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[amezri]

Work today was the same as always. Nothing exciting except for parents who let their children wander into the store touching everything omg and not saying a word. Well, actually, this mother very calmly said, "don't touch that, sweeite<' while continuing to browse on the other side of the store. *headdesk* Way to discipline, lady.

Lately my brain has been doing this thing where it doesn't want to turn off. No matter what, it's like I'm thinking about a million things at once and I can't concentrate on one thing long enough to think it all through and work out whatever it is. Argh. It's the worst at night when I'm going to bed because my brain thinks that's the time to get super-revved up and I can't sleep because I'm thinking about a million other things. Argh. Meh. Anyway.

So for anyone who is still interested, I finally took a photo of the signed photo & letter Paul McGillion sent me.



Am still really chuffed that he acknowledged the artwork! Yay! That means he saw it and the book and liked it! EEE! Yay, Paul!

I am such a dork.

I've also uploaded some photos of what I thought was a cobra lily. Uhm. Target was way wrong and I don't know enough about carnivorous plants to know the difference, really. Anyway, not a cobra lily -- what I bought was a trumpet pitcher, a new pitcher plant hybrid. Not sure which, exactly, but I'm pretty sure it's a pink Sarracenia leucophylla.

Photos in the gallery here. Selected images below.



sdraevn wrote me a Rodney & River drabble! It's awesome. Read! Rodney&River (that is so different from Rodney/River) are my crossover BFFs.

I need to go make a Rodney&River icon now.

eido linked to one-star reviews from Amazon of various selections from Time's list of the 100 best novels from 1923 to the present. Here are some fine selections:

Lord of the Flies (1955)
Author: William Golding
"I am obsessed with Survivor, so I thought it would be fun. WRONG!!! It is incredibly boring and disgusting. I was very much disturbed when I found young children killing each other. I think that anyone with a conscience would agree with me."

The Lord of the Rings (1954)
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
"The book is not readable because of the overuse of adverbs."

1984 (1948)
Author: George Orwell
"Don't listen to anyone who tries to distinguish between "serious" works of literature like this one and allegedly "lesser" novels. The distinction is entirely illusory, because no novels are "better" than any others, and the concept of a "great novel" is an intellectual hoax. This book isn't as good as Harry Potter in MY opinion, and no one can refute me. Tastes are relative!"

To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
Author: Harper Lee
"I don't see why this book is so fabulous. I would give it a zero. I find no point in writing a book about segregation, there's no way of making it into an enjoyable book. And yes I am totally against segregation."

Wow. Just... WOW.

Am going to go do layout work now. And icons maybe if I get layout block.

Comments

[devildoll.livejournal.com]

Am still really chuffed that he acknowledged the artwork! Yay! That means he saw it and the book and liked it! EEE! Yay, Paul!

OMG! *grabs you and hops around*

[whisperwords.livejournal.com]

"The book is not readable because of the overuse of adverbs."

...*goes all Hulk on everything*

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! OMG! Like, Paul McGillion WROTE YOUR NAME! He held your artwork and probably said, "Cool!" and then wrote that on the picture HIMSELF! OMG! YOU HAVE SOMETHING PAUL TOUCHED! *flail*

lol I'm such a fangirl. :P

And dood ... what the hell kind of crack are those people smoking? Geez. People are obviously getting more and more illiterate every day and not in the spelling and reading sense. If one cannot distinguish between literature and plain old fiction, one should probably just not be allowed to read at all. *huffs*

[trixalicious.livejournal.com]

My favorite one-star review is the one for Thomas Pynchon's Gravity’s Rainbow: “When one contrasts Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five with this book, it’s like comparing an Olympic sprinter with an obese man running for the bus with a hot dog in one hand and a soda in the other.”

There were tears with my laughter.

[shoemaster.livejournal.com]

That is so awesome! *bounces* What art did you send him?

...and there are no words for those people.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

I sent all the main season 1 cast members (plus Paul) a print and a copy of Waking Seas. Paul got a print of "Midori."

[arysani.livejournal.com]

1. wee for paul stuffs and yay that he said something about the artwork! i mean, that's like, one step down from actually writing the letter himself. it means he actually knows who you are! :p

2. wtf kind of drugs are those reviewers on?! i can't even comprehend...i mean, i wasn't such a fan of Lord of the Flies, but still, there's a message which i do understand. the plain stupidity there shouldn't surprise me, but i guess it does, even just a little. but it scares me most of all...

[amezri.livejournal.com]

1. I know! So if I ever meet him at a con, I can confidently say, "hey, you know that abstract artwork you got sent? that was me. hi!" :D

2. People are retarded. I blame reality television and poor school systems :-P

[fyrdrakken]

For carnivorous plant pointers, sclerotic_rings is the expert on my friends list. (And has been known to bring a small one in a pot to a goth club with him.)

Yay on the letter!

Those bad reviews sound very much like they're coming from, well, the kind of self-esteem-pimping anti-intellectuals who are ruining American society make fandom nightmarish on occasion drive me nuts.

[buhfly.livejournal.com]

Pwetty flower!

That brain thing? Could be a touch of OCD. Could also be adult ADD.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Is very purdy! I hope it doesn't die :(

I have a feeling the brain thing is an OCD thing, too :-\