Tuesday, January 31, 2006

   Noooo!!!

You know those moments when you realize one of your favorite series is over for good? Well, I had one of those recently. I finished The Bartimaeus Trilogy yesterday. And now I want to cry, both because of the ending (why is it that those British authors can always make me want to cry? I never cry!), and the fact that there'll never be another one. I highly recommend those books to any and everyone. Bartimaeus is hilarious and downright fabulous. And his casual cowardice (some would call it "sensible") reminds me a bit of Captain Jack ^_^ Just a little. But the best parts, by and far, are the footnotes; full of snide remarks, historical commentary, and general random funniness (is that even a word?). Anyway, yeah, it's good, go read. In other news, I got the Corpse Bride soundtrack recently. I don't really care for many of the lyrical songs (except "Remains of the Day", since Danny Elfman is a good singer) but I like the music itself. So yay! And the movie is out now too (I think today, right?) Anyway, I'm going to go get it *does happy dance* So all is good. I'll be going now, so I'll see ya all later. -Quotes of the Day- (sorry if it's a bit confusing. The footnotes are best read as they come up, and they're under each individual quote, not the quotes section as a whole) "Let's just say that when your archenemy's trapped you in a place of certain death, and you've survived heroically against all the odds, the last thing you want to see, when you escape at last, is that same archenemy glaring down at you with an expression of annoyed distaste.(1) Not only that - you're weak, look like a jellyfish, and smell of clam chowder. In such circumstances the wind kind of goes out of your sense of triumph. (1) Even a different archenemy would have been marginally better." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Perhaps I can't vouch for Kitty so much, but in my vast experience, strong characters of their sort tend to gravitate together. Pride has a part to play in it, and other emotions too. Neither wishes to fail; each redoubles their efforts to impress. Things get done - but not always the right things, or not always the things expected.(2) And there's not much you can do to stop it. (2) That's how it was with Nefertiti and Akhenaton, of course. One moment it was lingering looks and assignations by the crocodile enclosure; next it was tearing up the state religion and moving Egypt's capital 60 miles into the desert. One thing just led to another." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "No human knew where I'd loitered during the barbarian invasion, and precious few spirits either. (2) (2) The foliots Frisp and Pollux had been present when I was discovered; they'd amused themselves afterward recounting the tale to imps of their acquaintance. Sadly, both foliots and imps were all soon killed in a variety of ways during the course of a single night: a bizarre coincidence, which quite wore me out." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "What is it with you and kitchens, anyway? You're always hanging about in them. (6) (6) This was true. Ever since the royal kitchens at Ninevah, circa 700 B.C. I'd been sent there by Babylonian magicians on a diplomatic mission, e.g. to slip arsenic into Sennacherib's food during a banquet. Unfortunately, Farqual was employeed by the Assyrian king to seek assassins: he took exception to my tasty calves'-fat trifle and chased me about the hall. After the mother of all food fights I felled him with a well-aimed ham bone and made good my escape. Our relationship had generally deteriorated from there." -Ptolomy's Gate, book 3 of The Bartimaeus Trilogy- (that series could last me a year full of daily quotes...)

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