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that his friend s family lives on a mountain sized diamond and will go to any lengths to keep this secret to themselves the offshore pirate is quickly climbing to the top of my favorite short stories list i adore the strength of the characters that drive this narrative and the truths that are revealed within the last few pages fitzgerald s writing was conversational his descriptions simple but captivating and his dialogue masterful bay of the dead by mark morris i bought this because ianto was on the cover stfu this short novel is an offshoot of the bbc series torchwood it was far from a masterful piece of fiction and instead rather like reading a badly written episode this is where i peer to and for before muttering i ve ready better fanfiction bay of the dead takes place some time after the end of the second series jack gwen and ianto find themselves in the midst of a zombie apocolypse now i don t like zombies simply because they terrify me yes i have an irrational fear of zombies i watch zombie movies and i immediately have nightmares of my face being eaten by a stinky rotten corpse the plot is very action oriented and leaves little room for character development i had hoped that reading the companion books to the series would give me a broader and more intimate look into the thoughts and personalities of my favorite characters needless to say i was sorely disappointed that isn t to say that this book wasn t a fun way to spend the afternoon the book still features jack harkness being jack harkness and the occassional quip from a suit clad ianto anyway if you want to see the torchwood team take on the zombie apocalypse george a romero style this book is for you if you re like me and looking for character development don t look here 1 comment posted in literature reading list tagged bay of the dead f scott fitzgerald mark morris reading list torchwood essentials the goth rosary candles posted on january 16 2010 1 comment i ve written about the goth rosary s fragrance mists in the past and am happy to announce that antisally is now offering soy candles in all of her darkly delicious scents over the years the goth rosary has provided a variety of high quality and reasonably priced products body washes perfume oils soaps and shampoos i love candles so imagine my glee when my favorite purveyor of scents decided to branch into the candle business according to the website the candles have a burn time of around 3 5 hours but i ve been getting between 5 6 hours with mine these burn clean without any of the black smoke or residue that is common with many commercial brands these candles pack a powerful punch it doesn t take long for the scent to permeate a small room and leave a lasting impression my favorite scent so far is shadows this scent is subtle enough not to overwhelm but still strong enouh to add a pleasantly dark atmosphere not only are these candles a great product but the adorable packaging just adds to the appeal the 100 soy candles are housed in lovely tin coffins the tins make these candles great as gifts or party favors and can easily be reused after burning if you like candles or are just looking for something unique these candles are perfect the goth rosary offers more than twenty unique scents and will be releasing a new one next month 1 comment posted in essentials home tagged candles the goth rosary theodore coolest cat on the block posted on january 6 2010 leave a comment portrait of cat in window this christmas brings a new member to my extended family of dolls toys and animals theodore is a beautiful siamese cat webkin why webkinz well there s just something about a world of addictive flash games and using points to buy items for my virtual pets that keeps me coming back i think what i love most about webkinz is that i have a very lovely physical toy that i can then carry over into a virtual world theodore is a freelance artist he loves painting poetry and potato chips of an evening he can be found in his room listening to the local public radio and licking irish cream when he isn t working on his latest novel or painting he can be found downloading videos from youtube to his iphone or visiting his buddies over at http icanhascheezburger com theodore s favorite poet is t s eliot his favorite book is steinbeck s of mice and men if you ask him what his favorite movie is he ll tell you immortal beloved but what he really means is aristocats theodore s bedroom leave a comment posted in dolls and toys tagged webkinz hello kitty online posted on december 31 2009 leave a comment i love hello kitty and all her friends over at sanrio so what better way to live out my dream of a world filled with fluffy clouds and super deformed animals than becoming a resident of hello kitty online this new mmo allows players to interact with their favorite sanrio characters while completing quests honing trade skills collecting a variety of costumes and falling in love with the ever addicting flash minigames the big question why does the happy world of sanrioland need adventurers it turns out that kitty is missing and all of her friends have been forced into a deep sleep players are summoned to the land in order to find keys to wake up kitty s friends the opening sequence features storybook illustrations and a cute rhyme reminiscent of twas the night before christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse after the opening players find themselves listening to the soothing cadences of a very male voice as he explains what to do with your interface this is a chatbox he says you can choose different channels for map trade and even send ims really i say i never would have guessed malvina just another agent smith the initial character customization screen was lackluster at best players are able to choose from a handful of hairstyles skin colors and eyes i logged in to find that just about every player looked just like me it was a bit like that scene in the matrix reloaded where neo kicks the shit out of millions of agent smiths according to the website players are able to complete many different quests and visit shopping malls in order to further customize their avatars appearances i only got as far as exchanging my skimpy white undershirt and shorts for a set of the same outfit in green and a pair of funky sunglasses overall the game comes across as a combination of webkinz gaiaonline and various stylus controlled ds games quests at least at the beginning stages of the game are painfully repetitive malvina once bloodthirsty world of warcraft rogue was reduced to point at various resources to gather them for quest givers that isn t to say the game is completely without its share of fighting players use unconventional weapons in my case a wand to bludgeon adorable starry eyed monsters into a state of dizziness did i go after the same helpless starfish a dozen times until he gave me the slime i needed maybe unfortunately abusing these super cute monsters does not give any sort of experience what does it come down to well if you like to kill things hello kitty online is not that game on the other hand hko is perfect if you are looking for a free to play game that allows you to build houses hone skills like cooking and farming and collect costumes i have yet to uninstall the game so that must say something about it so if you have an hour or two to spend some leisurely time playing games get off facebook and send me a message warning playing this game causes insatiable urges to head to the local sanrio store and drop loads of money of various articles of sanrio loot leave a comment posted in video games tagged hello kitty hello kitty online hko mmo sanrio video games reading list november posted on december 6 2009 1 comment yesterday it was october today it is december what happened to november i thought i saw a large lumbering leaf pile skulking just outside my field of vision that must have been it the invisible man by h g wells i read this novel early in the month and sadly it was the only work i managed to complete i found the book unremarkable or rather the characters and general plot failed to produce any sort of reaction from me as a reader i breathed a sigh of relief when griffin the invisible man was beaten to death by a rabid and angry crowd yet i came away from reading this with more than a smile on my face there is something about the mix of blooming scientific fact and paranormal fantasy in 19th century literature that tickles me pink it was worth the few hours it took to read this novella if only for the fact that it had the same atmosphere as some of my favorite works that s all really 1 comment posted in literature reading list hi fructose magazine posted on november 8 2009 leave a comment recently i find myself drawn to the world of magazines these pint sized purveyors of words are ideal for sliding under paperwork and perusing between phone calls as it is a beautifully crafted thousand word article can often be more powerful than a 50 000 word novel my search for bite friendly literature lead me to the magazine section at my local barnes noble dazzled by the selection should i read about dolls games anime fashion my eyes settled on the haunting portrait that decorated the latest issue of hi fructose i picked it up thumbed through to find myself assaulted by stunningly crafted layouts and mind numbingly gorgeous artwork my penny counting shoulder fairy carefully replaced the volume and opted for a less expensive underground and alternative art magazine still this volume beckoned to me from the shelf throughout my daily visits to the cafe when i finally did break down and purchase the magazine i was not disappointed in fact i was absolutely shell shocked not only does this magazine showcase phenomenal artists but the articles themselves feature high calibre writing the crisp clean layouts and top quality professional writing make this magazine stand above the others sitting next to it on the shelf so if you like art or if you re just looking for some beautifully written inspiring articles pick this up hi fructose is published quarterly and can be found in many major bookstores as well as online at their website http www hifructose com leave a comment posted in art entertainment literature tagged art hi fructose magazine reading list october flirting with the supernatural posted on november 1 2009 leave a comment october a month of changing leaves and goblins and ghouls so what better way to spend my month than reading tales of the supernatural and who just happens to be the queen of the supernatural anne rice blackwood farm by anne rice earlier this year i started a reread of anne rice s the vampire chronicles i thought it was high time i revisited the series and picked up blackwood farm and blood canticle i regret it i really do regret it blackwood farm is a train wreck i kept reading with the hope that maybe maybe anne rice would somehow transform the disgusting mess of a narrative into something lovely this never happened let me put it this way i do not like lestat in face lestat is one of my least favorite literary characters ever the highlight of my blackwood farm experience was the few moments in the beginning when lestat was charming everyone and made some off hand comment about goths i don t even want to talk about this book i can t believe i read it i can t believe anne rice wrote it what is the world coming to the time traveller s wife by audrey niffenegger the time traveller s wife was one of those books i told myself i would never read it was popular people loved it and i refused to have any part in that i finally broke down and checked it out at the local library i think what i liked most about this book was the clever way in which niffenegger structures the novel the reader is presented with two alternating perspectives through the eyes of henry and clare so for example a certain scene might be seen through the eyes of clare only later to be retold and reexperienced through the eyes of henry the narrative itself is anchored on clare s linear life while henry weaves his way through this timeline appearing at different times at different ages that was a rather disorienting sentence but the book has a tendency to be disorienting my only complain is that overall the book is rather overdramatic it is at its core a sappy and depressing love story it s much better than orgiastic episodes with ghosts and hermaphroditic vampires however the perfect book for a fall afternoon curled up in bed with hot chocolate and slippers that s all for this month i m going to take my sub par writing skills and skip off leave a comment posted in literature reading list tagged anne rice audrey niffenegger blackwood farm the time traveller s wife review stitches a memoir by david small posted on october 24 2009 leave a comment if ever there was a graphic novel that set out to redefine and reimagine what this fast growing genre can produce it is david small s memoir stitches the already tragic poignant story of small s troubling childhood is only enhanced by the dreamy simple images of each panel the knowledge that what appears before the reader is not a fictional story but instead the retelling of one artist s life is haunting what better way for an artist to retell his path than through art the withdrawn nature of david s family his struggle with cancer and the consequent loss of his voice his decision to leave home at an early age to pursue a career as an artist all illustrate beautifully the way in which david was able to overcome the struggles of his youth like life david s story does not end tidily despite the fact that small s narrative ends on the path to redemption the reader does not leave with a sense of completeness not all problems are addressed and not all questions are answered this i think was most powerful of all life is not clean nor does it always happily tie up loose ends so it was fitting that small s retelling of his own road as an artists mirrored these aspects of life much like savage s firmin small looks at the ways in which a voiceless individual overcomes these obstacles to make something of himself i came away with a renewed determination to take what i have in my life and continue to work with it to improve it and to take action interestingly enough david small is a detroit native and much of the story takes place in or around the city if you like memoirs if you like poignant prose and if you live graphic novels this is certainly one to pick up leave a comment posted in literature tagged david small stitches older posts october 2026 s m t w t f s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 mar recent posts february reading list demons and drow a chance meeting excerpt january reading list zombies vs flappers essentials the goth rosary candles theodore coolest cat on the block archives march 2010 february 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