Has anybody read The Uglies Trilogy? From the main Wikipedia article:

"The Uglies series is a young adult book series by Scott Westerfeld. The story follows a teenage girl named Tally who lives several centuries from now in a futuristic city where people are called "Uglies" until they become 16, when they are given a surgery that transforms them ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago I read Orson Scott Card's Red Propeth book, the second on his Tales of Alvin Maker series. At the beginning of November I by coincidence bought a Nova Science Fiction Collection Package which included The Crystal City, the sixth book in this series -- and by coincidence I mean I didn't notice one of the books was by Orson Scott Card ( Read more... )

There are and have been many Fantasy movies and books around lately, and the way these stories get portrayed by the media makes me think some people still believes this subgenre is solely focused to children, when it obviously (IMHO) is not. Examples? Bridge to Terabithia, Harry Potter, Lord of The Rings, Pan's Labyrinth and Stardust, just to ( Read more... )

Sometimes I love the guys in useless_facts:

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to one's mouth. It's an actual diagnosis, a real phobia, and there are even treatment programs for it. ( here) <-- Not funny for those suffering from it, I'm sure. Not only do they suffer a phobia, they also have to suffer other people not understanding, or ( Read more... )

This is much more fun if you have heard the original song (by Fergie and the Black Eyed Peas) and/or have seen the original video. My Humps, arranged, acted and sang by Alanis Morissette; pay close attention to the lyrics if you haven't done it before:

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( And the original one )

When I need proof that real life surpasses fiction, ta-da! Hugo Chávez happens (here is in Spanish). Careful, it might make no sense! The first link, because it was automatically translated thanks Google, and the original in Spanish version ... well, because it makes no sense. What is this? Some of you might know that Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's ( Read more... )

Dear God:

Give me my life back.
Please.
I know you probably don't have an LJ, but thanks for reading anyway.

ETA: apparently, god did have an LJ ( here), but was suspended. And the reason for it is not open for discusion. *snort* Okay, now I feel better.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was finally posted, completely translated to Spanish, in this blog, three days ago. I already read the (PDF copy) book, but will be reading it again, in my mother tongue, this week. I will also be sending a copy to my sister, as her English is rustier than mine ( Read more... )

So, my new laptop has a few sample files as default: music, images, even some movies and documental shorts. There's one that looks like a NatGeo thing, and there's a piece of Apollo Thirteen -- but the one that got my attention was under the name of Vertigo. I've not watched as much Hitchcock as I would like to, and I admit on only knowing about ( Read more... )

Anyone who appreciates British villains will take pleasure not only in Fiennes but in Jason Isaacs, as his ice-cold functionary Lucius, and Alan Rickman as Snape. Actually, Rickman plays a good guy, but fortunately it seems that someone forgot to tell him (from a review hereNot, they didn't forgot, that was exactly the point -- and I love AR for ( Read more... )