Treasure Island, to most kids, is Liver and Onions. To some kids, it's just fun. To me, as an adult who is rediscovering Treasure Island, it's fun... but I'm not a kid.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kat - Jan 07, 2007 4:14:02 pm PST #3009 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Ginger - Jan 07, 2007 4:16:55 pm PST #3010 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
But it has pirates and a treasure map! Kids these days.
Morgana - Jan 07, 2007 5:35:14 pm PST #3011 of 10001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
This is irking on a level that is difficult to express without resorting to Brobdingnagian levels of profanity.
Just had to see that again. Lovely turn of phrase.
Kristen - Jan 07, 2007 6:21:43 pm PST #3012 of 10001
Just watched Munich. Totally broccoli.
Daisy Jane - Jan 07, 2007 6:25:27 pm PST #3013 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I liked Moby Dick, but I read it when I was in my late 20's. Joyce is rich dark chocolate, mos def.
Liver and onions is Faulkner (I know, I know I'm Southern, but..). Embrace the period.
Monique - Jan 08, 2007 4:04:54 am PST #3014 of 10001
For those of you who won't/can't get Entertainment Weekly, the content from the current magazine has been published to the site. You can find the article about TV's hit Drive here.
Strega - Jan 08, 2007 9:29:58 am PST #3015 of 10001
Ooog.
You *can* smoke on the balconies at the LAX Marriott. Yay. So Kristen gets dinner after all.
And my new, comfy, broken-in shoes gave me a blister. Boo. No dinner for them.
Allyson - Jan 08, 2007 9:30:47 am PST #3016 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I sent an email to check and see if you arrived alive.
Allyson - Jan 08, 2007 9:31:32 am PST #3017 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Also, do you have a car or do I have to chaffeur your ass all over Los Angeles? Again?
Allyson - Jan 08, 2007 9:32:36 am PST #3018 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I can't believe I had to find out you arrived safely out here in public, with all the little *people*.