I'm fairly certain I'll get an email from his teacher.
It should be a note of extreme praise of your parenting skills.
Lindsey: Why--why did you... Lorne: One last job. You're not part of the solution, Lindsey. You never will be. Lindsey: You kill me? A flunky?! I'm not just...Angel...kills me. You...Angel... Lorne: Good night, folks.
'Not Fade Away'
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."
sj - Apr 07, 2009 11:55:50 am PDT #8692 of 28431
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Dana - Apr 07, 2009 11:56:37 am PDT #8693 of 28431
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I would like to point out that The Odyssey is stupid, and The Iliad is much better.
Polter-Cow - Apr 07, 2009 12:00:52 pm PDT #8694 of 28431
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Odyssey is fun! There are monsters and witches and Sirens and adventures and sheep and pigs.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 07, 2009 12:01:46 pm PDT #8695 of 28431
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Plus, once you read the Odyssey, you are better equipped to read Ulysses in college!
Dana - Apr 07, 2009 12:05:04 pm PDT #8696 of 28431
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There are monsters and witches and Sirens and adventures and sheep and pigs.
But Odysseus is such a jerk.
javachik - Apr 07, 2009 12:11:42 pm PDT #8697 of 28431
Our wings are not tired.
java - do you have any Shakespeare ones? If the library doesn't take them, I'm sure CJ would love them.
I think so. I'll take a look when I get home!
Scrappy - Apr 07, 2009 12:19:38 pm PDT #8698 of 28431
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I LOVED this book when I was a kid and it engendered a fascination with mythology. I still have a copy! [link]
Barb - Apr 07, 2009 12:23:12 pm PDT #8699 of 28431
“Not dead yet!”
And it will say, "can I borrow some of these books?"
Heh-- that would be funny.
It should be a note of extreme praise of your parenting skills.
Alas, given today's educational and/or parenting climate, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a "C'mon, I know he didn't really read THESE books/stories. No kid reads these."
sj - Apr 07, 2009 12:27:05 pm PDT #8700 of 28431
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Alas, given today's educational and/or parenting climate, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a "C'mon, I know he didn't really read THESE books/stories. No kid reads these."
Yeah. Sadly that comes from some parents too. When I worked at the bookstore I was always disappointed when a parent would talk a kid out of getting the book on his or her reading list that they really wanted to read because the kid assumed it's too hard.
My advice for any kid trying to read Shakespeare for the first time, is to try to read it out loud, it makes so much more sense that way. Of course, this advice usually gets me an eyeroll response.
Barb - Apr 07, 2009 12:43:10 pm PDT #8701 of 28431
“Not dead yet!”
My advice for any kid trying to read Shakespeare for the first time, is to try to read it out loud, it makes so much more sense that way. Of course, this advice usually gets me an eyeroll response.
I'm actually planning on playing Branagh's version of Much Ado and giving the kids the script to follow. I think the brilliance in his adaptations is he took Shakespeare from sounding as if it was something that had to be enunciated to the back rrrrrrrrow and returned it to a more conversational, "real" cadence.
I also have audio recordings of Branagh doing Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet on CD.