Actually RL stuff this time! Gasp!
Nov. 19th, 2005 01:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetTest in Psych today. Thinking I maybe got in the 'B-' range, but I can't be sure yet. There was a lot I didn't remember from the presentations. Plus, the last question was kinda funky. Still, the sub was cool. (Our regular teacher was out for a doctor's appointment, I think. She was tested for cancer earlier this year, and this is... I'm not sure, actually. I think I spaced out for that. Anyway, I'm not happy that she's (potentially?) sick, but I am happy that I got to have a different teacher today.)
Had a pretty good day at work. Went out and delivered a card shuffler to an elderly lady who visits the shop. It was pretty cool. Went to see Fortinbras with the family afterwards. Cool play. Had much fun pointing out to Dad that it was a form of fan fiction. Still don't think it's possible for me to make a living off of it, unless I work off of old mythology, folklore and legends.
Managed to find a copy of Paulo Coelho's By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept at a used book store. Hard-back, and cheaper than new paperback editions are going these days, too. Copyright 1994. Exploring the feminine side of God (almost?) a decade before The DaVinci Code (and doing a better job of it, IMHO; if nothing else, the quality of the writing is better). I have deep love for this book. It has a prayer I'm very fond of. It has Catholic overtones, like pretty much all of Coelho's work (though The Fifth Mountain leans more towards Judaism), so it's not for everyone. It does acknowledge the idea of a feminine side to all religions, though, and the male lead even says that he's only following the Catholic path because he was raised Catholic.
Like many of Coelho's books (all, I think), it doesn't dwell on names. Only the main character is named in this one, in fact. I think only three are named in The Alchemist, and, while there are a bunch of names in The Fifth Mountain, most of them don't come until the end and even then are 'new' names. I'm actually very fond of the sparse naming technique; it makes the names that are given stand out more. CLAMP uses it, too, in xxxHolic. It's either very creative, or very lazy ^_^ Possibly both. I may have to look into doing that for myself sometime.
Now, I think, I have been up entirely too long, and will go to bedif not to sleep.
Had a pretty good day at work. Went out and delivered a card shuffler to an elderly lady who visits the shop. It was pretty cool. Went to see Fortinbras with the family afterwards. Cool play. Had much fun pointing out to Dad that it was a form of fan fiction. Still don't think it's possible for me to make a living off of it, unless I work off of old mythology, folklore and legends.
Managed to find a copy of Paulo Coelho's By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept at a used book store. Hard-back, and cheaper than new paperback editions are going these days, too. Copyright 1994. Exploring the feminine side of God (almost?) a decade before The DaVinci Code (and doing a better job of it, IMHO; if nothing else, the quality of the writing is better). I have deep love for this book. It has a prayer I'm very fond of. It has Catholic overtones, like pretty much all of Coelho's work (though The Fifth Mountain leans more towards Judaism), so it's not for everyone. It does acknowledge the idea of a feminine side to all religions, though, and the male lead even says that he's only following the Catholic path because he was raised Catholic.
Like many of Coelho's books (all, I think), it doesn't dwell on names. Only the main character is named in this one, in fact. I think only three are named in The Alchemist, and, while there are a bunch of names in The Fifth Mountain, most of them don't come until the end and even then are 'new' names. I'm actually very fond of the sparse naming technique; it makes the names that are given stand out more. CLAMP uses it, too, in xxxHolic. It's either very creative, or very lazy ^_^ Possibly both. I may have to look into doing that for myself sometime.
Now, I think, I have been up entirely too long, and will go to bed
Movie
Date: 2005-11-19 03:47 pm (UTC)Re: Movie
Date: 2005-11-20 05:02 am (UTC)Well, it was reading, but it was also drawing.
Re: Movie
Date: 2005-11-21 11:54 pm (UTC)Scar