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So I am binge watching Criminal Minds at the moment while I work on my thesis. I am getting so enraged at Hotch's wife that I felt a post was in order. I seriously don't understand why she is being so selfish and judgemental just because he always has to work. The dude is making the world a better place by taking serial killers and sickos off the streets. It's not like he's always too busy for his family because he is flying around the world wooing potential customers or playing golf! I seriously don't see how this could be an issue. Sure it would suck that your partner was away a lot, and I would worry about him/her, but if he/she is need then they are needed!
Well I've been trying to finish some more of my knitting for the Syrian refugees so I stuck the Lord of the Rings trilogy on Netflix. It's funny but sometimes my Film & Media Studies training just takes hold of me. I spent the entire 9 hours plotting out the message of the film in a non-fantasy context. I'll spare you the totality of my craziness, but here are a few thoughts.
( pretty sure everyone has read or seen Lord of the Rings by now but just in case )
I think I've been alone too long...
( pretty sure everyone has read or seen Lord of the Rings by now but just in case )
I think I've been alone too long...
So anyway I figured most of you probably didn't watch the music videos at the end of my Jeremy Renner crush post yesterday and yet the music I heard in the Nick & Kelly music videos is so totally rocking my world at the moment. I can not stop listening to it. So here are the official music videos of my two current fav tunes:
So I need you help
Feb. 14th, 2013 10:03 amMy University is hosting the Dalai Lama in June and in order to get to attend the forum you have to submit a question for a competition. I've been scratching my brain to come up with an awesome question but I keep getting stumped. Ideally I'd love to ask a question related to my thesis, but I'm not sufficiently far enough along in my research to really have one formulated and the questions have to be in by April 19. Other ideas I've had are around thoughts on homosexuality or the bikkuni (Buddhist nun) controversies where some countries don't allow them.
Here's my question to you guys. If you could meet with the Dalai Lama and ask him one question what would it be?
Here's my question to you guys. If you could meet with the Dalai Lama and ask him one question what would it be?
3 days of Japan trip
Jan. 4th, 2013 02:35 amSorry guys forgot to post these here:
Floating Shrines and Missing Hostels
An Ocean of Sightseeing
How to ring in the New Year Japan-style
Floating Shrines and Missing Hostels
An Ocean of Sightseeing
How to ring in the New Year Japan-style
Japan Trip Blog Post 1
Dec. 22nd, 2012 12:04 pmWill be posting links to my travel blog for the next few weeks as I am off on my Japan trip. Won't have much time to edit them out for LJ and all...
blog post 1
blog post 1
I thought some of you might be interested in this project that a friend of mine has done for her design course at Uni. I am trying to encourage her to look at producing it commercially through kickstarter or something like. She describes it as:
Children are often enforced and restricted by traditional gender roles, which make it difficult for them to be themselves. This primary level teaching activity encourages children to express themselves while learning to be open-minded and respectful of diverse identities through play, interaction, and discussion with others. By further using fairy tale characters the project challenges traditional stereotypes that no longer apply in today’s time.
It's basically a create your own fairytale kit which encourages kids to break beyond gender norms and express themselves.
Lessons of DIFference
Children are often enforced and restricted by traditional gender roles, which make it difficult for them to be themselves. This primary level teaching activity encourages children to express themselves while learning to be open-minded and respectful of diverse identities through play, interaction, and discussion with others. By further using fairy tale characters the project challenges traditional stereotypes that no longer apply in today’s time.
It's basically a create your own fairytale kit which encourages kids to break beyond gender norms and express themselves.
Lessons of DIFference
I will have a life again for a couple of weeks from Friday!!!!
Whoever you are can you let me know:
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"KEEP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3" your post was anonymous :)
Trick of the Light by Rob Thurman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Now you see it… Now you don’t… Now you’re history.
There are demons in the world, Monsters. Creatures that would steal your soul. You might hide under your covers at night and pretend all’s right with the world, but you know. Even if you don’t want to admit it…
Las Vegas bar owner Trixa Iktomi deals in information. And in a city where unholy creatures roam the neon night, information can mean life or death. Not that she has anything personal against demons. They can be sexy as hell, and they’re great for getting the latest gossip. But they also steal human souls and thrive on chaos. So occasionally Trixa and her friends have to teach them
manners.
When Trixa learns of a powerful artifact known as the Light of Life, she knows she’s hit the jackpot. Both sides-angel and demon-would give anything for it. But first she had to find it. And as Heaven and Hell ready for an apocalyptic throw-down, Trixa must decide where her true loyalty lies-and what she’s ready to fight for. Because in her world, if you line up on the wrong side, you pay with more than your life…
I first encountered Rob Thurman when I read her Cal Leandros series last year. One of my major soft spots is for snarky humour and boy does Thurman have that in spades. Once I ran out of Cal books to read I went off in search of more of Thurman's work and discovered the Trickster series. I think I actually like this series more due to the female protagonist, and the fact that I think she's even more snarky than Cal! Just about everything I want in a heroine: mad, bad and with a dangerous mouth just asking for trouble.
Tonight I decided it was time for a re-read. I am supposed to be re-reading books I actually own to save money for my upcoming trip to Southeast Asia, however I quickly burnt through the Contemporary Fantasy novels I had and was desperate for more and so I turned to ones I did not have on my kindle (yet!). I retired to bed about 7pm tonight after a long day and yet here I sit at 10pm still awake having re-read Trick of Light from cover to cover and I am desperately trying to convince myself that heading off to buy The Grimrose Path would be a bad idea.
Anyway you ask what else is there about this book that I love besides the snark? One of the main things that resonates with me about Thurman's work is her detailed and flawed characters. In Trick of Light we have Trixia herself, mysterious despite the first person narrative, totally kick ass and able to take care of herself, and yet there are hints of weakness, of human frailties throughout the novel's plot. Then there are Zeke and Griffith, the dangerous sociopath and his conscioncess. I adored the interaction between these two as well as their interactions with Trixia, and damn if the twist at the end wasn't awesome.
The story itself is light and fun, but somehow manages to lead you down lots of twists and turns in the pursuit of an ending, no small mean feat for a first person narrative when its the narrator who's doing the leading. The snappy one-liners and exciting tension building moments just keep me turning the metaphorical pages until I reach the end, that I already know is coming.
Legend by Marie Lu
Feb. 8th, 2012 02:30 pm
Legend by Marie LuMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was fabulous, everything a first book should be and yet seldom is. I adored the two protagonists, both uber teens but with their own flaws and foibles which made their narrations distinct and entertaining. Lu did a fantastic job of emphasizing the differences between two highly intelligent children who have grown up in such different socio-economic conditions. Despite their terrorist/military skills, both June and Day felt like teenagers as well. For all their intelligence and backgrounds, they were still young and foolish.
I have a soft-spot for post-apocalyptic/dystopic novels and the world of Lu's Legend series while not strictly speaking post-apocalyptic had some of the feel to it. A feral lower-class society which is being ruthlessly used by the upper classes without realizing. And an upper-class which has little knowledge of the plight of the lower-classes. Lu wasn't afraid to keep some aspects of the history of the Republic of Los Angeles back either. We still don't know why they are at war with the colonies or what happened to the USA. I like it when history is revealed slowly as you discover along with the characters what is really going on. History is written by the victors after all!
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