( So I'm an introspective artist with no enthusiasm? )

I already knew they were making a film adaptation of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, but randomly searching IMDB.com I discovered they're also attempting to make a *good* version of the Bridge to Terabithia, and a film about Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl (both already in production). It would seem that film adaptations of books is the rage at ( Read more... )

William Hazlitt is Lord Voldemort

(or Tom Riddle at least).

The truth is self evident by the images--I swear. He's even a smarmy bastard too!

Hooray for obscure political philosophy.

I wonder if it would be possible for a hermit to claim that they didn't have to obey the civil law of paying taxes. Let's say they owned a sum of money (by virtue of a gift perhaps) and bought a plot of land in the woods on the outskirts of a small town. Since they lived so close to town they didn't need a car, and therefore did not need to take ( Read more... )

You know a country's divided when ( Read more... )

So I'm thinking about doing my Writer's Craft Independent Study Unit on 'dealing with social situations' as seen in literature for ages 9-15 (approximately). It's a good excuse to a) read some of the most frequently challenged books, and b) re-read old favourites and some new ones. Essentially, I'm looking for good books about growing up or dealing ( Read more... )

I have discovered the worst smell in the world--worse than pot-a-potties, rotten eggs, and body odour:
boiled week-old cow heart.

It's about a hundred times more pervasive than raw, bloodied meat. If anyone has a father they'd like to trade I'm open to suggestions.

Had a great time hanging out with J yesterday. Since the uni students also have Thanksgiving weekend off, she was not the only one to sped a little time kicking around the school. We left about halfway through lunch hour though, and went out to eat instead. It's amazing that such a passive driver--who obeys traffic laws and never cuts in--could ( Read more... )

A political allegorical story about the next fifty years or so ( Read more... )

Half of my writer's craft homework this weekend to go online and find out why people think Paltrow's Sylvia (2003) is a misrepresentation of Sylvia Plath, since we're watching the film in class ( Read more... )