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Friday, 29 February 2008
Wikipedia Fun
I talked to my colleague about the Wikipedia version for Lord of the Rings* and she could't resist writing:
One Wiki to rule them all, One Wiki to find them, The details you need and in your brain bind them.
And then we talked about the Harry Potter Wikipedia * and she asked me if I wanted lines for that as well. Of course!
Der Harry nimmt dem Voldemort
gern mal ein Stück Seele fort.
Am Ende ist dann Voldie tot,
und keiner hat mehr große Not.
Which I translated to:
Harry likes to take away
Voldie's soul, one piece a day.
Lastly Voldemort is dead,
took with him the deathly threat.
(If you know a bit of German, you'll notice that I changed it a bit to make it rhyme)
The above proves very well, that we're equally mad. :)
* The "normal" Wikipedia has a lot of info on the LotR and HP books and movies as well
One Wiki to rule them all, One Wiki to find them, The details you need and in your brain bind them.
And then we talked about the Harry Potter Wikipedia * and she asked me if I wanted lines for that as well. Of course!
Der Harry nimmt dem Voldemort
gern mal ein Stück Seele fort.
Am Ende ist dann Voldie tot,
und keiner hat mehr große Not.
Which I translated to:
Harry likes to take away
Voldie's soul, one piece a day.
Lastly Voldemort is dead,
took with him the deathly threat.
(If you know a bit of German, you'll notice that I changed it a bit to make it rhyme)
The above proves very well, that we're equally mad. :)
* The "normal" Wikipedia has a lot of info on the LotR and HP books and movies as well
Monday, 25 February 2008
Stairs
Oh, look what Beth found!
Stairs Bookcase
How great is that? And I've been wondering how to expand my bookcase (at the moment books are all over the place in my living room. I really need more boards), this would be the perfect solution. Alas, I lack the stairs.
Clearly I need to win the lottery and buy a house :) Although, then, I'd have the most wonderful library. :)
Stairs Bookcase
How great is that? And I've been wondering how to expand my bookcase (at the moment books are all over the place in my living room. I really need more boards), this would be the perfect solution. Alas, I lack the stairs.
Clearly I need to win the lottery and buy a house :) Although, then, I'd have the most wonderful library. :)
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Is that normal?
I was looking at the kitty pictures on the "Cute Overload" blog.
And broke out in tears just like that.
I saw my own (well not anymore) two gangsters in a lot of those pictures.
I miss them so much...
And broke out in tears just like that.
I saw my own (well not anymore) two gangsters in a lot of those pictures.
I miss them so much...
Review: Tintenblut / Ink Spell
I don't know what happened between 2003 and 2005, but something obviously did, because this book is muuuuuch better.
There are still things that get on my nerves, like repetitions (the same phrase repeated thrice on one! page) or the POV hopping. But overall the story is compelling enough that I don't mind, or only pause for a second or so.
I definitively didn't want to throw it against the next wall like I did the first one.
So I guess my endurance paid off.
There are still things that get on my nerves, like repetitions (the same phrase repeated thrice on one! page) or the POV hopping. But overall the story is compelling enough that I don't mind, or only pause for a second or so.
I definitively didn't want to throw it against the next wall like I did the first one.
So I guess my endurance paid off.
Monday, 18 February 2008
Review: Tintenherz / Ink Heart
I finished reading Ink Heart yesterday.
As this is a series and as I already have all three boks at home, I will read the other two.
But really, the plot in itself is interesting/good. The carrying out is not.
Maybe I'm just over-critical at the moment because of the workshop, but some things bugged me a lot. For example: Mrs Funke switches POVs all the time, sometimes even in a sentence. That would be something I'd notice even without having learned lot of craft stuff over at the forum.
Sometimes the suspence is building but comes to nothing.
This is a huge bestseller and a lot of people are veeery excited about the book/the series, but honestly, I was bored most of the time...
I didn't find immediate access to The Lord of the Rings as well, but after about 100 pages (latest), the story sucked me in. Ink Heart has about 570 pages and I'm still waiting.
As this is a series and as I already have all three boks at home, I will read the other two.
But really, the plot in itself is interesting/good. The carrying out is not.
Maybe I'm just over-critical at the moment because of the workshop, but some things bugged me a lot. For example: Mrs Funke switches POVs all the time, sometimes even in a sentence. That would be something I'd notice even without having learned lot of craft stuff over at the forum.
Sometimes the suspence is building but comes to nothing.
This is a huge bestseller and a lot of people are veeery excited about the book/the series, but honestly, I was bored most of the time...
I didn't find immediate access to The Lord of the Rings as well, but after about 100 pages (latest), the story sucked me in. Ink Heart has about 570 pages and I'm still waiting.
Sunday, 17 February 2008
Dublin
Yai! I'm going to Dublin from 10 to 13 March!
I've been meaning to go since forever and my best friend and I planned to go for 4 years and finally we do! :)
Aer Lingus has a realy cheap offer from Düsseldorf to Dublin and back for 73€ tax included. And we found a cheap hotel just round the corner of Temple Bar. And 15 minuted from the Guinness brewery. :)
I've been meaning to go since forever and my best friend and I planned to go for 4 years and finally we do! :)
Aer Lingus has a realy cheap offer from Düsseldorf to Dublin and back for 73€ tax included. And we found a cheap hotel just round the corner of Temple Bar. And 15 minuted from the Guinness brewery. :)
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