Rec Triad: June 2008
Because this list has been sitting on one of those awesome electronic post-its on my my Mac "dashboard" for like a week now, I finally bring you another
REC TRIAD, JUNE 2008!!!
A Book:
So I was at Borders with M last week, er rather last weekend, and I saw a book with the COOLEST. COVER. EVER. When I picked it up and started reading the first couple of pages, it was pretty awesome, so borrowed it from the library and read it in about... a day. It's the kind of book about superheroes that Rodney from sardonicsmiley's Sky High AU would tell (to use a geeky fanficcish reference). It is from the point of view of Dr. Impossible, a super-villian (or is he just misunderstood?) and Fatale, a cyborg-woman who is talked into joining the "New" Champions after one of their members goes missing. If you love comic books and superheroes (and really, who doesn't?) at least give it a shot. (Amazon link) (Wikipedia entry)
A Site:
A friend of mine from frisbee was telling me about a cool hobby he and his fiancee are into called "letterboxing". Not knowing what it was, I had to go find out, and thought it was so COOL sounding that you all would love to hear about it too. Basically, you follow clues people post online about a secret "box" and when you find it, there's a stamp and a book inside, so you can stamp your "Letterbox collection" to show you were there, and (using a stamp YOU have) stamp the book to show you found it. It's kind of like geocaching except it doesn't rely on GPS locators but clues (of varying difficulty). I haven't tried letterbox hunting yet, but doesn't it sound fun? (Official site here)
A Show
As I've begun to realize, I kind of watch too much tv. Also, reality shows, but only the kind that I can classify as "non-trashy", which I realize it a very subjective line. However, I only like the "real" shows where people are there to display a talent (Project Runway, Top Chef, etc.) as opposed to just "being" (Real Housewives of Orange County, etc.). Which isn't to say that I didn't watch Real World back in the day, but regardless. The newest season of So You Think You Can Dance is starting up again on FOX, and it's an awesome, awesome show. I got into it last season because of Younger Sister and my mom and it's really fun to see some of the dances and the songs and especially to see how much better people get throughout the competition. Some of the stuff these dancers can do is nothing short of unreal. Like (last season): Danny and Lacey dancing the samba, Pasha and Lauren dancing hip-hop, the top 20 doing a group dance from The Lion King, or anything that Neil does. Like dance Jazz. This season looks pretty unreal too: check out Katee and Joshua or Twitch and Kherington.
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Whew, I remember now why I rarely do these, especially with all the coding. My poor fingers! XD
REC TRIAD, JUNE 2008!!!
A Book:
So I was at Borders with M last week, er rather last weekend, and I saw a book with the COOLEST. COVER. EVER. When I picked it up and started reading the first couple of pages, it was pretty awesome, so borrowed it from the library and read it in about... a day. It's the kind of book about superheroes that Rodney from sardonicsmiley's Sky High AU would tell (to use a geeky fanficcish reference). It is from the point of view of Dr. Impossible, a super-villian (or is he just misunderstood?) and Fatale, a cyborg-woman who is talked into joining the "New" Champions after one of their members goes missing. If you love comic books and superheroes (and really, who doesn't?) at least give it a shot. (Amazon link) (Wikipedia entry)
A Site:
A friend of mine from frisbee was telling me about a cool hobby he and his fiancee are into called "letterboxing". Not knowing what it was, I had to go find out, and thought it was so COOL sounding that you all would love to hear about it too. Basically, you follow clues people post online about a secret "box" and when you find it, there's a stamp and a book inside, so you can stamp your "Letterbox collection" to show you were there, and (using a stamp YOU have) stamp the book to show you found it. It's kind of like geocaching except it doesn't rely on GPS locators but clues (of varying difficulty). I haven't tried letterbox hunting yet, but doesn't it sound fun? (Official site here)
A Show
As I've begun to realize, I kind of watch too much tv. Also, reality shows, but only the kind that I can classify as "non-trashy", which I realize it a very subjective line. However, I only like the "real" shows where people are there to display a talent (Project Runway, Top Chef, etc.) as opposed to just "being" (Real Housewives of Orange County, etc.). Which isn't to say that I didn't watch Real World back in the day, but regardless. The newest season of So You Think You Can Dance is starting up again on FOX, and it's an awesome, awesome show. I got into it last season because of Younger Sister and my mom and it's really fun to see some of the dances and the songs and especially to see how much better people get throughout the competition. Some of the stuff these dancers can do is nothing short of unreal. Like (last season): Danny and Lacey dancing the samba, Pasha and Lauren dancing hip-hop, the top 20 doing a group dance from The Lion King, or anything that Neil does. Like dance Jazz. This season looks pretty unreal too: check out Katee and Joshua or Twitch and Kherington.
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Whew, I remember now why I rarely do these, especially with all the coding. My poor fingers! XD