New Job
I was actually going to write about this on my first day. I'm about to go to work for the third day, so obviously, I missed that. I'm liking the new job so far, the best part being that I get to work with my good friend Carma, and I get free massages and chiropractic care (Did I forget to mention that my new job is as a receptionist in a chiropracter's office?).
It's a fairly simple job, so far. They haven't yet started training me for the job they actually hired me for, which is billing and working with the insurance companies and such.
I got more gifts for Christmas. 3 of my closest friends and I had our gift exchange last night, and I got a cute t-shirt and a scarf, two lovely new books, an incense set, and a couple of dvds, the one I'm most excited about being Shadowlands (story of C.S. Lewis and his wife Joy, as they walked through her illness and finally, her death). I never actually knew that there were two different productions of this film. The only one I knew about was the one with Joss Ackland, but the one I got for Christmas is a version with Anthony Hopkins (I really like him) as Lewis. So, it should be interesting.
Well, that's it for now, I have to eat and go to work.
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C.S. Lewis
"Shadowlands (story of C.S. Lewis and his wife Joy, as they walked through her illness and finally, her death)"
Wow, that sounds intense. I may need to borrow that DVD eventually.
I finally read Mere Christianity over the past day or so (I've been meaning to read that one for, oh, something like 10 years) and C.S. Lewis is rapidly becoming one of my greater heroes. I'll probably throw together a blog entry about that soon.
Good luck with your new job; hope that all works out.
ttyl
--Alex Markley
"As always, anyone asking 'Available' Anna (an Answerco Associate) about anything acquires an already-acknowledged answer." --Answerco - All answers. Always.
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Lewis!!!! W00T!!!!
I love C.S. Lewis!!!! I'm taking a survey course of his writings at school; you really need it to understand some of his books. I love them all ... except one. NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER read "That Hideous Strength", the last of the Space Trilogy. The first two were okay ... but that one was SOOOOOOOO WIERD ... I've complained to Lilly everyday for almost a month about how screwed up that book is and why!!!!!!! I expected so much better from him ...
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Fear of the Week:
Numismaphobia – the fear of money
The normal ones are boring. They all run-off screaming toward sanity. We just sit there at laugh at their sad attempts.
Aww...
I _loved_ Strength! It was so amazing!
--Alex Markley
"As always, anyone asking 'Available' Anna (an Answerco Associate) about anything acquires an already-acknowledged answer." --Answerco - All answers. Always.
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
eh
Whatever
it was still wierd 
, it just depends on whether or not you like that kind of stuff (me and my mom don't like Dr. Who either ... so, meh)
(P.S. Stupid Literal people and their HEAD
P.P.S. Just one more ... DIE, WESTON, DIE !!
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Fear of the Week:
Numismaphobia – the fear of money
The normal ones are boring. They all run-off screaming toward sanity. We just sit there at laugh at their sad attempts.
have you read...?
Have you read "Till we have Faces" by Lewis? It's gotta be my favorite of all of his that I've read so far. If you haven't read it, it's a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, told from the perspective of one of Psyche's sister's. It's incredible.
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx
Do you realize that if it weren't for Edison, we'd be watching TV by candlelight?
Never even heard of it!
Have you read "Till we have Faces" by Lewis? I've never heard of it. I thought I had at least heard of eveything he'd ever written. I'll have to read it sometime. Right now, we're finishing up Frankenstein. It's not very good for reading aloud. The gushy, flowery verbosity of Victorian era writing is difficult to handle. And when I'm in the wrong frame of mind, it's hard for me not to mock it as I'm reading. I think we may begin The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when we're done.
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
Funny readings.
"it's hard for me not to mock it as I'm reading."
SangMing does some of the funniest stuff when reading to us.
This one time, there was this character who wouldn't shut up! None of them ever do and it's annoying but this guy was going on and on and on about the beautiful nature around him because the author was gonna kill him off and wanted us to feel sorry for him but we all knew he was going die and couldn't care less as long as he stopped talking!
*deep breath*
Anyway, he wouldn't shut up. And his speech took up one sentence that covered half a page.
So we were reading along, "Look at that castle which overhangs yon precipice; and that also on the island, almost concealed amongst the foliage of those lovely trees; and now that group of labourers coming from among their vines with sticks to shut me up; and that village half hid in the recess of the mountain."
It took me a moment to realize what was wrong with the sentence as SangMing read it straight through without a hint of improvisation in her tone. It struck me quite funny.
Also, it's difficult to discribe just how amusing it is to read chunks of "Frankenstein" out loud, quickly, without the proper intonations. It suddenly puts into perspective just how self-important the whole silly story is.
Needless to say, we have had a fun time working our way through this story.
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The world seems warmer when there's a kitty on your lap.
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
Reading Aloud
You should have been present in the house when Phoenyx and Crazy's mother was reading them Ransom of Red Chief. The woman fell off her chair she laughed so hard. I understand that, on the second reading, with mother lauging her head off again, the kids finally read the story on their own. O'Henry is not bad, my personal favorite is Till the Last Leaf Falls - reads aloud nicely.
Name a shrub after me...something prickly and hard to eradicate.
Random insertions
It was this phrase: with sticks to shut me up, that I threw in. The mental picture was vastly amusing.
Needless to say, we have had a fun time working our way through this story
As long as we get to take long breaks from it.
P.S. Never, ever let anyone talk you into reading Fahrenheit 451 aloud!
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
HEY!
"Never, ever let anyone talk you into reading Fahrenheit 451 aloud!"
I thought you did very well with that. And I enjoyed it very much. Not to mention, I have no recollection of us having any problems with that book besides the occasional complaint from the boys about not liking Bradbury in general.
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The world seems warmer when there's a kitty on your lap.
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
Easy for you to say
In order to read that book, I had to psyche myself up into Richard Harris or William
Shatner mode. Consider this lengthy excerpt:
One drop of rain. Clarisse. Another drop. Mildred. A third. The uncle. A fourth. The fire tonight. One, Clarisse. Two, Mildred. Three, uncle. Four, fire. One, Mildred. Two, Clarisse. One, two, three, four, five, disposable tissue, coattails, blow, wad, flush, Clarisse, Mildred, uncle, fire, tablests, tissues, blow, wad, flush.One, two, three, one, two three! Rain. The storm. The uncle laughing. Thunder falling downstairs. The whole world pouring down. The fire gushing up in a volcano. All rushing on down around in a spouting roar and rivering stream toward morning.
Imagine reading this aloud to your family!
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
Very good example, SangMing.
SangMing's use led me to the discovery of the word "cloying". I now love this word, because it so squarely nails a concept that I often feel.
This example, however, is superb in its explicitness, because in order to even fulfill the communication as a human being, one must plunge headlong into the world of unquantified emotion. I mean, look at the monstrosity. I can't find a single valid English sentence. If it were not for how the opinions of some more emotionally oriented writers have expanded the definition of writing (such as Ray Bradbury here), I would consider this utterly unacceptable writing. Instead, I merely consider this form of writing an utterly ridiculous form of expression. I would certainly be ashamed of created something like this.
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Nothing worthwhile in life does not also possess a form worthy of Heaven.
“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)
>:-(
My point, SnagMing was not that it was easy to read out loud but that you did a very good job at it.
As for you, Quartz, I happen to very much like Bradbury's writing and, in particular, "Fahrenheit 451".
"I would certainly be ashamed of created something like this."
While my writing style is very different from Bradbury's I have purposely mimicked his style before in a couple of short stories of mine; quite to my own satisfaction.
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The Knight looked suprised at the question. "What does it matter where my body happens to be?" he said. "My mind goes on working all the same. In fact, the more head-downwards I am, the more I keep inventing new things."
-Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
Okay, okay...
Never mind. Now I remember why I was quiet about it all between when she read it and now. I'm sorry if I offended at all--I guess it's just something I don't understand.
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Nothing worthwhile in life does not also possess a form worthy of Heaven.
“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)
It's okay, Quartz
I think you did pretty well stating your opinion without going overboard. I don't think you offeded anyone.
Thanks for the compliment, Ais. But I do think that just about any method actor could have read it better. Maybe Richard Burton.
I will assume you didn't mean to call me SnagMing instead of SangMing. So I'm not offended.
In my post, I had a typo that it's too late for me to fix. Mildred, uncle, fire, tablests, tissues, That should be tablets.
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
It's okay, Quartz.
I wasn't really offened, per se. Anyway, it's all okay now.
(SnagMing. lol.)
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"That's hardly enough," he said, anxiously. "You see the wind is so very strong here. It's as strong as soup." - Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.