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asato_muraki) wrote2009-09-17 10:47 am
asato_muraki) wrote2009-09-17 10:47 am
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It's been a week of Good News/Bad News
Let me start by plugging the latest on GeekaChicas, How to Save the World by Alpha Lyra (aka ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
amy34). This short piece and the article it points to are inspiring and spot-on. If there is one, single way to save the world, this is it.
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So many famous people have died this week. I knew Swayze wasn't doing so well, but wow. Also, Henry Gibson. My mom used to do little "poetry moments" in his style, for the amusement of all who gathered to hear her. She was funny as well as gorgeous. She never really made a scene, but she was a scene, if you take my meaning.
She died in September, see, and her ghost has felt very near me just lately. It seems outrageously unfair that she's gone.
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I'm excited to learn that the Nightrunner series has been optioned for a movie. As the author says, it's early days yet, but it's exciting news. It's an odd thing, this excitement about a beloved book getting made into a film, yeah? Luck in the Shadows was awesome, yet in my heart I know no movie will ever do it justice. Movies don't often manage to supplant the books they visualize, though I'm sure it has happened.
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Time to get the schooling going, and see if I can squeak in some time for the re-writes. ;)
amy34). This short piece and the article it points to are inspiring and spot-on. If there is one, single way to save the world, this is it.***
So many famous people have died this week. I knew Swayze wasn't doing so well, but wow. Also, Henry Gibson. My mom used to do little "poetry moments" in his style, for the amusement of all who gathered to hear her. She was funny as well as gorgeous. She never really made a scene, but she was a scene, if you take my meaning.
She died in September, see, and her ghost has felt very near me just lately. It seems outrageously unfair that she's gone.
***
I'm excited to learn that the Nightrunner series has been optioned for a movie. As the author says, it's early days yet, but it's exciting news. It's an odd thing, this excitement about a beloved book getting made into a film, yeah? Luck in the Shadows was awesome, yet in my heart I know no movie will ever do it justice. Movies don't often manage to supplant the books they visualize, though I'm sure it has happened.
***
Time to get the schooling going, and see if I can squeak in some time for the re-writes. ;)