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Jany 25, 2004 | 03:06 a.m. | Feeling: Fine.
I *just* finished Lynn Flewelling's The Bone Doll's Twin, the first Book in a yet unfinished trilogy. Despite the enormous pile of readings I have to do for school, I read this book in less than 24 hours--yes--it was that engrossing for me! Book 2 has been ordered. Well, this is the first book by Flewelling that I've read, and I was impressed. While the main character Tobin is unique enough--a prince who doesn't his true biological gender--Flewelling's secondary characters are original, very weird, and in the case of the earthy "not-necromancer" Lehl, the mad Duchess and "Brother", deliciously grotesque. I'm hoping that Book 2, which will no doubt follow Tobin's life at court as a teenager, will develop the homoerotic tension, which was barely felt in Bk I, further. See? Ani-manga has turned me into a yaoi-fiend XP. School's busy, so much so that I haven't been able to properly respond/react to the bombshells my online friends have dropped recently. Laine, first of all, I didn't even know you had a boy friend! From your post, he sounds like a 3rd rate dick-head, so brace up cherie--you're a beautiful girl, too good for the likes of him. Laetitia, now I'm scared for you. You're so British in your usual posts--so unmelodramatic, understated--that when you write that you've "fallen hideously sick," I feel quite alarmed! I hope you're okay...
Bah, I have to cut this post short. Oh! U of T Drama Festival is starting next week; I'm sure I can persuade someone to check it out with me.
Jany 15, 2004 | 12:36 a.m. | Feeling: Dispirited. Ennui.
"Borrowed," codes and all, this survey from Laetitia (BTW, who's the Lovelace to your Clarissa? *wink*)
First & Last
Jan. 13, 04 | 08:03 a.m. | Feeling: Fagged, again.
This flipping Bibliography project almost killed me. I have been working on refining it for more than a month now. I wonder if others in the class found it as challenging as I did. Dad, of course, sets a very high standard for me, and my Professor is a world-famous, which inspires me to do my best...but seriously, my brain is melting and I can't take it anymore. Thank God it's due today. I have been reading Janet Todd's Sensibility: An Introduction (1986), a wonderful, short book from the hay-days of the theory wars of the 80s. Another great read about the 18th century novel is Women, Power & Subversion (1981) by Judith Lowder Newton. My prof is weary of feminist criticism; I'm not knowledgeable enough to say if it's any good critically...but as a casual read, it was entertaining and illuminating.
*scratches head* Gee, my blog is growing more dull with each post. What's new in my life since last week. Hmm. Nope, the same old routine of school, work, CNN, anime, and wallpapering (speaking of which, there's a new layout at Menagerie. Paul, you e-mail-hobo, write me XP.
Jan. 7, 04 | 12:29 a.m. | Feeling: Fatigue
Well, I'm back at school now, in medias res. Everything is as I had left it, possibly, even more busy and interesting than before. I got back 3 kickbutt marks, but I am expecting (dreading) 2 horrible ones tomorrow. Bah. Nic, that's one pretty looking cowboy you got going. I bumped into two old friends from my old highschool on campus today. One was this guy whom, for a while, way back when, I both hated and liked. Apparently, he broke up with his long-term girlfriend (who is a good friend). "Really? Are you joking? I thought you two were headed for the alter," adding as an afterthought, "we all thought so." A year ago, I might have been interested by the news, but these days, I just can't muster the appropriate enthousiasm for issues like dating and romance. Maybe I'll thaw a bit in April, but then again, maybe I've just grown apathetic to complicated and time consumming emotions like infatuations and incomprehensible things like men. I asked my friend if I was turning asexual, "it's not you, it's the unhot pool of U of T guys." Who knows! Ooops, I forgot that Paul reads this blog. *major sweatdrop*. The other person was this girl who was had a negative affect on me in year one, not her fault that she is one of those impossibly neurotic geniuses who smokes, obseses over her weight, and is generally self-destructive. She's the smartest person I have ever known yet she always claims that she is failing at her studies (since when was a 94% a failing grade??). She's also the thinnest girl I've ever encountered, yet I'm afraid that she will always see herself as fat. It's so sad that she doesn't understand how amazing she is, and how cool she could be if only she wasn't so critical of herself. Though we English lit people are often looked down upon by the world, one thing you have to give us credit for: in general, we care more about "pathetic fallacy" than "will eating a danish make me fat"? No, that's too broad a generalization, and it sounds too arrogant. Nor is it entirely true (I don't treat donuts that cavalierly), but when I look at my English friends, I see healthy, badly dressed, relaxed people--people who would be regarded as anomalies and freaks at UofT's dept of life sciences. Recently watched 1-10 of Full Metal Alchemist. I loved it, and I am going to d/l more. While most of the episodes feel like "fillers," I appreciate how genuine Edward and Al come across as boys aged 12, and 11. The boys' emotions don't feel forced or formulaic at all. If you want to be reminded of how it felt to be a kid, you don't have to turn to Wordsworth, just watch a few eps of this new series. Hmm, besides this, I'm also starting a d/l for Avengers. God bless BT and high speed internet. Edit: I've also become re-re-addicted to Rurouni Kenshin. My collection is extremely complete now, thanks to BT. Ahem, allow to show off a teensy bit.
Incidentally, I just watch Samurai X: Reflections (ie., the last chapter of the Kenshin story). Of course I got all teary when he...you know, but it was really catharcic, you know? |
It was around this time 3 years ago that I became interested in the world of Escaflowne and in particular, a feisty Dragonslayer named Migel: he may be 
