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I learned last Thursday that cancer has been confirmed in Grandma Jo's liver. She's opted for chemotherapy.
I'd been so excited about Halloween and being with my friends I'd forgot to mention it.... I need to send my thank you card to Grandma and Grandpa soon. Mom, Dad, Cammy and I are going to drive down south to visit them during my upcoming break.
Hung out with Aurora after class again today. We discussed our stories and characters, made fun of Twilight, and traveled several blocks up and down the Pearl District trying to decide where to have lunch before settling with Baja Fresh again. We delighted over various classic films outside in the chilly air.
And... this is too hilarious NOT to read. I'm certain the author of this article is secretly one of Stephanie Meyer's rabid fangirls (or fanboys?) in disguise.
The article is titled Stephanie Meyer: A New J.K. Rowling?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734838,00.html
...Just... WOW.
Wait, check THIS out:
No, I have not read Twilight, but I've heard plenty about Meyer's horrendous writing and her sparkly vampires (or crystal golems-masquerading-as-vampires) and her priss-ass protagonist to know that I practically DID read the novel by reading this article. Oh, how I LOLed!
Here's what I figure I just MIGHT do: I just MIGHT read the first chapter. I really am terribly curious about Meyer's writing. It's supposed to be like reading a twelve-year-old's fan fiction, or at least that's what several artists on dA have said (even if dA is full of ~drama, these comics are vastly entertaining).
Here's one of the most highly respected / reviled parody comics of the series:
http://shinga.deviantart.com/art/Head-Trip-Twilight-Sucks-85504254
Aurora and Skull got into a mild argument with Didi about Twilight today in Creative Writing, which was kind of amusing.
Also, we finally got our second assignments back, graded. Got an A-. It doesn't disappoint me, but I think my first assignment (which got an A) is by far the weaker piece of writing. Granted, we're given only one full day to complete these writings, but... still. It was really an exercise - for me - in trying to create a voice for the superintelligent chimeras in the story.
Most of my group - except Aurora - were confused as to what a chimera is. Ah well. =P
That is not meant to sound condescending. I guess they hadn't known about the traditional Greek chimera....
My hands are very cold. Aunt Pam and Uncle Larry lowered the thermostat to save on energy.
Hell, I'm wearing a t-shirt, a hooded sweatshirt, long pants, socks, and my slippers... and my feet are cold, too.
I hope Grandma Jo isn't in pain.... That's what I can pray for, for the time being.
I'd been so excited about Halloween and being with my friends I'd forgot to mention it.... I need to send my thank you card to Grandma and Grandpa soon. Mom, Dad, Cammy and I are going to drive down south to visit them during my upcoming break.
Hung out with Aurora after class again today. We discussed our stories and characters, made fun of Twilight, and traveled several blocks up and down the Pearl District trying to decide where to have lunch before settling with Baja Fresh again. We delighted over various classic films outside in the chilly air.
And... this is too hilarious NOT to read. I'm certain the author of this article is secretly one of Stephanie Meyer's rabid fangirls (or fanboys?) in disguise.
The article is titled Stephanie Meyer: A New J.K. Rowling?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734838,00.html
...Just... WOW.
Wait, check THIS out:
But it is the rare vampire novel that isn't about sex on some level, and the Twilight books are no exception. What makes Meyer's books so distinctive is that they're about the erotics of abstinence. [...what?!] Their tension comes from prolonged, superhuman acts of self-restraint. There's a scene midway through Twilight in which, for the first time, Edward leans in close and sniffs the aroma of Bella's exposed neck. "Just because I'm resisting the wine doesn't mean I can't appreciate the bouquet," he says. "You have a very floral smell, like lavender ... or freesia." [Christ, Edward might as well be a vampiric HUMMINGBIRD. ...FUCK, NOW I NEED TO DRAW THIS.] He barely touches her, but there's more sex in that one paragraph than in all the snogging in Harry Potter.
[Okay, um.... This is railing on the article's author, but did you catch how the above paragraph begins, and how it ends? Whether the sex actually happens or whether it's implied, IT IS STILL ABOUT SEX "AT SOME LEVEL."
...I'm having fun. Sue me.]
It's never quite clear whether Edward wants to sleep with Bella or rip her throat out or both, but he wants something, and he wants it bad, and you feel it all the more because he never gets it. That's the power of the Twilight books: they're squeaky, geeky clean on the surface, but right below it, they are absolutely, deliciously filthy.
[BUT I THOUGHT BELLA HATES GEEKS AND NERDS? OMG CONFUUUUSED.] D:
No, I have not read Twilight, but I've heard plenty about Meyer's horrendous writing and her sparkly vampires (or crystal golems-masquerading-as-vampires) and her priss-ass protagonist to know that I practically DID read the novel by reading this article. Oh, how I LOLed!
Here's what I figure I just MIGHT do: I just MIGHT read the first chapter. I really am terribly curious about Meyer's writing. It's supposed to be like reading a twelve-year-old's fan fiction, or at least that's what several artists on dA have said (even if dA is full of ~drama, these comics are vastly entertaining).
Here's one of the most highly respected / reviled parody comics of the series:
http://shinga.deviantart.com/art/Head-Trip-Twilight-Sucks-85504254
Aurora and Skull got into a mild argument with Didi about Twilight today in Creative Writing, which was kind of amusing.
Also, we finally got our second assignments back, graded. Got an A-. It doesn't disappoint me, but I think my first assignment (which got an A) is by far the weaker piece of writing. Granted, we're given only one full day to complete these writings, but... still. It was really an exercise - for me - in trying to create a voice for the superintelligent chimeras in the story.
Most of my group - except Aurora - were confused as to what a chimera is. Ah well. =P
That is not meant to sound condescending. I guess they hadn't known about the traditional Greek chimera....
My hands are very cold. Aunt Pam and Uncle Larry lowered the thermostat to save on energy.
Hell, I'm wearing a t-shirt, a hooded sweatshirt, long pants, socks, and my slippers... and my feet are cold, too.
I hope Grandma Jo isn't in pain.... That's what I can pray for, for the time being.
