Thursday, 30 June 2011
Monday, 27 June 2011
Sunday, 19 June 2011
Monday, 13 June 2011
Atonement
I've just started reading the book Atonement by Ian McEwan and I absolutely LOVE it. I don't know why but I just feel overly excited about reading more- it's like I can tell that this is going to be a book that I'll want to read over and over again. I mean, I have had this feeling before but usually when I'm about half way through a book, not midway down page 6. Yeah.
If you're not reading anything at the moment then I think you should join me in reading Atonement basically...because it's crazy good so far! I really want to share this extract from the book with you, as I think it is just so true:
'Pretending in words was too tentative, too vulnerable, too embarassing to let anyone know. Even writing out the she saids, the and thens, made her wince, and she felt foolish appearing to know about the emotions of an imaginary being. Self- exposure was inevitable the moment she described a character's weakness; the reader was bound to speculate that she was describing herself. What other authority could she have?'
Brilliant, isn't it?
An update on the Timbuktu story- apparently Armageddon is a place too*. These people are just screwing with me.
Also a random quote of the day: "I don't know what we're doing, BUT I'M GOING TO JOIN IN ANYWAY!" (Sensible advice there... (And yes, I am quoting myself...I'm just that cool...))
Now this isn't an obligation of any sort but, if you do enjoy these blog posts and you have friends who you think may also enjoy them, then I encourage you to tell them about this little creative space in this dim, dusty corner of the worldwide interweb (because it's kind of hard to get new followers in the blogging universe (as I'm sure you may know from experience.)) Awesome =)
*It's in Israel.
If you're not reading anything at the moment then I think you should join me in reading Atonement basically...because it's crazy good so far! I really want to share this extract from the book with you, as I think it is just so true:
'Pretending in words was too tentative, too vulnerable, too embarassing to let anyone know. Even writing out the she saids, the and thens, made her wince, and she felt foolish appearing to know about the emotions of an imaginary being. Self- exposure was inevitable the moment she described a character's weakness; the reader was bound to speculate that she was describing herself. What other authority could she have?'
Brilliant, isn't it?
An update on the Timbuktu story- apparently Armageddon is a place too*. These people are just screwing with me.
Also a random quote of the day: "I don't know what we're doing, BUT I'M GOING TO JOIN IN ANYWAY!" (Sensible advice there... (And yes, I am quoting myself...I'm just that cool...))
Now this isn't an obligation of any sort but, if you do enjoy these blog posts and you have friends who you think may also enjoy them, then I encourage you to tell them about this little creative space in this dim, dusty corner of the worldwide interweb (because it's kind of hard to get new followers in the blogging universe (as I'm sure you may know from experience.)) Awesome =)
*It's in Israel.
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Timbuktu
Yesterday, I made a rather large discovery. This was not a ground breakingly amazing new discovery. No. This was, to most people, common knowledge. I was, clearly, not one of those people.
Firstly, I think I need to give you an idea of some other mistakes I've made in the past. You will probably notice the pattern in that they are all geography related faux pas. Well, there was that time when I thought that Denmark and Portugal were seaside towns on England's coast, between Cornwall and Devon. And that time when I thought that Islam was a country and that the religion had originated from there and, therefore, been named after it. Or that day when I found out that Egypt is, in fact, not its own country, but a part of Africa instead. Yeah, I think you're getting the gist.
So in Britain (I'm not sure about other countries) when we want to say a place that is very far away, as far away as possible (other than Australia) people often use Timbuktu as an example. So if someone asked me where my friend was, and I was feeling sarcastic, I might reply with "Timbuktu" (and a cursory roll of the eyes.)
Bearing this in mind, I think you'll agree that this use of the place is relatively misleading. I, however, was very mislead indeed. I was under the impression that Timbuktu was a made up place, another word for the edge of the world or something similar. I'd imagined it as the very last stop at a train station, completely empty of people and just full of lost things (I think I may have been influenced by the Room of Requirement slightly on this one.)
However, I was watching Charmed (a TV series about witches and girl power for those of you who, sadly, don't know (I recommend it, it's awesome) when they accidentally banished a demon to Timbuktu. One of the characters then proceeded to go and get him and bring him back. The fact that the character was able to do this made me question my previous ideas of the place and I soon found out that Timbuktu is a real place.
An actual real place in Africa* where people live and work and play. And I didn't think it existed. I thought this place was imaginary. In my defence if you type 'is Timbuktu' into Google the suggestions are 'a real place', 'a place' and 'real.' I am clearly not the first to be mistaken by its undeniable reality. Still. That's not good.
In conclusion I am useless at geography and should never be left to go anywhere alone. I'd only get lost.
On a completely unrelated topic, you may have noticed that on my blog I managed to add a 'reply' button, so I can reply to your comments. The thing is, I don't know if you actually get notified when I reply, so even though I've replied to lots of your comments, you might not have realised. So I just thought I'd bring that to your attention. Awesome. Hope you had a good day and I'll see you soon =)
*It is now on my list of places I want to visit, along with Canada, Italy and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Firstly, I think I need to give you an idea of some other mistakes I've made in the past. You will probably notice the pattern in that they are all geography related faux pas. Well, there was that time when I thought that Denmark and Portugal were seaside towns on England's coast, between Cornwall and Devon. And that time when I thought that Islam was a country and that the religion had originated from there and, therefore, been named after it. Or that day when I found out that Egypt is, in fact, not its own country, but a part of Africa instead. Yeah, I think you're getting the gist.
So in Britain (I'm not sure about other countries) when we want to say a place that is very far away, as far away as possible (other than Australia) people often use Timbuktu as an example. So if someone asked me where my friend was, and I was feeling sarcastic, I might reply with "Timbuktu" (and a cursory roll of the eyes.)
Bearing this in mind, I think you'll agree that this use of the place is relatively misleading. I, however, was very mislead indeed. I was under the impression that Timbuktu was a made up place, another word for the edge of the world or something similar. I'd imagined it as the very last stop at a train station, completely empty of people and just full of lost things (I think I may have been influenced by the Room of Requirement slightly on this one.)
However, I was watching Charmed (a TV series about witches and girl power for those of you who, sadly, don't know (I recommend it, it's awesome) when they accidentally banished a demon to Timbuktu. One of the characters then proceeded to go and get him and bring him back. The fact that the character was able to do this made me question my previous ideas of the place and I soon found out that Timbuktu is a real place.
An actual real place in Africa* where people live and work and play. And I didn't think it existed. I thought this place was imaginary. In my defence if you type 'is Timbuktu' into Google the suggestions are 'a real place', 'a place' and 'real.' I am clearly not the first to be mistaken by its undeniable reality. Still. That's not good.
In conclusion I am useless at geography and should never be left to go anywhere alone. I'd only get lost.
On a completely unrelated topic, you may have noticed that on my blog I managed to add a 'reply' button, so I can reply to your comments. The thing is, I don't know if you actually get notified when I reply, so even though I've replied to lots of your comments, you might not have realised. So I just thought I'd bring that to your attention. Awesome. Hope you had a good day and I'll see you soon =)
*It is now on my list of places I want to visit, along with Canada, Italy and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Monday, 6 June 2011
Productive Doodling
So I was just doodling on my hand the other day and it looked kind of cool so I took a couple of piccies. I couldn't decide which of these I preferred so I give you both.
(Also credit must be given to 'DarkUFO' who solved the problems I've been encountering whilst trying to download these images- if it wasn't for him/ her I still wouldn't have been able to post this.)
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