favorite characters:
1. once upon a time: hook. duh. also red, but mostly hook.
2. once upon a time in wonderland: knave of hearts, hands down.
3. the vampire diaries: elijah. also claus and caroline, but WOW do i love elijah.
4. grey's anatomy: ummm, it changes. used to be george. then it was izzy, then alex, then sloan, then addison, then cali, then who even knows. most commonly it's christina, though.
5. doctor who: off all time? ten, probably.
6. grimm: nick.
7. veronica mars: uhhh veronica. but also many others.
8. ugly betty: BETTY!!!
9. supernatural: castiel.
10. new girl: schmidt.
11: the good wife: oh wow, ummm, everyone. i love will, i love alicia, i love grace i love zach. i love calinda, i love carey. everyone.
12: psych: sean.
13: white collar: neal?
14: prison break: (sobs)
15: haven: duke
16: charmed: piper
17: angel: angel, lol.
18: heroes: hiro!
19: pretty little liars: spencer.
20: gossip girl: chuck bass? no. blair. BLAIR!!
21: lost: sawyer.
22: s.h.i.e.l.d: fitz.
23: fringe: olivia or walter. actually, astrid.
Friday, December 6, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
nelson mandela
so this has nothing to do with any books or movies, but in the face of nelson mandela's death i feel the pressing desire to post some of my favorite quotes of his. what a beautiful, wonderful man.
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."
"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."
"There is no such thing as part freedom."
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
"...Your freedom and mine cannot be separated."
"As I walked out the door to my freedom I knew that if I did not leave all the anger, hatred, and bitterness behind that I would still be in prison."
"There is no passion to be found in playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers fear."
"Don't judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again."
"Action without vision is only passing time, vision without action is merely day dreaming. But vision with action can change the world."
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."
"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."
"There is no such thing as part freedom."
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
"...Your freedom and mine cannot be separated."
"As I walked out the door to my freedom I knew that if I did not leave all the anger, hatred, and bitterness behind that I would still be in prison."
"There is no passion to be found in playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers fear."
"Don't judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again."
"Action without vision is only passing time, vision without action is merely day dreaming. But vision with action can change the world."
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
thor 2
so i've never really been one of those loki fangirls. in fact, i don't fangirl about anything, ever. that being said, I LOVED THOR 2. all of my favorite parts were the ones with loki. i swear they made this movie specifically to burst the hearts of all fangirls and obsessed nerds out there.
if you didn't love loki before this movie, you do now.
i mean, really.
gah.
moments liiiiike...
umm, firstly the whole conversation with his mother. his face when she asks if that means she's not his mother. the books. i just, i can't. i can't do it. i can't handle how much this movie made me love him.
then there's...
"Let me guess, you'll kill me. there may be a queue."
and him taunting thor the whole time he's trying to drive. what a backseat driver, i LOVE their brother dynamic.
aaaaaaaaaand of course my favorite five minutes where i cried and laughed then cried (and by cried i mean i flat out sobbed in the theatre, like les mes i dreamed a dream triggering my ptsd status). i mean, he FREAKING protects jane, and then just... just... i totally believed it all, every step of the way i just..asdjflaiwje onakjsv ow gojandfkl l.
so yeah. thor 2 is an awesome movie. and loki's bits in it are just PHENOMENAL. and even if you took those out, the movie is still amazing. sheesh. why such awesomeness, joss? marvel? what are you trying to DO to me??
and can i just say that i absolutely LOVE natalie portman? what a great character jane is, and i love the way she plays her. i love the bit when she's being scanned in that magical healer scanner thingie. she rolls her eyes and everything. i love it.
if you didn't love loki before this movie, you do now.
i mean, really.
gah.
moments liiiiike...
umm, firstly the whole conversation with his mother. his face when she asks if that means she's not his mother. the books. i just, i can't. i can't do it. i can't handle how much this movie made me love him.
then there's...
"Let me guess, you'll kill me. there may be a queue."
and him taunting thor the whole time he's trying to drive. what a backseat driver, i LOVE their brother dynamic.
aaaaaaaaaand of course my favorite five minutes where i cried and laughed then cried (and by cried i mean i flat out sobbed in the theatre, like les mes i dreamed a dream triggering my ptsd status). i mean, he FREAKING protects jane, and then just... just... i totally believed it all, every step of the way i just..asdjflaiwje onakjsv ow gojandfkl l.
so yeah. thor 2 is an awesome movie. and loki's bits in it are just PHENOMENAL. and even if you took those out, the movie is still amazing. sheesh. why such awesomeness, joss? marvel? what are you trying to DO to me??
and can i just say that i absolutely LOVE natalie portman? what a great character jane is, and i love the way she plays her. i love the bit when she's being scanned in that magical healer scanner thingie. she rolls her eyes and everything. i love it.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
mind numbing labor.
myself, i prefer actual strategy as opposed to mind-numbing labor.
claus has the best quotes.
claus has the best quotes.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Partials
new favorite books ever. ummmm too preoccupied to expound atm. but holy crap, the perfect books for me. i love them.
unwind - neal shusterman
unwind - 66 - not. even. funny.
"She leaves him alone with the arm. His arm. An arm that bears the unmistakable mark of a tiger shark."
"She leaves him alone with the arm. His arm. An arm that bears the unmistakable mark of a tiger shark."
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
right?
okay, this has nothing to do with book quotes, but sometimes i just sit back and let it hit me that penicillin was discovered by accident.
one of the biggest breakthroughs in the history of medicine, and it was an accident. that, right there, is humanity. tripping our way through life since the discovery of fire.
one of the biggest breakthroughs in the history of medicine, and it was an accident. that, right there, is humanity. tripping our way through life since the discovery of fire.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Saturday, September 28, 2013
mmm. zombies.
so the book i finished the most recently is warm bodies by isaac marion.
holy crap, guys. holy crap. i had just read divergence and the next one that starts with an "i" that i really love but can't remember the name right now, and i was browsing reading lists online in the hopelessly desperate attempt to find another non-horrible book to read. then i come across warm bodies.
i'm thinking, that's the one they did the movie about... insert wrinkled nose. the movie posters had me with zero desire to watch it, and i was hesitant. but i thought, well, if they've made a movie from this little slice of literary strangeness, it can't be that bad. (please keep in mind through all of this that i love zombies)
so i go to amazon and don't really want to commit to buying it, and end up reading the first chapter that they offer online as a preview.
let me just share some of that deliciousness with you.
"I am dead, but it's not so bad. I've learned to live with it. I'm sorry I can't properly introduce myself, but I don't have a name anymore. Hardly any of us do. We lose them like car keys, forget them like anniversaries. Mine might have started with an 'R,' but that's all I have now. It's funny because back when I was alive, I was always forgetting other people's names. My friend 'M' says that the irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off."
well. i'm thinking, alright, hey it's cute and funny and doesn't take itself too seriously. this could be fun.
jump ahead a hair and you get a glimpse of our hero's character...
okay, by now i'm kind of hooked. let me stop here and say this book is not for everyone. that's obvious. you can hate it, but please don't tell me about how much you hate it. i might slap you.
so then there's this:
one of my favorite things about the character R, is how intellectual he is. not in a snobbish way, but the guy's intelligent. after i finished the book and gave in to see the movie (which i loved), one of the things that frustrated me most about the changes, were the ones to R's personality. they made him more panicky. more of a teenaged bag of "unemployed" anxiety, which was sort of the opposite of what he was in reality. he is so expressive, so patient, and kind, and eager to express his humanity.
then there's their first meaningful interaction after he brings julie to the plane:
frank sinatra, guys. why did they replace frank sinatra and the beatles with 80s music? i feel like we lost SO MUCH of what made R himself, and that made me sad.
because i love this zombie character.
anyway. that's good for now, i can rampage on with more later. perhaps a new post in five minutes as i re-read the book.
in essence, though, i suppose my point is that this book is quirky, charming - oh so charming, cute, witty, sad, heartbreaking, tragic, macabre, cheesy, and doesn't take itself as seriously as other books do.
i love it.
holy crap, guys. holy crap. i had just read divergence and the next one that starts with an "i" that i really love but can't remember the name right now, and i was browsing reading lists online in the hopelessly desperate attempt to find another non-horrible book to read. then i come across warm bodies.
i'm thinking, that's the one they did the movie about... insert wrinkled nose. the movie posters had me with zero desire to watch it, and i was hesitant. but i thought, well, if they've made a movie from this little slice of literary strangeness, it can't be that bad. (please keep in mind through all of this that i love zombies)
so i go to amazon and don't really want to commit to buying it, and end up reading the first chapter that they offer online as a preview.
let me just share some of that deliciousness with you.
"I am dead, but it's not so bad. I've learned to live with it. I'm sorry I can't properly introduce myself, but I don't have a name anymore. Hardly any of us do. We lose them like car keys, forget them like anniversaries. Mine might have started with an 'R,' but that's all I have now. It's funny because back when I was alive, I was always forgetting other people's names. My friend 'M' says that the irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off."
well. i'm thinking, alright, hey it's cute and funny and doesn't take itself too seriously. this could be fun.
jump ahead a hair and you get a glimpse of our hero's character...
okay, by now i'm kind of hooked. let me stop here and say this book is not for everyone. that's obvious. you can hate it, but please don't tell me about how much you hate it. i might slap you.
so then there's this:
one of my favorite things about the character R, is how intellectual he is. not in a snobbish way, but the guy's intelligent. after i finished the book and gave in to see the movie (which i loved), one of the things that frustrated me most about the changes, were the ones to R's personality. they made him more panicky. more of a teenaged bag of "unemployed" anxiety, which was sort of the opposite of what he was in reality. he is so expressive, so patient, and kind, and eager to express his humanity.
then there's their first meaningful interaction after he brings julie to the plane:
frank sinatra, guys. why did they replace frank sinatra and the beatles with 80s music? i feel like we lost SO MUCH of what made R himself, and that made me sad.
because i love this zombie character.
anyway. that's good for now, i can rampage on with more later. perhaps a new post in five minutes as i re-read the book.
in essence, though, i suppose my point is that this book is quirky, charming - oh so charming, cute, witty, sad, heartbreaking, tragic, macabre, cheesy, and doesn't take itself as seriously as other books do.
i love it.
mission statement!
okay, so i realize first off that absolutely no one on earth will ever read this but me, but that being said, i HAVE to have a place where i can squirm and geek out over quotes that i really love from books.
and this is it.
see, the problem is i love to read. well, that's one of the problems. no one reads as much as i do (you know, in my immediate life), and i find myself, with agonizing frequency, absolutely bursting with intellectual geekiness over a certain phrase or the amazing character development that takes place in a specific paragraph or what have you... and here is my point; i have no one to talk with all of this about.
so.
hello, blog-thing where i, the magnificent amy, will shock and amaze you in absolutely no way whatsoever with quotes from books i love. or quotes i love from books i "meh".
enjoy talking to yourself, amy.
oh, i will, amy. thank you.
and this is it.
see, the problem is i love to read. well, that's one of the problems. no one reads as much as i do (you know, in my immediate life), and i find myself, with agonizing frequency, absolutely bursting with intellectual geekiness over a certain phrase or the amazing character development that takes place in a specific paragraph or what have you... and here is my point; i have no one to talk with all of this about.
so.
hello, blog-thing where i, the magnificent amy, will shock and amaze you in absolutely no way whatsoever with quotes from books i love. or quotes i love from books i "meh".
enjoy talking to yourself, amy.
oh, i will, amy. thank you.
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