your name is the splinter inside me
So last night, I had half an hour to kill before I had to meet L. for the movie, so I went into what I now know is the World's Slowest Panera to get a hot chocolate. It took TWENTY MINUTES. I thought I was going to get a hot beverage and be able to sit and read for a little bit, but no, I spent most of that time on line. There were only two people in front of me, but the dude who was ordering when I walked in must have had the most confusing order in creation because it took forever to get him sorted, and even after the order had been put in, the people in the kitchen area who had to put it together came out and had questions about it. I don't even know. It's Panera! How complicated could it be?
The hot chocolate was really good, though. And so was TFA. And it was fun to see it with someone who hadn't seen it, hadn't been spoiled, and has no real attachment to Star Wars (L. is more of a Trek fan) beyond having seen and enjoyed the OT once. But the first thing she said to me when we settled in at the diner to talk about it, was "Rey is Luke's daughter, right?"
So I am here to tell you that if that wasn't their intention with all the musical and visual cues surrounding her, then that is some weird serendipity, because even someone with no real knowledge of the SW universe or the fan theories that abound came away with that impression. I know people want her not to be, but. I'm still pretty sure it's the Skywalker family saga when all is said and done.
Speaking of Skywalker legacies, I still want to hear the story about how Maz Kanata ended up with Luke's lightsaber after Bespin. On a more shallow note, that is one pretty prop.
Also, this time around, I did pay special attention and heard Obi-Wan's voice (both Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor) in Rey's vision.
Given Obi-Wan's appearances in the Star Wars comics, I really feel an Obi-Wan movie with Ewan McGregor gallivanting around Tatooine fighting bounty hunters and gangsters would be pretty awesome. I'm just saying. (I mean, I still want an Ahsoka movie, but I know that's never gonna happen.)
So I didn't get to see any Tuesday night TV at all. I guess it's good we've got a three-day weekend coming up, so I can catch up!
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What I'm reading Wednesday:
What I've finished
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton, which I really enjoyed. I found the split in the goodreads reviews interesting - I don't read a lot of memoirs, so I don't know if I need to like the person telling the story, or just find them entertaining, but I found Hamilton very entertaining, and not just because the writing was so strong (though there was some occasional tense weirdness where suddenly things would be in present tense). Her stories were interesting! I mean, no, I don't understand why she hates her mother so much and yet her father - seemingly equally culpable - gets no mention at all, and I don't really get her marriage, but I loved the descriptions of that annual family holiday in Puglia so much that I don't really care? So yeah, I really enjoyed it.
What I'm reading now
How to Be Both by Ali Smith, which
falena mentioned last week, and the library had it, so. It's...interesting. Again, really strong writing, but a little too aware of itself as a literary novel, maybe? I found it difficult going to start, but then got used to it (the use of colons in place of a lot of other punctuation is weird), though it's still slow going, but not necessarily in a bad way? We'll see if I finish it in time to get it back to the library.
What I'm reading next
This morning, I got an email from NYPL saying that The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness is available, so probably that. I've heard good things, and hopefully I will like it more than I liked that trilogy he wrote (hopefully it won't have the same irritating writing tics). I guess we'll see!
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The hot chocolate was really good, though. And so was TFA. And it was fun to see it with someone who hadn't seen it, hadn't been spoiled, and has no real attachment to Star Wars (L. is more of a Trek fan) beyond having seen and enjoyed the OT once. But the first thing she said to me when we settled in at the diner to talk about it, was "Rey is Luke's daughter, right?"
So I am here to tell you that if that wasn't their intention with all the musical and visual cues surrounding her, then that is some weird serendipity, because even someone with no real knowledge of the SW universe or the fan theories that abound came away with that impression. I know people want her not to be, but. I'm still pretty sure it's the Skywalker family saga when all is said and done.
Speaking of Skywalker legacies, I still want to hear the story about how Maz Kanata ended up with Luke's lightsaber after Bespin. On a more shallow note, that is one pretty prop.
Also, this time around, I did pay special attention and heard Obi-Wan's voice (both Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor) in Rey's vision.
Given Obi-Wan's appearances in the Star Wars comics, I really feel an Obi-Wan movie with Ewan McGregor gallivanting around Tatooine fighting bounty hunters and gangsters would be pretty awesome. I'm just saying. (I mean, I still want an Ahsoka movie, but I know that's never gonna happen.)
So I didn't get to see any Tuesday night TV at all. I guess it's good we've got a three-day weekend coming up, so I can catch up!
***
What I'm reading Wednesday:
What I've finished
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton, which I really enjoyed. I found the split in the goodreads reviews interesting - I don't read a lot of memoirs, so I don't know if I need to like the person telling the story, or just find them entertaining, but I found Hamilton very entertaining, and not just because the writing was so strong (though there was some occasional tense weirdness where suddenly things would be in present tense). Her stories were interesting! I mean, no, I don't understand why she hates her mother so much and yet her father - seemingly equally culpable - gets no mention at all, and I don't really get her marriage, but I loved the descriptions of that annual family holiday in Puglia so much that I don't really care? So yeah, I really enjoyed it.
What I'm reading now
How to Be Both by Ali Smith, which
falena mentioned last week, and the library had it, so. It's...interesting. Again, really strong writing, but a little too aware of itself as a literary novel, maybe? I found it difficult going to start, but then got used to it (the use of colons in place of a lot of other punctuation is weird), though it's still slow going, but not necessarily in a bad way? We'll see if I finish it in time to get it back to the library.
What I'm reading next
This morning, I got an email from NYPL saying that The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness is available, so probably that. I've heard good things, and hopefully I will like it more than I liked that trilogy he wrote (hopefully it won't have the same irritating writing tics). I guess we'll see!
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people have commented there.