I've never meant to hurt you, ever, and I really didn't mean to today. I'm sorry, and with everything I have in me I hope that you'll forgive me. I do love you, more than you know.
*********************
If you're wondering what that could be about, you'll never know!
So. Nice to know that some people do care about whether or not I do new posts. Always flattering to know I'm being read! I don't update this thing half as much as I'd like to, but time just doesn't permit these days.
Now. There're a coupla things (my mime students are well acquainted with THAT particular phrase of mine!) I'd like to quickly deal with:
1) Michael Jackson was cleared of all 14 charges. My faith in the justice system has been somewhat restored. Because really, he can't have been guilty! Its just not what I think would ever happen. Hell, i doubt that shit way back in '93 just as much as I doubted (correctly!) this year's debacle.
2) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Movie is, in my not very humble and indeed somewhat vaunted - by me, of course - opinion, the best and most true-to-the-spirit-created-by-the-author movie adaptation of a book I've ever seen. If you thought it wasn't fantastic, you either A) just don't get the humour of Douglas Adams - because there really was lots of it in there; B) have too little control over your own mind, and far too little genuine maturity to let go and have some occasionally mindless but often quite brainy fun; or C) you just don't really have a sense of humour, and you are a grumpy, depressed person.
I can understand A, I can excuse B, but C should just result in such people being put on an island far, far away. Where they can watch CNN all day or something similarly mind-numbing and humourless.
3) I think Gene Wolfe is one of the best authors alive and writing in the English language today, regardless of genre or style or length or any of those fiddly little semi-annoying words. Here's the thing: While you're reading it, you feel compelled - or at least one feels compelled - to pick the book up and just flip another page or so whenever one puts it down. Moreover, when I came to the end of The Book of the Short Sun, i couldn't breathe. Now THAT is a conclusion. And there's no exaggeration there (If i wasn't myself and I was reading this, I'd have my doubts about not being able to breathe at the end of a book, so trust me, its true. At least for me). The Urth of the New Sun was also amazing - like i told Dominic, I just couldn't think of any suitable metaphor to describe it. It was somewhat like a box of chocolates in its continual surprises and richness - only the chocolates would have to have been made of obsidian and opals, darkly and brilliantly reflective, and wrapped in crushed diamonds and gold, priceless and wondrous beyond words. I recommend reading The Book of the New Sun (all 5: The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, and The Urth of the New Sun), followed by The Book of the Long Sun (all four volumes!) and finally The Book of the Short Sun (all three!). If you're anything like me, you won't regret it. It will enrich your mind, and you'll come to the last page and want to start all over again.
(Incidentally, me saying he's one of the best writers alive today was by no means a first. He's been said to be THE best, and Ursula Le Guin - whose name should mean something to any serious readers - thinks he's fantastic.)
4) Coldplay's album, X & Y, takes a little getting used to, but its really pretty great once you get over the initial double-take. I highly recommend it!
His index finger traced small circles on his cheek.
*********************
If you're wondering what that could be about, you'll never know!
So. Nice to know that some people do care about whether or not I do new posts. Always flattering to know I'm being read! I don't update this thing half as much as I'd like to, but time just doesn't permit these days.
Now. There're a coupla things (my mime students are well acquainted with THAT particular phrase of mine!) I'd like to quickly deal with:
1) Michael Jackson was cleared of all 14 charges. My faith in the justice system has been somewhat restored. Because really, he can't have been guilty! Its just not what I think would ever happen. Hell, i doubt that shit way back in '93 just as much as I doubted (correctly!) this year's debacle.
2) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Movie is, in my not very humble and indeed somewhat vaunted - by me, of course - opinion, the best and most true-to-the-spirit-created-by-the-author movie adaptation of a book I've ever seen. If you thought it wasn't fantastic, you either A) just don't get the humour of Douglas Adams - because there really was lots of it in there; B) have too little control over your own mind, and far too little genuine maturity to let go and have some occasionally mindless but often quite brainy fun; or C) you just don't really have a sense of humour, and you are a grumpy, depressed person.
I can understand A, I can excuse B, but C should just result in such people being put on an island far, far away. Where they can watch CNN all day or something similarly mind-numbing and humourless.
3) I think Gene Wolfe is one of the best authors alive and writing in the English language today, regardless of genre or style or length or any of those fiddly little semi-annoying words. Here's the thing: While you're reading it, you feel compelled - or at least one feels compelled - to pick the book up and just flip another page or so whenever one puts it down. Moreover, when I came to the end of The Book of the Short Sun, i couldn't breathe. Now THAT is a conclusion. And there's no exaggeration there (If i wasn't myself and I was reading this, I'd have my doubts about not being able to breathe at the end of a book, so trust me, its true. At least for me). The Urth of the New Sun was also amazing - like i told Dominic, I just couldn't think of any suitable metaphor to describe it. It was somewhat like a box of chocolates in its continual surprises and richness - only the chocolates would have to have been made of obsidian and opals, darkly and brilliantly reflective, and wrapped in crushed diamonds and gold, priceless and wondrous beyond words. I recommend reading The Book of the New Sun (all 5: The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, and The Urth of the New Sun), followed by The Book of the Long Sun (all four volumes!) and finally The Book of the Short Sun (all three!). If you're anything like me, you won't regret it. It will enrich your mind, and you'll come to the last page and want to start all over again.
(Incidentally, me saying he's one of the best writers alive today was by no means a first. He's been said to be THE best, and Ursula Le Guin - whose name should mean something to any serious readers - thinks he's fantastic.)
4) Coldplay's album, X & Y, takes a little getting used to, but its really pretty great once you get over the initial double-take. I highly recommend it!
His index finger traced small circles on his cheek.
posted by Timothy at 3:55 pm
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home