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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Sunday, February 13, 2005
House Buying Sucks
Buying a house sucks, more later...
I hate the whole going through a realtor setup. It takes days just for the littlest thing to go from buyer to seller and back again. But really this is just me liking the buying process for say guitars better. I go into a store look for the one I want. I play and test it out. If I like it then I talk directly to the seller about the price. Even buying a car is a better experience IMHO.
The biggest issue I have is that people want a palace price for a hut value. I mean really. Some the houses we have viewed for $100,000 and over were absolute dumps for the money wanted. Magnolia, Ohio is not exactly a high rent area either. Damn I sound like I'm getting old and cheap. I don't mind paying for something but I want it to be at least nice if I do. blah enough ranting for now...
I hate the whole going through a realtor setup. It takes days just for the littlest thing to go from buyer to seller and back again. But really this is just me liking the buying process for say guitars better. I go into a store look for the one I want. I play and test it out. If I like it then I talk directly to the seller about the price. Even buying a car is a better experience IMHO.
The biggest issue I have is that people want a palace price for a hut value. I mean really. Some the houses we have viewed for $100,000 and over were absolute dumps for the money wanted. Magnolia, Ohio is not exactly a high rent area either. Damn I sound like I'm getting old and cheap. I don't mind paying for something but I want it to be at least nice if I do. blah enough ranting for now...
Friday, February 11, 2005
A Song of Ice and Fire
"Never forget who you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you."
(Tyrion to Jon, GoT) -- George R.R. Martin
(Tyrion to Jon, GoT) -- George R.R. Martin
A Song of Ice and Fire
Bran: Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?
Eddard: That is the only time a man can be brave.
-- From A Game of Thrones By George R.R. Martin
One of the best books, if not the best, I have ever read.
Eddard: That is the only time a man can be brave.
-- From A Game of Thrones By George R.R. Martin
One of the best books, if not the best, I have ever read.
Show Review: Thoroughly Modern Millie
Katie and I saw the show at EJ Thomas Hall. Which is a part of the U of Akron. It was a Friday night show.
Thanks in large part to Gwen, I have become much more interested in the theater. Hopefully this is the first of many great shows we shall see at EJ Thomas. I should say that though I have seen some shows on broadway ( Rent, Cabaret, Lion King ) and the shows that Gwen is/has been/will be in, I have not seen or been around theater much at all, so my opinion may not be the most well informed.
Since I am very much a new comer to the world of musical theater I don't really feel that I can totally commit on how good in a technical sense the performers were. The only negative thing that really stuck out in my mind about the play was the male lead characters singing voice. It sounded a little weak and it seemed that he slid in to a lot of notes which were not intended to be slid into. Then again I'm not a singing and was hearing the music for the first time so could be totally wrong. I also thought that he did an excellent job with the acting. The female lead ( the Character of Millie ) was great as well as the rest of the cast. I very much enjoyed the villain and the comedic side of the play.
My favorite parts were the excellent dancing and the 1920's era jazz. Overall Katie and very much enjoyed the show. Thoroughly Modern Millie Tour and original Broadway Play
Thanks in large part to Gwen, I have become much more interested in the theater. Hopefully this is the first of many great shows we shall see at EJ Thomas. I should say that though I have seen some shows on broadway ( Rent, Cabaret, Lion King ) and the shows that Gwen is/has been/will be in, I have not seen or been around theater much at all, so my opinion may not be the most well informed.
Since I am very much a new comer to the world of musical theater I don't really feel that I can totally commit on how good in a technical sense the performers were. The only negative thing that really stuck out in my mind about the play was the male lead characters singing voice. It sounded a little weak and it seemed that he slid in to a lot of notes which were not intended to be slid into. Then again I'm not a singing and was hearing the music for the first time so could be totally wrong. I also thought that he did an excellent job with the acting. The female lead ( the Character of Millie ) was great as well as the rest of the cast. I very much enjoyed the villain and the comedic side of the play.
My favorite parts were the excellent dancing and the 1920's era jazz. Overall Katie and very much enjoyed the show. Thoroughly Modern Millie Tour and original Broadway Play
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Book Review: Redcoat
Redcoat - Bernard Cornwell
I just finished this book today at lunch. I very much enjoyed it. It was something a bit different from Cornwell, in that this isn't a story about the lone badass officer, who rose up from the ranks to take on the whole of the French army. I love the Sharpe/Grail Quest books but they are very formulaic, which Cornwell himself has admitted. What makes those books great is not the unique plot but rather the attention to detail, the great sense of adventure, and the feeling you get that you right there staring down the rifle sights with Sharpe.
Redcoat on the other hand has less adventure and more character to it. Sam is a great character, tough yet not a superhuman, intelligent yet not a genius, loyal, loving and a overall good guy. Captain Vane is a great grey character, misguided yet believable. There is a pure evil type, but it works as a good counter point to the grey characters as someone to cheer against.
The plot moves well and has some unexpected turns that I enjoyed. The history is pretty much right on. I only say pretty much as he does change some of the events of the revolution around in order to fit the story but the characters/events very much match the descriptions that I have read. He details the changes made at the end of the book in his historical notes page.
If the time period and lessening of adventure don't brother the reader then I feel that this is a good read. World changing? Of course not. Entertaining? I sure was.
A qoute I like from the time period:
I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
--George Washington
I just finished this book today at lunch. I very much enjoyed it. It was something a bit different from Cornwell, in that this isn't a story about the lone badass officer, who rose up from the ranks to take on the whole of the French army. I love the Sharpe/Grail Quest books but they are very formulaic, which Cornwell himself has admitted. What makes those books great is not the unique plot but rather the attention to detail, the great sense of adventure, and the feeling you get that you right there staring down the rifle sights with Sharpe.
Redcoat on the other hand has less adventure and more character to it. Sam is a great character, tough yet not a superhuman, intelligent yet not a genius, loyal, loving and a overall good guy. Captain Vane is a great grey character, misguided yet believable. There is a pure evil type, but it works as a good counter point to the grey characters as someone to cheer against.
The plot moves well and has some unexpected turns that I enjoyed. The history is pretty much right on. I only say pretty much as he does change some of the events of the revolution around in order to fit the story but the characters/events very much match the descriptions that I have read. He details the changes made at the end of the book in his historical notes page.
If the time period and lessening of adventure don't brother the reader then I feel that this is a good read. World changing? Of course not. Entertaining? I sure was.
A qoute I like from the time period:
I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
--George Washington
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!
This is my blog. Well duh, right? I'm the one writing this post not you. Anyway this will be a spot for me to keep an online journal, write various story ideas, maybe post music I'll record, post artwork, quotes I like or dislike, review movies/books/music/shows etc.. In general just a place to express myself about my life and important things in it.
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!" -- William Shakespeare From Julius Caesar (III, ii, 78-79)
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!" -- William Shakespeare From Julius Caesar (III, ii, 78-79)
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