It was not the first time I saw RENT
Friday, November 18, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
So....
Hey, remember when I said that, for better or for worse, I'm leaving school?
Yeah, no. That pile of failure and misery sort of compounded, resulting in me having to take two 6-week summer courses.
One of them I'm doing online for FSU, even though I'm currently home in Coral Springs. It's called Peoples of the World, and it's basically a class in ethnography, which, while interesting, isn't totally my thing. I'm kind of excited to read Chagnon's "Yanomamo" book though. The other class I'm doing is at FAU (as a ~transient student~) called Gender and Culture. And by Gender and Culture, they really mean Crash Course in Feminist Anthropology. I don't know why, but feminist theory and I don't tend to mix well. I'm all for the equality of the genders, but I feel that in feminist theory, while it does some good, I feel like a whole shit ton of information is ignored--the same goes for feminist literary criticism (sometimes I use it in papers when I don't feel like doing any actual thinking). I don't have anything against members of the feminist movement, I just find feminist analysis to be kind of lacking and not very holistic.
But what do I know? I don't even have my Bachelor's. (Yet.)
Because of these classes, I'm once again not going to blog much until they're out of the way. I still have to unpack the contents of basically half a college apartment into my itty bitty room and make it all fit, as well.
There is something I do want to talk about though. I'm reading a book called The Child Thief by Brom. It's a sort of gothic, twisted version of the Peter Pan story. I'm going to reserve full judgment until I actually finish the book, since I never like when people criticize something without experiencing all of it, but I'm getting the impression it's trying just a little too hard to be edgy, and it's starting to annoy me. The prose is...okay. I can tell this guy's not actually a professional writer--and he's not. Brom is actually an artist. A really cool one, at that. He has one big illustration for each chapter, and color illustrations of some main characters in the middle. It's gorgeous art. But I can tell it's an artist writing this book, not a writer. There's also not much in terms of subtlety when it comes to moral messages--the whole HUMANZ ARE TEH EV0L AND ONLY CHILDRENZ HAVE TEH MAJIKS AND TREES ARE PEOPLE deal. Loooots of that. Man is the enemy in this book, and I really dislike that there seems to be no ambiguity in the matter. Or...there is, but the book doesn't seem to want to acknowledge it...like...I'm seeing major faults with the morality of Peter and the lost boys--or Devils, as they're called in the book--but the story itself seems not to notice. I don't know. Again, I'll withhold my final opinion until I've actually finished the thing.
And don't get me wrong, I am enjoying the book. On the surface it's entertaining and imaginative the concept itself is really intriguing. It's a bit on the depressing and dark side, and I found myself reading Princess Bride last night to cheer myself up, but that sort of comes with the territory. I am told there are certain twists in the story, and I can't wait to read them. I have to get it finished by this weekend, anyway, as the girl I borrowed it from is coming to town then.
Anyhow. I have an assignment for Peoples of the World due tomorrow, so I should probably get on that while I'm still stuck at FAU's library.
Yeah, no. That pile of failure and misery sort of compounded, resulting in me having to take two 6-week summer courses.
One of them I'm doing online for FSU, even though I'm currently home in Coral Springs. It's called Peoples of the World, and it's basically a class in ethnography, which, while interesting, isn't totally my thing. I'm kind of excited to read Chagnon's "Yanomamo" book though. The other class I'm doing is at FAU (as a ~transient student~) called Gender and Culture. And by Gender and Culture, they really mean Crash Course in Feminist Anthropology. I don't know why, but feminist theory and I don't tend to mix well. I'm all for the equality of the genders, but I feel that in feminist theory, while it does some good, I feel like a whole shit ton of information is ignored--the same goes for feminist literary criticism (sometimes I use it in papers when I don't feel like doing any actual thinking). I don't have anything against members of the feminist movement, I just find feminist analysis to be kind of lacking and not very holistic.
But what do I know? I don't even have my Bachelor's. (Yet.)
Because of these classes, I'm once again not going to blog much until they're out of the way. I still have to unpack the contents of basically half a college apartment into my itty bitty room and make it all fit, as well.
There is something I do want to talk about though. I'm reading a book called The Child Thief by Brom. It's a sort of gothic, twisted version of the Peter Pan story. I'm going to reserve full judgment until I actually finish the book, since I never like when people criticize something without experiencing all of it, but I'm getting the impression it's trying just a little too hard to be edgy, and it's starting to annoy me. The prose is...okay. I can tell this guy's not actually a professional writer--and he's not. Brom is actually an artist. A really cool one, at that. He has one big illustration for each chapter, and color illustrations of some main characters in the middle. It's gorgeous art. But I can tell it's an artist writing this book, not a writer. There's also not much in terms of subtlety when it comes to moral messages--the whole HUMANZ ARE TEH EV0L AND ONLY CHILDRENZ HAVE TEH MAJIKS AND TREES ARE PEOPLE deal. Loooots of that. Man is the enemy in this book, and I really dislike that there seems to be no ambiguity in the matter. Or...there is, but the book doesn't seem to want to acknowledge it...like...I'm seeing major faults with the morality of Peter and the lost boys--or Devils, as they're called in the book--but the story itself seems not to notice. I don't know. Again, I'll withhold my final opinion until I've actually finished the thing.
And don't get me wrong, I am enjoying the book. On the surface it's entertaining and imaginative the concept itself is really intriguing. It's a bit on the depressing and dark side, and I found myself reading Princess Bride last night to cheer myself up, but that sort of comes with the territory. I am told there are certain twists in the story, and I can't wait to read them. I have to get it finished by this weekend, anyway, as the girl I borrowed it from is coming to town then.
Anyhow. I have an assignment for Peoples of the World due tomorrow, so I should probably get on that while I'm still stuck at FAU's library.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Not Dead
Just dropping in for the sole purpose of updating. My last year of school has been one giant blob of failure and misery and I haven't had much free time to blog about things I like. However, I still plan on doing this thing. I leave school in a month and a day, for better or for worse, and I will be getting a start on these blogs because for once in my life I won't have much else to do!
Despite my excitement about graduating, I'm sad to leave Tallahassee. It's a city with such character. It contains some really cool people and, best of all, three spectacular used book stores. But goodness knows I'll probably be back. I made a promise to Anna that we would celebrate our 21st birthdays together, and it would involve a bottle of Strawberry Hill. Not to mention I could finally hit up all the awesome bars I've been missing out on.
I have to say, though: there is something freeing about not knowing what's next.
Despite my excitement about graduating, I'm sad to leave Tallahassee. It's a city with such character. It contains some really cool people and, best of all, three spectacular used book stores. But goodness knows I'll probably be back. I made a promise to Anna that we would celebrate our 21st birthdays together, and it would involve a bottle of Strawberry Hill. Not to mention I could finally hit up all the awesome bars I've been missing out on.
I have to say, though: there is something freeing about not knowing what's next.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Intro Post
I plan on doing a lot of different things with this blog. Reviewing movies and TV shows, potentially a la That Guy with the Glasses in YouTube videos, and books, maybe a la Mark Reads Etc. Or perhaps I'll be original and develop my own reviewing style, who knows? Lol.
These are a couple of ideas that I have:
General Video Reviews:
Dragonball: Evolution, the Twilight Series, The Last Airbender, Eragon, the Harry Potter series, the Pirates porn movies by DP, obscure Miyazaki movies, Disney sequels, Once Upon a Forest, Land Before Time, Unappreciated Disney, Apocalypto, The Brave Little Toaster, The Golden Compass, Tim Burton, Stardust, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Van Helsing, Death Note live action, User Generated Content, I'll Be Home for Christmas
Musical Theatre Theater:
RENT, Cats, Bare, Dr. Horrible, Rocky Horror, Repo, Sweeney Todd, Fosse, Avenue Q, Glee, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Chess (West End vs Broadway), Lord of the Rings
Gay Fiction Theater:
Latter Days, The Living End, But I'm a Cheerleader, Another Gay Movie, Between Love and Goodbye, Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, Gravitation, Brokeback Mountain, If These Walls Could Talk 2, The Birdcage, Make the Yuletide Gay
Anime-related:
Sailor Moon, The Worst English Anime, Top English Anime...
TV:
Dr. Who: A Layman's Perspective, Supernatural, Bones, Jersey Shore
Books (especially gay-themed): The following might be chapter-by-chapter written reviews since I haven't read them yet: A Better Place by Mark A Roeder, Viking Unchained by Sandra Hill, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris, Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, the My Immortal Fanfiction by Tara Gilesbie, Rainbow Boys
These would probably be video reviews: Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons, Melusine by Sarah Monette, Tithe by Holly Black, Shadow Unit, John Green books
Perhaps episode by episode reviews of Buffy because I have never watched it
Yea/Nay? I'm just throwing ideas out there. Anything there where you're like DNW, or any suggestions you could make? I do want to focus on LGBT-themed film and literature especially. Let me know.
The first video I plan on making is Dragonball: Evolution.
These are a couple of ideas that I have:
General Video Reviews:
Dragonball: Evolution, the Twilight Series, The Last Airbender, Eragon, the Harry Potter series, the Pirates porn movies by DP, obscure Miyazaki movies, Disney sequels, Once Upon a Forest, Land Before Time, Unappreciated Disney, Apocalypto, The Brave Little Toaster, The Golden Compass, Tim Burton, Stardust, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Van Helsing, Death Note live action, User Generated Content, I'll Be Home for Christmas
Musical Theatre Theater:
RENT, Cats, Bare, Dr. Horrible, Rocky Horror, Repo, Sweeney Todd, Fosse, Avenue Q, Glee, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Chess (West End vs Broadway), Lord of the Rings
Gay Fiction Theater:
Latter Days, The Living End, But I'm a Cheerleader, Another Gay Movie, Between Love and Goodbye, Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, Gravitation, Brokeback Mountain, If These Walls Could Talk 2, The Birdcage, Make the Yuletide Gay
Anime-related:
Sailor Moon, The Worst English Anime, Top English Anime...
TV:
Dr. Who: A Layman's Perspective, Supernatural, Bones, Jersey Shore
Books (especially gay-themed): The following might be chapter-by-chapter written reviews since I haven't read them yet: A Better Place by Mark A Roeder, Viking Unchained by Sandra Hill, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris, Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, the My Immortal Fanfiction by Tara Gilesbie, Rainbow Boys
These would probably be video reviews: Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons, Melusine by Sarah Monette, Tithe by Holly Black, Shadow Unit, John Green books
Perhaps episode by episode reviews of Buffy because I have never watched it
Yea/Nay? I'm just throwing ideas out there. Anything there where you're like DNW, or any suggestions you could make? I do want to focus on LGBT-themed film and literature especially. Let me know.
The first video I plan on making is Dragonball: Evolution.
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