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rj_andersonRead The Hallowed Hunt last night, couldn't put it down, loved it. At first I was disappointed that Bujold wouldn't be writing any more Vorkosiverse stories and resented that she'd got caught up with this new series (which was ironic, seeing as I normally much prefer fantasy to SF), and I didn't really enjoy The Curse of Chalion that much when it first came out. But I really enjoyed Paladin of Souls and I think this one has to be my favorite of the series yet. Also, a story in which a healthy pregnant woman has an (apparently) easy natural birth with no complications may be a Bujold first, although I had to wonder a little about who was feeding the baby why Hallana gallivanted all over the countryside, and why Hallana wasn't engorged like whoah. Either she had some magic long-distance pumping thing going, or a wet nurse on one end and a whole lot of absorbent padding on the other...
Since I have pretty much given up on this season's Canadian Idol in despair, as there is not one single contestant in the Top Ten (now eight, I guess) that I care about enough to back, let alone vote for, I decided last night to give Rock Star: INXS a chance. *shudders* Never again. Sure, most of the contestants are poised and professional on stage (more than can be said for the Idol franchise), and the live band is definitely a nice touch. But the skank factor is just way too much for me. And Brooke Burke and especially Dave Navarro make me want to run weeping into the arms of Ben Mulroney, which is a very frightening thing indeed.
Aw, the Tenth Doctor is so cute in his spiffy new outfit. Stop pouting and get over it, Billie (who looks oddly pastede on yay in these pics, especially the last one).
Is it Christmas yet?
Massive congratulations to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
james_bow, who has just landed a publishing contract with Canadian publisher The Dundurn Group for his YA novel Rosemary and Time. Way to go, James!
And finally... Surely it is not possible for any human body to contain this prodigious volume of snot. I've been blowing my nose every two minutes all morning and it just. never. ends. Where does it all come from?
ETA another silly meme result:
Since I have pretty much given up on this season's Canadian Idol in despair, as there is not one single contestant in the Top Ten (now eight, I guess) that I care about enough to back, let alone vote for, I decided last night to give Rock Star: INXS a chance. *shudders* Never again. Sure, most of the contestants are poised and professional on stage (more than can be said for the Idol franchise), and the live band is definitely a nice touch. But the skank factor is just way too much for me. And Brooke Burke and especially Dave Navarro make me want to run weeping into the arms of Ben Mulroney, which is a very frightening thing indeed.
Aw, the Tenth Doctor is so cute in his spiffy new outfit. Stop pouting and get over it, Billie (who looks oddly pastede on yay in these pics, especially the last one).
Is it Christmas yet?
Massive congratulations to
james_bow, who has just landed a publishing contract with Canadian publisher The Dundurn Group for his YA novel Rosemary and Time. Way to go, James!And finally... Surely it is not possible for any human body to contain this prodigious volume of snot. I've been blowing my nose every two minutes all morning and it just. never. ends. Where does it all come from?
ETA another silly meme result:
| 11 2/3", Oak, Veela You scored 63 wisdom, 22 bravery, 15 emotional, and 11 martyrdom! |
Oak signifies wisdom, endurance, protection, and authority. The veela hair as a wand core means that you are slightly unpredictable but very powerful. |
My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Harry Potter Wand Test written by sputnik845 on Ok Cupid |
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Date: 2005-07-28 04:25 pm (UTC)Or you can hope...
Also, completely unrelated to snot, those pictures are seriously making me want to watch Dr Who. Do you know if there is any way to watch this in the US without downloading the episodes?
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Date: 2005-07-28 04:40 pm (UTC)Since my poor computer doesn't particularly like downloading and then letting me watch these giant files, I think I'll be waiting for a new one before I catch up on the New Who. I'm pretty well addictied, though -- it's only the computer that keep me from going "omg must dl now!!!"
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Date: 2005-07-28 04:58 pm (UTC)And also reminds me that the other day I had "Sister of Mercy (http://www.lyricsdepot.com/thompson-twins/sister-of-mercy.html)", which I have not heard in about twelve years, running through my head for no reason I can think of whatsoever.
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Date: 2005-07-28 06:03 pm (UTC)I need to do a lot of stuff to my machine, though, anyway. Back-ups and clean outs and whatnot...
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Date: 2005-07-28 05:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-28 05:05 pm (UTC)Ah well...
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Date: 2005-07-28 04:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-28 04:56 pm (UTC)Well, not categorically, but it seems pretty unlikely based on her latest report (http://www.dendarii.com/news/05Mar.html).
But I agree with you that there isn't much more she can do with Miles. I am definitely one of the throng clamouring for a That Idiot Ivan book, though.
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Date: 2005-07-28 05:40 pm (UTC)The hallowed king -- human soul into human soul -- is one of the creepiest things that Bujold has ever brought up. It's a wonderful book, but GAH! some of the ramifications of how that universe is built.
Also, OMGWTFPOLARBEAR!
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Date: 2005-07-28 06:14 pm (UTC)OMGWTFPOLARBEAR!
BWAH! I can't believe I didn't think of that right off the bat.
Speaking of polar bears, I wish that Bujold hadn't named the bear "Fafa" when she already had a character called "Fara": I got tripped up by that more than once in the course of reading the book.
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Date: 2005-07-28 05:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-28 06:13 pm (UTC)Sometimes she says things about the gods in her stories which really do resonate with my own experience and understanding of the true God, but more often I find her fantasy gods to be too small and fallible, as it were, for all that she tries to make them seem vast and fathomless. Not to mention that the idea of holiness, except in a vague sense of the numinous, is almost entirely absent from her system. Sin, in the sense of moral evil, is a non-issue except as it affects the lives of other human beings in this world; the gods don't really seem to care that much about it, or at least it doesn't stop them from taking up a soul. So we have mercy, but no real basis for judging right and wrong -- and yet the characters do, by and large, regard moral behaviour as important and regard certain kinds of conduct as significantly good or evil. Which is a kind of cheating, I think, because Bujold's inadvertently proposing a standard of righteousness which exists over and above what the gods themselves decree or are willing to judge/punish. And where that comes from, nobody knows.
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Date: 2005-07-29 01:42 pm (UTC)Ah, yes, I think this is a good point. Her concept of holiness is closer to the concept in Greek mythology, but her gods exhibit some more Christian characteristics. The blend is what is throwing me.
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Date: 2005-07-30 12:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-30 02:40 pm (UTC)Hehe.
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Date: 2005-07-29 02:17 am (UTC)And thank you. :)
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Date: 2005-07-29 03:03 am (UTC)Thanks RJ