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dawn
Aug 28, 2008
3:18pm

How are you? haven't talked with you in ages, and I miss that...oh well

I unfortunately missed the opening, the first time that we lost power at the house in ages...and it had to be on the night of the opening ceremony! I did get to watch some of it, but I never did see the whole thing. I know it is online now, but I am reading the Twilight books...so no time (I did finish the first book in one night...scary) I still don't sleep, but lately I have also gotten addicted to a couple online, server based games.

hopefully I will talk with you soon.
dawn

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david
Aug 29, 2008
11:27am

I'm currently reading a book about the history of the CIA. (Legacy of Ashes - which may go a long way to show how screwed up our political system is.) (Which fits in with China, in a way. Screwed up politics and all.)

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dawn
Sep 2, 2008
2:41pm

ah...yeah, it is pretty screwed up.

I am still reading books my kids (eldest mostly) are reading. She started the Twilight series and told me I "had to read it"...So I did. 4 books in 4 days. I think that has to have been my fastest reading to date (well over 2500 pages, and I remember every word) Other than that...all is running just about normal here. Still have way to many cats, headaches are a pain...more of the same.

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dawn
Sep 2, 2008
2:42pm

my gift for repeating myself remains intact...sorry :~)

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david
Sep 2, 2008
6:42pm

Four books in four days.... my head would hurt, too!

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dawn
Sep 2, 2008
8:28pm

...read a book that is to good to put down? it is like a drug...

I have only read about 5 books/series that have been that good. I went through some serious withdrawal today, which made me go to the bookstore for one of her other books. If this book isn't as good, I will be back there tomorrow, in hopes of finding something...anything to read. I know that Jane Austen and Tolkien will not do it (I already tried them)

My doctor put me on a new med, I don't think it is helping, I am not taking it anymore...hopefully, I will go back to my "normal" migraines.

I have missed talking to you.

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david
Sep 2, 2008
9:58pm

I don't think I've ever seen "Jane Austen" and 'Tolkien' used in the same sentence...

And I'm still reading Legacy of Ashes - I try for a chapter or two a day. (600 pages, should be done before christmas!)

Hope your headaches get better. (I'm sure I've already recommended beating your head against a wall to help with it. Good thing I'm not a doctor, eh? )

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dawn
Sep 3, 2008
1:52am

yeah, I do have some interesting trends in reading. Tolkien is definitely better than Jane Austen, for me. But I can blame Masterpiece theater. they ran "sense and sensibility" this spring, and I tend to read the books that inspired them. They also ran Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë...if I can break my addiction, I want to read that soon. I tried "Pride And Prejudice", but it not the right time.

tried the wall...it didn't work, the wall took the worst of it though. Oh well.

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david
Sep 3, 2008
1:56am

and the producers who make them into movies and tv shows! How dare they expose us to works that we'd never go out and find ourselves!

I did the same thing after watching some Mystery! episodes. (Margery Allingham is waaaay better than Agatha Christie.)

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dawn
Sep 3, 2008
2:17am

actually, it ruins it for the kids too. Eldest school will not allow her to read a book that is now a movie. That is one reason she wanted to read Twilight so quickly (other than the fact that all the girls are reading it) December it will be released as a movie...which makes it then not usable for book reports.

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david
Sep 3, 2008
2:20pm

I think every Charles Dicken's book has been made into a movie.

Does this count tv shows?

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dawn
Sep 3, 2008
3:11pm

yes.

I cant understand why they would not make the kids read the book then watch the movie, and have them point out some of the glaring differences. In almost all of the movies they are so much different than the books.

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david
Sep 3, 2008
3:35pm

So then Masterpiece Theater will cause the downfall of Western Civilization. I knew this would happen!

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dawn
Sep 3, 2008
9:12pm

oh well. at least it gives new authors a chance. Without them, the kids would have nothing to read. OF course, the books are only good for a short period of time, before they are made into movies.

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david
Sep 3, 2008
9:19pm

what if a movie is made into a book? Does that count? After all, it wasn't a book to start with!

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dawnn
Sep 9, 2008
1:35am

think that would work. as the movie is the part they have a problem with