Cute Little Totoro
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Old Book Reveiws!!
Doing a bit of blog housekeeping.
Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Charles Dickens
Genre: Fiction.
Plot: So there's this guy, and there's this other guy who looks a lot like him, and then there's the French Revolution. Also, a crazy shoemaking doctor.
Christian?: Not explicitly so, but yes.
Was it good?: It was excellent!
At least three other "things":
Best Character: Sydney Carton
Best Lines: (During the first trial, questions are the lawyer, non-questions are the witness)
Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever been kicked down-stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick on the top of a staircase, and fell downstairs of his own accord.
Things I've learned by reading this book: Charles Dickens is funny. "Resurrection Man" is a euphamism for a person who digs up corpses illeagally to sell to doctors.
Title: The Place of the Lion
Author: Charles Williams
Genre: Fiction
Plot: Oh God. I'll try, but make no promises. So there's this guy. And an escaped Lioness. And these principles, represented by animals. These principles are wandering around, absorbing the earthly animals that correspond to them, and possesing people who are like them (the sly conniving person is absorbed by the snake, the vicious violent man by the lion) And they have to be stopped. By a man named Anthony and a woman named Damaris.
Christian?: Yes, by an Anglican, but very mystical, with Kabbalah type stuff.
Was it good?: Yes, very good. I think.
At least three other "things":
WTF?: It makes a lot more sense if you read the book.
Best line: Perhaps there isn't an Archetypal Sheep.
Redemption Story?: YES! I love redemption stories! Damaris and Quentin!
Title: Tales of the Long Bow
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Genre: Fiction
Plot: So there's this group of guys that sort of make expressions true (make pigs fly, make purses out of sows ears, ect.), and while doing so, lead a revolution in England.
Christian?: Yep
Was it good?: Yep
At least three other "things":
Was it weird?: Yes
Best Character: Col. Crane, or Archer
Further Comments: Not the first Chesterton book that I would recommend. If you haven't read any Chesterton, start with Orthodoxy, or the Innocence of Father Brown.
Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Charles Dickens
Genre: Fiction.
Plot: So there's this guy, and there's this other guy who looks a lot like him, and then there's the French Revolution. Also, a crazy shoemaking doctor.
Christian?: Not explicitly so, but yes.
Was it good?: It was excellent!
At least three other "things":
Best Character: Sydney Carton
Best Lines: (During the first trial, questions are the lawyer, non-questions are the witness)
Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever been kicked down-stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick on the top of a staircase, and fell downstairs of his own accord.
Things I've learned by reading this book: Charles Dickens is funny. "Resurrection Man" is a euphamism for a person who digs up corpses illeagally to sell to doctors.
Title: The Place of the Lion
Author: Charles Williams
Genre: Fiction
Plot: Oh God. I'll try, but make no promises. So there's this guy. And an escaped Lioness. And these principles, represented by animals. These principles are wandering around, absorbing the earthly animals that correspond to them, and possesing people who are like them (the sly conniving person is absorbed by the snake, the vicious violent man by the lion) And they have to be stopped. By a man named Anthony and a woman named Damaris.
Christian?: Yes, by an Anglican, but very mystical, with Kabbalah type stuff.
Was it good?: Yes, very good. I think.
At least three other "things":
WTF?: It makes a lot more sense if you read the book.
Best line: Perhaps there isn't an Archetypal Sheep.
Redemption Story?: YES! I love redemption stories! Damaris and Quentin!
Title: Tales of the Long Bow
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Genre: Fiction
Plot: So there's this group of guys that sort of make expressions true (make pigs fly, make purses out of sows ears, ect.), and while doing so, lead a revolution in England.
Christian?: Yep
Was it good?: Yep
At least three other "things":
Was it weird?: Yes
Best Character: Col. Crane, or Archer
Further Comments: Not the first Chesterton book that I would recommend. If you haven't read any Chesterton, start with Orthodoxy, or the Innocence of Father Brown.
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Friday, January 21, 2005
At the request of the lovely Grt
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Ryan
2. Zoot
3. Rory
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. killmrbob
2. eleanorquantifier
3. cutelittletotoro
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. my feet
2. mad sorting skills
3. my ability to obtain and keep high-quality friends
THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. laziness
2. cynicism
3. "that I don't ask others for help as often as I need to" Greta's, but amen to that
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Irish
2. Scottish
3. English
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Dogs
2. monsters
3. public humiliation
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. ring
2. shirt
3. underwear
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. ring
2. glasses
3. those big pants rory hates so much
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS (at the moment):
1. Guster
2. Johnny Cash
3. Cake
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (at the moment):
1. Jolene, covered by Mindy Smith
2. that keane song they keep playing...um...somewhere only we know
3. I bombed Korea, by Cake
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Library Science School
2. working a real job
3. mangoes
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP
1. fun
2. stability
3. absence of knife fights
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order)
1. if three different people tell you the same thing, it has to be true
2. i heart parakeets
3. i have a snakeskin wallet
THREE THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. deep voice
2. responsibility
3. intelligence
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. knitting
2. reading
3. baking
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Sleep
2. own an ipod
3. have a job
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Research librarian
2. another, more different kind of librarian
3. exquisite wife and mother
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. The Mütter Museum
2. Spain
3. Southeast Missouri
THREE KIDS NAMES:
1. Penelope
2. Mark
3. Howard
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Get married
2. Have children
3. Own tame parakeets
THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY
1. Mechanically competent
2. Good at math
3. dislike romantic comedy
THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK
1. Don't like math
2. femaleness
3. read shojo manga
TEN CELEBRITIES I'D TOTALLY DO (in no particular order)
"You all know I wouldn't, but I do find these people incredibly attractive" - I'm gonna go ahead and steal greta's disclaimer too...except "incredibly" is a bit of a stretch for some of them.
1. Peter Wingfield
2. Clint Eastwood
3. Johnny Depp
4. Jude Law
5. Paul Newman
6. Edward Norton
7. Josh Turner
8. Al Pacino
9. Gabriel Byrne
10. that's it, I've stretched "incredibly" as far as it'll go.
THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:
1. Kirsten
2. Cecily
3. Darcey
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Ryan
2. Zoot
3. Rory
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. killmrbob
2. eleanorquantifier
3. cutelittletotoro
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. my feet
2. mad sorting skills
3. my ability to obtain and keep high-quality friends
THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. laziness
2. cynicism
3. "that I don't ask others for help as often as I need to" Greta's, but amen to that
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Irish
2. Scottish
3. English
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Dogs
2. monsters
3. public humiliation
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. ring
2. shirt
3. underwear
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. ring
2. glasses
3. those big pants rory hates so much
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS (at the moment):
1. Guster
2. Johnny Cash
3. Cake
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (at the moment):
1. Jolene, covered by Mindy Smith
2. that keane song they keep playing...um...somewhere only we know
3. I bombed Korea, by Cake
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Library Science School
2. working a real job
3. mangoes
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP
1. fun
2. stability
3. absence of knife fights
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order)
1. if three different people tell you the same thing, it has to be true
2. i heart parakeets
3. i have a snakeskin wallet
THREE THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. deep voice
2. responsibility
3. intelligence
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. knitting
2. reading
3. baking
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Sleep
2. own an ipod
3. have a job
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Research librarian
2. another, more different kind of librarian
3. exquisite wife and mother
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. The Mütter Museum
2. Spain
3. Southeast Missouri
THREE KIDS NAMES:
1. Penelope
2. Mark
3. Howard
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Get married
2. Have children
3. Own tame parakeets
THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY
1. Mechanically competent
2. Good at math
3. dislike romantic comedy
THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK
1. Don't like math
2. femaleness
3. read shojo manga
TEN CELEBRITIES I'D TOTALLY DO (in no particular order)
"You all know I wouldn't, but I do find these people incredibly attractive" - I'm gonna go ahead and steal greta's disclaimer too...except "incredibly" is a bit of a stretch for some of them.
1. Peter Wingfield
2. Clint Eastwood
3. Johnny Depp
4. Jude Law
5. Paul Newman
6. Edward Norton
7. Josh Turner
8. Al Pacino
9. Gabriel Byrne
10. that's it, I've stretched "incredibly" as far as it'll go.
THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:
1. Kirsten
2. Cecily
3. Darcey
