23 March 2012

Weird things come in threes

Here, have my list of sudden strange obsessions!

Lately, I've been having these massive apple juice cravings. That is not something that normally happens to me; I usually go down the more stereotypical line of chocolate, Ben & Jerry's and, of course, the little sausages which will never ever stop being a fount of innuendo. But nowadays, all I seem to want is to down glass after tall glass of cool, refreshing cloudy apple juice.

Also, I have become much more fond of adorable dogs. I am still primarily a cat person due to the slight odor problem that comes with dogs, but some of them are just so precious. In particular, I adore pugs. They're not even really that cute, and those squashed faces most likely give them a lot of nose and eye problems, but oh lawd. I want to love all of them. I have ceased to can.

THEY ARE COMPLETELY BATSHIT AWESOME.

And finally, perhaps or perhaps not most fortunately, I'm really on a roll with this blogging thing!! I am in this huge mood for writing post after post. But instead of acting like before and putting up one post after another, like I did on Ramblings on the Wind (later rebelliously renamed Robots on the Wall, for no apparent reason other than me liking robots), I'm going to exploit the wonders of technology and schedule my posts. In fact, this very post was scheduled. But how often should I put them up? Every two days? Every three? Since this roll most certainly will come to a grinding stop, I should probably limit myself from post vomiting. We'll have to see how this reboot unfolds! Til then, thanks to everyone who already jumped back on the bandwagon! I'm intending for this blog to be more fun, less pressured, and (somewhat sparsely) populated with followers whom I like and can talk to. This means you. Say hello if you haven't already.

Byeas~!

21 March 2012

A Game of Thrones (in which I am surprisingly positive)

So, I'm currently reading George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones! Since it's fiction, and popular, of course I have things to say about it.

Just noting: AGOT is the first novel in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire." I'm watching the TV series simultaneously, as it airs on Swedish television. You know, like a boss and all, even though the DVD is already out. Oh Sweden. (It's on tonight! Dang have I missed having something to look forward to.) I've read about as much as I've seen, so far.

If you haven't heard of it, what it's basically about is this shiny awesome chair (you know!) that all these different families want to get, and they throw things at each other to slow the others down. Um. Something like that. Anyway ... we've got the Starks, rulers of Winterfell, who are basically Vikings so I relate to them. ("Winter is coming. Oh fuck.") Then there're the Lannisters, these blonde douchebags, with the semi-exception of the kindly dwarf brother who likes to have sex a lot. We've also got the Targaryens, who used to rule the country before most of them got killed. They all have gorgeous platinum hair and names that end in -rys and believe that they are Otherkin. Sorry, dragons. There're about a million others that aren't as important; if you're interested see the comprehensive list of family trees at the back of the volume. True story. PROCEED WITH TRUCKLOADS OF INTRIGUE.

Actually, I haven't enjoyed a book as much as A Game of Thrones in a long time. It's not so much the plot, or the way Martin writes. He doesn't exactly weave magic with his words or anything. Instead he weaves ... a rope that drags you along through the story. Not in a face-pressed-to-the-dust way either, more like it's the pully on one of the variety of amusing little carts you could ride in when you were little. I have fun reading it, and can get through many pages in one sitting, an ability which has sadly been more and more lost to me in this age of high school homework and distracting computers.

If I were in a normal state of mind I would be analyzing gender issues. But, um, even though society in AGOT is definitely patriarchal, I find myself not being bothered by very much. There are a few minor things, but there are plenty of awesome female characters. Daenerys is my absolute favorite among both guys and girls; even though she's only able to exercise power she gained through the husband she was forced to marry, she is still really badass and I like the way her character develops.

(There's a lot more sex in the show, and it seems like the preferred position in the Seven Kingdoms is doggy style. Is this cultural or...? Also, a lot of boobs if you like that kind of thing. And blood. Harsh imagery, too; exempli gratia: severed heads.)

Did I mention there are tons of cute animals?? Pictured: Direwolf, kawaii version. (There're horses too!)
I will most likely have more commentary once I've finished the book, but for once I'm glad that there's a lot of pages to get through (and four more novels to go when I'm done!). Definitely recommending this for now. Buy it today! Or something.

20 March 2012

The Hunger Games: A Rant (?)

So, just to get myself started ...

Not going to bother with any introductory posts or anything like that. This blog is going to be really fun to write (she said, with great conviction)!

I'm just going to go right ahead and delve into what seems to be the hottest topic right now: The Hunger Games. There will be spoilers, but I'll white them out, don't worry!


'Sup, 'sup

Hi! I'm Sophia.

This is the part where I tell you all about my grueling experiences in the blogosphere, the countless pages that were started only to be abandoned, my cybersocial incompetence, etc., etc.

But that would be dull.

So instead - hey! This is my cry of "I am back," to whoever missed me!

Let's see how this goes.

~ Sophia