"Drunken rabbits."
So yes, I have been keeping up with my reading - and i broke away from just using Starbucks and read at McDonald's and by the Keen building (in the little grassy area)...and since I've knocked out several more chapters, I'm gonna update the cross-off list (with some added goodies at the end)...
Started: 4/8/08
Finished: TBA
Total Pages: 143/235
Chapter Cross-Off: 'City of the Gods'
Updated: 4/11/08
Chapter 1Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16Chapter 17Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20Chapter 21EpilogueMission Report by Dr. Daniel Jackson
And now the added bonus: I've made several AMs (that's Away Messages for those not privy to the AIM lingo used by myself,
taraleesg1,
godzchild96, and
dvshipper) from the book so far, because IMHO, this novel is very rich in the hilarious character moments that we loves so much from the show! Some of them would be funnier if you read the book itself and understood the context (especially the 'Chocolate' one), but I think they all work pretty well by themselves:
Note: These are in order of where they appear in the book....
"A little too Mordorish for my taste."
"Mordorish?" Carter shot him an incredulous look. "I thought you didn't like science fiction."
"Someone gave Teal'c a couple of tickets. He asked me to go with him."
"And you agreed?"
Jack shrugged and kept walking. "It's Christmas."
"You know," Carter said, "I think White-owl's telling the story very well."
"Yeah," Jack added quickly. "Don't let us stop you. We like stories. Love 'em...in fact." Next time Daniel decided to go on vacation, he'd tie him to a chair.
"You're going to blow up the tunnel?" Daniel said in alarm.
"No," O'Neill replied.
"Oh, good."
"Teal'c and Carter are."
"But had to leave Dabruzzi's chocolate behind," finished O'Neill. He began to pull off his dry-suit.
Dr. Jackson swung around to face him. "Chocolate? Jack, tell me you didn't give the children chocolate."
O'Neill froze. "Why would I tell you that, Daniel?"
"Whoa!" Jack cried. "How many damned Goa'uld are running the place?"
"The Aztec pantheon features ninety-seven major deities, including Acuecucyoticihuati, Coyolxanuhqui, Huixtocihuatl, Macuilcozcacuahtli, Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli, Xmulzencab and Yiacatecuhtli," replied Daniel absently. What was it that connected them all?
Jack stared at him. "You practiced that, right?"
Note: These next two are actually one right after the other, but i felt keeping them that way made the AM a tad too long for most, so I split them up - they're funny either way, so you can read them HERE together and get the entire feel of the humor, and than appreciate them seperately as AMs...
"The god Piquete-zina, for example-"
"Who?"
"-or Batman," Daniel continued without missing a beat.
"Batman was a god?"
"Piquete-zina means Batman, Jack. Many ancient deities took on the form of animals, and this was essentially an animist culture. Batman's friend ad companion was supposedly the..." Daniel pulled the paper from Jack's hands again, and ran a finger down the list. It was there somewhere. "...chief god of alcoholic beverages, R -"
"Robin? You gotta be kidding."
"Rabbit," Daniel finished, tapping the paper. "Drunken-Rabbit."
"There's a god named Drunken-Rabbit?" Sam's blue eyes were wide with disbelief.
"Several, in fact. A total of four hundred lesser deities, the offspring of Mayahuel - Drunken Rabbit - and Patecatl."
"Why so many?"
"Rabbits, Carter," Jack said dryly. He plucked insistently at the list in Daniel's fingers. "Drunken rabbits."
And let me just mention here - this whole mention of a paper going back and forth with Jack and Daniel is funny in itself, but you HAVE to read the book to understand why it's so funny. It's so THEM and I can see them doing it.
Started: 4/8/08
Finished: TBA
Total Pages: 143/235
Chapter Cross-Off: 'City of the Gods'
Updated: 4/11/08
Chapter 1Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16Chapter 17Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20Chapter 21EpilogueMission Report by Dr. Daniel Jackson
And now the added bonus: I've made several AMs (that's Away Messages for those not privy to the AIM lingo used by myself,
taraleesg1,
godzchild96, and
dvshipper) from the book so far, because IMHO, this novel is very rich in the hilarious character moments that we loves so much from the show! Some of them would be funnier if you read the book itself and understood the context (especially the 'Chocolate' one), but I think they all work pretty well by themselves:
Note: These are in order of where they appear in the book....
"A little too Mordorish for my taste."
"Mordorish?" Carter shot him an incredulous look. "I thought you didn't like science fiction."
"Someone gave Teal'c a couple of tickets. He asked me to go with him."
"And you agreed?"
Jack shrugged and kept walking. "It's Christmas."
"You know," Carter said, "I think White-owl's telling the story very well."
"Yeah," Jack added quickly. "Don't let us stop you. We like stories. Love 'em...in fact." Next time Daniel decided to go on vacation, he'd tie him to a chair.
"You're going to blow up the tunnel?" Daniel said in alarm.
"No," O'Neill replied.
"Oh, good."
"Teal'c and Carter are."
"But had to leave Dabruzzi's chocolate behind," finished O'Neill. He began to pull off his dry-suit.
Dr. Jackson swung around to face him. "Chocolate? Jack, tell me you didn't give the children chocolate."
O'Neill froze. "Why would I tell you that, Daniel?"
"Whoa!" Jack cried. "How many damned Goa'uld are running the place?"
"The Aztec pantheon features ninety-seven major deities, including Acuecucyoticihuati, Coyolxanuhqui, Huixtocihuatl, Macuilcozcacuahtli, Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli, Xmulzencab and Yiacatecuhtli," replied Daniel absently. What was it that connected them all?
Jack stared at him. "You practiced that, right?"
Note: These next two are actually one right after the other, but i felt keeping them that way made the AM a tad too long for most, so I split them up - they're funny either way, so you can read them HERE together and get the entire feel of the humor, and than appreciate them seperately as AMs...
"The god Piquete-zina, for example-"
"Who?"
"-or Batman," Daniel continued without missing a beat.
"Batman was a god?"
"Piquete-zina means Batman, Jack. Many ancient deities took on the form of animals, and this was essentially an animist culture. Batman's friend ad companion was supposedly the..." Daniel pulled the paper from Jack's hands again, and ran a finger down the list. It was there somewhere. "...chief god of alcoholic beverages, R -"
"Robin? You gotta be kidding."
"Rabbit," Daniel finished, tapping the paper. "Drunken-Rabbit."
"There's a god named Drunken-Rabbit?" Sam's blue eyes were wide with disbelief.
"Several, in fact. A total of four hundred lesser deities, the offspring of Mayahuel - Drunken Rabbit - and Patecatl."
"Why so many?"
"Rabbits, Carter," Jack said dryly. He plucked insistently at the list in Daniel's fingers. "Drunken rabbits."
And let me just mention here - this whole mention of a paper going back and forth with Jack and Daniel is funny in itself, but you HAVE to read the book to understand why it's so funny. It's so THEM and I can see them doing it.