I began reading Uncle Tom's Cabin last week and finished this morning. 'Twas a brilliant read (despite its overabundance of commas), one deserving of the title "classic". Its writing style, which reminds me of other old books such as Black Beauty and The Wind in the Willows, will greatly influence my writings in the near future.
I don't feel any different. Older, maybe, but not different. For my birthday thus far, I've been playing the Be a Pro mode on NHL 09. Later today I'll be going to places like GameStop and Barnes & Noble for birthday purchases. Hopefully after the shopping I'll have time to finally watch Iron Man, perhaps while enjoying some birthday apple pie. A closing thought: I'M FINALLY OLD ENOUGH TO GET A LEARNER'S PERMIT! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
For Monday co-op: -Rewrite an essay explaining why or why not I agree with the quote from To Kill a Mockingbird, "The Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of [another]" -Fill out comprehension and vocabulary worksheets for To Kill a Mockingbird -Begin writing an essay on the Kelo vs. New London case -Finish several drawing exercises For Friday co-op: -Put together a cast list I would choose for a film adaption of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld ...It doesn't
'Twas awesome. I loved how, while it was definitely part of the horror genre, it was just as much of a normal film. That is, except for the twist ending. A full review will probably come tomorrow; hopefully my HF Halloween story will also be finished by then.
For my literature class at a co-op I attend, my latest assignment was to write a short story that included both all the required vocabulary words and examples of metaphors, similies, and personification. Those requirements, coupled with my desire to return to writing original science fiction, led into this story. I'm posting it unedited; I will probably perfect it at some later date, but right now I want to focus on NaNoWriMo. For the record, I love Harvard Blight's name; don't expect me to ch
I'm getting ready to leave for Friday co-op, but I thought I would share a few pictures I took just now of a WIP MOC that I now consider "scrapped". Warning: Large photos! -Left -Right -Top Why am I scrapping this MOC, you may ask? Well, three reasons: 1. I have no idea how to design the back legs or tail. 2. I can't help but feel there isn't much flow to the MOC; it's not very streamlined. 3. There is no other missile launcher piece I can find in my home that has enough space below the ba
On the way home from returning albums I checked out from the library a week ago, "Roundabout" appeared on a radio station that played oldies. I didn't even know Yes appeared on the radio anymore. Another Yes song started playing afterward, but I didn't recognize it. When I came home, I was treated to my mother's surprised face when she found a package to a Legolover-361 in the mail. My prize for winning the Music category of the Flash Fiction Marathon -- for that was the package -- was a sava
Since Velox and 55555 are currently absent and can't post tonight's write-off stories to the official blog, I'm posting them here for now. I can't figure out a way to prevent excessive scrolling without abusing spoiler tags, so I suppose you all will have to deal with it.
Two days ago was the last day of my Friday co-op's autumn semester. Prior to the last meeting, my gym class would focus on one sport or game for two classes and then switch to the next sport or game; today, however, was an odd day out, so the members of the gym class voted to play Ultimate Frisbee. Gym had already held two classes on Ultimate Frisbee. During the first class we had learned frisbee throwing and catching techniques; during the second class we had played a game. My team hadn't don
Obligatory plug. Nulie runs the League of Authors through entries on Velox's blog. The setup is very nice, the challenges are inspiring while vague enough for different people to have different interpretations -- all in all, this deserves some more attention. If you're interested in participating in creative writing exercises, reviewing stories so others can review yours in turn, etc., definitely check out the rest of its blog entries.
I'm going to miss this blog. It's been fun and really gives me an urge to create a blog that can be linked to on BZPower (not Twitter, though). I hope everyone has had an enjoyable experience reading my blog; who knows? -- maybe I'll be able to afford Lifetime Premier Membership someday soon.
I'm feeling the thirst to MOC. I'm thinking of building some sort of robotic warrior, perhaps to gain experience using System parts in conjunction with Bionicle, as I remain woefully unversed in that field of MOCing. Preferably it'll be black, gray, and silver, but that's liable to change. Thoughts? Suggestions?
Four score and eleven years ago, BZPower came into being. Today, we celebrate its birthday by thoroughly abusing our anniversary Premier Membership privileges for the next week, especially when half of us should be doing real-life work. (Hey, it's the sentiment that counts!) In all seriousness: Thank you for all the fun times you've given us, BZP, and here's to better years ahead.
On another forum, someone posted about BZPower's forums being up. I was on the verge of telling him, "No, those are just the archives," but I decided to check BZPower anyway. Just in case, I told myself. I saw the news announcement. I think my brain did a somersault, but I blacked out immediately afterward so I can't be sure. Source: What Was Your Reaction...
I started watching Signs with low expectations -- the only M. Night Shymalan movie I'd watched before was The Last Airbender, which was (no offense intended) a train wreck. Perhaps this is a matter of relativity, but I think Signs is a good movie. Six months after his wife's death, former reverend Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his younger brother Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix) find a large series of crop circles in their cornfield. Soon afterward, a series of strange occurances both on the farm and
