Quote Qwednesday

"You can sleep when you're dead.  Life is too short."

-anonymous

Life is short, that is why people are always wanting to do something, they don't know enough, they can't do enough, they're not satisfied.  Why else were cell-phones invented?  We always want something done yesterday.  Moving faster moving faster, what's the limit on how fast people can go?  There is always something to do, especially now.  And yet it doesn't seem to me as if humans can always be doing something important or necessary.  Then they could go crazy, depending on who they are.   We want to do something with ourselves, and in order to do that, we must always be doing SOMETHING!  Humans don't want to be bored, they want to be stimulated.  Evolution at work?  Maybe.  Or maybe this has been something that's always been there.  Why else would we be what we are?

~another musing of the ill-informed~

Archangel by Sharon Shinn

Set in a kind of alternate bible-setting, angels semi live near mortals and are more of a part of daily life than they are in a the bible.  Rachel, an adopted wanderer made slave is called to be the wife of the Head Angel-to-be, Gabriel.  Her main duty is to start a yearly singing that abates the wrath of Jovah, their God.  She needs a pretty good voice for this, which she doesn't ever let anyone hear for a while.  She and Gabriel don't get along, to put it blandly, and the singing is in serious question.  Meanwhile, corruption and heresy have crept into the land because of the current/passing Head Angel.  Along with his marriage problems, Gabriel must try to heal the land.
This was a beautiful story.  I sometimes get mushy over love stuff in books and this ended up being a better one with a drastic change from loathing to can't-do-without-you love.  Some of it was slightly coryny, the theology a little annoying, the climax obvious, the end was infuriating.  Though they did say it's good to question your beliefs.  Points for that.  7 out of 10 sounds good to me.

~another musing of the ill-informed~

Hurricane and more scalzi

Sorry that it seems like I'm on this John Scalzi binge, but I've been reading almost a book of his a day.  So I read his next book, The Last Colony, which brings back the main character and his "girlfriend" as main characters.  It also connects to the 2nd book.  He's really very good at this.  His writing is thrilling, the humor is slightly contagious, and the overall plot is just short of masterful.  I think he might be going a little to far with the series thing, his next book just goes over the 3rd book from another point of view, not that enjoyable, but for The Last Colony, it was a pretty solid 7 out of 10.  Review for Sharon Shinn coming when I don't have anything else to write about.

Hurricane wreaking havoc on the east coast.  Not a very common occurance over here, but it is taking so darn long for it to get here!  Hurry up already!  We've been having news things all day!  And it's probably going to continue into tomorrow.  I just hope the roads get cleaned up in a timely manner and that the flooding and the loss of power don't cause a whole lot of trouble.  For those of you in danger that can read this, all 1 of you, be safe!

~another musing of the ill-informed~

Books and why? plus more scalzi

I feel awkward telling people what books I read.  At the library, on this blog, at school, I just don't like it.  Because it's personal for me.  I think that people gain some insight on what I'm like from the books I read.  Or think they do.  And I don't want them to.  Talk to me to find out what I'm like, just don't look at books I read and assume things.  Read a random book about vampires recently.  (It wasn't Twilight)  The librarian talked to me about it.  That's a no-no for me.  I HATE librarians noticing what I read.  I never read vampire books.  I picked a random book by an author I'd read.  I didn't know it was about vampires.  The book sucked anyway.

Finished The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi.  A sort of sequel to Old Man's War, a book that I had said was compared to The Forever War earlier.  (I didn't really see too many similarities)  The thing I admire about the book is that it is only slightly related to the first book in the "series."  The book made references to people and events from the first book.  But this new book had a completely different plot-line, almost completely different characters, perspective, setting.  But it was still related.  I wish all authors could write sequels like he does.  It almost seems like he isn't doing it to make money.  (Maybe he was, or maybe he was just doing it for his fans who wanted more)  The Ghost Brigades?  8 out of 10.

~another musing of the ill-informed~

Quote Qwednesday

"I would let the world be rent in half before I could sing with any woman but you."    

-Archangel by Sharon Shinn 

I write down a lot of quotes like this, then I go back and think that I must be stupid to think that that one was special.  I guess maybe they all are.  I just wrote this one because at the time I wished someone would feel that way about me.  Well, maybe not the world splitting part, but perhaps if I was that self-centered.  Maybe I am.  Not entirely sure about everything I am yet.  But anyway, I guess the set-up was so well done that I just had to write this one down.  And it kind of sort of applies to me ever-so-slightly.  So here you go.  A man who would rather let the world "go to hell" than be with someone other than his beloved.  I wish I could find mine, but how do I know who to look for or where to look?  I have a poem about this written recently.  Also a review of the book this came from and why I don't really enjoy talking about books I read that often.  Maybe I will actually post these instead of being lazy like I did with the Phantom posts I mentioned back in January.  (They're written, I'm just too lazy to put them on here)  But we're all human.  Though sometimes I almost wish I weren't.  I'm working on that.
Going to put a note on here about writing about how humans are so limited they can't even think about something they were previously thinking of when something else comes to mind.  This is one of the reasons I feel my body fails me.
~another musing of the ill-informed~

Earthquake!

So there was an earthquake in our area today.  It was weird.  It was the first earthquake I think I've ever felt.  I didn't even know it was an earthquake, I just thought something was acting up downstairs, like the washer or something.  Then someone called and asked if I had felt the earthquake.  So THAT's what it was.  It was really weird, I just sat down and then it felt like the thing I was sitting on was shaking.  It was SO weird.  I got up, wondering if someone was pulling a joke on me, then I sat back down.  Typical American response lolz.  Actually, typical American response is to get some food then sit back down.  Anyway, that's my weird occurance of the day.

~another musing of the ill-informed~

Funner Books

Read this book about being broke.  It was pretty funny.  This girl is going to college and she has no money, hardly a job, and her life sucks.  Well, that's pretty much it.  Life Sucks.  I don't really mind too too much about money.  Usually I don't really have enough time.  Time sucks.  Time is directly related to life.  And yet we're still here, so I have to live it.

~another musing of the ill-informed~

On Truth

You need truth.  And it has to be right.  You can't take someone telling lies.  Or at least their "wrong" version of the truth.  You see I'm being noncommittal here.  You might be right.  Or they could.  If your truth is in question, something has to give, either you or your truth.  You can break in many ways depending who you are.  Like I've always said, everyone it different.  For the most part.  But if your truth is challenged and your truth cannot (seemingly) be upheld, or you refuse to change your truth, you lose your balance.  Emotionally.  Humans need truth.  Fact of Life.

~another musing of the ill-informed~

I do read a lot, don't i?

Some "interesting" books for your consideration.

Just read Old Man's War by Scalzi.  I liked it.  I liked some of the concepts, but then it got kind of boring.  I guess it is a rather well known book.  At the beginning it has this Avatar-like thing where they transplant your consciuosness into a different body.  Except I'm pretty sure the book came first.  Anyway...the book style was a little more realistic in that they actually leave your "brain" in your new body, not switching it haphazardly back and forth like they do in Avatar.  It would make sense to have a physical connection to a body rather than a psychic one.  Although on a level it is kind of a psychic connection at the onset.  So I liked the book, but it kind of got tedious after a while.

I'm now reading The Forever War, by Haldeman.  It has a foreward from Scalzi talking about how everyone thought he had based Old Man's War off Haldeman's book.  So it makes it sort of ironic that I read Scalzi's book first.  Orson Scott Card trumps all.  Just saying.

Also read The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.  A daunting book.  It has 600+ pages.  Way too many.  Who would want to read 600 pages?  Not me.  But I did, only to find out that the book has a sequel.  Now why would you need a sequel after 600 pages?  Then I go even further to look online to find that there is not only one, but 17 sequels to this novel, which was published 21 years ago.  That is just ridiculous.  I did not feel like looking to see how many pages these were, but I bet they were up there.  Ridiculous.  Another thing?  Robert Jordan is dead.  Some bozo is making the last 3 books in the series.  Crazy.  I don't even think I want to read the rest of the books...

~another musing of the ill-informed~

BAND CAMP! AGH!

Band camp.  Why do we do it?  For feelings of ecstasy, torment, and breathlessness.  It is hell, it is fun, all in one huge ball.  I play in the front ensemble right now, and I love it.  I sort of wanna march, but pit is SO MUCH FUN!  You actually get to show and play emotion there.  You don't get to do that on the field.  So that's why pit is fun.  So much visually attractive stuff you can do in pit.  Band as a whole is just so much fun.  I love Band. I love Band.  I love Band.  Oh yeah, it's quote qwednesday.  So here's your quote.  Just kidding!  I love Band.  Man, I feel like the space core from Portal 2.

~another musing of the ill-informed~

Sorry that I haven't done this for a while, but here's a poem

Oh! you faultless mind.
You toil onward,
while i wish for respite.

You fill my hours
with calculation and observation
while i pine to dwell in silence
and morosity.

You know the torment we have felt!
the Obstructions we have fallen upon!
Do You not feel what i feel?

Under no circumstances,
could You fell what i do
and continue in your effort.
But You must!

you Must.

~another musing of the ill-informed~

Thoughts late at night

You know, I could write on this blog all I want.  I can do stuff in my life and say it made a difference.  But you know what?  I'm just a huge failure.  Maybe we all are.  Less than 10 people looked at this thing for even one second.  This is Everyone.  Gosh, I know so much more than many people with power today.  I don't want power.  I just want respect.  But what I'm saying is we all set out to break out of this mold, I've heard it called a labyrinth.  But you can't.  You may think you have, but you didn't.  We all want to.  Want to create a unique person, do something special.  It just isn't there.  The Something.  The I don't know what it is, but it's HUGE.  Cause all we ever get is preconceived notions.  It's monotonous.  They say we're all different and, yeah, we are, but we're all the same.

~another musing of the ill-informed~

Good books

A great book that I just read is Undercover by Beth Kephart.  Now you might read it and say, "Way too many metaphors and I really don't want to hear about a girl's boyfriend problems."  Ok.  I'm not too into the girl thing myself.  But the metaphors got better after you get past the starting barricade.  The book actually was pretty good.  I'm thinking I need to buy it sometime.  Just to give me something to do.  Almost cried.  I don't think I wanted to actually.  What?  You thought you were getting a book review?  What am I, a bad salesperson?  Probably.  That's too bad for you.  Heh.  Anyway, read the book, worth your while.

~another musing of the ill-informed~

Sports Jerseys

Of all the jerseys in all sports, I have to say that the new Oregon Ducks jersey with the wings on the shoulders is pretty cool.  Any favorites out there?  Maybe?  I think most jerseys all kind of look the same.  The women's US world cup team jerseys were cool as well.  Just wrote this because I didn't have anything else to write about.  Ho hum...

~another musing of the ill-informed~