Because jump roping is so much more strenuous than, say, CHILDBIRTH.
And now my boy's in love. All hearts and flowers. But, doesn't it freak you out that she used to change your diapers? I mean, when you think about it, the first woman you boned is the closest thing you've ever had to a mother. Doing your mom and trying to kill your dad. Hm. There should be a play.
Angelus ,'Damage'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Strix - May 30, 2008 8:26:16 pm PDT #6003 of 28370
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
meara - May 31, 2008 1:25:29 pm PDT #6004 of 28370
Oh! I finally remembered to request (and got) "Adios to My Old Life" from the library! I loved it, but also wanted it to be like, five times as long and detailed. Like, it hardly went into the whole show thing, and the songs, and the rehearsing! It so could've been a much much longer book! And I wanted more on the other contestants! And the process! And her background! And like...it could've....been a trilogy!! Or somethign! Come on! It was good I wanted MORE. Hmph. Hate that.
Consuela - May 31, 2008 1:54:39 pm PDT #6005 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wasn't it fun? I really enjoyed it. It was just well-done, and quite satisfying.
Steph L. - May 31, 2008 9:31:50 pm PDT #6006 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh! I finally remembered to request (and got) "Adios to My Old Life" from the library!
Her "It's Not About the Accent" is just as good, IMO. I think I might even like it better.
I just got Women's World from the library the other day. I haven't started it yet, and I'm wondering if the gimmick is actually going to make it hard for me to follow the story, but the idea was so intriguing that I wanted to at least give it a shot.
meara - May 31, 2008 10:13:57 pm PDT #6007 of 28370
Dang, doesn't look like the Seattle Library has that one, Steph. Hrmph. Maybe the bookstore will. The library had Adios when the bookstore didn't. (Somehow, ordering from Amazon is too much effort. Don't ask me what that's about)
Shir - Jun 02, 2008 3:29:07 am PDT #6008 of 28370
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
What Did the Nobel Laureates Read When They were Young?
I didn't see this here before, but I've skipped a few.
Laga - Jun 02, 2008 8:12:24 am PDT #6009 of 28370
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Poisonwood- I am so mad at Rachel right now. She just used shapoopie in a sentence (as a substitute for a word she didn't understand, I think) and now I have that horrible song stuck in my head. And if that's not bad enough, it's the Family Guy version. sigh.
JZ - Jun 02, 2008 12:58:06 pm PDT #6010 of 28370
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
My favorite, favorite old-timey YA novel, the one I'll go back to over and over and over and over x eleventy-million, is Daddy Long-Legs.
I love Judy finding her way socially, discovering that she's not just a smart-ass but actually smart, finding herself politically ("Hooray! I'm a Fabian!"), being a total but enthusiastic doof at sports, sneaking off campus to go skating and eat lobster with her friends, finding her voice as a writer, navigating flirtations and school dances and love and rigid social barriers and finding a space where she belongs.
Also, the whole thing is short enough that there's no need for an abridged/unabridged discussion, and it has pictures! Well, doodles. Which is almost even better.
I'm also just slightly bitter that there have only been two movie versions and they were both Not The Novel on an epic scale.
megan walker - Jun 02, 2008 1:00:44 pm PDT #6011 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I've just started re-reading the Little House books based on discussions here. I'm on Farmer Boy (now #2 in the series) and all I have to say is, my g*d, the food.
Kathy A - Jun 02, 2008 1:03:43 pm PDT #6012 of 28370
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I love Daddy Long Legs!
I remember several years ago chatting with my cousin's wife about the reading habits of her eldest daughter (who just got married last fall--eek!!). The two of them would read books out loud together, which I thought was awesome considering Danielle was already in middle school by then, and she was saying how they were looking for more books to read. I happened to mention DLL to her, and at the next holiday get-together, she thanked me a million times for the rec, since they both loved it.