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rANDOM nOTE: i FELT LIKE HITTING CAPS (THOUGH REALLY, THAT HAPPENED QUITE BY ACCIDENT, BUT IT LOOKED FUNNY ANYWAY ^__^)

Aaaanyway... I finished Diana Wynne Jones' 'Howl's Moving Castle' today. I'm completely in love with the book... I can see why

h_johanna would read it over and over and over and over, and keep laughing every time. It's one of those books. One of those books that stand right up there with Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's 'Good Omens' and the first parts of Joanne Rowling's 'Harry Potter and Eoin Colfer's 'Arthemis Fowl' and that you want to read over and over and over and keep on discovering because really? It's just that delightful.

I borrowed h_johanna's copy and she'll want it back at the 10th (well actually, her sister'll want it back because she was the one who was reading it when I got my hands on it and was swapped up) so I couldn't resist and ordered a copy of my own online.

Of course this meant that I didn't get even half done of what I'd wanted to get done for my paper, but I did get something done and that's wonderful because at least it's a start and I've been dreading the start for some time now.

In other news, if everything goes right we'll be able to pull on our iceskates tomorrow morning and actually skate on the waterways, which is absolutely wonderful as I love iceskating and I haven't done it on natural ice for years (I learned on natural ice when I was two, and have skated lots and lots on both natural and superficial ice (we had an iceskating ring about 10 minutes of our house where I used to live, and it was a lot cheeper than, for instance, the swimmingpool) but the last ten years, the number of years we've had natural ice has been declining and I don't think I've skated on natural ice for years now.

In other news again, the adaptor of my laptop broke, which means I am at my mothers pc right now, which is seriously annoying for a lot of reasons. My sister's boyfriend (Dennis, who is a friend of mine, too) promised to find me websited where they sell cheap but good laptop adaptors but I haven't seen any so far.

Last but not least, I went through five and a half years worth of pictures, both analogue and digital ones, on friday, which was both fun and tiring. Now, I've send over 1100 digital pics out to be printed (and payed a fortune but hey, I guess it'd be worth it) and will go out to buy two or three new photobooks to put them all in. Now to find the time and courage to actually face those quantities of pictures...
I did find a picture of me and my first boyfriend. We looked terribly young and terribly cute and I had a great laugh about it.

All in all, all I can do is stand back and be amused at life and the things that happen and don't happen. It really is amusing when you look at it right, you know?

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Diana Wynne Jones is my FAVORITE author. You should read the Chrestomanci Chronicals, and 'Fire and Hemlock.' Those were my very favorites, but everything she's written is wonderful. I like her a hundred times better than JK Rowling. I actually think Rowling copied some of her ideas.

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Hey, lay off, Rowling is my ~~childhood~~ teenage hero! ;) As for copying ideas? I don't really think there's such a thing as an or the original story. Not in the complete sense. Everyone gets their inspiration of somewhere, and a school for magically gifted children isn't original. Neither is a castle floating in the air, a hopping scarecrow or a wizard... It's how you combine and bring those ideas that makes a good story, right? (No offense meant btw, just kind of irked at the fact that everyone talks about how she 'stole' or 'copied' other people's ideas when she hasn't done that any more or less than any other author. She writes lovely, catching books in a wonderful world and that's all there is to it :))

As for more books... Along with tht Howl book, I ordered another of her books because... <3333

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I've never had the opportunity to read the book, but i enjoyed the movie. maybe i'll see if i can find a copy of the book next time i go to the book store.

Oh do so! It's absolutely worth it. From the moment I got my hands on it, I read every second I had the chance to (including and not limited to the 45 minutes I spend cycling to a friends house *angelface*). It's wonderfully witty and despite being, for all intents and purposes, fairytale characters, the main and supporting characters are so wonderfully alive and real. I loved the movie. I love the book a million times over ^^

All in all, all I can do is stand back and be amused at life and the things that happen and don't happen. It really is amusing when you look at it right, you know? - It's gret when you can do that.

I think being able to laugh at oneself is kind of like being able to retain some of what makes us cute in the place in an odd sort of way. Obviously I don't make much sense either! Hee!

^___^ *hugs* and sorry I missed Christmas but A Happy And Bright New Year for you!!! Hope it's good for all of us!

*huggles right back* And I missed christmas just as much... Make it a bright, magical and especially healthy and happy 2009 alright?

Hmmm I love my ability to step back and just look at life in a sort of detached manner. It makes sure I don't start taking it too seriously ;)

Oh, I remember Howl's Moving Castle... I think there was a sequel, 'Castle in the Sky' (or was it Air... something to do with a flying castle x'D)

I really liked that book. 8D I also liked Artemis Fowl, but I confess I haven't read many Terry Pratchett books yet.

Hmmm I ordered that online at it should be here somewhere next week... I'm already looking forward to it! :D

Hmmm Arthemis Fowl is absolutely lovely. I can't wait until the last book is translated. I've read all the books in Dutch so far, so I guess I should keep reading them that way...

Terry Pratchett... Now there's a book that's fun and cool and of which the Howls moving castle humour reminded me in places. Though I must say, I think Howls moving castle is of a slightly higher level.

If I were to advice you a good book, go read Good Omens, it's wonderful.

:D Happy reading!

Oh I loved Artemis Fowl... I read the last book in English x'D I remember I saw it and was like "HOLY -- THERE'S ANOTHER ONE?!" and all my friends were nodding like I was an idiot or something x'D Then I borrowed it from my friend at the end of school, and finished it later on in the evening x'D

My school library has a shelf of his books because the previous co-chair of our book club loooooooved his books.

I'll keep that in mind. :D

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