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Monday, August 02, 2010
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - review
The movie has certain advantages, the book others. Certainly the movie captures some key elements of the book, particularly characterization. It misses a great deal. Some would find the differences an improvement. The movie is more brisk, more exciting, more immediately gratifying and usually more gruesome, not because certain details in the book aren't equally disgusting, but because the absence of the flashing video vividness and the rather flat tone of the written narrative leaves them less lurid. A flat tone could set them off and make them MORE lurid, but it doesn't work that way in these books, usually, because things are revealed over a more extended period of reader-time and more gradually.
But I want to recommend the books to you (if you haven't read them already). I have very little time these days – work (and I do mean work) about a 65 hour week, plus about 12 hours of commuting a week. But I made time to read these.
In case you have NOT read them, here are a few points:
1. They are not exactly slow moving, but they go into detailed and often fascinating revelation of processes (of journalism, hacking, investigatory techniques, disinformation strategies, finances, etc. Larsson knows his stuff. He was, like his protagonist, Michael Blumqvist, an investigative reporter, one who became an expert on right-wing extremism, Sweden's Nazi sympathizers (especially the eugenicists who sterilized some 70,000 Swedish women) and abuse of women, among other things. And he did receive threats. Per Wikipedia, he never married his lover of 25 years, because marriage in Sweden requires registration of address, and he felt too threatened to have his address in public records. (In volumes 2 and 3, the off-the-map address of the title's "Girl", Lizbeth, becomes crucial.)
2. The books are not wham-bam, but an oyster-like secretion of details. (And by mid Vol. 3 the grain of truth in the book starts to acquire that milky opalescence of pearl as the interaction of apparently disconnected threads coalesce around that grain.) The books don't move slowly, if you consider them as a complicated chess match. The moves are rapid. But the ACTION is not. The movies eliminated most of the REAL action of the book, which is mental, akin to a chess player's review of possible strategies. The tone (which sets off Lizbeth's razor-edgedness) is rather bland, conservatively friendly, expository. There's no "deep, dark" background music.
The trilogy has an overall emotional/logical/ethical curve of its own. The first book is mainly a set-up of characters for the next two. The key passage at the heart of the trilogy, in a sense, is the prologue to volume two, whose meaning is obscure (for most readers, I imagine) until near the end of volume three. The first volume seems complete in itself, but that completeness is shredded in volume two, and by half-way through volume three, the awful Vangers of volume one seem distant and relatively unimportant. And yet, everything in the first novel seems preparation for all that follows, not so much in terms of obvious plot, but in terms of understanding of the two main characters and what's important to them and the building and straining of trust between them and the increasing schism between what we know about Lizbeth and what other characters (other than her chosen few almost-friends) think she is, and how this schism nearly destroys her, but ultimately proves to be her most effective weapon…and how it all relates to the perhaps legendary "world we live in."
3. The movie changes the book as all movies change all but the most movie-like books (e.g., Elmore Leonard novels – which I greatly enjoy, don't mean to denigrate them, but the best movie versions alter little, omit little), simplifying, omitting whole sub-plots and many characters. Some of these changes are improvements for me. For example, Blumqvist's sex life, in the books (his various affairs) I find a bit unreal in their asserted sanity. These and some unlikely coincidences (Blumqvist happening to witness something) are mostly omitted. Most of those that come up in Dragon Tattoo are left out of the movie.
Other changes are probably necessary -- given what a movie can do in the time allotted and the difficulty of presenting what a character is thinking at length without putting viewers to sleep -- but unfortunate. For example, most movies and television shows make hackers magicians, and require an awful lot of suspension of disbelief, as genius nerds tap a few keys rapidly to get into arcane sites. The Dragon Tattoo movie is little better, but the books are a LOT better. You can actually get some idea how it's done.
4. I haven't yet seen the other two movies. I can tell you that if you read the books, what you'll probably find is that the first book is slow-going for about half-way through (and each book is big – about 600 pages), gets better, gets gripping, goes on past where most books would climax, but still holds interest. The second book moves in many different directions at once and at times seems to disperse attention and repeat itself, but still fascinates, and has a lot more action than vol. one, but by the end, a reader may begin to feel that it's hard to see a good way to an integrated finish. Then (with Hornet's Nest) you get something like 600 pages of PAYOFF PAYOFF PAYOFF at a level of intensity and grippingness I've seen in few novels. Kind of a record for prolonged orgasm (all in the same bland, analytical style of the first novel). It's still mostly an intellectual game, not chase scenes, etc. (Not many.) But you do hit the ground (mentally) at high speed, and there's no let-up, and the court scene near the end is incredibly real and satisfying. I don't know if it's what you'd call literature – well, it is, but perhaps not great literature – but it's a great intellectual thriller, half genre/half "literature," borderline, but playing the two off against one another in a way that contributes to both. There's a segment at the almost-end that's more standard thriller (but true enough to the characters) that amounts to tying up a loose end and is a bit anti-climactic (climactic in terms of action-thriller, but in terms of MENTAL thriller, a let-down), but interesting, then a final scene between the two protagonists that seems to me an excellent, fitting and wise conclusion.
Larsson died before these books were published and supposedly left outlines for more novels (and complete text for much of one of them). Perhaps he planned more novels with these characters, but I'm not sure he could have topped Hornet's Nest. I'm not saying it's better than the other two volumes. I'm saying that, however compelling the first two books are, when you see how they feed into the collapsing armies of dominoes in the third book, the earlier books take on an additional dimension.
Is it great literature? Who cares. I'd say no. Too talky, too many voices (at least in translation) that are the same voice. But it's great SOMEthing. And the author tells us a lot about what we live in -- that's literature. He knows how a variety of professionals act and, in some cases, how they talk and how they spin things. He knows something about what it takes to survive if you take on the military-industrial-psychiatric-security complex. (And he makes that complex real – this isn't SMERSH.) And he manages to embody much of what it takes to survive in what appears at first to be (to put it in high-school year-book terms) a "Least Likely to Survive" character ("The Girl…".), a victim who refuses to be a victim, then almost becomes one from the reflux of the force of her refusal, then manages to transcend that and become, to some extent (and in a real way) something more than "not a victim," something positive.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Of! Dammit! Of! Of!
The trick of much poetry
is to boobytrap the innocent logic of syntax
with nonsense - not a stream of gibberish like
"bubble rats sour oyster foul snot pits
blood summer", but "A bubble of rats bursts
the sour oyster of our foul snot
in deepest pits of blood summer" or "the calculus
of winter" or "in the frayed easy chairs of
incontinent autumn" or "a calculus of rats
bursts the snot moon of..." (or even "...snots
the burst moon of...") - it MUST make sense,
because the power of syntax (A [noun] of [plural noun]
[verb]s the [adj.] [noun] of our [adj.] [noun]...)
carries it along, as heedless of its cargo
as a speeding train, which, whether carrying
vacationers, businessmen, potatoes or corpses,
gets where it's going. Not much wrong
with this: millennia of sheer plod cut
these logical grooves into our language, dry beds
for flow of even gibberish. Why NOT use them
to make us know bubbles of rats, the bursting
of sour oysters, etc.? We read such lines
as if blindfolded and asked to touch
whatever is put before us. Logical syntax
is our inviter's confident glibness
that lures us to plunge our hands into the bowl
of spaghetti, worms or bleeding guts, at worst
an adventure. I lament only the sapping
of syntax, the cheapened status of sentence
position, the dulling edges of our fine all-purpose
diamond-tipped tools: Of, the, a, our,
in, to .... Honed delicate tools should
not be used to slice up old cardboard. Syntax
is a miracle of complex agreement.
If we waste it - too often treat the ancient
aristocracy of articles, prepositions,
pronouns and conjunctions as mere pimps
for the perverse rompings of jaded, ill-
associated, ostentatious, nouveau riche words
like bubble, sour and calculus - then the
little words that bear it all upon their
shoulders will sicken from the shame of it,
look for ways to lighten their load by
cheating us, lose meaning - and then,
without our razor-edged the , our handy-dandy
slicer/masher/ricer/dicer of , our whole
tool chest full of elaborately defined
and compartmented if, to, and, on, as -
O how shall we talk to one another!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Your Whole World
your whole world is here.
Here are the places in the world
where you can't go because
they are dangerous. Here are the
people who hate you because
you are an American. Here are
the things that will run out or cost
too much for you to have in the
near future (the distant future
has already run out, and you
can't have it). Here are the things
you can get in trouble for. Here
are all the things going wrong
with the world that you can't do
anything about. Probably no one
can do anything about them. Experts
and reliable sources agree that
there are no simple solutions and that
only time will tell. In any case,
it's certain that you
can't do anything about these matters,
but nonetheless, beyond the call
of duty, we keep you well-informed.
("We are now dropping the cyanide
into your cell....") Meanwhile,
if you can afford to drive
your car, there's a good chance
you too will be killed, maimed or sued,
but there's a good chance of it
even if you walk. That's the
sort of world you live in, but
fortunately for you, your friend,
the daily news, is looking out
for you--on the inside pages
our columnists tell you how
to deal with stress (per expert
shrinks with CIA contracts)
and our funny pages bring out
the humorous aspects of the Decline
And Fall of Practically Everything.
We present all reliably authorized
sides of every issue from our
Viewpoint. We let you get a very inside
look at what goes on all over the
world. When you are done reading
the papers, you can extrovert
by inspecting your breasts or rectum
for cancerous growths.
by Dean Blehert
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Lost and Found
admiring (as one would say politely
to the hostess, "Delicious!") a loveliness
that once tore you out of yourself,
left the empty shell of you vibrating
with a music that hummed long after
your return. You walked home that day,
ignoring the glad tears that gave you away,
knowing yourself too transparent
to be noted.
Now, admiring, you are solid.
You try to feel by looking harder,
spotting details, stilling the voices
in your head. For a moment you think
something is about to happen,
because you feel teary, but no tears flow--
the source is muddied. And the sting
is not of gladness. For several moments
you stand there trying to put something
back where it belongs, not knowing what,
while the dog trots and sniffs
farther and farther afield. You move on,
thinking, "I've lost it", hoping someday
it will turn up.
Nothing has been lost.
It is what has been added that thickens
the day. It is always with you, a clenched
headache you won't know has held you
until it vanishes. Then you will know
the mass of it--and the masquerade:
That when you strained to see,
the strain was not yours; when you thought:
"I've lost it", the thought belonged
to your burden; when you cried:
"There is no freedom!",
it was your shackles crying.
by Dean Blehert
Friday, June 18, 2010
Saving Face
and they dart away, except once I held
too long the eyes of a dapper man,
who smiled too winningly.
Counselling people, I can look at them
without being expected to make a pass.
With my wife, often, it is permitted
just to look. With friends across restaurant tables
looking at each other is not strictly forbidden,
though always after an acceptable instant
one must ask (meaning "Is something wrong?"),
Why is it better to let two sets of eyes wander
in intricately interlaced choreography
from table to food to napkins, mine sweeping
(mine-sweeping indeed) past the face
three feet away only when it faces
elsewhere, catching eyes only a casual second,
as if eyes were slippery to the touch
of eyes? Why is it better, when eyes meet,
that inner gaze be elsewhere?
Even the dog knows that when I am giving orders
I am head of the pack and must not be faced.
People who look right at you
are about to lie to you, on the make, eerie
(Rasputins, pod people, zombies)--Oh
there is no good reason ever for eyes
to fix upon eyes. Movies dote on closeups,
pornographically huge luminous eyes
harmlessly sating our cravings.
Not that we are our eyes,
but they are where, craving raw light,
we've let ourselves be located--what could be
more dangerous? They've become our signature,
identity badges in the swarming lobbies
of the Humanoid Convention--the eyes
or other cherished features:
a mustache, "striking" cheekbones, the migraine
that somehow justifies all failures,
not much to be, but better than a billfold
crammed with credit cards, a sex organ,
a gun, a compendium of opinions
and all the other things we become
when we've lost, even, face.
by Dean Blehert
Saturday, June 12, 2010
In a Hurry
writhing on the sidewalk while three men
lifted his motorcycle out of a puddle
of oil by the curb.
I was going somewhere and decided
I didn't have time to stop.
No doubt he'd felt the same way
until the crumpled rear end of that car
persuaded him otherwise--
though he may still be in a big hurry,
answering petulantly his pain's questions
so that pain must ask them over and over,
haggling, wringing from him each detail--
very time-consuming.
I, too, have found since then
more time than I thought I had
for answering questions--not posed
by any pain of mine,
but by the tiny gap torn
in where I thought I was going to
by my maybe passing right by--
in my hurry to get there--
part of it.
Today another accident: The front of his tiny car
nearly cut off by a left-turning truck,
he's slouched in the front seat, bleeding
from his face (nose? mouth?)
onto his once-white shirt, dazed.
I park and bring over a box of Kleenex
to catch blood and to make amends
for driving past the broken motorcyclist.
I feel okay about it now if you do, Lord,
so you can stop damaging people
and machines for me.
by Dean Blehert
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Walking Beside You
at your pace), I worry: What if an alien craft
were to beam you up, just you. I'd be walking along,
turn back - you'd be gone
So I slow down to walk beside you. Still, with a
narrow beam, they could pick off you alone,
so I put my hand on your shoulder,
but maybe they'd take you and just
my hand, and you'd worry, what happened to the
rest of me - did I bleed to death, or did the beam
cauterize my stump? - you'd never be certain.
Would you save my hand? Would they let you
remember me? I'd never be certain.
Our old dog would be barking like mad,
snarling at the empty sky, inconsolable.
They'd put me away, too--
In jail if I had no explanation,
or in an asylum if I tried to tell the truth.
How nice to walk along, (the dog nuzzling our hands
then falling behind to sniff at the grass)
kicking the autumn leaves, beside you.
by Dean Blehert
Friday, May 14, 2010
On the Passing of Suburban Shopping Forests
what with cereal boxes and CDs sliding off the branches,
shopping carts catching on roots and overturning, skidding
on ice, water leaking through the leaves, making a
soggy mess of the movie popcorn, shrimp lo mein sliding off
root-tilted tables into customer laps, having to shake
snow off the videos to read the titles, all the books
at Borders mildewed and cobwebbed, kids vanishing
into the upper branches, poison ivy in the men's room,
birds splatting into bright-skied movie screens,
pushing faces through itchy spider threads to
reach the pharmacy, squeezing between saplings to
get green cream cheese (with ladybugs) smeared on
your bagel, branches snapping in your face as you
moved to the counter for your large hazelnut mocha
with a little green caterpillar thread-dropping
into the whipped cream, no place to park, thorns
snagging and tearing nylons and shopping bags,
all those CREATURES underfoot and overhead as if
they owned the place and not very clean either -
mangy deer nibbling the vegetables, foxes, squirrels,
skunks, moles, woodpeckers making their messes
right in the aisles, scary rustlings
and crashings behind the canned goods,
raccoons in the bakery, snakes in the Place
for Hair, that huge moth spreading its wings
on the fresh lettuce, bees swarming the Baskin-
Robbins Pralines and Cream, just the tops
of Boston Chicken and First Columbia Bank
showing where the beaver dam submerged them,
a lightning-felled branch spilling silk scarves
and handkerchiefs, shattering a cosmetics
display case, gallons of perfume wasted
on old dead leaves, clouds of gnats
kamikazing your eyes so you can hardly read
the prices, things plopping into your soup
in all seasons - yellow leaves, branch-loads
of snow, acorns, winged whirling seedpods,
silky puffballs drifting into everything,
trying to separate your salad-bar pickings
from dead leaves and seeds in all that rush
of wind and rain, huge black wet creaky
tree trunks looming up on all sides and in
the leaves overhead a sudden crackle and WHOOSH!
as a thousand grackles swirl upwards shrieking -
HEADS UP! - yuchhh! They've been gorging
on blackberries! Oh, it's so much more
convenient now that everything is flat and
air conditioned and asphalted and concreted and
glassed and roofed in, sleek floors, straight
wide aisles, level shelves and tables, nothing
alive but us and some adorable puppies in a
window and lovebirds in cages, all we need
so easy to reach, so CLEVER! I don't know
why we didn't think of this sooner!
by Dean Blehert
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Close Encounters of the Fourth Course
Of mirrored chocolate domes and creamy turrets
And tessellated plazas, cherry-studded, with gardens
of emerald kiwi, descends, hovers, whisks away,
Hovers near again—I feel tractor beams
Reaching out to me, probing, searching
For intelligent life to pervade, and now,
All purpose, all sense of proportion
Vanished, I am being pulled in, closer...
Closer—suddenly before my glazed eyes
The pecan pie is about to speak to me,
I know it...
And that's all I remember.
by Dean Blehert
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Dialog Poems Worrying Words
8 May 2010
I no longer have my own words.
They'd been alive and hard to maintain,
pitted and yellowing. In each word, the nerve
was deteriorating. Having them removed
was painful, but necessary.
With my false words,
I just leave them in a glass by the bed each night
in a solution of remembered admiration
and sugar in sparkling water, and each morning
they fill my mouth with dazzling highlights.
My smile is fresh, new, authoritative,
but years after the extraction,
I remain numb.
Alice Pero
14 April 2010
Worrying poetry like a ragged cur,
nagging her bone
the poet seeks out meat, hidden
in crevasses,
bits she can crack with teeth worn down
by critics and dentists
She wonders now if a workshop with
eager young writers
might fit her with dentures,
give her a new bite
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
English 101:
of no feeling to that which cannot but feel
is endemic in Twentieth Century Literary Criticism.
Here is a common example: A young man
goes strolling after the first spring shower,
feels in every vibrant budding tree,
each whistling robin, each droplet on each petal,
in each salvo of tender and fiery greens -
feels a surging joy as vivid as his own
and writes a poem that says so. A critic who,
with little life of his own, is unable to feel
the life that surrounds him (only enough
to suspect it may be disruptive) - a critic
long sequestered in theories of biochemical
mechanics that comfortably anaesthetize
lacerations he's inflicted on himself and others -
and to whom even the young man's joy
is a possibly contagious rash,
such a critic, reading the young man's poem,
proclaims (as student pens wag busily),
"See how the poet attributes his emotion
to birds, trees and flowers? That
is the PATHETIC FALLACY!" (Students
circle these words for the next quiz.)
The critic's proclamation is a perfect example
of the Apathetic Fallacy: Feeling nothing himself,
he ascribes his absence of feeling
to all life. He assumes, for example,
that birds and leaves cannot feel joy
and that the young poet cannot feel
the joy of others. He does not say
(but cherishes the secret thought)
that even the young man's joy
is brain circuits on the fritz
or good digestion.
But this is unfair, calling it a fallacy,
for after the lecture, the critic
walks to his mud-spattered car
past dull grey-green bushes,
mite-ridden sparrows that jitter and hop
like wind-up toys - he is right:
it is a joyless world.
by Dean Blehert
Monday, April 19, 2010
Among the Missing
to see, no tiniest trace of the others,
that we are all here, all reachable,
not one of us ever irrevocably lost.
Otherwise we each become a child who plays
hide and seek so cleverly that none can find him
and we think we'll just stay hidden,
but at last wonder where everyone's gone
(we want to brag about the cleverness).
By then the seekers, deciding there must be
holes in the universe, become persuaded
that one can be utterly lost.
Then (innocent yet of death) we fear
for the persistence of play, invent lies
and compulsions to prevent others
and ourselves from leaving, say
WE ARE ALL ONE, so that there will be
no leaving, or say WE ARE EACH
UTTERLY SEPARATE AND ALONE, so that
there is no one else to leave.
Thus has our play been protected
out of existence, leaving us stuck
with each other in the barriers of the game
(turbulences, distances, rocks, bodies, aeons)
to the point where, even if we recall
our separateness, we can no longer
reach out to one another.
Like wind over water, we are perceived
only in what we create. In the quick, rippling
cross-currents, all perceptions flow,
come in question like the changing faces
behind the face in the mirror.
No creation can hold its creator, not
soft eyes nor hard poetry; no perception
can replace knowing you are here
and knowing I know.
by Dean Blehert
Friday, April 16, 2010
The Importance Of Deciding To Be Ernest
One day the Professor showed us how Hemingway idles in neutral when his imagination is disengaged: He has his protagonist do things. Instead of just coming home, Jake or Nick lifts the cab door handle, leans his head forward and levers himself to the curb (but in three sentences), stands there a moment, eyes shaded beneath hat brim, facing the house, turns, walks around the cab, reaches his left hand into his left pants pocket (which jingles), etc. And there are so many things to be done with cigarettes and shot glasses.
The sentences maintain that hollow Hemingway beat that could be numbness after pain or boredom or something taut about to snap or nothing at all (but we know it is Hemingway and it is good), and at some point the imagination engages and the story progresses.
Every writer (says Hopkins) has his Parnassian style, his fallback voice for riffing on and on when he has nothing to say.Some writers have nothing else, just the carrier wave, all cadenza, all jazz, variations on the theme of me talking that talk.
Some writers play hide and seek: Find me in my style... - no, good guess, but that was just a bit of crescendo or a reflection of your own silly mug, Reader; I'm over here...no here! (That old Nabokov Kafka Tristram Shandy Borges Melville slipperiness.)
Sheer nothing to say, persisted in, becomes something to say, Beckett hopes.
Well, why not? The style is the man. Ultimately, there's no escaping what we are. But ultimately there's nothing to escape. Imagination disengages when we neglect to decide to be what we are being. Then we are no longer where art is, before the beginning, pure cause, or at the beginning of what is, the decision to be. We have become the effect of old decisions inadequately recycled.
And what if, idling, we cannot find ourselves to decide newly to be? See Hemingway in his later work struggling - numb with the shock of cold - against the current back up that stream - not making it, having trouble remembering now what it was - losing hope of ever rejoining the beginning, where he can make new decisions...
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Why My Deserving Talent Will Never Make It to the Big Leagues
at Washington and Lee, saying that my wonderful talent
deserved to be represented in the new collection
of Virginia poets they are creating — and
eventually they might even have funding
to PAY poets for their work. So would I
send them, please, all my published books.
In the margin a handwritten note — looking
just as personalized on each of the 200 letters
(or 1000 or 10,000) sent out — says that it
would be great if I'd autograph them too.
I was tempted. But I wondered about a,
no doubt, form letter from someone
who'd never read a word of mine (I
suspected), yet began by telling me what my
talent deserved. I wondered too if I was
obligated by my address to become a
"Virginia Poet."
The letter included an e-mail address (for questions),
so after letting the letter ferment for three days
(not a word of it changed), I e-mailed her.
Why? Must have felt embarrassed at my cheapness,
felt a need to justify. I said thanks, but I'd given away
hundreds of copies of my books and never, that I knew of,
had that expanded my audience; that I found
people willing to pay for my books, who then
actually read them; that I'd written my books
to be read by people, not archived, but that
I'd be glad to sell them as many copies as
they pleased to buy. (I mentioned two other
universities that had purchased my work.)
The response, next day, was from the professor —
(I must have been too much for the interne.)
It said:
"Thank you for your thrifty and candid response.
I'm certain your decision is the best one possible
for all concerned."
(I could hear the gentle nudge on "all".)
Ooh, that venomously genteel snideness —
I remembered why I'd hated faculty meetings
during my brief academic career.
I thought of a dozen sharp answers,
but knew that ANY answer would just
make it worse. The whole exchange
stuck in my throat until, thinking of
Monte Python, I evoked an answer
so good that I didn't need to send it:
Dear Professor [name],
and candidly
I fart
in your general direction.
Cordially, etc.
Will this get to him somehow, perhaps
by spiritual telegraph? With what professorial
rapier thrust will he respond?
I am waiting for the other silken stocking
to drop.
Dean Blehert
Monday, March 22, 2010
Putting Des Carte Before the Source
I think I think; therefore, I think I am?
Or therefore I am I am?
I think, "I think, therefore I am";
therefore, I am "I think, therefore I am."
The little Descarte engine chugs up the hill
chanting, "I think I am...I think I am...".
I think, therefore I am...NOT!
I am there, for I think I am.
I think what I think; therefore, I am what I am.
I eat spinach; therefore, I yam what I yam.
I think; however, I am.
I think; moreover, I am.
They are; therefore, I think.
You are; therefore, I am.
You are there, for I think.
I write sonnets; therefore, Iamb.
THINK; therefore, IBM.
We THIMK; therefore, we err.
I am; air go; I am not.
Cogito; ergoes the neighborhood.
I shrink; therefore, I'm.
I am, but I think.
I think, therefore I damn.
I fink, therefore I lam.
I think not; therefore, I am not.
I think; therefore, I am...I think.
You think; therefore, you are...or so YOU say.
Cogito; Here goes: ZOOM!
— Dean Blehert
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|lovesolost511 (profile) wrote,
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|So, I've been neglecting my woohu again. How inevitable.
That sounds really funny"I've been neglecting my woohu"
Nothing exciting has happened recently, well actually yes it has. School is as boring as ever, now that we have been fully hit with the wave of ITED. ITED. How incredibly dull. I mean, the only reason they have the freshmen take the ITED is because they don't want the sophmores to feel stupid because they would be the only ones in school. I'm sure this is common knowledge by know, but I will shut up since I'm soon to be a sophmore myself.
Next year sounds rather unappealing. Sophmores. Middle. Nothing, really. Just...there. Too old to hang out with the freshmen (really) but not quite old enough to hang out with the juniors/seniors. Then again, anything is better than being that lowly freshmen. I hear freshmen year is usually the most fun, since everything is all new and what not. I just don't like the FRESH part..or maybe its the MAN/MEN. anyhow, freshmen just doesn't scream "cool".
My daily tasks for the day consist of the following:
Go to Church (check)
Clean Mom/Dads cars (check)
Mow front lawn (about to get checked)
Mow back lawn (a little bit father away from check)
Organize Closet
Organize Drawers
Clean Under My Bed
Change Bed Linens
Organize nightstand
Clean Out Desk
Vacuum Bedroom Floor
Clean Bathroom Counter
Sweep Kitchen Floor
Sweep Hallway/Stairs
Sweep Den Floor
Vacuum Couches in the Den
Vacuum/Organize Living Room
Vacuum Living Room furniture
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Though she looks sweet, she can't hide her fury about her useless slave. He isn't able to fulfill easy tasks and is absolutely worthless for her! But wait - there's one thing she can do... Emma steps in her green dress and with her green high heels on her slave's body and tramples him so hard, that this even leaves some nice, red marks on his body which she finds quite nice, because the skin's tortured, red color fits perfectly to her green shoes...
Young teen Dorothy tries out trampling that new slave in her sharp high heels with rivets. The little tattooed punker girl has a quite merciless behavior and loves the sadistic torment of her slave. First she afflicts him by drilling the sharp pieces into his naked chest, and then she takes off her sexy heels to stomp him barefeet. But that's not less painful as she starts jumping on him with her whole weight!
Madam Mysteria's beefy body is dressed in a black lacquer skirt and her feet are covered by really high lacquer boots for this session. Her slave knows his bossy mistress and already awaits her while he's lying on the floor. First she makes a warm up by trampling on his body and digging her heels into his chest. And then he has to worship her sexy boots to show his respect and obedience!
Mean Mistress Cynthias wears rainboots today for her trampling session. She does that for a special reason: she wants to spit at her slave and doesn't want to get wet by her own spittle. Thus she tramples her slave's body with her blue gum rainboots and spits at the same time down into her slaves face, again and again to humiliate him even more.


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2006 Sunseeker Predator 82
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Dry Weight: 106300 lbs
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Today was the first day hes met Dalton, but afterward when we went into the school and they were still outside signing autographs, she said that he would like to grow up and be a college athlete like Dalton. Where they also have diabetes he said, Mom, theres no reason why I cant, right? For them to take time out of their busy schedule, especially to sit down and eat lunch with him, that was awesome. some simple answers on practical med school interview programsHarrison was presented with a gift bag that featured an Aggie T-shirt, sock monkey, stickers, magnets and a LeBron James picture (his favorite NBA player) with an inspirational note written by Jensen on the back of it. Thats something that Ill always remember and Id like to do more stuff like that, Jensen said. It makes me want to be a better person myself and reach out to people who are struggling. Following lunch, Baker and Jensen accompanied Harrison out to the playground for recess, where they played some football and basketball. Several other students also enjoyed taking part in the activities. Thats something I enjoy doing, Baker said. I love doing things for kids and I like to be around kids all the time. http://askkatherinegonzalez.pdxrwa.org/2016/09/13/locating-guidance-in-valuable-solutions-for-vocationTo help somebody out for 20 or 30 minutes of their day is something I know Ill remember for the rest of my life. Its heart-warming for sure. As their popularity grew during the recess, Baker and Jensen were mobbed by numerous children wanting autographs. The Aggies happily obliged as many requests as they could get to.
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They're looking for unruffled poise – and that comes with practice.
Yes, Virginia, airlines are hiring flight attendants again – and the so-called 'informational session' is often the first step in the flight attendant job interview process. to 'What's the most important thing to remember on an international flight?'
That's quite an accomplishment in itself. You'll have two to three minutes to wow the interviewers with your personal statement, and if you do, you may get an invitation to a personal or small group interview later in the day.
The types of questions you might be asked will range from 'How do you handle a conflict in this situation?' Take the time to draw out your interviewer a little – knowing whether she or he was a flight attendant, and what his or her experience is in the industry can help you frame your answers effectively. When you answer, be polite and pleasant, never ever belittle another person or their answer, and answer briefly and concisely. The "cattle call"
The first stage of the interview process is often called a 'cattle call', after the same practice in the acting profession. Start off by congratulating yourself – obviously, your resume and cover letter did their job, and now the company wants to meet you in person.
Some staffs will have to deal with the common health problems of children while some other will be dealing with some critical illness. This is a pretty dismal way to plan for your young adults future. The admission and dental hygiene prerequisites vary among schools, but generally require that applicants are at least 18 years old; have a high school diploma or GED; have a minimum "C" average in high school, with courses in mathematics, chemistry and biology; and, acceptable college entrance test scores. When you apply, you should apply to several schools — some schools that may be longshots, some were you have a good chance of being accepted, and also some backup schools. You need to have a good grasp on the language; you need to have good research skills, analytical skills and should be able to structure the essay in the correct format. For a social anthropology student, it is very important to understand the basic culture of the particular part of the world. Knowing someone at a program can make a difference. 7.Hopefully, at the point you will connect with someone at a residency program who will offer you a phone interview. When you compare some of the other methods such as a student loan, you can see how this can equal great amounts of stress for new graduates.


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Title: Youshou
Synonyms: Midnight Strike Force
Episodes: 2
Aired: Feb 11, 2001 to Jan 2, 2002
A super-secret cult of lesbians performs erotic experiments on bodies from the local hospital. Their purpose: to revive the spirit of their ancient leader in a virile human form. Now it`s up to the Midnight Strike Force, a team of busty justice fighters, to go under-cover (and under the covers) to stop the nefarious acolytes before they succeed in their diabolically dirty schemes.
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text: Progress on the City Center Project in Downtown Garland is quickly becoming more visibly evident. The existing façade on the north side of City Hall has been removed and crews will soon begin installing the new skin, as well as foundation work for the new CGTV sounds studio on the south side of the building. The Oaks multi-family portion of the development is taking shape and is scheduled to open in 2015. Drainage and other infrastructure work along State Street near the rail line and between Fifth and Third Streets will begin soon. Meanwhile, work on the exterior refurbishment of the historic railcar in Heritage Crossing will wrap up in September. Downtown patrons will notice a new green space where the old Garland Power & Light administrative offices once stood at the corner of State and Fifth Streets. Once the new grass is established, that space will be open for the public to enjoy. Recently the Cultural Arts Commission approved a new entryway design for the Austin Street entrance to the Granville Arts Center. Construction is scheduled to begin in the 4th quarter of this year. For more information about this project and the latest updates, visit the City's website and click on the Downtown Redevelopment button.


text: 2 KILLED. Two drivers were killed Wednesday night when a pickup and van crashed head-on on County Road 419, just east of Oviedo. A passenger in the van was injured. The road was closed for several hours after the 9:30 p.m. accident. The dead men were not identified. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating.


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This blog has gone through changes over the years but I am now using it as a place to gather together my published haiku, tanka, haibun and the occasional piece of writing that fits none of those categories. The appeal of these forms is that they help me stay grounded and remind me of the power of simplicity.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
3 comments:
- DAWN said...
I am new to your blog but find it very inspiring. I write haiku and other forms of poetry and sometimes I find I am lacking in inspiration. Your blog is a nice bit of refreshment. I have your feed marked so I will visit often. Thanks.
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- Alison said...
Thanks dawn!
- 8:53 pm
- Alan Summers said...
Good decision dawn!
alison's work with haiku & tanka is very inspiring, and it makes my day better when I visit too!
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This week Ted Cruz said "There is certainly long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices" in not filling the vacant SCOTUS seat. No, not really. The Judiciary Act of 1869 set the court at 9 justices and it has been this way ever since. Yes, FDR attempted to pack the court during his time, but it never happened.
But this has certainly created some buzz among the Right. Michael Stokes Paulsen went even further, suggesting that Congress reduce the number to back to the original six established in the Judiciary Act of 1789. This would be accomplished through retirements and/or deaths and refusing to appoint replacements. One of his chief reasons is that altering the Constitution would need two-thirds support (4 of 6 justices).
While this second suggestion is interesting, it will never happen. If the GOP wins the White House and controls Congress, they will put their ideological soul mate on the court to have a 5-4 majority. In any other scenario, a Democratic Senate or President would block this.
The reason why not is so simple: in modern times we view politics as a competitive parlor game, not a difference of ideological opinions. Neither side wants the best justice, but the best one for their positions. And where it used to be that a president from one party, with a Senate controlled by the other, would offer a moderate justice, now the GOP has set the precedent of not filling the seat with even a moderate justice.
Senator John McCain, even before Cruz's suggestion, had stated that the seat would go unfilled as long as Clinton (should she win) be President.
In other words, this is all about the game – and not about the Constitution nor the American People. So, instead of playing Match.com: The SCOTUS Edition, let's just admit that this is a game and play it that way.
Congress should set SCOTUS at 8 justices, and moving forward, should fill the court with 4 GOP appointed justices and 4 Democrat appointed justices. The purpose of 9 was to avoid a tie. But again, this makes it all about the game.
If the court were set at two 4-person ideological teams, then it would take shifting one justice from the other team over to your side. And that won't be easy. That would be the point. The Right feels that a Clinton pick would put 5 "activist" judges on the court. The Left worries that a Conservative pick would roll back minority rights or pave the way for bigger Corporate gains.
An even 4-4 split means that the court would truly need to rule in favor or against by converting at least one on the other side. There are many 5-4 rulings, but there are also many where justices side in larger majorities. If you can't swing one on the other side, then there is no change to the law. This lends from the Paulsen idea from above where a change to the Constitution be challenging.
Could there be an added bonus? Might this also stem the anger of Americans when 5-4 votes are controversial, such as Citizens United and Same Sex Marriage? This wouldn't be a majority of one-sided court ideologues, but instead four plus a conversion of at least one from the opposing view.
The danger here, of course, is in each side picking extremists for the court. Four far right and four far left would make it hard for one to side to sway the other. But if it is truly about the Constitution, judges can be funny creatures. Earl Warren wasn't supposed to be liberal. There are other examples like this, albeit none in modern time. This could be stemmed by an approval process in the Senate that requires an approval of at least a quarter of the opposing party. Which, of course, is meaningless in a heated partisan divide like we have now.
What remains clear, regardless, is the American people want hearings on Supreme Court nominee and want the seat filled.


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By James Joyce, 1922
Reviewed by Chris Schahfer
A theory for you: there's not a Joyce fan alive who loves every chapter of Ulysses. You'd have to either be an insane frothing-at-the-mouth James Joyce freak who worships every word the man writes or have the broadest literary tastes ever to do so, since every chapter is famously written in a radically different style. It's mainly known for stream-of-consciousness, but that technique only enters in a few chapters and is more fully explored in Joyce's first and most conventional novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The famous Molly Bloom monolog, which runs three sentences across a whole chapter and is mostly responsible for the obscenity charges leveled against the novel, epitomizes that style, but elsewhere, Joyce gets his point across through whatever he can think of – an absurdist play, a parody of romance magazines, and a series of newspaper headlines all factor in; the lunchtime portion is written via many a food metaphor; the first chapter, meant to signify the start of the day, is penned in deliberately simple language to parallel just how hard it is to wake up sometimes; styles of author after author are parodied and paid homage.
Everyone knows the setup, but I feel remiss not to mention it: using Homer's Odyssey as his springboard, Joyce tells the story of two somewhat eccentric Dubliners, Stephen Daedalus (he of Portrait fame) and Leopold Bloom (he of Bloomsday fame), as they go about a more or less ordinary day. Realism had already come and portrayed the ordinary on ordinary terms, but Ulysses portrays the ordinary in madcap terms. Joyce doesn't even pretend to portray objective reality here, preferring to let his characters' perceptions and subconscious take over, with no shortage of jokes, irreverence, and wicked wordplay. This novel has a reputation of being hard to read, and that's probably got a lot to do with just how dense and dizzying it is; besides dumping experiences at you and switching styles so fast it's impossible to sink into, it's also stuffed to the brim with allusions you might not even catch (I'm sure there are many I don't understand, since I lack Joyce's exhaustive classical education) and in places more concerned with words' sound than their meaning.
So how do you read Ulysses? Well, for one, it's funny. If you appreciate Joyce's knack for the absurd, and I sure do, you'll have a great time with this. For another, the language is gorgeous. Not just in its sophisticated rhythm, but in its pure sound; "Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home" is a particular heartbreaker, as is "history is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake." But the real trick to appreciating Ulysses comes from just accepting that you won't understand all of it and going wherever Joyce takes you. He's the one who's driving, he's got his destination in mind, and he's on his way there regardless of what you might do or say to the contrary. So forget about understanding everything. Just lie back and enjoy the ride, because it's unlike any other ride you've ever taken.


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McLaren's Fernando Alonso insists there is "nothing fundamentally wrong on the car" after the team suffered more problems in testing.
Alonso was delayed for nearly seven hours after his car broke down because of an oil leak.
Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton set the pace on day two of the final pre-season test in Barcelona.
"The issues we had are well under control," said Alonso.
It was the latest in a series of reliability problems for the team.
Alonso managed less than a third of the laps done during the day by Ricciardo and the Mercedes and Renault drivers.
"From a team, point of view, we are more or less OK," he added. "Unfortunately we keep discovering small things every day but it is putting us in a strong position for Australia in the way we are reinforcing [how to fix] all the small issues."
Alonso did 47 laps in the morning before stopping out on track after just over two hours of the day's running. The team said they would get him out later in the day – but managed to do so with only 13 minutes to go.
He was on track for only eight minutes before the day was brought to a premature end when rookie Charles Leclerc went off in the Sauber.
McLaren's ongoing problems
Alonso's problems made it the fourth of six days of pre-season testing so far on which McLaren have lost significant track time as a result of technical issues.
The team are hoping to be close to the front this season following their switch to Renault engines after three difficult years with Honda.
Alonso has one more day in the car on Thursday before the first race, but he said: "We probably need the last day to do some laps and some long runs to check extra things you keep discovering about the new car – but in terms of fundamental answers you need over the winter they are already OK.
"I don't need the last day, to be honest. I will be in the car, but if Australia was tomorrow it is OK."
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier insisted the team were on track, and that they were simply suffering the sort of niggles that can be expected in pre-season.
"We are on top of this and it is a new partnership with Renault – new packaging, completely new packaging for the car as well. This is testing, give us time – it is fine," Boullier said.
McLaren are not yet close to achieving the main ambition set by Boullier for this week of completing a race distance.
Alonso, who has said he expects his team to be able to challenge for podium positions this season, did set the fifth-fastest time of the day, but he was using the 'hyper-soft' tyre and was 1.8 seconds behind Ricciardo's pace-setting best on the same rubber.
The pace-setters
Ricciardo edged out Hamilton by 0.353secs for fastest time, but the Mercedes was substantially quicker when the cars were on equivalent tyres.
Hamilton did not use the hyper-soft tyre, although his team-mate Valtteri Bottas did after taking over the Mercedes for the afternoon session, and was 0.6secs slower than Ricciardo on it.
Hamilton was 0.5secs quicker than Ricciardo on the ultra-soft tyre, and 0.8secs ahead on the medium tyre.
The times are not necessarily directly comparable because the fuel loads and engine modes being used by the car are not made public by the teams and can make a significant difference to performance.
Ricciardo said it had been a "good day" and added: "The Mercs still look pretty quick. There are probably a few 10ths in the tyre and their qualifying mode will be a bit more than ours.
"I think they have still got a bit more on the rest but it is not too bad. We are looking pretty good – better than we were 12 months ago."
The fastest Ferrari time was set by Sebastian Vettel, who was fourth overall with a 1:19.541 on the soft tyre, which all the drivers are saying is more or less the same in performance as the medium at Barcelona.
Carlos Sainz was sixth fastest in the factory Renault car – less than 0.2secs behind Alonso but using the medium tyre, which is well over a second slower than the hyper-soft.
Fast times on day two of the final pre-season test
1 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:18.047 ****
2 Lewis Hamilton (GB) Mercedes 1:18.400 ***
3 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes 1:18.560 ***
4 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:19.541 *
5 Brendon Hartley (NZ) Toro Rosso-Honda 1:19.832 ****
6 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren-Renault 1:19.856 ****
7 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Renault 1:20.042
8 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas-Ferrari 1:20.237 *
9 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:20.242 *
10 Lance Stroll (Can) Williams-Mercedes 1:20.349 *
11 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:20.758 **
12 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Force India-Mercedes 1:20.805 *
13Charles Leclerc (Mon) Sauber-Ferrari 1:20.919 **
14 Sergey Sirotkin (Rus) Williams-Mercedes 1:22.350 *
**** = time set on hyper-soft tyre; ** = super-soft tyre; * = soft; all others medium


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Obviously this is a response to American's double miles promotion, which is a response to Virgin America starting service to Chicago. It's worth noting, however, that American doesn't require the actual itinerary to be between the city pairs above. While United only awards the double miles if you're traveling between Chicago and Los Angeles or Chicago and San Francisco, American will award the bonus miles if a segment between those cities is part of a larger itinerary. So while American's offer is much more generous, I can see why United wouldn't include those with itineraries including that segment. I think the thing that will irk most people is that previously booked travel doesn't qualify.


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Sandra Moretz, a dietitian from Tift Regional, joined us on Good Day on 11-11-12.
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Roasted sweet potato
4 large sweet potatoes cut into chunks
1/4 cup water
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
2 tsp Olive Oil
2 tsp Honey
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Whisk all but the sweet potatoes together and toss with sweet potatoes. Bake covered with foil for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Uncover, stir, and bake for another 15 minutes.
Green beans with almonds
1 lb fresh or frozen whole green beans
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1 clove chopped garlic
1/4 tsp salt, optional
1 tsp lemon juice
Boil green beans in 3 qts water until bright green and tender, 3-4 minutes. Drain and place in ice water, then drain. Heat oil in skillet; add sliced almonds and cook until lightly toasted, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute until browned. Stir in lemon juice. Add green beans and toss until coated. Season with salt and toss until heated through.


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This was on msn.com???
Someone take a screen-shot because it won't be there for long....
long legged mack daddy
Oddly, I'm not shocked.
Cue the pic of him with the panama hat bogarting the joint...
Get out of here with that! Next you're going to claim he's had sexual liasons with men named Reggie and Larry Sinclaire. And that he's a lying marxist.
Where were you 5 1/2 years ago?
Once his enablers start to feel the heat for supporting this ass, he will be buried in stories like this.
My husband saw this yesterday on bing news. By the time, I looked it was gone. Rev. Manning interviewed a woman who knew Barry Sotero when they were in their teens.
She added that Obama at that time was also procuring his cocaine, the Huffington Post reports.
She then noted that Obama was having sex with these older white guys and that's how he was getting this cocaine to be able to freebase, the report added.
Why do news like these always come out when the damage has been done ( i.e. Obama's election )?
Where was this ex-classmate in 2007?
Not likely. The media created him and they can't go against him. Just like they knew every detail of Tiger Woods' life within hours of his crash, they knew everything about Obama and decided to keep it quiet.
If they had found out that he spent time with Billy Graham or has conservative membership somewhere in his past they would have been all over him, even to the point of printing lies like they did with Bush, Cheney and Romney.
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Singer-songwriter Azra is bringing some of her music into the world.
Born in South Korea, Azra has had a passion for performing and the arts since the age of four. At the age of nine, her family made the move to California. During that time, her passion for music helped her learn English. She continued her passion through her involvement in musical theater, various bands, church choirs and hip-hop dance teams.
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Remember when Herman Cain was doing what no one thought he could do? He was beating Mitt Romney nationally, telling us that "9-9-9 means jobs, jobs, jobs," promising to gut the EPA and repeal Obamacare, all with a southerner's grin and a gentlemen's manner. But as he pulled further and further ahead, and people actually wondered if he might upset Romney's bid, a funny thing happened: there was an orchestrated attack on him based on rumors about a relationship he denied having with a woman nearly 20 years ago.
When that failed to stop him, the attacks were stepped up so as to include comments from less-than-savory characters who claimed to have actually seen Cain sexually harass that woman but who would not, or could not, provide details. So the pile on game began, and rumors of Cain's harassment of other women began to be floated. Some of those women were even paraded out before TV cameras in hopes of finally getting the American voter to turn on Cain. Who can forget watching Romney's supporter-and-chief, Karl Rove, declaring Cain "finished" in late October then watching Gloria Allred parade out "a fourth accuser" for a press conference in early November?
Long story short, Cain eventually had to pull out of the race. And my point here isn't to try and defend Cain, as much as it is to remind everyone of the tactics of the Republican establishment and their willing cohorts in the media who all want to see Romney get the nomination. (The establishment wants him to get the nomination because he's an establishment guy and the media wants him to get it because they plan to watch Obama beat him in just the way Gov. Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh have predicted.)
Enter Newt Gingrich: He's gaining on Romney not only in South Carolina but also in polls nationally. His Reagan-like statements at the GOP debate are being replayed again and again and praised for their conservative substance. So ABCNews is now debating whether or not to air an interview with his ex-wife, wherein she unloads on him.
For the record, that there is infidelity in Newt's past and that his divorce was ugly isn't breaking news: It's nearly 20 years old, it's widely known, and it's recently been discussed on FOX NEWS Sunday and other outlets. What is breaking news is the fact that ABCNews is apparently trying to rejuvenate the story by adding the emotional touch of Newt's former wife giving every tantalizing detail on camera, and probably some tears to boot.
While this is no more a defense of Newt than my earlier paragraphs were a defense of Cain, the bottom line is that we have to look past the emotion–past ABCNews' new ethical low in reporting–and understand that Newt's real crime is in daring to beat Mitt Romney in South Carolina.


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6 Short K-Dramas You Can't Miss
Ever been to a birthday party, and saw a really delicious cake? The birthday girl/boy blows out the candles, and everyone grabs a slice to enjoy. You finish eating your slice, thinking how delicious it was, and decide to get another one. But when you look up, the cake is all gone.
This how I like to view short dramas. They're great to watch but its not always enough. Sometimes they're better than regular length shows because the plot is more focused, and not filled with useless scenes. The characters don't have time to act stupid, because the plot must move forward.
On the other hand because the series is short by the time you start falling in love with it, the series is already over! Or the opposite is true and you have a hard time getting invested because of the short length, and rushed story
Finding a short drama or drama special that leaves you satisfied at the end, instead of imagining scenes of you beating up the writer, is hard.
Today I'm going to be sharing a list of my favorite mini drama series and Drama specials! All of these are shows that, yes I wish were full length or had second seasons, but at the same time left me feeling satisfied and happy that I watched it.
Let's dive into our cake!
Thumping Spike
A volleyball coach and his players aim for success during which they develop stronger bond and friendship for each other as well as teamwork. This youthful story shows sportsmanship and heart thumping romance.
Not only is it one of the best short dramas I've ever watched, it also on my favorites list! This show is a good example of why you can't skip over a show just because of its length. The show is a great combination of comedy, romance, and volleyball scenes. I'm not a fan of volleyball but I did appreciate the scenes, because I can only imagine how long it took to train the actors to that level. I almost believed they were real volleyball players! The relationship between the leads developed at a great pace, which made the romance much more believable and sweeter!
Love for a thousand more
Pyeon Mi Jo is an immortal woman who does not wish to fall in love anymore. Nearly a thousand years old, her experiences in love tells her all men are "bastards" one way or another. But what's her current job? A Love Counselor. One day, she gets a new noisy neighbour, Yoo Joon Woo, a hip-hop crew leader
Seung Yoon (Winner) being the male lead is not only the reason I love this show (I did enjoy watching him though). The show mostly focuses on the developing relationship between Mi Jo, an immortal woman who acts her age(old), and a young man who is trying to make a name for himself and his music crew. It was interesting seeing these 2 people who looked as different as night and day bond over music. The romance was cute, and although the ending left off with a mini cliffhanger it was still an enjoyable watch!
The happy Loner
Ji Young is a thorough individualist and she does not have a relationship with others. Byeok Soo is the type who can't live without having relationships with others. Ji Young and Byeok Soo meet.
I love shows that highlight real societal issues, and this show does a great job of portraying mental illness. I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed this show! The female lead suffers from depression, and over the 2 episodes we see how she overcomes it. There was no insta-cure but the ending showed that there was a bright light at the end of the tunnel. The romance is good (the kisses were hot) and I love how these damaged people are slowly mending themselves with the help of each other. This is a show you can't miss!
Page Turner
Yoo Seul is a student of an art high school. She is a talented pianist and who won various contests, but she is driven by her mother. Yoo Seul's mother wanted to become a pianist when she was younger. One day, Yoo Seul has an accident. Yoo Seul may never play the piano again because of the accident. With the help of her friend Cha Shik and Yoo Seul's rival Jin Mok, Yoo Seul begins to live a new life.
Make sure you have a diary, pen, and box tissues handy. You will cry a lot while watching this, and feel the need to reflect on your life. You'll probably do a lot of reflecting so you'll need to write it down. This creates strong emotions, and purely about character growth and development. I love how it showed these various people at different points in their life and how they grew despite the obstacles. The message that this show delivers is beautiful! I do wish that we could've had some romance but honestly it was perfect the way it is.
Splash Splash Love
Dan Bi is a senior high school student applying for the College Scholastic Ability Test. She has a special ability which allows her to transport to anywhere on rainy days. For her university entrance exam, Dan-Bi can't deal with the pressure and runs off to a playground. Without knowing why, she goes into a puddle and finds herself transported to the Joseon period. She then falls in love with Lee Do, the young king who is in a difficult situation due to droughts and the spread of an epidemic.
They need to show this in schools!! It would give you more reason to study and pay attention! I mean, you never know when you might be sent to the past and have to help a young, hot king. The romance was swoon worthy, and I died laughing at the leads couples interaction. Dan Bi reacted just like a girl in her situation should and her personality made me smile. It has a cute ending that was bitter sweet, but filled with hope. This a definite must watch!
Adolescence medley
Choi Jung Woo is a transfer student in Namil High School. After transferring schools 7 times, Jung Woo learns it is easiest not to make friends. He prefers to keep himself, and not grow close to anyone but falling in love quickly changes things…
Another reason why people should appreciate Kwak Dong Yeon (if you've seen Modern Farmer than you know how great he is). This a cute high school romance, about a boy who doesn't grow close others because he knows he'll leave eventually. He transfers to a new school were he falls in love and makes great friends along the way. I love how this show starts of in the future, and flashes back to Jung Woo's high school days. The show keeps you wondering if him and his first love get together. Besides the romance, I loved how it showed the character development. This show may only be 2 episodes but it makes you feel all sort of emotions!
Another drama I enjoyed was Secret Message. I excluded it from my list because I feel the romance developed very slow, and I wasn't satisfied with the ending. It's a good show but not everyone will it.
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