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Hello. Got some sleep, am feeling more cheerful today, due in large part to zambonigirl and I having a real life telephone chat last night. She is made of awesome.

Have you all seen the top 100 movie quotes list that came out? I found it amusing how many of them I recognized as being used by Terry Pratchett at one time or another. The one - "It was beauty killed the beast" I didn't know came from King Kong, and having the Dean say it in "Moving Pictures" makes so much more sense to me now.

I read a thing where Bob Geldof has asked the preformers at Live 8 to not do any Bush-bashing during the event. He says because he wants people to stick to the subject at hand, i.e. aid for Africa*, and while I agree that it would be better to stick to the subject, I find it disturbing that he said that. I mean, not that long ago Rock 'N Roll was all about anti-establishmentism, and now Bob Geldof of all people is warning the preformers not to express their opinions about Bush. It is scary.

Question for anyone who's read The Fellowship of the Ring - Tom Bombidil - is he the guy who did the cool river horse thing that was done by Arwyn in the movie? I know someone said one character from the book was kept out of the movie, and I'm guessing it's him, but I haven't seen the movie all the way through, so I'm curious. I'm enjoying the book more than I thought I would, although there is far too much poetry, I think. Get to the point, says I. And also Merry and Pippin are a lot less stupid in the book. So far.

*Although I think there might be room for some criticism of the president while still staying on topic

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Hello. Got some sleep, am feeling more cheerful today, due in large part to zambonigirl and I having a real life telephone chat last night. She is made of awesome.

Have you all seen the top 100 movie quotes list that came out? I found it amusing how many of them I recognized as being used by Terry Pratchett at one time or another. The one - "It was beauty killed the beast" I didn't know came from King Kong, and having the Dean say it in "Moving Pictures" makes so much more sense to me now.

I read a thing where Bob Geldof has asked the preformers at Live 8 to not do any Bush-bashing during the event. He says because he wants people to stick to the subject at hand, i.e. aid for Africa*, and while I agree that it would be better to stick to the subject, I find it disturbing that he said that. I mean, not that long ago Rock 'N Roll was all about anti-establishmentism, and now Bob Geldof of all people is warning the preformers not to express their opinions about Bush. It is scary.

Question for anyone who's read The Fellowship of the Ring - Tom Bombidil - is he the guy who did the cool river horse thing that was done by Arwyn in the movie? I know someone said one character from the book was kept out of the movie, and I'm guessing it's him, but I haven't seen the movie all the way through, so I'm curious. I'm enjoying the book more than I thought I would, although there is far too much poetry, I think. Get to the point, says I. And also Merry and Pippin are a lot less stupid in the book. So far.

*Although I think there might be room for some criticism of the president while still staying on topic

High Speed Interweb and books

Well, I finally got around to calling Comcast to get the high speed thingy sorted out so my phone will work again. My modem and whatnot should be speeding toward me any day now. I am assured that setting it up is easy to do on our own, and was given a number in case it wasn't, so hopefully I'll just have one more weekend of internetlessness at home, and then all will be super and swell.

I ordered the new Janet Evanovich book from Amazon.com as I had a gift certificate, so that is speeding towards me as well. Have yet to order the Harry Potter book, because I want to get a British copy, and keep forgetting to find an online British bookshop that will sell it to me. zakkati offered once to buy me a copy, but I'm not sure how I'd go about getting the money to her. I suppose I could go to the bank and get a traveller's check or something. That seems needlessly complicated though.

At any rate, I'd best get moving on this.

And in the Autumn, I believe two Pratchett books are coming out - Thud, a Night Watch centered story, and another Tiffany Aching story, so hurrah for that.

Speaking of Harry Potter, I have wondered if JK Rowling will stop writing after the 7th book, or if she will try to write an entirely new series. Because she is pretty much doomed to have to live up to herself, and you know critics will not hesitate to say the new books 'aren't as good', or something. It has happened before - look at A.A. Milne, who grew to really dislike his Winnie the Pooh stories, but was pretty much stuck with being the 'Winnie the Pooh' guy for the rest of his life. But that's destiny for you. The Harry Potter books, which I firmly believe will still be read in 100 years time, and destiny doesn't much care that while the author is still living they might want to actually do something else.

ETA: Well I got onto Amazon.com.uk and ordered Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - it seemed to work, and I assume somewhere on the electronic taking of my money from my debit card it will get translated into pounds. I ordred the "Adult Cover" version, because, well, why not? It has a picture of a battered book sitting on a bare table. Nifty, no?

High Speed Interweb and books

Well, I finally got around to calling Comcast to get the high speed thingy sorted out so my phone will work again. My modem and whatnot should be speeding toward me any day now. I am assured that setting it up is easy to do on our own, and was given a number in case it wasn't, so hopefully I'll just have one more weekend of internetlessness at home, and then all will be super and swell.

I ordered the new Janet Evanovich book from Amazon.com as I had a gift certificate, so that is speeding towards me as well. Have yet to order the Harry Potter book, because I want to get a British copy, and keep forgetting to find an online British bookshop that will sell it to me. zakkati offered once to buy me a copy, but I'm not sure how I'd go about getting the money to her. I suppose I could go to the bank and get a traveller's check or something. That seems needlessly complicated though.

At any rate, I'd best get moving on this.

And in the Autumn, I believe two Pratchett books are coming out - Thud, a Night Watch centered story, and another Tiffany Aching story, so hurrah for that.

Speaking of Harry Potter, I have wondered if JK Rowling will stop writing after the 7th book, or if she will try to write an entirely new series. Because she is pretty much doomed to have to live up to herself, and you know critics will not hesitate to say the new books 'aren't as good', or something. It has happened before - look at A.A. Milne, who grew to really dislike his Winnie the Pooh stories, but was pretty much stuck with being the 'Winnie the Pooh' guy for the rest of his life. But that's destiny for you. The Harry Potter books, which I firmly believe will still be read in 100 years time, and destiny doesn't much care that while the author is still living they might want to actually do something else.

ETA: Well I got onto Amazon.com.uk and ordered Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - it seemed to work, and I assume somewhere on the electronic taking of my money from my debit card it will get translated into pounds. I ordred the "Adult Cover" version, because, well, why not? It has a picture of a battered book sitting on a bare table. Nifty, no?