D.Gris, that's one of my very favorite recent YA books. I think you'll really like it.
Oh good! Me and my sister are reading Pooh aloud to each other. It makes me want a child.
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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."
Gris - Jul 06, 2006 4:26:53 pm PDT #977 of 28095
Hey. New board.
Hayden - Jul 06, 2006 4:32:12 pm PDT #978 of 28095
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Most of Eeyore's humor goes right over children's heads, unfortunately.
erikaj - Jul 06, 2006 6:21:09 pm PDT #979 of 28095
Always Anti-fascist!
My mother says that Eeyore and John Munch are the same character.
Atropa - Jul 06, 2006 6:27:33 pm PDT #980 of 28095
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
My mother says that Eeyore and John Munch are the same character.
At our house, Eeyore sounds like Alan Moore.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 07, 2006 2:22:58 am PDT #981 of 28095
What is even happening?
The Complete Adventures of Winnie the Pooh because I've never read all of them and feel I simply must.Oh, yes! I remember you mentioning that you hadn't read them all, before. Good for you.
Foucalt's Pendulum because... you guys were talking about it.Oh, sheeesh. That's up at mum's cottage, and I picked it up (and possibly strained something) last weekend. I think I got five pages in and said, "Self, the brain cells you need to process this died a decade ago." I don't say that to discourage you, just out of nostalgia for the brain I had in my 20s.
Most of Eeyore's humor goes right over children's heads, unfortunately.
Maybe really wee ones, but my kids (6, 7, 10) get it, and have for a while. Okay, Chris is overly serious, and is mostly concerned for Eeyore, because he's not happy (and why isn't he happy, and how can Eeyore get happy, and Eeyore should be happy). Of course, that's Chris's solution to everything, because that's what works in his world (which is the nicest place and I would move there permanently, if I could).
Two summers ago, my cousin brought a few of her grandchildren to the cottage. The little boy, who is a year or two younger than Chris was a holy terror and possibly a bully-in-training, although he was only 2 or 3 at the time . Chris finally grabbed him by the shoulders and shouted, "Cody, I'M GONNA MAKE YOU HAPPY!"
We adults were too busy trying not to piss ourselves laughing at Chris's pronouncement, to do much else, which actually seemed to work. Cody was really caught off guard, because Chris had been a fluffy bunny doormat until whatever happened that caused him to reach the tipping point, and from then on in, Cody behaved (better, not completely) at least when Chris was around. Even today, if one of us is cranky, another will say, "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU HAPPY!"
My mother says that Eeyore and John Munch are the same character.erika, I think she's right. I think Willow Rosenberg has a bit of Eeyore about her at times, too.
Nicklas - Jul 07, 2006 3:59:35 am PDT #982 of 28095
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
My mother says that Eeyore and John Munch are the same character.
That... Perfect.
But now I'm trying to shoe horn the rest of the Homicide LOTS-unit into the characters of Winnie-the-Pooh. It's going so-so. I can't find a character for Howard, and damnit, it's not a proper Homicide unit without Kay Howard.
erikaj - Jul 07, 2006 5:10:28 am PDT #983 of 28095
Always Anti-fascist!
My mom can stop worrying about not finishing college now, huh? In some fields, that could be her dissertation. Now I'm picturing Kay as Kanga, but kind of angry about it. "That's just great, you guys. I'm the woman, so you stuck me with the kid. Thanks so very much."
Topic!Cindy - Jul 07, 2006 5:12:54 am PDT #984 of 28095
What is even happening?
Now I'm picturing Kay as Kanga, but kind of angry about it. "That's just great, you guys. I'm the woman, so you stuck me with the kid. Thanks so very much."
We're sharing a brain, erika, and I'm awfully sorry for the mess in mine, by the way. Seriously though, I had the same thought when I read Nicklas' post.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 07, 2006 5:18:32 am PDT #985 of 28095
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Me, three, re: Kay. I think she has a bit of Eeyore in her too. The first thought that popped into my head, for some reason, was Christopher Robin. Please keep in mind that I have only seen 1 or 2 seasons of Homicide.
erikaj - Jul 07, 2006 5:25:12 am PDT #986 of 28095
Always Anti-fascist!
She does try to protect everyone. Poor Timmy has to be Piglet. God, this is reminding me of that part in "Fortress of Solitude" where the geek boys claim that you could take any group in history and assess it through "Beatle dynamics". I thought they were hopeless, but this is worse.