Comments | abiona_sashenka: Me? Obsessed?

abiona_sashenka

Me? Obsessed?

Mar 31, 2005 17:36

Dance Dance Revolution is not an obsession. It's exercise. Just because I scream obscenities at the television and flip off the guy who says "That wasn't your REAL dance," doesn't mean anything. Honestly.

*turns on PlayStation*

Also, joined the community called booktards and have been pretty happy with it so far and have written down a few new titles ( Read more... )

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dreamy_rini March 31 2005, 14:45:56 UTC

"Dance Dance Revolution is not an obsession. It's exercise"...see it is exercise though, haha I have only played it like once though so I can't say I am obsessed. But my brother and his friend love that game (his friend has it) and I swear that is the only way my brother's friend gets any exercise ever!

abiona_sashenka March 31 2005, 22:16:46 UTC

lol, it's funny, I go to the gym and I only do 20 or 25 minutes on the treadmill, but then I had already done 20 minutes of DDR at home... although it's always a secondary thought as cardio exercise. Like... "OH! That counts, too!"

brain explosion.... mmmmuffin March 31 2005, 17:17:59 UTC

just went to booktards... fkjdkjfd... read his entry... He's really argueing all the wrong points in his review. He's bitching about lack of challenge reading and this and that, but... nearly every author he bitches in most ways, i feel, write for the masses, i don't feel any of them are writing for a literay god award, however, they know how to write at a level where a majority of people are entertained enough to buy the book and read it. This is why Faulkner doesn't fly off the shelves, it makes me brain bleed... blagh... that guy annoys me

Re: brain explosion.... abiona_sashenka March 31 2005, 22:19:44 UTC

Yeah, he was just annoying in the way he chose to write his post. Sure, the authors might deserve criticism now and then, but unless you've read their entire body of work, you can't say "Oh, he's TEH SUXOR." NO. King's later works are a LOT different from his earlier I-wrote-this-on-drugs books. A-duh.

And yes... I avoid John Grisham, but only because I think Professor Perabo's innate fear of him as an author of books for the masses is really funny. ;->

Re: brain explosion.... mmmmuffin April 1 2005, 16:05:58 UTC

yeah, that guy was just a blow hole... he's arguing taste and thats annoying.

mashoogina March 31 2005, 18:56:41 UTC

I hate Stephen King and all of those listed above because (1) I don't like that genre of literature and (2) the writing style doesn't appeal to me in the least. That said, I wouldn't rail against them because I have only read King in Spanish and I have read Crichton, but for school (The Andromeda Strain)... I thought it was a good yarn.

It's literature that serves the purpose of entertainment. It's not supposed to be in any way deeply thought provoking. What do you think Jane Austen was before she was considered an author of classics? hmm?

Whatever.

abiona_sashenka March 31 2005, 22:22:58 UTC

Yes, and I totally realize that it's not everyone's genre and not everyone can stomach the writing style. (Dreamcatcher had multiple pages devoted to the description of bloody things shooting out of peoples' anuses called shit weasels... definitely not for everyone.) They do make good stories and usually the movies appeal to a much wider audience because the story is there without the style... it's all good.

And, yes, thank you... a lot of classical authors were probably of King/Crichton/Koontz caliber in their hayday. We just think it's special now because they use "thou wouldst" instead of "you would." :-P

indigoraven April 7 2005, 02:09:19 UTC

Crichton may not be my fav, but I've read him... He better back the fuck up off of Clancy... but I have one question for Mr. Snotty Ass..

If he's such a damn expert, which book is his New York Times Best Seller? Hmm?

abiona_sashenka April 8 2005, 06:58:42 UTC

That's a DARN GOOD QUESTION. :o)

indigoraven December 22 2005, 07:01:00 UTC

AMEN!