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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Once More With Feeling
I touch the fire and it freezes me. I look into it, and it’s black. Why can’t I feel? My skin should crack and peel. I want the fire back! Now through the smoke, she calls to me; to make my way across the flame. To save the day, or maybe melt away. I guess it’s all the same…
So I will walk, through the fire, ’cause where else can I turn? And I will walk through the fire, and let it…
Destruction sometimes is its own reward
That hurt, baby. Kinda liked it. How ’bout you? There’s my girl. Knew she was in there somewhere dying to come out and play again. I know how it feels. Forced to be someone you’re not. Hurts to the bone. You try to bury the pain, but you can’t get the hole deep enough, can you? No matter how much you dig, it’s still there. Broken shards stabbing every time you breathe, cutting you up inside. You know, there’s only one way to make the pain stop. Hurt someone else.
There’s no sacrifice too great for a chance at immortality
I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.
We never weren’t on Grease
I want you to listen to me. And believe this, because I mean it from the bottom of my heart. All romance ends in despair. Or death, but mostly despair. Gut-wrenching despair. And I’m-I-I hate to say this, but I’m actually happy that this happened because now you know. And it’s just going to make you a better cop to realize that all people are essentially just out there to destroy any chance of happiness you will ever have. [Long pause] I feel a hug coming on.
Dailies #61
– “The last time a President got this much done, booze was illegal”.
– Stephen King • La Asfintit – in mod obisnuit eu prefer romanele lui, nu povestirile scurte, acestea fiind doar ok (cel putin prin ce-am trecut eu – Four Past Midnight si Skeleton Crew), dar de data asta a fost crunt, am renuntat cand am realizat ca din primele sase povestiri din totalul de treisprezece nu mi-a placut niciuna. Argh, s-a prostit notabil cu timpul. Apropo, “gringa”? Serios? Nu exista redactor pentru asta? Nu exista nici la noi si nici la englezi, de ce s-a lasat cuvantul spaniol in text?
– Stephen King • The Talisman – am rezistat eroic la prima suta de pagini, dar mai departe n-am putut. Bo-ring. Asta se intampla cand, daca esti un idiot cum sunt si eu, iei ca prime lecturi SK Cell, Salem’s Lot, IT si The Stand – toate celelalte palesc in comparatie.
– Prin bunavointa unui forumist care mi-a imprumutat exemplarele sale, in urmatoarea perioada ma voi delecta cu quartet-ul A Song of Ice and Fire. Wee! Se pare ca Interneturile™ sunt bune si pentru altceva inafara de lesbian bondage.
– Wee! Bigbro revine miercuri si-mi aduce cu el urmatoarele bunatati atent alese de la Book-Off. Ca intotdeauna, cine vrea sa imprumute/schimbe/cumpere, aveti mailul la pagina de contact (linkurile sunt la BookDepo, editiile cele mai ieftine, in parenteze editia mea).
– Robert Harris – Pompeii (TP)
– Edward Rutherford – London (HC)
– Ken Scholes – Lamentation (HC)
– Chris Wooding – The Weavers of Saramyr (HC)
– S. M. Stirling – Ice, Iron and Gold (HC Night Shade Books)
– Liz Williams – Snake Agent (TP NSB)
– Liz Williams – The Demon and the City (TP NSB)
– Walter Jon – Voice of the Whirlwind (TP NSB)
– Patrick Rothfuss – The Name of the Wind (TP)
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Dailies #60
– Joe Abercrombie • Best Served Cold – pentru inceput ma simt nevoit sa mentionez ca eu iubesc revenge flicks – capodoperele fiind Once Upon a Time in the West, Kill Bill, Oldboy/Sympathy for Mr Vengeance/Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Le Samourai/The Killer, Point Blank/Payback, The Bride Wore Black, El Mariachi, Le Comte de Monte Cristo, Man On Fire si The Crow – asa ca voi avea o notabila inclinatie pozitiva. Ca si in cazul magnum opus-ului lui Tarantino, Kill Bill, Abercrombie reuseste un joc aproape perfect inspirandu-se din cuvintele lui Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. BSC, ca si KB, reprezinta cruciada sangeroasa a unei femei nedreptatite asupra fostilor colaboratori in crime. E un fantasy epic plasat intr-un regat medieval, dar e departe de orice standard al genului. Intr-un mod ciudat, BSC a fost scris cu un ochi cinematografic, totul desfasurandu-se in mod grandios, fiecare capitol aproape independent de urmatorul – in pregatire pentru a fi amestecate intr-o alta ordine decat cea cronologica, fiecare batalie mai impresionanta decat predecesoarea. Din punctul asta de vedere, Joe a cules bine roadele celorlalte opere ale genului, producand o varianta vast imbunatatita a Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Nihilist, brutal, depravat, dement, tulburator, necrutator, absolut delicios. Foarte mult stil care te incanta, cu foarte putine lipsuri privind substanta – actiunea fantastica abunda, intorsaturile de situatie sunt la orice pas, personajele sociopatii tind sa fie bine dezvoltati, dar world-building e lasat pe backburner, noi primind doar franturi din dialoguri. Cu toate adunate, o lectura mirobolanta… daca ai stomacul pentru ea. Trilogia First Law tocmai a intrat in wishlist.
– Nip/Tuck (S6) – ultimul sezon. S-a terminat, in sfarsit. Gata cu melodrama stupida, gata cu mortile fara rost, gata cu personajele imbecile dincolo de limita ratiunii, gata cu cele mai tampite povesti din istoria TV prime-time. La final insa, mai tarziu decat ar fi trebuit, personal as fi preferat sa se incheie in S4, nu sa o lungeasca atat cu tot felul de tampenii. Cu greu am reusit sa parcurg toate 19 episoade, e totusi atat de departe de telenovela de care m-am indragostit. So long, serial killer haven.
– Awesome in a can: Mad Men (S3) – chiar mai bun decat la prima vizionare, nu-mi vine sa cred; Psych (S4) – din pacate, mai putin amuzant ca primele doua ori, spre deosebire de S3 care a rezistat admirabil la patru vizionari, tot excelent insa.
– Vizionari esuate: Red Dwarf (S1) – prea meh; Dr Who (S5) – din pacate, abilitatile mirifice ale lui Steven Moffat nu compenseaza pentru faptul ca am pierdut cel mai bun doctor al tuturor seriilor – David Tennant. Oh well, macar avem dvd-urile.
– Tocmai a sosit Stephen King – La Asfintit, cartea castigata la primul concurs Suspans.ro si arata si se simte mirific, pe masura pretului extrem. Acum mai ramane de sosit Guillaume Prevost – Camera obscura din concursul #3.
– Mi-am strans toate cupoanele castigate si-am mai adunat de-o comanda la Nemira:
– Stephen King – Misterul regelui. Despre scris
– Peter F. Hamilton – Disfunctia realitatii
– Dorothy L. Sayers – O moarte suspecta
– Dorothy L. Sayers – Cinci piste false
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