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She could possibly be a good Vin. She would have to play the character with a lot less spunk than she plays Selena, but she could work. She's probably the perfect age Right Now, which is unfortunate since cameras probably won't be rolling for idk, two years? More?

Oh man, I've tried Gene Wolfe too. I made it through the Shadow of the Torturer, but I hated it.

I actually hate reading Bradbury. I've tried....three or four of his books, gotten at least fifty to seventy pages in to all of them, and then had to quit because I couldn't understand the writing. i wish I could read his books because they are so highly respected, but I find the writing incomprehensible. It's really kind of sad, because I can read Milton, Cervantes,and Dante fine, slowly but fine, but I struggle with a more modern American author.

Welp...I managed to binge a season and a half of That 70's Show since Wednesday. It kicks the crap out of Frasier. The show is gold. It walked on soooo many fine threads between cliche blegh and too awkward to be funny, and it's managed to nail it every time so far. Considering the challenges of having really a very large cast, just 24 minute episodes, and being a comedy, it's managed to build extremely strong and reletable characters. I think what's even more impressive is that it created such good characters in two generations. Red and Kitty in no way play second fiddle to Eric and pals. There's soooo many things about the show that I could rave about, it's really kinda crazy.

The beast in the cave. I got a collection of 7 lovecraft stories and it was the first one in the collection.

I've never read anything of Lovecraft before, so I wasn't really sure what to expect. I did notice far too many descriptions in the story, but had hoped that it might just be the fault of the individual story and not the author in general.

The Tearans are dark skinned actually. I don't think they necessarily were intensely black, but still black.

On the drive down to Florida for a much needed vacation I listened to the autobiography of Geronimo, as well as a HP lovecraft story. The autobiography was awesome, but the Lovecraft was...exceedingly meh. It was just a short story though, so perhaps a longer one would be better.

I liked it. I didn't live through the 80's, but I'm really into that era. The book is fun, the references are cool, Steven Spielberg is working on adapting it to a movie, and it's a pretty quick read. It's not literature, and after reading Armada I realized that Cline isn't actually a very good writer, but Ready Player One is pretty fun. I think that it's worth your time to at least try it, and maybe you'll like it and maybe you won't. I reckon you're more likely to enjoy it than not.

See, I've always figured that the cut off date for a millennial was 2000. I mean, why put millennial in the name if it doesn't actually bump against the thousand year mark? In which case, since I was born in 1999, I should still count as one of the youngest millennials and not a Z. There isn't really a consistent definition for the age range, so I tend to stick with my definition. I've seen some put the cut off as early as '94 and one as late as 2004, so I'm happy with mine.

Yeah I don't know if the CW Seed is available outside the US. I tried watching Vixen, but the episodes aren't very long at all and I didn't see the point in watching so many ads for so little entertainment. I think the Constantine show has been confirmed already?....

Ayn Rand has her place. Just like reading Marx is important. I don't agree with her on a lot, her vision of capitalism was far too idealized and unbalanced, but I think that if you read Fountain Head or Atlas Shrugged in conjunction with liberal books or shows than you'll be far better off than if you Just read one or the other. Why limit yourself to only one point of view? Maybe the earthquake was the result of a country figuring out how to use the Dor for the first time, which caused a huge disruption in the power which manifested itself on Sel through the Elantrian earthquake?

I've been holding off on reviewing any more episodes since no one else is commenting, but HOLY CREM. The ending of the last episode of Arrow had me like part of a Sanderlanche. But first, let's go through the surprise ending (except was it a surprise? Like, on the one hand I'm surprised but on the other hand we've known for months that this was Supposed to happen) . Alright, and here's Arrow

Maybe I'm going to have to listen to literally almost all of my friends and marathon Supernatural this summer. I would adore a Scooby Doo episode. The Arrowverse should do one....

I got my braces off this morning!!!!!!!!! DOBBY IS A FREE ELF! After over 18 months I'm finally free of those sharp wires

No problem Lord Ruler, five upvotes please JK I've spent most of my life being waaaaaaay behind on music. I'm starting to at least be able to keep track of the bands/artists that I like since I've started using spotify, but I feel ya man. I'm still generally very out of the loop with new music. I'd forgotten about your struggles with lyrics....Yeah, you may not like this album very much. There's a couple songs that you may still like, but most of the paramore punk is only present in the lyrics, the songs themselves have a very new sound.

Why Somaliland should be recognized as an independent state from Somalia. Why Teddy Roosevelt the Musical would make an awesome sequel to Hamilton. Why Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBO Now will take over from traditional Cable TV unless significant changes in the market appear. Why becoming a plumber may be a much smarter career move than becoming a lawyer right now. The need for movie theaters to get much nicer or significantly lower their prices if they want to stay in business. Why recent stem cell research that suggests that fertilized eggs are able to develop further than previously thought independent of a mother should or should not matter to Roe V Wade. Why anime may be more appealing to teenagers because a teenagers ability to recognize human facial expression subtlety is not developed but anime's exaggerations help teens understand the emotions expressed.

I don't know if you know this or not, but Cosmere movies are almost certainly going to happen. The rights have been bought, writers and adapters have agreed to the work, and a lot of money has been invested into making it work. I think that the problem with the adaptions you mention is that the people behind the films didn't respect or care about the books. They really were just trying to make some quick bucks or further their careers by gaining more experience in writing and directing. The company that's investing in the CCU (Cosmere Cinematic Universe) LOVES the cosmere. You can do the research for yourself if you want to read interviews and stuff, but they really care about the Cosmere. I think Mistborn, as a large but malleable trilogy, could be absolutely fantastic in film. It's similar in a way to Lord of the Rings. Very large, very epic, very good books, being adapted by kind of new and less experienced people who Really care about the stories. We haven't seen Millie Bobby Brown do a lot of action yet, but I do think she has the potential to be a perfect Vin when the time comes around. Heck, one of the boys might even make a good Elend. I'm curious, does anyone else think that Daniel Radcliff could make a good Lord Ruler?

To a large extent I think I could agree with you. Very few of us have gotten into the deepest parts of our doctrines or the very personal reasons we believe and follow them. But the Shard is still part of the internet, so it is very difficult to decide to open up such personal parts of yourself and your beliefs to a potentially limitless audience. That's certainly part of why I've refrained from getting too personal on here. And again, no there hasn't been any in-depth analysis and comparisons between religions, but compared to the rest of the internet we aren't doing too bad hahahaha.

So Paramore just released their first album in years today. Any other fans? Anyone got an opinion on the album yet? Lyrically I'm very impressed with it, but I'm having trouble adjusting to the new sound. I really like Paramore's punk rock songs, and most of their past pop like songs have bored me. This album has very few songs that could be called rock. They are faster than many of the older pop songs though, and very deep and dark lyrically. I haven't listened enough to pick out some favorites yet, but I do like the album mostly. I miss the guitars and drums though, all the synth just sound kinda inhuman.

I just finished Sandworms last week. (See posts above). Highlights and worst parts of the series in your opinion?

I can vouch for Temeraire as well. Starts as an excellent series, has some hiccups in the late middle, but finishes strongly. If you like alternative history, dragons on earth, or the effects of fantasy elements on cultures than it's an excellent series to start.

I finished my final AP exam this afternoon, AP Statistics. It was my 11th, and final exam. I'm feeling pretty confident about my exams this year, with the exception of Calc BC. I might still be able to get credit for AB Calc at least if I'm lucky. I'm so glad to be done with ap exams for good, they are legit the worst.

Yay!!!!! Maybe we can finally get Shard family movie night to become a thing now!

Congrats!