06 January 2015
Romeo vs. Juliet
From tumblr:
People always make Juliet out to be dumb in Romeo and Juliet, but I think she at least had some sense where Romeo didn't have much of any
Romeo: I was thinking about this chick earlier who I said I was in love with but now I love that girl over there that is very likely to either belong to my family's enemy or be close with my family's enemy as it is their party I am crashing
Juliet: I do not like being so young and forced into a relationship with an older man, but oh there's a cute guy more my age over there. And since he's here he must have been invited and is there for a reasonable love match for myself
--
Romeo: We should kiss right now at this party
Juliet: No that is a super dumb idea
Romeo: *kisses her anyway*
Juliet: That was dumb of you
--
Romeo: We should get married right now
Juliet: We don't know each other. Shouldn't we wait until at least a little time has passed?
Romeo: Like tomorrow?
Juliet: Sure, fine.
--
Juliet: We're married now, so we have to try and make things better between our families.
Romeo: Right.
Romeo: It seems I have killed your cousin and am now exiled.
--
Juliet: Ok so since Romeo fucked up I'm gonna fix this shit by taking a harmless sleeping liquid. He'll come and get me and we can go away together.
Romeo: *immediately kills himself*
Juliet: For fucks sake.
People always make Juliet out to be dumb in Romeo and Juliet, but I think she at least had some sense where Romeo didn't have much of any
Romeo: I was thinking about this chick earlier who I said I was in love with but now I love that girl over there that is very likely to either belong to my family's enemy or be close with my family's enemy as it is their party I am crashing
Juliet: I do not like being so young and forced into a relationship with an older man, but oh there's a cute guy more my age over there. And since he's here he must have been invited and is there for a reasonable love match for myself
--
Romeo: We should kiss right now at this party
Juliet: No that is a super dumb idea
Romeo: *kisses her anyway*
Juliet: That was dumb of you
--
Romeo: We should get married right now
Juliet: We don't know each other. Shouldn't we wait until at least a little time has passed?
Romeo: Like tomorrow?
Juliet: Sure, fine.
--
Juliet: We're married now, so we have to try and make things better between our families.
Romeo: Right.
Romeo: It seems I have killed your cousin and am now exiled.
--
Juliet: Ok so since Romeo fucked up I'm gonna fix this shit by taking a harmless sleeping liquid. He'll come and get me and we can go away together.
Romeo: *immediately kills himself*
Juliet: For fucks sake.
Labels: books
10 April 2014
Quote of the Day: Tumblr
Seen here:
tumblr #1: The Great Unanswered Question: What the hell happens to every country on the planet that isn’t the US in YA dystopias
tumblr #2: maybe all ya dystopian futures are just highly localised and every other country is busy doing their thing.
"do you think the US will be attending the olympics this year?"
"I don’t know; I think they still have that hell-portal open"
"I’ll put them down as a maybe"
tumblr #1: The Great Unanswered Question: What the hell happens to every country on the planet that isn’t the US in YA dystopias
tumblr #2: maybe all ya dystopian futures are just highly localised and every other country is busy doing their thing.
"do you think the US will be attending the olympics this year?"
"I don’t know; I think they still have that hell-portal open"
"I’ll put them down as a maybe"
Labels: books, random awesomeness
03 March 2014
Quote of the Day: Tom Hiddleston
From his twitter:
"Such a beautiful day in London this morning. After so much wind and snow: sunshine, at last. They say Aslan is on the move."
"Such a beautiful day in London this morning. After so much wind and snow: sunshine, at last. They say Aslan is on the move."
Labels: books, random awesomeness
18 December 2013
Quote of the Day: Twilight (via Tumblr)
Per Tumblr, these are the most common sentences in the "Twilight" series:
I sighed.
He sighed.
I shrugged.
I frowned.
He chuckled.
I laughed.
He shrugged.
I flinched.
I took a deep breath.
He didn't answer.
I sighed.
He sighed.
I shrugged.
I frowned.
He chuckled.
I laughed.
He shrugged.
I flinched.
I took a deep breath.
He didn't answer.
Labels: books
11 July 2013
Quote of the Day: Twitter
Seen here:
"The collective noun for a group of books is a 'damn, I'm never going to get around to reading all of these.'"
"The collective noun for a group of books is a 'damn, I'm never going to get around to reading all of these.'"
11 March 2013
Quote of the Day: Robert Heinlein
From The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress:
"Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead — but first get permit."
"Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead — but first get permit."
Labels: books
27 February 2013
Quote of the Day: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores
Edited by Jen Campbell:
customer: Hi, I've got a book on reserve and I've come to pick it up.
bookseller: Sure, what's your name, and what was the title of the book?
customer: My name's Stuart and it was volume one of The Waverley Children's Dictionary.
bookseller: I'm sorry, I can't see that on our reserve shelf. When did you come in and reserve it?
customer: Oh, it was a while ago now.
bookseller: A couple of weeks?
customer: No... more like a year and a half.
bookseller: I'm afraid we only reserve books for a month and then they have to back out in the store. We don't have the space to keep them to one side for longer.
customer: But I was really looking forward to reading that!
customer: Hi, I've got a book on reserve and I've come to pick it up.
bookseller: Sure, what's your name, and what was the title of the book?
customer: My name's Stuart and it was volume one of The Waverley Children's Dictionary.
bookseller: I'm sorry, I can't see that on our reserve shelf. When did you come in and reserve it?
customer: Oh, it was a while ago now.
bookseller: A couple of weeks?
customer: No... more like a year and a half.
bookseller: I'm afraid we only reserve books for a month and then they have to back out in the store. We don't have the space to keep them to one side for longer.
customer: But I was really looking forward to reading that!
Labels: books
16 February 2013
Quote of the Day: Martin Cruz Smith
From the Arkady Renko novel Stalin's Ghost:
Eva: [Zurin said] you are "familiar with Stalin issues"? What did Zurin mean by that?
Arkady: My father knew Stalin.
Eva: They were friends?
Arkady: That's hard to say. Stalin had most of his friends shot.
Eva: [Zurin said] you are "familiar with Stalin issues"? What did Zurin mean by that?
Arkady: My father knew Stalin.
Eva: They were friends?
Arkady: That's hard to say. Stalin had most of his friends shot.
Labels: books
10 January 2013
Quote of the Day: Weird Things Customers Say in Book Stores
From the book, edited by Jen Campbell:
customer: I need A Few Good Men by Joe Steinbeck.
bookseller: Do you mean Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck?
customer: No, I said A Few Good Men.
bookseller: The movie?
customer: No. It's a classic book! Steinbeck.
bookseller: I don't see that here by him. But he did write Of Mice and Men.
customer: What? Just show me where to find his books.
[later]
customer: Here it is. Of Mice and men. Right there on your shelf.
customer: I need A Few Good Men by Joe Steinbeck.
bookseller: Do you mean Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck?
customer: No, I said A Few Good Men.
bookseller: The movie?
customer: No. It's a classic book! Steinbeck.
bookseller: I don't see that here by him. But he did write Of Mice and Men.
customer: What? Just show me where to find his books.
[later]
customer: Here it is. Of Mice and men. Right there on your shelf.
Labels: books
26 December 2012
Quote of the Day: "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores"
I got this great book for Christmas, edited by Jen Campbell. Here's a sample:
Customer: I want to buy a book for my mother. She like Danielle Steel.
Bookseller: Here she is, under "S" for Steel.
Customer: ... Well, I don't know which ones she's already read ... Do you?
Customer: I want to buy a book for my mother. She like Danielle Steel.
Bookseller: Here she is, under "S" for Steel.
Customer: ... Well, I don't know which ones she's already read ... Do you?
Labels: books
18 June 2012
Quote of the Day: Daniel Keys Moran
From The Long Run:
Trent: Hi. I'm Trent the thief. Is there anything I can steal for you?
Melissa DuBois: That is not funny.
Trent: No? Then how about this? [Trent makes a funny face.]
Melissa DuBois: No. That is not funny either.
Trent: You know, people almost always at least smile at that one. Is something wrong?
Melissa DuBois: You are late.
Trent: It wasn't my fault.
Melissa DuBois: As you say.
Trent: So I can't steal anything for you?
Melissa DuBois: No. I am afraid not. I am not poor.
Trent: What's that got to do with it?
Melissa DuBois: Is that not a Robin Hood routine? To steal from the rich, and give to the poor?
Trent: Don't be obscene. I'm a capitalist. [pause] I did have Merry Men once, but I had to get rid of them. They were gloomy sons of bitches.
Melissa DuBois: Oh?
Trent: Didn't laugh at my jokes.
Trent: Hi. I'm Trent the thief. Is there anything I can steal for you?
Melissa DuBois: That is not funny.
Trent: No? Then how about this? [Trent makes a funny face.]
Melissa DuBois: No. That is not funny either.
Trent: You know, people almost always at least smile at that one. Is something wrong?
Melissa DuBois: You are late.
Trent: It wasn't my fault.
Melissa DuBois: As you say.
Trent: So I can't steal anything for you?
Melissa DuBois: No. I am afraid not. I am not poor.
Trent: What's that got to do with it?
Melissa DuBois: Is that not a Robin Hood routine? To steal from the rich, and give to the poor?
Trent: Don't be obscene. I'm a capitalist. [pause] I did have Merry Men once, but I had to get rid of them. They were gloomy sons of bitches.
Melissa DuBois: Oh?
Trent: Didn't laugh at my jokes.
Labels: books, scifi/fantasy
18 April 2012
Their Own Genres
io9 has an interesting article called Science Fiction and Fantasy Creators Who Became Their Own Genres.
I didn't quite know what they meant until I saw a few names, and then I went, "Ohhhh..... yeah. I get it now."
The names that caught my eye were Douglas Adams, Robert Heinlein, and Joss Whedon. Whedon might be the most interesting case: His work is all over the place in terms of traditional genres (Buffy and Angel were fantasy/horror, Firefly was scifi/western, Dollhouse was near-future dystopia/philosophy, Dr. Horrible was scifi(?)/musical, and this year he has three movies coming out: meta horror movie The Cabin in the Woods, superhero blockbuster The Avengers, and a modern-setting production of Much Ado About Nothing.) But I have loved pretty much everything of his he's done. The genres may be all over the place, but the themes and the tone and the humor are always the same.
My favorite bit from the article came from the Douglas Adams section, though:
"Adams was often compared to [Kurt] Vonnegut, and indeed his dark humor often feels sort of reminiscent of Vonnegut's — but he goes much, much further into silliness and absurdism. And as with other authors on this list, when you pick up a Douglas Adams story, you know you're getting certain things, including hapless heroes, ingenious plot twists, narrative digressions and an irreverent refusal to commit to any kind of comforting sense of reality."
I didn't quite know what they meant until I saw a few names, and then I went, "Ohhhh..... yeah. I get it now."
The names that caught my eye were Douglas Adams, Robert Heinlein, and Joss Whedon. Whedon might be the most interesting case: His work is all over the place in terms of traditional genres (Buffy and Angel were fantasy/horror, Firefly was scifi/western, Dollhouse was near-future dystopia/philosophy, Dr. Horrible was scifi(?)/musical, and this year he has three movies coming out: meta horror movie The Cabin in the Woods, superhero blockbuster The Avengers, and a modern-setting production of Much Ado About Nothing.) But I have loved pretty much everything of his he's done. The genres may be all over the place, but the themes and the tone and the humor are always the same.
My favorite bit from the article came from the Douglas Adams section, though:
"Adams was often compared to [Kurt] Vonnegut, and indeed his dark humor often feels sort of reminiscent of Vonnegut's — but he goes much, much further into silliness and absurdism. And as with other authors on this list, when you pick up a Douglas Adams story, you know you're getting certain things, including hapless heroes, ingenious plot twists, narrative digressions and an irreverent refusal to commit to any kind of comforting sense of reality."
Labels: books, movies, scifi/fantasy, TV
05 November 2011
Quote of the Day: Douglas Adams
From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
"One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn't understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid."
"One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn't understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid."
Labels: books
10 October 2011
Quote of the Day: Robin McKinley
Re-reading a favorite, The Outlaws of Sherwood:
[Robin Hood and his band of outlaws are robbing Sir Miles...]
Sir Miles did a great deal of bellowing when eight men in Lincon green fell on him from the treetops, roped him neatly off his horse, caught that horse's bridle as it would have plunged away, knocked his men off their horses likewise, and began to delve into the saddlebags with further ado.
"If you do not be quiet," said Robin conversationally, as Sir Miles thrashed on the ground and roared that if there were a man among them he would challenge Sir Miles to single combat and that Sir Miles would then water the ground with his blood, "I shall gag you. I begin to think that I should enjoy gagging you."
"This is not honorable behavior!" shouted Sir Miles.
Robin grinned. "I hope not. I am, after all, an outlaw and a rogue."
"I could slay you with one hand tied to my belt!" howled Sir Miles.
"Very likely. Which is why, you see, I took the precaution of tying both your hands to your belt, as well as your feet to each other, before venturing to discuss our business with you."
[Robin Hood and his band of outlaws are robbing Sir Miles...]
Sir Miles did a great deal of bellowing when eight men in Lincon green fell on him from the treetops, roped him neatly off his horse, caught that horse's bridle as it would have plunged away, knocked his men off their horses likewise, and began to delve into the saddlebags with further ado.
"If you do not be quiet," said Robin conversationally, as Sir Miles thrashed on the ground and roared that if there were a man among them he would challenge Sir Miles to single combat and that Sir Miles would then water the ground with his blood, "I shall gag you. I begin to think that I should enjoy gagging you."
"This is not honorable behavior!" shouted Sir Miles.
Robin grinned. "I hope not. I am, after all, an outlaw and a rogue."
"I could slay you with one hand tied to my belt!" howled Sir Miles.
"Very likely. Which is why, you see, I took the precaution of tying both your hands to your belt, as well as your feet to each other, before venturing to discuss our business with you."
Labels: books
18 September 2011
Quote of the Day: The Dresden Files
From White Night, by Jim Butcher:
[Harry and Murphy have just found out about a group of witches called "Ordo Lebes".]
Murphy: Ordo Lebes. My Latin is a little rusty.
Harry: That's because you aren't a master of arcane lore, like me.
Murphy: [rolling her eyes] Right.
Harry: Lebes means a large cooking pot. Translates out to the Order of the Large Cooking Pot.
Murphy: Or maybe Order of the Cauldron? Since it sounds so much less silly and has more witchy connotation and all?
Harry: Well, I suppose.
Murphy: [amused] Master of arcane lore.
Harry: I learned Latin through a correspondence course.
[Harry and Murphy have just found out about a group of witches called "Ordo Lebes".]
Murphy: Ordo Lebes. My Latin is a little rusty.
Harry: That's because you aren't a master of arcane lore, like me.
Murphy: [rolling her eyes] Right.
Harry: Lebes means a large cooking pot. Translates out to the Order of the Large Cooking Pot.
Murphy: Or maybe Order of the Cauldron? Since it sounds so much less silly and has more witchy connotation and all?
Harry: Well, I suppose.
Murphy: [amused] Master of arcane lore.
Harry: I learned Latin through a correspondence course.
Labels: books
16 July 2011
Quote of the Day: Stephen King....maybe
I've seen this attributed to Stephen King, but it may not be his. No matter who first wrote/said it, it's still an awesome quote:
"Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.”
"Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.”
30 April 2011
Joanna Russ
Sci Fi author Joanna Russ died recently.
I've read a couple of her books, and, well, hmmm...
My thoughts on her writing are a little schizophrenic.
One the one hand, the stories I read were confusing and weird and dark and I can't really say I liked them.
On the other hand, though, I found myself connecting to them in a strange way. For instance: Way back in 2006 I instituted a "quote of the week" feature, and my inaugural quote was from her book The Female Man.
The two books I read were We Who Are About To... and the aforementioned The Female Man . That tribute article makes me want to read The Adventures of Alyx. I'm pretty sure I have a copy around here somewhere...
I've read a couple of her books, and, well, hmmm...
My thoughts on her writing are a little schizophrenic.
One the one hand, the stories I read were confusing and weird and dark and I can't really say I liked them.
On the other hand, though, I found myself connecting to them in a strange way. For instance: Way back in 2006 I instituted a "quote of the week" feature, and my inaugural quote was from her book The Female Man.
The two books I read were We Who Are About To... and the aforementioned The Female Man . That tribute article makes me want to read The Adventures of Alyx. I'm pretty sure I have a copy around here somewhere...
Labels: books, scifi/fantasy
22 April 2011
Yay! Yay!!! YAY!!!!!
I requested that the library order Bird at the Buzzer, and they did! Yay!
Since I'm the one who requested it, I automatically get one put on hold for me. Yay!!!
I figured they'd only order it if multiple people requested it, but the system only shows one hold -- and they still ordered it! YAY!!!!!
Since I'm the one who requested it, I automatically get one put on hold for me. Yay!!!
I figured they'd only order it if multiple people requested it, but the system only shows one hold -- and they still ordered it! YAY!!!!!
Labels: books, Seattle Storm
06 January 2011
Done, but Not
I finished The Same River Twice, but I've got lots more quotes.....
MWA-HA-HA!!!
MWA-HA-HA!!!
Labels: books, UConn basketball
02 January 2011
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Today at work I was chatting with a co-worker, and he mentioned that he'd seen a trailer for the new Narnia movie, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader". He'd been amused, because the trailer seemed to imply that it was about a quest for a magic sword to kill a ghost, which is (spoiler!) not the plot of the book.
I think this is the trailer he saw.
I think this is the trailer he saw.
