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Aug. 13th, 2011
Memes and things...
Aug. 13th, 2011 06:40 pm1. Don't know what is up with me today, I feel so tired. May have been the shiatsu massage, which relaxed me to the point that I felt like going to sleep. Did help a bit, but still very achy. Also the story in my brain - is screaming to get out. But I can't write at all...at the moment. Tried and it felt, off somehow. I blame work and blogging, because I have to blame something. Oh well at least my back feels better, not completely there yet, but since I think I strained something in my lower spine - it may take a while.
2. In Plain Sight - which was quite good this week, only has six episodes left. Which will air next spring. Yes, it has been canceled, along with Eureka and The Closer. All are on their last legs. Can't say I'm surprised. In Plain Sight is also the only show on USA, with the possible exception of
Covert Affairs, that I find interesting or watchable. All the others are breezy boy shows that I've seen done before one too many times. I'm sure people find them comforting, I find them boring and one of them, just plain offensive. Not overly upset about the cancellations - I'm watching a lot of tv shows and none of them...really captivate me enough for me to get unduly upset by their untimely demise. [Why can't the shows I dislike be canceled? They never are. I won't bore you with the list - because, you may love a few of them.]
3.There's this 100 beloved Sci-Fantasy Titles Meme wandering about, that is compiled by NPR, from over 6,000 nominations, and 60,ooo votes. Glancing over the list, I find myself wondering about people again. I guess we should be happy, Atlas Shrugged isn't on it. Thank you for small favors. But...I do have quibbles. There are a couple of books on this list that I really dislike. And books that are missing from it - that well, shouldn't be. But eh...tis the deal with lists.
Bold if you've read, italicize ones you fully intend to read and/or own, underline if it's a series you've read part but not all of. I've also occasionally used underlining for books I started but didn't finish, and commented accordingly.
( 100 Sci-Fantasy Meme courtesy of NPR and a lot of people on my flist )
2. In Plain Sight - which was quite good this week, only has six episodes left. Which will air next spring. Yes, it has been canceled, along with Eureka and The Closer. All are on their last legs. Can't say I'm surprised. In Plain Sight is also the only show on USA, with the possible exception of
Covert Affairs, that I find interesting or watchable. All the others are breezy boy shows that I've seen done before one too many times. I'm sure people find them comforting, I find them boring and one of them, just plain offensive. Not overly upset about the cancellations - I'm watching a lot of tv shows and none of them...really captivate me enough for me to get unduly upset by their untimely demise. [Why can't the shows I dislike be canceled? They never are. I won't bore you with the list - because, you may love a few of them.]
3.There's this 100 beloved Sci-Fantasy Titles Meme wandering about, that is compiled by NPR, from over 6,000 nominations, and 60,ooo votes. Glancing over the list, I find myself wondering about people again. I guess we should be happy, Atlas Shrugged isn't on it. Thank you for small favors. But...I do have quibbles. There are a couple of books on this list that I really dislike. And books that are missing from it - that well, shouldn't be. But eh...tis the deal with lists.
Bold if you've read, italicize ones you fully intend to read and/or own, underline if it's a series you've read part but not all of. I've also occasionally used underlining for books I started but didn't finish, and commented accordingly.
( 100 Sci-Fantasy Meme courtesy of NPR and a lot of people on my flist )
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Aug. 13th, 2011 10:30 pmFinished watching The King's Speech - yes, I know, I'm most likely the last person on the planet to have seen it. Or close to it. Rather enjoyed it. Not your typical historical period piece. Or bio-pic. Instead it was a story about resolving a specific problem - a speech defect. Which like my mother, I know something about, so identified. The historical bits - I know rather little about, so the inaccuracies did not bother me. My knowledge of British History is not "detailed". For example? I really don't know if Winston Churchill favored King George or Prince David of Wales. Nor do I particularly care. What fascinated me was how they handled the speech impediment, and how people reacted to the King before and after he dealt with it. I had a lisp as a child, and my mother was a speech pathologist. So, in some respects, the film had an emotional and personal resonance for me that I'm not so sure it did for others that saw it.
As mother states - they actually do a good job with the stutter. Most people do it wrong in films.
Same with speech pathologists. Here - it works. The whole speech pathology bit was right on target.
And how you get over it? Even more so. But if you know nothing about speech pathology or care about it, and have never struggled with a speech deficit - this probably didn't mean all that much to you?
Famous stutters who got over it with acting classes or the method that Lionel shows King George?
*Nicholas Brendon - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
*James Earl Jones - the voice of Darth Vadar
Did it deserve to win an Oscar? Well more so than about half the films nominated. The Social Network, I'm sorry, didn't. I've seen them all now, and have to say outside of The Black Swan, The Fighter, and Winter's Bone - can't really remember any of them all that well. I just saw the King's Speech and yes, I think it fits in that company. The other films? Forgettable. Which is often the case with the Oscars, actually. But mileage varies obviously.
As mother states - they actually do a good job with the stutter. Most people do it wrong in films.
Same with speech pathologists. Here - it works. The whole speech pathology bit was right on target.
And how you get over it? Even more so. But if you know nothing about speech pathology or care about it, and have never struggled with a speech deficit - this probably didn't mean all that much to you?
Famous stutters who got over it with acting classes or the method that Lionel shows King George?
*Nicholas Brendon - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
*James Earl Jones - the voice of Darth Vadar
Did it deserve to win an Oscar? Well more so than about half the films nominated. The Social Network, I'm sorry, didn't. I've seen them all now, and have to say outside of The Black Swan, The Fighter, and Winter's Bone - can't really remember any of them all that well. I just saw the King's Speech and yes, I think it fits in that company. The other films? Forgettable. Which is often the case with the Oscars, actually. But mileage varies obviously.
And here's the Top 100 Mystery Thrillers or Killer Thrillers according to NPR (go here: http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2010/08/top-100-thrillers-from-npr-killer.html) I'm going to go through the genre's to see how many of these crazy books I've read.
( Top 100 Mystery/Thrillers according to NPR - or Killer Thrillers, which I also have quibbles with )
( Wiki's List of Top 100 Mystery Novels in 100 years from embers_log )
( Top 100 Mystery/Thrillers according to NPR - or Killer Thrillers, which I also have quibbles with )
( Wiki's List of Top 100 Mystery Novels in 100 years from embers_log )