really like "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (title taken from the Salman Rushdie book, which... has nothing at all to do with the movie, IIRC).
Rusdie wrote the lyrics, IIRC.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Jim - Apr 21, 2005 4:18:50 am PDT #2065 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Nutty - Apr 21, 2005 4:34:25 am PDT #2066 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Harvard symbologist
I am still working on what this job is. Is he the guy who designs those signs-without-words in airports? The guy who invented the "pull this heavy object don't pull it or it will tip over and squash you" sign that goes on soda vending machines? Did he draw the original Mister Yucky?
erikaj - Apr 21, 2005 5:00:06 am PDT #2067 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm with ita. OMG, that was...one of the worst reading experiences I've ever had, including creative writing class.
Calli - Apr 21, 2005 5:05:48 am PDT #2068 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
British actors Ian McKellen and Alfred Molina have been added to the cast of the anticipated screen adaptation of Dan Brown's controversial novel The Da Vinci Code.
"Throw me the Grail, I'll throw you the rope!"
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2005 5:11:49 am PDT #2069 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm with ita. OMG, that was...one of the worst reading experiences I've ever had, including creative writing class.
The idea behind the story, if I understand it correctly, might be intriguing in the hands of someone who can write. But I had to set Angels and Demons down after a few chapters, because it was so so SO execrably written. I tried, I really did -- see, my Dad LOVED it, and loaned it to me so that we could discuss it, and in the interests of family bonding, I tried to read it.
But how do you tell someone who loved a book that you couldn't read it because it was written so badly that it made your eyes bleed? I don't want to insult him for loving the book -- I say read what you like, as long as you're reading -- but telling someone you hated what they recommended to you feels like an insult.
Tom Scola - Apr 21, 2005 5:14:56 am PDT #2070 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Steph, tell him you didn't like the book because it was poorly edited. You know, technical stuff that a layperson wouldn't notice.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 21, 2005 5:15:49 am PDT #2071 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"Throw me the Grail, I'll throw you the rope!"
OMG, I'd completely forgotten about that. Bwahahahahahaha!
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2005 5:19:20 am PDT #2072 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Tom, good idea! I need you to craft all my excuses to weasel out of things!
Fred Pete - Apr 21, 2005 5:23:35 am PDT #2073 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
But how do you tell someone who loved a book that you couldn't read it because it was written so badly that it made your eyes bleed?
"Just not my cup of tea." Especially if you can find something positive to say about it.
JZ - Apr 21, 2005 5:25:21 am PDT #2074 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Curse you all. You're now making me perversely interested in at least attempting that book, just to see how painful it is. Bridges of Madison County has been my bad-book gold standard for ages upon ages; I read it at the behest of a relative who was just swoony over it, and actually finished the whole thing because it was so painfully astounding. At the end of every chapter I'd think Well, that's got to be as bad as bad could possibly get, and then the very next chapter would prove me wrong. Around midbook it started getting visibly worse paragraph by paragraph. Then the epilogue broke me, every sentence exponentially worse than the one preceding it.
And now I feel the need to check out DaVinci Code to see how it measures up.
Curse you all.