Once You Go Black.... (and other weekend antics)
This was President's weekend, and so I didn't have to work yesterday. This weekend was simply wonderful, wonderful because I got everything pressing done that I needed to do and even had time for some idleness, to read and watch Olympic skating simply because I wanted to, not because I had to. I got a good deal of writing done too, in finishing the
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I own it! My husband bought it for me for Christmas after we watched in on On Demand one night. It's a great movie; one of my favorites from last year. :)
Well, I'm a diehard fan (upon finishing HBP a couple weeks ago, I was in utter floods), and I love it, but I found myself incredulous at some scenes and words. And I'm no great writer by any stretch, so I have no right to criticize!
Incredulous as in liking them or not liking them?
Secondly, you are an excellent writer, so I don't want to hear that bullocky from you. ;)
I love the premise of Harry Potter and books 3, 4, and 5 won my heart...but I was disappointed in 6. Of course, I acknowledge that part of that was the fact that I heard on the radio how it ended before reading it. I knew that Dumbledore died but had no idea how...until some snotty damned kid spit it out on the radio. I was pissed. *seethes* And so any emotional reaction that I might have had to that scene was ruined, although I found the funeral to be quite sad, where he's scared because he doesn't know what to expect. I've been there...that was so spot-on that I'm wubbling again now, just thinking about it.
Perhaps this is because I am not as serious a writer, or I haven't written as much, or something.
Thinking more on it, I don't know that it's writing so much as analyzing writing. I beta/edit an average of two stories per week. I've been doing beta/edit work since I was 19. So it's hard to read for enjoyment and not automatically switch to the mode where I'm analyzing the writer's style/devices/characters/etc.
I can't wait for the ladies' short program
Oooh...me too! Kimmie Meissner, the 15-year-old American, goes to school ten minutes from where I grew up, so she's kind of a hometown hero. I'm cheering for her. :)
*grins* We of this ignorant class develop a finely-tuned hearing filter, which allows only the music and sounds of skates on ice in, and blocks out those pesky commentators.
Lol! I wish that I could do this. I guess I've been on the other side of the audience enough times to not want my hard work being trashed in a public forum by some has-been. (*can't believe she just called Dick Button a has-been...but moving on*) It seems rather rude to me, and I've yet to see another sport where they're so unsupportive and openly critical.
*mutters* Race is an entirely cultural construct, which shouldn't matter, but it does, and causes all these problems and confusions...
I was really quite shocked at the question...by the fact that it was asked, even though it was more or less rhetorical (because how am I to know how Timbucktu is regarded in the AA community?), implying that there was something bothersome about eating in a place where most of the patrons are African American.
Judging on race is stupid. How can an aspect of physical appearance determine a person's competence/character/whatever? That's like honestly believing that I'm stupid because I'm blond. Or that I'm mean-spirited because I have blue eyes. It's ridiculous.
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Well, now that I think on it... Both senses of the word. There were parts that took my breath away, and parts that I simply stared, thinking, "...wtf?"
Secondly, you are an excellent writer, so I don't want to hear that bullocky from you. ;)
*blush* Thank you.
I love the premise of Harry Potter and books 3, 4, and 5 won my heart...but I was disappointed in 6.
It was kind of switched for me... but only a little. On reading HBP, I realized how suffocating OotP was. It was so long, and dark, and there was so little trust, and... it was kind of a rough read. It languished (as did Harry). Whereas HBP, on the other hand, was proactive, there was a sense of moving forward, and there was trust. Everyone was on the same page.
Of course, I acknowledge that part of that was the fact that I heard on the radio how it ended before reading it.
...OMG. That's terrible. What a snotty little brat (the radio kid).
I was lucky, and managed to remain unspoilered.
...Aw, crap, I have to go to class now. Second half of comment shall come later.
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