Things I Would Be Posting About If I Had Any Time

[snurri]

- Jules Verne, and how I always thought Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was a measure of depth, and not, um, the distance which the Nautilus travels while under the sea. Also how the book should really be titled The Misanthropic Genius's Guide to Huntin' and Fishin'. (A Journey to the Center of the Earth is next, and it's already quite a bit funnier than Nemo & Co.)

- The first season of the new "Doctor Who," because grahamsleight told me it got better after episode 5 or so, and it really did.

- Thoughts I've been having about revision, which are probably wholly unoriginal and mostly an excuse to keep me from actually revising.

- My first book report for the Africa Reading Challenge, for Sundiata, which is awesome in every way except for the part where it doesn't really have an ending, except that the reasons it does not have an ending are also awesome.

- Something whiny about the terrible ordeal of having a book come out that will make you despise me, followed by a silly poll to win back your love.

I will probably post about all of these things soon, but not today. In the meantime I give you an elephant retirement home.

Comments

[veejane.livejournal.com]

measure of depth, and not, um, the distance which the Nautilus travels while under the sea

OMTG, me too. Until just now. It helps not having any idea what measure of distance a league is. (You never know! It might be half a fathom! In which case seven-league boots make for a perfectly cromulent and non-crotch-breaking stride.)

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I tried to buy a pair of seven-league boots once, but all they had in stock were four-and-a-halfs.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

[the-flea-king.livejournal.com]

Me too on the depth thing. And boy, would I totally buy a book called the Misanthropic Genius's Guide to Huntin' and Fishin'.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I happen to have a couple of copies available for the low low price of $40 each! (Note: Slight marker damage on title.)

[glvalentine.livejournal.com]

It had better be one hell of a poll.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. Godwhatawhiner.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

I totally thought the same thing about 20,000 Leagues. My mom would tell me over and over about how it was simply impossible to travel that deep but my mind could just not comprehend that it could be anything but depth (SNL once did a sketch based on that misconception -- I remember it being kind off funny).

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I feel much better knowing that this misconception is widespread enough to have fueled an SNL sketch.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I felt better about it seeing how many other people had the same misconception.

[wheatland-press.livejournal.com]

Ditto on the depth thing.

Journey to the Center of the Earth was my favorite Saturday morning cartoon. My younger brother and the other kids in the neighborhood and I "played it" all the time in the woods behind our houses. For years we dug "A.S." with an arrow in the dirt every chance we got.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I never saw the cartoon; but the initials thing is awesome!

I finished Journey today and I liked it significantly better than 20,000. Not that the latter was bad, but there was too much cataloguing of undersea species for my taste . . .

[wheatland-press.livejournal.com]

I was moved to Google it today as I washed along in nostalgia... I'm not sure if I'm horrified or delighted to learn that two of the main characters were voiced by Ted Knight. Yes, that guy from the Mary Tyler Moore Show.

http://www.tv.com/journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth/show/13642/summary.html

It was really great. But that story grabbed me extra special for some reason. But, I might've been a weird kid.

I even liked the Rick Wakeman album.