Alternating between denial and anger
Feb. 16th, 2004 05:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lonelybritNot much to report.
The petition had over 24000 signatures when I last looked, although apparently God itself has deigned to sign as well, but hey, stranger things have happened ;)
Instead of wallowing, I'm just going to do a simple book rec:
'The Piano Tuner' by David Mason (I think).
Brilliant book, the writing is so lovely you just want to cry, the main character is quiet and gentle yet still a very strong character, and, apparently, you really do feel like you're in Burma. I've never been myself, but I certainly got drawn in to a place full of colour and dust and heat and rain... *sigh*
Of course, when I mentioned how much I loved this book over a family lunch, in particular saying how I thought the main character was just lovely, my brother's reaction was: 'So he's just like Wesley then?'
Pfft. Well, okay, there are the vaguest similarities. Both characters are male, and English, and tend to be a little quiet and well-spoken. But other than that? No. For one thing Edgar Drake is deep down quite happy and content with himself and who he is and what he can do. Enough said.
Right. Back to decyphering nuclear homework. What fun.
The petition had over 24000 signatures when I last looked, although apparently God itself has deigned to sign as well, but hey, stranger things have happened ;)
Instead of wallowing, I'm just going to do a simple book rec:
'The Piano Tuner' by David Mason (I think).
Brilliant book, the writing is so lovely you just want to cry, the main character is quiet and gentle yet still a very strong character, and, apparently, you really do feel like you're in Burma. I've never been myself, but I certainly got drawn in to a place full of colour and dust and heat and rain... *sigh*
Of course, when I mentioned how much I loved this book over a family lunch, in particular saying how I thought the main character was just lovely, my brother's reaction was: 'So he's just like Wesley then?'
Pfft. Well, okay, there are the vaguest similarities. Both characters are male, and English, and tend to be a little quiet and well-spoken. But other than that? No. For one thing Edgar Drake is deep down quite happy and content with himself and who he is and what he can do. Enough said.
Right. Back to decyphering nuclear homework. What fun.
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Date: 2004-02-16 10:23 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-16 11:36 am (UTC)I *was* trying to go spoiler-free, so far I was doing very well. I haven't even read the WB summary or watched the promos or anything. (Actually not that hard considering I'm in the wrong country for TVGuide and promos.)
**sigh**
Oh well, hopefully that wasn't too big a plot point. :)
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Date: 2004-02-16 01:38 pm (UTC)If I ever get time to read a book again - work is just horrendous at the moment - I will seek out this book - sounds great.
BTW -
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Date: 2004-02-17 09:40 am (UTC)Oh. Damn. I'm sorry. ;)
Yep, that series has got me hooked too! If I didn't like Angel on the principle that technically he is the only reason we have this fandom in the first place, I'd be ready to stake him right about now :)
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Date: 2004-02-16 11:23 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-16 11:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-16 01:32 pm (UTC)Good luck with the homework. *shivers* homework. Yuck!!!
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Date: 2004-02-17 09:41 am (UTC)I don't know. Maybe God just likes to make us suffer, maybe this is a test, or maybe he's doing something else behind the scenes...
nuclear?
Date: 2004-02-16 01:52 pm (UTC)Re: nuclear?
Date: 2004-02-17 09:44 am (UTC)*sigh* And if only the nuclear lectures were as cool as they sounded when you read them off the timetable. Today our lecturer had to be told that a) he'd put the wrong overhead up, and b) it was upsidedown and backtofront.
And he was looking at said overhead at the time and hadn't notice even while pointing out the diagrams. Worrying....
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Date: 2004-02-17 09:44 am (UTC)Guess we'll have to stick to snail mail, or maybe carrier pigeon. :)