a mish mash ~ and other randomness ~

[lookingland]

oddly quiet day yesterday ~ and i didn't get much done.

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reading: charles johnson's Middle Passage ~ and not enjoying it very much. the story is interesting but the first-person narrative from the ex-bondsman on the lam for debts and semi-shanghaied into a slaver ship in 1830 is beyond credulity. johnson handles language beautifully, but i just don't buy it coming out of this character's mouth ~ no matter how well-educated he allegedly is (all that learning he did between farming and starving) ~ he starts spouting theories by german philosphers and my eyes just glaze over. some of it seems merely anachronistic and a lot of it is just pretentious. a whole section relaying the experience of a frighten cabin boy's witness to a creature in the hull is so littered with allusions that not only do we know that the boy didn't relate the story that way, but we wonder where the narrator character gets off putting such spin on the scene because it's clearly just for our benefit.

it's going to be work to finish this one, but i'm going to try to get through it. i've got about 130 pages to go, so hopefully i can wrap it up in a few days and get on to something else.

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with the name poll nearly breaking even, i've decided the safest thing to do is spell the name "Mish" to avoid any possible confusion. thank you to everyone who responded!

and last night i also realized that i've let someone's negativity stop me from making paper dolls. how sad is that? who knew i was such a fragile flower ~ (pardon me while i roll my eyes at my own stupidity).



other than watching Desk Set later this evening, i have the whole day to do something ~ anything. sorta like yesterday except maybe i will take advantage of it.

so i'm off to write. or make paper dolls.

either way, i'm not going to let the voices in my head bother me.

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Comments

[la-vita-nuova.livejournal.com]

Aww, don't stop making the dolls!

I didn't answer the poll b/c I couldn't make up my mind.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

i won't ~ that'd be thilly!

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[geckobird.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Charles Johnson's book seemed more of a philosphical rant disguised as fiction than anything else. The main character wasn't too credible in my opinion, but some of the characters from Africa I thought were quite colorful. Couldn't stand the Captain (what was his name? Whatever it was I don't particularly want to remember it). All I really remember about the book is the Captain abusing the cabin boy (that boiled my veins), some rant by the Captain about dualism, and that thing in the cargo bay. Oh, and that sweet little girl that the main character ends up saving. Sadly enough I don't remember her name... haha, don't recall the main character's name either! Good luck in finishing that.

And have fun with the paper dolls! It's always fun to see the results of your paper doll makings! :D

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

after reading your mini-review i'm not exactly excited to get back to it ~ hahahahahaha ~

and yeah, what's with that cabin boy thing? totally random and gratuitous.

: o p

thanks for the well-wishes. we'll see what turns up.

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[sparowe]

Do you ever sell your dolls, perchance?

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

no, i give them away.

why?

[sparowe]

'Cause I really like them. :)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

hahahahaha ~ well maybe i oughta make you some.

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