My Ouchy Feet, and Book Meme Days 04 - 07
Sep. 15th, 2010 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apple_pathwaysToday I wore a pair of shoes that I've worn about a million times in about a million different situations, but today somehow they have morphed into The Evil Ballet Flats of Razor Blades and Pain. I now have blisters on my right little toe, and on the back of both of my heels.
I still hate my Complex Organizations lecture. I can't wait until we get the evaluations for the course. "Dear Professor: your lectures made me want to self-harm."
Book Meme Days 04-07
Who wrote this meme? They seem to be asking the same question over and over again. I'll briefly touch on the next four days.
Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever
My favorite book is A Room With a View by E.M. Forster. It's hard to say that it's my absolute most favoritest book ever because I like a lot of books, but I've adored it since I first read it in high school, and have re-read it about a dozen times since. I love what it says about relationships between men and women.
There's a quote by George spoken to Lucy that almost exactly sums up the kind of relationship I'm looking for. "I want you to have your own thoughts even as I hold you in my arms." I want someone to say that to me, and mean it.
Day 05 - A book or series you hate
This is going to be a controversial answer, and is really going to piss off most of my flist. (Let's be honest: it's going to piss off most of the world.) *ahem* Harry Potter.
I don't really hate it, because I haven't read it. I tend not to read things I don't like (even if they're assigned in a class...oops), so I can't really come up with a book series that I can say I didn't like for an objective reason. I don't like Harry Potter because the rest of the world is mad for it, and I don't get it, and I'm left just standing off to the side thinking, "Ok guys, um...can we talk about something else yet?"
Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Am I on drugs, or is this not almost exactly the same as Day 04? Are there different definitions of "ever" and "of all time"?
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Deus ex machina. It happens at the end of Lord of the Flies (one of my favorite books of ever/all time) when the military shows up to rescue Ralph from the savage boys. It happens in the Lord of the Rings trilogy: Gwaihir and the other Eagles show up at some awfully convenient times.
It's frustrating when something unexpected and previously unrelated to the story swoops in to save the day. And yet I still love these books.
Now I must compose a Sherlock fanmix for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
thegameison_sh! (Weren't we just talking about this, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
evilhippo? Any other suggestions? Could I steal the ones you already gave me?)
I still hate my Complex Organizations lecture. I can't wait until we get the evaluations for the course. "Dear Professor: your lectures made me want to self-harm."
Book Meme Days 04-07
Who wrote this meme? They seem to be asking the same question over and over again. I'll briefly touch on the next four days.
Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever
My favorite book is A Room With a View by E.M. Forster. It's hard to say that it's my absolute most favoritest book ever because I like a lot of books, but I've adored it since I first read it in high school, and have re-read it about a dozen times since. I love what it says about relationships between men and women.
There's a quote by George spoken to Lucy that almost exactly sums up the kind of relationship I'm looking for. "I want you to have your own thoughts even as I hold you in my arms." I want someone to say that to me, and mean it.
Day 05 - A book or series you hate
This is going to be a controversial answer, and is really going to piss off most of my flist. (Let's be honest: it's going to piss off most of the world.) *ahem* Harry Potter.
I don't really hate it, because I haven't read it. I tend not to read things I don't like (even if they're assigned in a class...oops), so I can't really come up with a book series that I can say I didn't like for an objective reason. I don't like Harry Potter because the rest of the world is mad for it, and I don't get it, and I'm left just standing off to the side thinking, "Ok guys, um...can we talk about something else yet?"
Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Am I on drugs, or is this not almost exactly the same as Day 04? Are there different definitions of "ever" and "of all time"?
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Deus ex machina. It happens at the end of Lord of the Flies (one of my favorite books of ever/all time) when the military shows up to rescue Ralph from the savage boys. It happens in the Lord of the Rings trilogy: Gwaihir and the other Eagles show up at some awfully convenient times.
It's frustrating when something unexpected and previously unrelated to the story swoops in to save the day. And yet I still love these books.
Now I must compose a Sherlock fanmix for
thegameison_sh! (Weren't we just talking about this, evilhippo? Any other suggestions? Could I steal the ones you already gave me?)![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2010-09-16 02:25 am (UTC)Ok, that's the ginger one, I recognize him.
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Date: 2010-09-16 02:39 am (UTC)the ginger one <3 I find it a duty as a fellow ginger to help repopulate the ginger community by having his children.
/uses final HP icon/