I went to college in a teeny town in MO. Th eonly place to buy shoes was Wal-Mart.
Remaining as stoned as possible was kinda a defense mechanism.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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 - Jun 17, 2005 5:10:30 am PDT #7912 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Nutty - Jun 17, 2005 5:13:03 am PDT #7913 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I was amazed at how funny it was.
Suddenly flashing back to that parody someone did -- DX? Tom Scola? -- which was all about Jonathan becoming morose, following funerals in the street etc., and inevitably heading back to Sunnydale. Perfect!
Consuela - Jun 17, 2005 5:30:04 am PDT #7914 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I did read Moby Dick, some years ago. I thought the writing was very good, but it was ultimately annoying as a story. And after a while the alternating chapters of inaccurate science got annoying as well. I was reading it the same time I was reading The Perfect Storm, which, as a work of fictionalized truth, I thought was a much better read.
DXMachina - Jun 17, 2005 5:32:44 am PDT #7915 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Suddenly flashing back to that parody someone did -- DX? Tom Scola?
Yup, 'twas me.
Theodosia did a parody of the same paragraph, too. [link]
Gandalfe - Jun 17, 2005 5:46:03 am PDT #7916 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I read it back when I was - what, 10, 12? And was so unimpressed I haven't read it since. Perhaps my adult self would appreciate it more that my prepubescent self.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 17, 2005 6:21:29 am PDT #7917 of 10002
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I do wonder if Clare would have liked Henry as much on first meeting him as she did, if she hadn't met his older self previously. It's possible that without the time travel, they might never have stayed together.
Ah, handy terms for the two types! I suspect I will be using these in future, I hope you don't mind. This is, as you say, very closed-loop; not only would it be bad to change something in the past (many open-loop stories revolve around efforts *not* to change the timeline), but it's actually impossible. You're right, he did say something along those lines.
I'm afraid that 'what would it take to make this relationship unhealthy?' is one of my fairly standard questions about fictional relationships; I think it has something to do with writing fanfic. And it really wouldn't take much in this case-- as you said yourself, Clare is strongly encouraged to be complicit because this has been so much a part of her life from such a young age. The flip side of that, of course, is someone who didn't have such a ... background, I suppose, of accepting time travel as a normal part of Henry's life, might not be able to tolerate it later on, and without that pre-formed connection he might not have found anyone-- though many of the characters who know or get to know him well seem to take the idea quite calmly.
Strix - Jun 17, 2005 6:38:36 am PDT #7918 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I'm looking for advice on Hispanic lit. Most of my students are Hispanic, and I want to make sure that there's a good proportion of Hispanic authors and poets available.
I may not teach them all, but I also feel like I should have a good background in Hispanic lit, just to be well-versed in making suggestions, etc.
Thanks!
Nutty - Jun 17, 2005 6:45:37 am PDT #7919 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
What age-group, Erin?
Amy - Jun 17, 2005 6:49:30 am PDT #7920 of 10002
Because books.
Erin, I know an English teacher friend of mine taught >The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.
Strix - Jun 17, 2005 7:06:08 am PDT #7921 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
9th and 10th grade.
I've read "House on Mango Street" and all of Isabell Allende's books, except the new Zorro, which I'm going to get as soon as I have some free income. I've read "1000 Years of Solitude" and "Like Water for Chocolate" and I love, love, love Neruda.
Oh, and "Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez.
But that's my extent of Hispanic Lit.