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pandonkeyI am sufficiently nerdy that the thought of taking short courses to earn a certificate in Editing/Writing (through the American Medical Writers Association) is making me excited. Am I really that desperate for further education? I guess I should start looking into some continuing ed art or writing classes.
Incidentally, Jon Stewart can host the Oscars next year if he promises to loosen up a bit at the start, ad lib as much or more as this year, and provide prepared segments as entertaining as the repressed cowboy and attack ad pieces. Those, plus the Aardman Animation guys with their little Oscar bow ties and the March of the Penguins guys with their stuffed penguins and broken English, made the show for me. (Also, the Oscar producers should please note that ENOUGH WITH THE MONTAGES ALREADY. Unless there's a point, as with the previously mentioned cowboy piece, it's just a huge waste of time.)
My current reading is I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith. It's a charming, low-key story told in a journal style. The narrator's appealing, as noted in a huge "J.K. Rowling likes this book!" blurb on the cover (rather grating, but I won't go into that now). It was a pleasant surprise to find something in the general fiction category by Smith; she's the author of One Hundred and One Dalmatians, a childhood favorite. I may reread that after I've finished this, but I've also got The Parable of the Sower and The Left Hand of Darkness lined up. I'm trying to work my way through a long personal list of must-reads, so the re-reads may have to wait.
Incidentally, Jon Stewart can host the Oscars next year if he promises to loosen up a bit at the start, ad lib as much or more as this year, and provide prepared segments as entertaining as the repressed cowboy and attack ad pieces. Those, plus the Aardman Animation guys with their little Oscar bow ties and the March of the Penguins guys with their stuffed penguins and broken English, made the show for me. (Also, the Oscar producers should please note that ENOUGH WITH THE MONTAGES ALREADY. Unless there's a point, as with the previously mentioned cowboy piece, it's just a huge waste of time.)
My current reading is I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith. It's a charming, low-key story told in a journal style. The narrator's appealing, as noted in a huge "J.K. Rowling likes this book!" blurb on the cover (rather grating, but I won't go into that now). It was a pleasant surprise to find something in the general fiction category by Smith; she's the author of One Hundred and One Dalmatians, a childhood favorite. I may reread that after I've finished this, but I've also got The Parable of the Sower and The Left Hand of Darkness lined up. I'm trying to work my way through a long personal list of must-reads, so the re-reads may have to wait.
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:12 pm (UTC)(Though I was sad that James Doohan and Paul Winchell weren't even mentioned during the 'people who died last year' montage!)
I agree that Stewart was too stiff in the beginning; his very first few jokes came off flat. He really rallied after that, fortunately. :)