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[liptonrm_backup]

Battled with the yearly camping reservations today and it appears I have been victorious. It's always a chore getting four adult schedules to mesh, as well as deciding on where we're going to go. It has to be somewhere with other things to occupy the Big Lug's attention (he's incapable of relaxing in the woods with a book or the like) and it has to have a nice beach (a universal requirement) and it needs modern facilities (I like showers and flush toilets, so sue me). It's a chore but I think it'll all work out. Though brothers are still as frustratingly vague as they've ever been.

It'll be great. Totally. Probably. *rolls eyes*

Crack up moment of the Day: At the end of the episode of Kyle XY that the Baylors were subjecting me to (they watch for Nicholas Lea, I watch when they make me) the father character got a job at the shady government corporation that is trying to hunt down Kyle, or something. The name of the shady government corporation? Manticore. I nearly peed myself, especially seeing as the bad guy from season 2 Dark Angel showed up earlier this season. I have no words.

Do they know what they're doing? They have to know what they're doing. It's too freaking hilarious to be a coincidence. That show already spawns all sorts of crack at Fangirl Central, it's only going to get worse now.

The latest Harry Potter movie opened 38 minutes ago. I'd kinda forgotten it was opening tonight. Yeah, I'm not a very good HP fan, I know. I'm hearing good things about this movie so thumbs up for that. I'm sure I'll see it eventually.

I suppose I should get around to actually reading Half Blood Prince, huh?

Blah blah blah, I bore myself.

Comments

could it be?

[bookgrl.livejournal.com]

Am I really reading the post on the day you posted it??? I'm not sure my heart can take this!
Yes, you should go read Half-Blood Prince. Then we can be not the greatest fans together!

Re: could it be?

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

Why yes, yes you are! I recently overcame my locking craziness and now everything will be seen by everybody the moment I click post.

Unless it isn't. hee

Tonight, I'm going to read it tonight. Yay! We'll not be the greatest fans together!

[shanghai-jim.livejournal.com]

I just re-read, or rather re-skipped, HBP yesterday. I now am firmly of the opinion that 50% of Rowling's word count is filler. And I don't mean Quidditch matches or Dumbledore exposition or manifestos for the rights of house elves. Those, while "distracting", can work like Tom Bombadil.

No, what I'm talking about is her propensity, during a conversation between characters, of having to describe every shift of mood, eyebrow, and thought process. Which for sixteen-year-olds, particularly obsessive messianic doomed sixteen-year-old boys, can be quite annoying. I don't think she has actually ever written an extended non-expository talk consisting purely of character dialogue in voice.

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

Yeah. *tired sigh* I've had issues with Rowling's writing for years. It took me a while to come to terms with how popular the Harry Potter books were when there were much better written YA books that languished in obscurity.

For some reason Rowling's style of writing makes it nearly impossible for me to connect with any of the characters. Thankfully the imagination of her stories is rich enough that when translated into other media, such as movies and fanfiction, I'm able to get out of it what I should.