A high school student from West Side came in to the Cuda the other day.
We had a conversation that I still can't quite shake.
I hadn't seen her since I'd been asked to step down, let alone spoken to her. She's one I've known since she was in fourth grade, one of "my girls" whom I was a Trainee and camp counselor for.
After exclaiming a greeting to her from across the orange front counter, I told her I missed her and asked how life was.
She said all was well and she missed me too--that she never saw me as I didn't come to Fuel anymore. Just like that. Just like it was a choice and I simply didn't want to attend these past five months.
I don't know. Maybe I'm taking too much of this for more than its worth, but it bothers me that any of the students would think that I didn't want to be there, that I didn't want to see them, that I had any choice in this for that matter.
We're reading a book for our small West Side Bible Study on this. For the more curious, it's called The Gay Gospel? How Pro-Gay Advocates Misread the Bible. A friend asked me today how the reading selection for the week was going; my unrestrained, immediate response: soul crushing.
I'm so exhausted by this. At least the other members of the group are all amazing, patient, thoughtful, open people and we seem to be accomplishing some things. This book just seems to be destructive to where we've come at this point and discouraging. Even if I was a straight person reading this, I don't think I'd be able to finish it.
Hopefully the meeting tomorrow goes well. I know this was a random, semi-stream of consciousness update. Perhaps someday soon I'll write a more thought out entry about the actual positive things happening in my life.
Until then, you're better off looking up tweeted pictures of goats. All the cool kids are apparently doing it.
-KL
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
13 March 2013
17 February 2010
Dance Anthem of the 80's
Whoever owned my history book before me reads a lot like I do...
Except I prefer orange highlighter.
-KL
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Except I prefer orange highlighter.
-KL
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
06 February 2010
Dreams. I Have Dreams.
Dear Hollywood,
Why do you insist on raping my favorite books?
Yes, yes, I understand that many books would take longer than a two-hour American attention-span would be able to handle. I understand that certain elements of stories may be too graphic for cinema (especially if you need a particular rating in order to get some people to come). I understand that you have a right to "creative interpretations". However, I resent the fact that you leave out huge plot elements and that you twist the characters whom I love to fit your quick and emotionally extorted script. I resent the fact that you take the simple word "based" to an extreme.
What am I to do? Should I just not read books anymore for fear of them becoming movies with enticing minute and half trailers that get me to say, "Oh, I loved that book, this teaser looks awesome, let me go pay 8 bucks to see it so I can relive the cherished pages I spent so long pouring over".
Honestly, I don't read all that much to begin with. I wish that were otherwise, but it's not. So please don't force me to stop reading by making flawed motion-pictures of them. I'll even do you one better; how about we just keep the literary world and the film industry separate? How would that suit you? Yeah, you may lose some money and some avid (and later disappointed) readers, but we both know you're bigger than that. C'mon, be a good sport about it. Let's just leave books to BBC produced mini-series. We'll all be winners! And after all, that's what 82.4% of your "lessons learned" films are about. Let's take a page from your own book and stick to that.
I'm glad we could have this experience so that we could both learn and grow. I think by following the suggestions I've made you will have a better success rate at pleasing fans. Just so we're clear, please stick to movies about blue aliens and super heroes (comics don't really count as books, so go for it!). And please get Diablo back on track. And if you must bend the rules, at least get someone who makes the movie better than the book. coughAdamShankmancough
Cordially yours,
-KL
p.s. Ms. Sarandon did earn you a few points. ;)
Why do you insist on raping my favorite books?
Yes, yes, I understand that many books would take longer than a two-hour American attention-span would be able to handle. I understand that certain elements of stories may be too graphic for cinema (especially if you need a particular rating in order to get some people to come). I understand that you have a right to "creative interpretations". However, I resent the fact that you leave out huge plot elements and that you twist the characters whom I love to fit your quick and emotionally extorted script. I resent the fact that you take the simple word "based" to an extreme.
What am I to do? Should I just not read books anymore for fear of them becoming movies with enticing minute and half trailers that get me to say, "Oh, I loved that book, this teaser looks awesome, let me go pay 8 bucks to see it so I can relive the cherished pages I spent so long pouring over".
Honestly, I don't read all that much to begin with. I wish that were otherwise, but it's not. So please don't force me to stop reading by making flawed motion-pictures of them. I'll even do you one better; how about we just keep the literary world and the film industry separate? How would that suit you? Yeah, you may lose some money and some avid (and later disappointed) readers, but we both know you're bigger than that. C'mon, be a good sport about it. Let's just leave books to BBC produced mini-series. We'll all be winners! And after all, that's what 82.4% of your "lessons learned" films are about. Let's take a page from your own book and stick to that.
I'm glad we could have this experience so that we could both learn and grow. I think by following the suggestions I've made you will have a better success rate at pleasing fans. Just so we're clear, please stick to movies about blue aliens and super heroes (comics don't really count as books, so go for it!). And please get Diablo back on track. And if you must bend the rules, at least get someone who makes the movie better than the book. coughAdamShankmancough
Cordially yours,
-KL
p.s. Ms. Sarandon did earn you a few points. ;)
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