Gonna ride soon! Will report back ina few. Peoples are mingling.
- 14:19 @pumajen: I was unable to figure out exactly where you were last night, but I do remember that you have my hoodie. Will try to get tomorrow. #
- 14:21 @Transition: Lego Rock Band is very fun. I'm amazed at home much I like it really. Well worth $46 and you can export all the songs to RB2. #
- 14:25 I forget to check in on it very often, but Geeklandia is getting so big! geeklandia.myminicity.com/ #
- 16:24 At Mister Car Wash, finally getting Mazzy a bath. She was filthy, like her mother. myloc.me/1voGj #
- 17:53 Sitting on the couch with @m_shel at Ryan's. It's movie night - Patton. myloc.me/1vrga #
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Oof. I hurt. Took us 6.5 hours to get out today, with a few rest stops on the way.
I'll post more tomorrow, including oodles of pictures.
In one word: spectacular.
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- 03:08 It's Friday the thirteenth AND @joshacagan's birthday! Happy birthday, you witty, charming, handsome thing, you! Enjoy the day! #
- 15:31 @TheRafaela: You're so sweet! :-) #
- 16:21 Was doing so well on Rock Band until I swapped the last song for a challenging one and got Chop Suey. :-| I can't play that on Expert! #
- 17:47 Text messages that include "my next trip" make me happy indeed. #
- 22:04 I may be drunk during a Big Lebowski costume contest. This is epic. myloc.me/1uxrO #
- 22:29 Holy shit. Drunk at @HoustonLebowski bash. myloc.me/1uyWY #
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Today in the Twitterverse:
- 18:59 @lisapoyneer hahaha! I guess this means they won't be doing Laura, though, since you took the L name #
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The Hero series until now:
Book 1: Resenting the Hero (livejournal | vox)
Book 2: The Hero Strikes Back (livejournal | vox)
The Premise: This is the third book in the Heroes series which is about a Shield and Source Pair who protect the populace from natural disasters by channeling them away. Dunleavy Mallorough (Lee) and Shintaro Karish (Taro) have been mysteriously called to court in Erstwhile by the Empress. Lee doesn't like it, and soon she's proved correct for this reaction because the queen tasks the Pair to find one of her heirs, who was hidden away on Flatwell, one of the Southern Islands. Lee and Taro go there, only to discover that Flatwell doesn't recognize Pairs the same way that the mainland does. This means Lee and Taro have to actually earn their own money while trying to find this lost relative!
Excerpt of Heroes Adrift
******** possible mild spoilers of the earlier books from this point ********
My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this one, probably because when push come to shove, Lee and Taro really worked together in this book. They're both miserable, and only have each other. It's hard, particularly for Taro, because Flatwell people see him as plain and useless, not as vibrant and beautiful as he was always seen in the mainland (and in other books). The role reversal was amusing, and Lee becomes the stronger, more admired part of the Pair, much to her and Taro's astonishment. Meanwhile, poor Taro begins to question his usefulness, because in Flatwell, his skills as a Source and his pretty manners are seen as unmarketable. Only stubborn Lee continues to see him as he was seen on the mainland, which says a lot about their relationship.
This book was a little bit of a breather for me in terms of getting annoyed at Lee. I think that Lee has a habit of not speaking her thoughts out to people (because Shields are supposed to be stony), and just letting them talk, which leads to misunderstandings. I often think "Why don't you SAY that!", but no, she doesn't, she assumes they should logically realize what she's thinking and then she's surprised when they come to their own decision, because of their "talk". Thankfully, in Flatwell, the people are a bit different from the mainland--they're less interested in what Taro and Lee are up to, and so Lee doesn't get into those situations so much. The focus is much more on just the two of them, and the results are delightful.
You could say this is sort of a transitional book, but I think the mission this Pair is on may have repercussions later on in the series. I feel like Moore is very subtly putting it into the readers heads through Lee that there's beginning to be a shift in the political climate in this world. There's also a lot of questions about if things being done the way they are now are the right way to do things, particularly in regards to Sources and Shields.
Also: This may be my favorite cover for this series so far.
Overall: A really interesting installment where Lee and Taro's roles get a little twist and there are some juicy developments in their relationship.
Buy: Amazon | Powells
Other reviews:
Angieville - a positive review
The Book Smugglers - 7-Very good
- 11:00 Someone please come kiss my forehead and make my headache go away. *whimper* #
- 11:54 To make your day more awesome, I present THE BEST OF CAPTAIN AWESOME!!! bit.ly/191f6E #
- 17:09 Robot roll call! #
- 17:42 Cracking up at the number of comments on my FriendFeed for "Robot roll call!": bit.ly/3V95c7 Man, how I love nerds! :-) #
- 18:19 Fuck a pile of kittens. Someone get me a PILE OF OTTER BABIES STAT: bit.ly/432nrL That would be excellent for Christmas, you know. #
- 19:33 Looks like the export key for Lego Rock Band is busted on the PS3. Anyone successfully export their songs? #legorockband #
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There is a need to scratch that itch! I wanna travel but not just like road trip travel but like european hiking travel...
- 03:49 Firefox, you make me want to kill myself. You have become the suckiest suck ever. #
- 04:19 Night, kittens. #
- 09:59 @she_eats: Happy happy birthday, Katharine! I hope you have a super awesome birthday! #
- 11:11 Today feels like a stabby day. #
- 13:23 @aclark: Still need one? E-mail me your address to kymberlie AT gmail dotcom and I can send you one. #
- 16:19 Dear Bruce Willis from The Fifth Element with your blond hair and sardonic smiles, Please marry me. Love, Kymberlie #
- 18:22 Muuuuultipass. #
- 19:06 Rewarding myself by making it through my crappy day by going to get a Blizzard from Dairy Queen. Take that, universe! #
- 19:23 Dairy Queen, calling your tater tots Tater Gems seems like a stretch to me. myloc.me/1skb5 #
- 19:57 Hey, @akpoff, here's the funniest joke in the world: bit.ly/2CUFlB Or just ask me at the next Geek Gathering and I'll tell it to you #
- 20:24 Thanks to our veterans today especially @stretch_aye & @alangham. Best thing I saw today: dogs welcoming soldiers home: bit.ly/1tSK1L #
- 22:27 We all have a sickness / That cleverly attaches and multiplies / No matter how we try. ♫ blip.fm/~g8020 #
- 23:59 Playing The Last Guy on the PS3 where you round up survivors and avoid zombies. It's good practice for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. #
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Today in the Twitterverse:
- 10:27 @zack_a Veterans Day celebrates living veterans as well as those who have died; Memorial Day is to honor the dead #
- 10:40 @zack_a that I do not know #
- 14:34 Remembering a great-uncle fallen in Normandy, 1944 bit.ly/29bTl3 #
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