reached the boiling the other day after reading a book by Mark Gayle called ‘Turning 30’. Essentially, the moral of the story was that ‘sometimes its ok, not to be ok’. Perhaps it was beyond my realm of understanding (as I am not yet 30), but for an entire week I couldn’t put my head around it. I got so desperate; I ended up emailing the author (I kid you not) and questioned him about the book. That day I learned something. There are certain things in life that are generally unwise to do: 1.Walk onto oncoming traffic 2.Talk with your mouth full 3.Argue the logistics of a book to the author whom actually wrote it Mind you, the author was very nice about it, but as you can imagine… So here I am, a little worse for wear, and hopefully a little wiser. My favourite quote is by Kurt Vonnegut: ‘Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way’. That’s me to the bone I think. So anyway, thought I should share and wish everyone a happy non-birthday (we have 364 of them, you know?). And out of curiosity, if anyone could part with any inspirational words of wisdom about life in general would gladly be appreciated. Thank you all. Superfluous Definition: 1. [adj] more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" 2. [adj] serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words" P.S. I got ‘another’ Browncoat as a gift >>> its shiny.
Wednesday, 04 July 2007 14:52:37
No political prattle from me today. I know, a lot of you were looking forward to it. Suck it up. I just want to say happy barbequing, fireworking and running through the sprinklers. Be careful, be safe and be happy. Just some reminders of the day.