Loading ...Hot damn. I’m feeling pretty good. I wrote two whole chapters on my book today. I really cranked out the words. I feel like I should reward myself.
Oh well, I guess I’ll just have a cookie.
Tonight I notice Josh is hunting werewolves on Destination Truth. I love werewolves. Unfortunately, I hate Josh. He’s such an annoying twat. He has such a condescending attitude toward everyone in all the countries he visits. He’s a smarmy git. Every once in a while he’ll say something genuinely funny, but its usually by accident.
But hey, werewolves. Color me there.
Today, poor mom. She had a doctor’s appointment at 3, and couldn’t eat after 9am because she was having some bloodwork done. I totally forgot she couldn’t eat today, and I baked some cookies this morning. Not just any cookies, but my mom’s favorite, cream-cheese cookies. (Yum). Needless to say, she was in hell.
Then she gets to the doctor at 3, only to discover they didn’t need to do bloodwork today, and there was no reason for her fast.
She came home, ate half the batch.
There’s a conversation going on in comments to another post about how the Dutch are the tallest people in the world now. Well of course they are. They’ve evolved to be tall to make up for living below sea-level as they do.
Of course when I think of Dutch folk, I generally don’t think of them as tall. When I don’t think of them as Amish, wearing dark clothes and driving a horse-drawn cart, then I either think of them as small, or with wings. I guess because of the little Dutch boy and the flying Dutchman.
But really, they’re tall. All that pot and beer hasn’t stunted their growth at all.
Oh, and they don’t have wings.
Right Bas?……
Right?
Buy me a beer!
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The darned thing has wings!
Tampons that is.
Did Dutch women of the past have those hats that the flying nun used to wear? They kinda look like wings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image
utchfolkore.jpg
Well, maybe not exactly the flying nun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Flying_Nun.jpg
Um, that utchfolklore.jpg should have been this link from wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image
utchfolkore.jpg
Sigh.
in two halves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Image
utchfolkore.jpg
put them together. I have no idea why it truncates that, but lets us see the flying nun.
I give up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_people
Hmmmm…. so the Dutch people DO have wings.
And for some odd reason, they don’t want to be found on Wikipedia.
Shattered Prayer is hating me these days! I just wrote this long post about how wonderful it was that Che finished two chapters, I hit “Hit it” and then SP tells me that I didn’t have my email address in the field. I had in the field when I commented earlier! I don’t know why it disappeared!
Sigh, sigh. sigh!
I also said that one of my favorite comic book authors, Peter David, wrote a book called “Howling Mad” about a wolf that turns into a man after being bitten by a werewolf. I haven’t read it, and it was one of the first books he wrote (book,not comic book) years ago, so I have no idea if it is any good, but I thought of Che when I discovered that fact.
And I also said Che deserves adulation for finishing two chapters!
I adulate! I adulate!
Thank you! I was wondering if I was going to get any adulation. ‘Bout time.
You know, if you were logged in (I stay logged in permanently) it would fill in your name an’all automatically.
Well the Peter David book sounds different. Definitely different. What makes him your favorite comics writer, by the way? Just wondering.
There are several things. He uses humor in his stories, sometimes in unexpected places.
An example, I was reading one of his “Hulk” stories the other day (He wrote over 10 years of Hulk — one of the longest tenures on a comic ever) and in it, Bruce Banner goes to a clothing store to get new clothes because being the Hulk ruined his clothes. The shop clerk says all they have is a line of pants. Everyone of them are purple. The clerk then says that their overweight clients love them because they stretch at the waist, but tend to fray at the knees.
Now that doesn’t sound very funny, but for someone who knows the Hulk from way back, they know that he always seems to wear purple pants as the Hulk that are frayed at the knees. Even though Bruce Banner wasn’t wearing purple pants when he turned into the Hulk. Also, the pants tend to fit him when he turns back into Bruce Banner.
And that is another thing I like. He takes the time to know the history of a character, even if he pokes fun at the character.
But he’s not just about the jokes. He can also get at the heart of a character too. There is a dimension to his characters that are often lacking in other books.
He also turns things askew often. Like the Gordanian knot, he looks at things in a different framework. Once again, on the Hulk, when the character was invented, he was gray. And he also talked. A lot. Only later did he become the green “Hulk Smash!” character we know and love. Peter took that small point and built a long story arc about the differences between the Hulks and Bruce Banner. They were all parts of Bruce’s own psyche, a psyche split by the abuse he had suffered at the hands of his father. Another writer threw in the abuse and Peter David took it and turned into something integral to the portrayal of the character, not just some throw away shock line.
Hence, his taking man turns to wolf and rearranging it to wolf turns into man in Howling Mad.
Interestingly, I read one of his novels, Sir Apropos of Nothing, and I couldn’t get through it. I just didn’t like it. The same thing happened when I read “Good Omens” by Neil Gaiman. Love Neil Gaiman’s comic work, hated his prose. So I have no idea if Peter David’s “Howling Mad” would be any good.
I haven’t read Good Omens yet. Wasn’t that the one written with Terry Pratchet? I mean, that could be the problem right there.
I liked American Gods, and Neverwhere was okay. Haven’t read Stardust but I plan to, and I do want to see the movie.
Oh and Neil Gaiman’s blog is kind of boring, but I do enjoy his post-titles.
That was the one with Terry Pratchett. Mojo likes Pratchett, but I haven’t read anything past Good Omens. Mojo says that you have to have a negative outlook on life to appreciate Pratchett.
I’ve read the graphic novel of Stardust, but not the novel. I want to see the movie. Ironically, I read the graphic novel of Neverwhere after it had been a book (and a tv show) and I didn’t like it. Maybe I was just in a “Neil should do some more Sandmen!” mood.
Yeah, you always did like ole Sandman. Thing is, to me, Neverwhere (the novel) read more like a graphic novel, or like it should be a graphic novel. It needed pictures. It felt more ’skeletal’. Where American Gods stood more on its own, felt much fuller to me.
Man, are you watching Ghosthunters tonight? Damn, that was creepy as shit. They investigated a house near where the Manson murders happened. Youch!
I used to dislike Ghosthunters. All they did was bitch at one another like a bunch of girls. Its gotten better in later seasons.
I haven’t watched ghosthunters. Never seen the show, but if it is scary, then I will have to watch it. Mojo and I were just complaining about how boring everything is on TV (except Dr. Who). I think it is more an expression of restlessness about our lives, though, than on the content of the tele.
Oh I don’t know. The content on the TV is pretty darned boring much of the time. (except Dr Who) Ghosthunters isn’t consistently scary, but tonight’s episode kicked ass. Nearly pissed myself.
And have you seen they’re doing a Flash Gordon series on the sci-fi channel? Well there’s something you can watch.
Ole Josh is coming on in ten minutes. GAH, I have to put up with his smarmy ass just on the off chance I might see a werewolf. Oh well, not much else on. (as you were saying TV = boring).
I’ll give Flash a little try out. The main guy was on Smallville, which I used to watch, but lost track of once they downplayed the homo-attraction between Clark and Lex.
And I loved the Queen-themed Campfest of a movie from the 1980s.
Flash! Ah-ah! He’ll save every one of us!
Well, I guess I’ll let you to boring old Josh.
Meh, I’m keeping one eye on Josh and one on the computer. Josh does NOT deserve my full attention.
By the way, you can simpsonize yourself here:
http://www.simpsonizeme.com/index.php
Yeah, the Flash Gordon movie. I loved it in them days. It went so many steps beyond camp there was just no returnin’. But on acid… the colors! Yes the colors.
The link didn’t show up. I think the link truncator truncates too much sometimes.
I will say that Alien 3 on acid is just as bad as Alien 3 not on acid.
Ooooo. But that Orion Starfield at the beginning.
Almost as good as a Hardee’s sign
Hmmm… its simpsonizeme.com
did that show up?
That did show up. Don’t know what is keeping some things from showing up (like Dutch people) while some things are allowed to come through (like flying nuns.
Went to the site, but don’t have a faceshot readily available.
Yes, I still remember that Hardees sign fondly.
Who does have a 5×7 headshot handy? I mean, the only people that can use that site are Paris Hilton and Madonna.
That is exactly what I thought! Just happened to have a glamour shot of me sitting here on my computer. Not likely.
Well, although it is early, better be getting to bed. I have to get up early tomorrow. And I am still working on a sleep deficit. This morning, I kept falling asleep as soon as my finger touched the snooze on my alarm clock. I did that for over an hour.
Maybe I’ll catch up on sleep one day!
Though I won’t be catching up on sleep during the blogathon.
Apparently the Simpson’s movie premieres on teh day of the Blogathon.
I thought it needed another plug.
The marketing for the Simpsons movie has become totally surreal to watch.
Nighty night. Sleep tight. Don’t let the bed-bugs bite. (bedbugs. ew)
Well, I’ve missed the boat on this whole string of posts, but what’s new there?
All I can say is, sorry to your mom for being cookie-tortured. I understand that feeling.
And, yay to Che for her two chapter write-athon! Congrats; that’s impressive.
Lastly, I can’t wait for the Simpsons movie! It will be a summer highlight.
He, he.. You’ve been sharpening the odd pencil Che?
Great to hear!!
It’s only things great that deserve paper; the rest is blog..
Dutch traditional costumes are really smart.. and silly. There’s a couple of towns that still are heavy into traditional dress. For the rest they behave like the Amish i guess. But the Dutch have always loved to travel. Well… making money while traveling to more exact. Proto-capitalists. But then it was more trade then stripping places of gold and stuff. Well.. people. The Dutch were heavy into slave trade. So it’s tall body snatchers.
I gotta find my sleeping bag now. I HAVE to get in line at the local bookshop.. Harry Potter’s grand final tomorrow!
One hundred million copies printed.
Geh! Che, you can do way better than a lousy 100,000,000 copies!
Mmmm… Can we SPians get a signed first edition?
Oh sure,signed first editions all around.
I wish I could say I wrote as much yesterday as I did Wednesday, butI was dealing with ‘gotta eat and pay bills’ type stuff, which is probably whats I’ll be up to today too. Blech.
Even I have a daily grind.
I swear the hype over the new Harry Potter has been so intense, I’ve even gotten excited, and I’ve never even read one of the books. But with that kind of competition, its no wonder the Simpsons have gone so overboard with their own marketing.
What am I doing up so early, you ask? Cleto,of course. May’s well get an early start on the dull stuff, so that hopefully I can write this afternoon.
R the P said: “I’ll give Flash a little try out. The main guy was on Smallville, which I used to watch, but lost track of once they downplayed the homo-attraction between Clark and Lex.”
Now you see, I didn’t address ths the other night. I let it slide, but… THATs why you stopped watching Smallville? Disappointed because two arch-enemies didn’t hook up! Now I know you’ve read the comic books. I know you know how that relationship turns out. I could understand if, in the comic books, Lex and Clark were once and future butt-buddies. Then you could complain, “they aren’t staying true to the comic!”. But it is my understanding that Clark,aka Superman, never did get with Lex. He got with Lois.
And Jimmy Olsen.
So have more patience. Jimmy Olsen’s on the show now.
True. In “real life” Clark and Lex never hooked up. But I liked the intimation and insinuations on the show. Once they played those down, I lost interest.
But they do have Jimmy on the show, and I like the actor who plays him (as well as his twin brother). So maybe he and Clark will hook up.
I’ve only seen their Lois once, and she didn’t really impress me. I like my Loises feisty and crazy. Like Margot Kidder. And Kurt Schaffenberger’s from the comics.
I’ll give it another try. I liked that Chloe Sullivan character. Kinda like a pre-Veronica Mars Veronica Mars.
Now there is a show they shouldn’t have canceled!
Wait… THIS Lois wasn’t feisty enough for you? Which the hell episode were you watchin’? Even on last nights episode, when she got hit by a love spell that sent her on a manhunt after Clark Kent (thus spawning her own comic book series), Jimmy Olsen said, “Its weird to see her acting like a girl”.
And intimations? I’m afraid I didn’t see the intimations. But that doesn’t surprise me. You think everyone is gay.
Anyway, even if there WERE intimations (and I await the proof) you just can’t expect those to last after the two have become enemies. They can’t stay friends just to make you happy. And there’s more to the show than just intimations.
Clark: Look Lex, we just can’t keep this animosity up.
Lex: But it creates tension. And its 3/4s of the plot!
Clark: I know, but R the P over in New Jersey is upset that we’re not friends anymore.
Lex: Oh no! Well, in that case, lets fuck.
*They kiss, the lights fade*
Hmmm… on second thought, I might watch that episode.
Great idea, Che! I’ll start watching Smallville again when they write that story. NC-17 version, of course, HBO or Showtime only…
It was her first or second episode. She just seemed to lay about in short clothes. Which didn’t interest me. Although I can see how it would greatly interest others.
It doesn’t matter if they are enemies or friends or enemies with benefits, but when the show started, they would play up a kind of sexual tension between the two of them. The guy who plays Lex even admitted as much, saying the two of them were having fun with it. And then after a few seasons, they lost that. It was as if someone at Warner Brothers figured it out and stopped it.
Admittedly. I haven’t seen the show in about 3 years. I never saw any episode with Green Arrow, and only 1 episode with Lois, so I don’t have a leg to stand on. I hear Supergirl is coming next year, so I’ll be around for that.
As a girl super-hero, she is concerned about important things like what to wear.
http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=23729&zoom=4
But at least Supergirl was more help than Batgirl.
http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=21604&zoom=4
Hmmm… well the guy who plays Lex did play a gay witness (George) in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. So I’m sure he knows a little about gay sexual tension. And he is kind of cute. I wouldn’t mind seeing him hook up with Clark Kent. Its too bad those warner brothers put a stop to it. But I think they’ve replaced the homo-erotic tension with Lois and Chloe, who are always just ‘oh… I love you Lois, don’t die’, and such.
Hey,which is fine with me. And the only reason I can think for Chloe to be with Jimmy Olsen is that he’s a lesbian.