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• Student Worker at my college
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• Andi (or is it? Muwahahaha... oh, wait, it is...)
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• discovered in 2000, fan since 2004
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• Get around to watching Orphen and Revolutionary Girl Utena. Oh, and remembering to watch Naruto!
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• well, I'm told I'm a good artist... and that I'm very flexible... can't really think of anything else at the moment
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Mental Health
I did not mean to speak of books again so soon. In fact, I had every intention of recording the usual honest, vauge ramblings of the small, flighty moments and whimsical wishes that make up most of my life. I still intend to write about them. At the end of my post. Briefly, so as not to detract from from my insane, solid ramblings. Insanity is so much more convincing if people think that you don't have a life.
The renewing of my appreciation of Garth Nix lead me to check-out a short story collection of his, entitled Across The Wall. The title is an allusion to a novella in the collection that links back to the Abhorsen trilogy, made more obvious by the book's subtitle; A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories ^_^ The collection ranges from the heart-breaking to the hilarious, although my favorites would have to be "My New Really Epic Fantasy Series," a playful jab at the quirks and cliches of modern fantasy that had me laughing out loud, and "Three Roses," a thoughtful, simple little tale about lost love that reads almost like a fairy-tale fable.
Of course, the Abhorsen novella simply shines like nothing else. It's hard to beat suspensful horror fantasy. Even without the zombies.
Before, occasionally during, after, and around all this reading, I went into Chicago with my art friends (where I saw a guy rocking out on a clarinet), saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (after which I wished the story had a happier ending, or perhaps even a less contradictory plot in relation to PotC 2), complained about movie physics (damn you, Spiderman 3) and crappy grammar (again, Spiderman 3, I mean, come on, "demolecularized"?), made an eye appointment, watched after my elementary-aged siblings, and became involved in planning some sneaky shennanigans. Sadly, I am not insane or focused enough to spend all my time reading (&%*$@!)
-Quotations of the Day-
"And his teams of goblin synchronized swimmers could cross any moat, could emerge at any time in private swimming pools, or even infiltrate via the drains, dressed in clown suits. No one was safe."
-"My New Really Epic Fantasy Series"- (yes, this man is indeed a master of his craft ^_^)
"You know, some day we should move in together. I mean, I'm the clean one and you're, like, the sane one. It would be great."
-My sister- (damn it, they're on to me! *runs off to do something insane*)
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