deb m.’s blog

i'm such a dork. i finally, FINALLY got a digital camera. yes, i've finally joined the 21st/22nd century. since i got hooked on Ravelry.com i've started crocheting again. i figure i'll use this blog for crochet stuff. i'd rather my livejournal/fangrrl stuff not mix with my crochet world. ;-) or maybe i'll use my blogspot acct. *shrug* whatever.

so i finished reading this a while ago and having blogged about it yet. there will be spoilers below!

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i was disappointed in the ending. i felt it was rather weak and was solved just a bit too neatly. i really wanted Keselo, Rabbit and Longbow to remain friends and have Adventures. i wanted Narasan and HookBeak to also remain friends and have Adventures. they just made a nice little threesome and to me, it just negated the whole set up of "toss them together and they'll get along fine" that the previous 3 books had set up.

i definitely did not want Narasan to marry Trenicia nor did i feel it was appropriate that he do so. the first 3 books set up the fact that Narasan was a Career Man and wasn't interested in a relationship. it seemed that the whole "Career Man" thing was one of the reasons that HookBeak and Narasan got along so well in the first place. They understood each others' first loves' were HookBeak's ship and Narasan's command.

i'm ok with Narasan becoming Emperor and HookBeak being ... eh, Special Envoy of... or Diplomat to.. or Vice Emperor or something that would signify his relationship with Narasan, but ... Narasan and the Wild Warrior Woman?

no, no and no. ish. gross. if nothing else, the ending made *that* impossible.

now we get to the Ara/Omago thing. i had Ara pegged as the physical/human embodiment of Mother Sea and Omago as Father Earth. in fact, that made more sense to me that the whole "universe" thing. if you're running a universe, shouldn't you have more interesting things to do than hang out with a bunch of (by their own admission) primitive lifeforms? just a thought. i couldn't buy the fact that they new each other "before time" and then consciously chose to spend that much time in a primitive (again, by Ara's opinion) form.

i have other thoughts but they'll have to wait. for now. i might finish this later tonight if i have time.

What's your middle name?  Is there a story or history behind it?

Jean.

Yes.

it's also the middle name of my Mom's sister and the first name of my Grandma Jo's (mom's mother) sister.

What was the last game you played?

I can't say. Seriously. It's in beta at PopCap.com. BUT as soon as they release it, I'll be right here to tell you FREAKING COOL it is and how I can't stop playing it and, and... well, hopefully soon. Like I said, I really can't say. ;-)

Prior to that, it was Talismania. If you liked Rocket Mania or Chuzzle you'll like Talismania. It's fun and the graphics kick some might ass.

... about current desktop wallpaper, here 'tis:

Copy of metamorph30b

it looks MUCH better when it's all stretched across my monitor and it entertains me. it's one of the few scenes in SV where they actually had Lex Luthor *smiling*.

so, i've finally decided what to use this blog for... BOOKS!!!! woo hooo! but since vox doesn't know how to play nice, i'm going to link to LibraryThing. i'm hoping if enough people start doing that, Ben and Mena will start playing nice. *shrug* it's worth a shot.

i'm going to use this particular blog for a running commentary on the books i'm currently reading or have already read.

When you were younger, were there any game shows that you religiously watched and wanted to be a contestant on?

oh yeah. Price Is Right and Wheel of Fortune. but mostly WoF. a neighbor and i used to tape the daytime  show and watch when we got home from work.

So. Just what I needed. Yet Another Blog. Not sure what I'm going to do with this one yet. I just wanted a chance to play with the Vox  thingy.