That's insane troll logic!
Xander ,'Showtime'
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."
Fay - Mar 24, 2009 9:23:50 pm PDT #8630 of 28431
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Calli - Mar 25, 2009 1:09:30 am PDT #8631 of 28431
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
And on top of the weird metaphor fest, "Spikenard"? The protagonist's name is "Spikenard"? Really?
Frankenbuddha - Mar 25, 2009 4:55:12 am PDT #8632 of 28431
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And is it pronounced "Spike-nard"? "Spick-en-ard"? "Spiken-ard"?
Spickeloost, anyone?
Toddson - Mar 25, 2009 5:12:22 am PDT #8633 of 28431
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I don't think anyone here is feeling much in the way of "oost".
sumi - Mar 25, 2009 5:38:19 am PDT #8634 of 28431
Art Crawl!!!
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Fay - Mar 25, 2009 7:14:25 am PDT #8635 of 28431
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I like the idea that the other characters might be called Angelnard, and Drusillanard, and Buffynard. It could be a whole new cunning form of C&D-proof fanfic. Really, really, REALLY bad C&D-proof fanfic.
Strix - Mar 25, 2009 8:44:42 am PDT #8636 of 28431
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Spikenard is an herb. Well, a plant; I'm pretty sure it's a herb, although I do not know what properties I has. I think it's just smelley; it's not like an interesting poison or anything.
Now that my internet is (knock wood) working better, I gotta read that thing.
Strix - Mar 25, 2009 8:55:32 am PDT #8637 of 28431
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh. Oh, I read it. It's the worst "Song of Solomon" on mushrooms mated with the sad, raped memory of Walt Whitman ever. Gah.
And I gotta wonder what kind of breasts this guy saw to use cheese as a metaphoric descriptor. Arrrrrooo?
Toddson - Mar 25, 2009 9:33:04 am PDT #8638 of 28431
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
nom nom nom
meara - Mar 25, 2009 11:44:33 am PDT #8639 of 28431
OK, I enjoy reading YA novels from the library, but WTF, YA section: why have both of the books I got yesterday and read had discussion questions at the end? So annoying. Makes me feel like I"m supposed to be reading for class or something. LAME. I am reading fiction for fun, not for edification! Cut it out! I don't want questions at the end about the character's motivations and crap! BOO. If I really WERE reading this book for class....well, I think my teacher should have better books to choose, first off. And secondly, if my teacher DID choose this book, s/he could come up with his/her own questions.
(I also especially hate this in books that are suddenly popular and reprinted for book club discussion groups. Like, WTF? Suddenly I can't just enjoy the book and talk about it with friends if I so choose, I need a bunch of questions at the end suggested for me?)