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Dec. 5th, 2007 01:51 pmA quiet moment between freak-outs in regards to my digital media classes. I'm having an awful time finishing my model for the first class. I can't do heads. Heads are, as it turns out, kind of important when it comes to having a believable person. Also, I have to add bones. I've got to bone her. Hahaha.
I really need to take the time to find a new icon. I'm full of lazy. I'm also full of irritation, and not so full of money, which is a major source of said irritation.
Anyways, I just finished reading "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. One: The Pox Party" by MT Anderson. It was an awfully good book. I have to confess, I bought it because I thought it looked vaguely fantastical, and I have a weakness for YA fantasy. I also have a weakness for MT Anderson; "Burger Wuss" helped me survive my stint at McDonald's in high school, and everytime I see someone on their BlueTooth, I have a flashback to "Feed". As it turns out, Octavian Nothing isn't a fantasy novel, but rather a historical fiction, set at the beginning of the American Revolution, which is both entertaining and poignant. Every couple of pages, there would be a sentence on the page so beautifully rendered that I just had to stop and stare at it. Octavian's tale is both disturbing and moving, and I can't wait for the next book. And that's my impromptu review. I flew through it so fast that I'm not going to have anything to read at work tomorrow. Okay, back to the grindstone.
I really need to take the time to find a new icon. I'm full of lazy. I'm also full of irritation, and not so full of money, which is a major source of said irritation.
Anyways, I just finished reading "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. One: The Pox Party" by MT Anderson. It was an awfully good book. I have to confess, I bought it because I thought it looked vaguely fantastical, and I have a weakness for YA fantasy. I also have a weakness for MT Anderson; "Burger Wuss" helped me survive my stint at McDonald's in high school, and everytime I see someone on their BlueTooth, I have a flashback to "Feed". As it turns out, Octavian Nothing isn't a fantasy novel, but rather a historical fiction, set at the beginning of the American Revolution, which is both entertaining and poignant. Every couple of pages, there would be a sentence on the page so beautifully rendered that I just had to stop and stare at it. Octavian's tale is both disturbing and moving, and I can't wait for the next book. And that's my impromptu review. I flew through it so fast that I'm not going to have anything to read at work tomorrow. Okay, back to the grindstone.
