speeding bullets

[ironymaiden]

things i should have been writing about:

• so, um, Trick My Truck is totally awesome. these people actually get something useful done to the thing they use every day. and yunno, there's always a sob story. and then the truckers see how beautiful their truck is when it's done, and they cry. <3 <3 <3



• i did candlestick on Wednesday before i knew what was happening. i can't find a picture, but it's like plow except with my knees bent almost touching my nose. i'm just starting to get the bendy inversions. i'm pleased.



• found a pattern and made yoga pants that cover my butt and my ankles. (and the space between. bonus!) they're a little wonky since they're my first stretch knit project, but not in ways that people can see without getting offensively close. i have more fabric and notions, the next ones will be better.



• read The Lies of Locke Lamora. good times. very cool world, and a fun caper. i was occasionally ahead of the characters, but never in the details. i'm a fan of the long con, and there are lots of questions left to be answered, so i look forward to more from scott_lynch. (and now i hate him a little for being young. i'll get over it.) in an interesting twist, the Strange Horizons reviewer (mentioned in the wikipedia article) who hates things that are hyped, loved Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - my copy of JS&MN went to a media exchange long ago since i don't have any furniture that needs propping. in the review she implies that there's internet book reviewer payola, which started a bit of a tempest in the fandom teapot. she also spoils the entire freaking book, so don't touch the review if you have any vague interest in enjoying the plot.



• struggling to read Rocket Science. rather than being a zippy golden age romp, it's leaden. its 224 pages feel heavily padded, and i'm thinking it would probably have been a nice novella or novelette. (research says that this was jay_lake's first stab at length, and it shows.) our hero is a collection of hooks that don't resolve into an actual character (leg gimpy from polio, alcoholic dad, tragically dead mom) and i'm over halfway through and we're not having any fun yet, even though the cover says that it's "action-packed." what i enjoy most is the clear and detailed world of Kansas just after WWII, with still-new telephone calls, the camaraderie of veterans, and the edges of rationing. sf awesome, it's not. considering skipping on to something more fun instead of trying again now that i've finished this week's Economist.



• 300 is pretty, but surfacy. the meanwhile-back-in-Sparta subplot was pure filler.



• the new SIFF cinema is okay. sound was great, as was picture quality. the booth is a theatre setup, with big windows. the projectionist left a fucking white worklight on. the glow is only supposed to come from the screen, kids. the seats weren't staggered enough for butterflydrming to see subtitles around the tall guy in the next row. hopefully the wrinkles will get ironed out before the festival proper starts.



• celebrated nine years of marriage. still think it's the best thing ever.

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[raevnos.livejournal.com]

Surfacy, yes, but oh the pretty! Probably more so if you dig guys with six-packs wearing speedos. All I got was jealous. The everything-that-happened-in-Sparta plot, besides being completely made up and not reflecting the reality of the situation at all (Well, except for dropping the Persian embassy down a well), just added minutes and distracted from the slaughter. It should have been left out.


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9 year anniversary? Wow. Congrats!

Re: 300

[ironymaiden]

i wished there was no lame dialog. imagine if it was just the pretty guys and pretty carnage set to music - i'm looking forward to youtube after the DVD comes out.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Didn't know it was your anniversary. Happy day!

[johnaegard.livejournal.com]

> in the review she implies that there's
> internet book reviewer payola, which
> started a bit of a tempest in the
> fandom teapot.

Internet book reviewer payola? At last, a good use for all that Weimer Republic currency I've got laying around...

[ironymaiden]

my favorite response was another reviewer revealing that his Amazon links sold twelve books in the past year, and he was the purchaser of eleven.

[joyful-storm.livejournal.com]

Happy anniversary to you both! Yay for being an awesome example! :)

*sez the girl who will have been married SIX WHOLE MONTHS next weekend ;)*

TMT and Maywidge.

[irishninja.livejournal.com]

Trick my Truck sounds like one of the best incarnations of the "steal Item X and fix it up while owner is unaware" show. I love those shows, and I love trucks, so I can totally see me wanting to watch that if I had cable. :D

Congrats on nine years (NINE!). That's just so awesome! :)

[refractednotion.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I want to see 300 or not. I enjoy graphic fantasy violence, but not twisted accounts of history that support a culture of warmongering.

And, well, there's no cheesecake factor for me either. Put some clothes on, boys. Better yet, ARMOR.