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The Rains of Castamere by The National (Game Of Thrones)
The Rains of Castamere - The National
A Survey of Things
Play ball! (Taken with instagram)
Taken with Instagram at Marlins Park
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
I fell behind in my reading. I got caught in a black hole called Catch-22. I could not get into that book at all and didn’t finish it.
I was originally apprehensive about reading something I had been told was a scary book. Also, the cover is unpleasant. I expected it to be more horror-y. I found it really interesting and engaging. There was tension and suspense, but no more so than other post apocalyptic / dystopia / epidemic stories (which this obviously influenced). The moment he realizes his wrist watch is dead and he’s far from his house; I audibly gasped and had to take a moment before I continued. I was so nervous for the character. I was really routing for him every time he hit a snag or a setback. It was less about vampire/zombies and more about the main character coping with being the last human being, the loss of companionship, and survival.
So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves.
I got a present. Its pretty. (Taken with instagram)
I should be in bed, not a bar. (Taken with Instagram at Abbey Brewing Co.)
The end of the Orange Prize?
The big news today is the announcement that mobile company Orange will pull its sponsorship of the august literary prize. If you’ve read any of the previous winners listed below, you know this is unfortunate news. Let’s hope the award founders can find a new sponsor soon.
- The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
- The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
- Home by Marilynne Robinson
- The Road Home by Rose Tremain
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- On Beauty by Zadie Smith
- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
- Small Island by Andrea Levy
- Property by Valerie Martin
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville
- When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant
- A Crime in the Neighbourhood by Suzanne Berne
- Larry’s Party by Carol Shields
- Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
- A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore
"Most girls are stupid"
In last week’s Game of Thrones, Arya told Tywin Lannister that “most girls are stupid.” When we heard that line, were we supposed to think, “This is why Arya is awesome”? After watching The Prince of Winterfell, I can’t help but think that the answer is “yes.” While the books series presents a huge range of dynamic and well-developed female characters, the show writers seem determined to edit the story so that all normal women seem weak and worthy of disdain. Girls, like Arya, who fight to throw off femininity and become “one of the boys,” are the only ones who are really strong or worthy of respect.
Although some of the show’s changes to the story have been positive and potentially even improve on the novel, many edits in the last few episodes have reduced the series’ selection of varied, challenging female characters into cliches and walking confirmation of the idea that “most women suck.”
This and the fact that Asha(Yara) called a man a cunt in order to insult him. This is something out of character. “Cunt again? It was odd how men like Suggs used that word to demean women when it was the only part of a woman they valued.” - Asha, A Dance with Dragons.
(via robot-heart-politics)
The Avengers storyboards by Jane Wu.
WOAH
