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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #720 on: Mar 14, 2012, 11:00:32 PM »
I've never read Pride and Prejudice.
However I did read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies


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I've read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies the graphic novel.  Pictures always win.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #721 on: Mar 14, 2012, 11:17:22 PM »
Is that the Jane Austen book about a woman who has to chose between the responsible decision of marying a man who would provide her a life or priveledge and the poor man she loves?

Is that the plot of all Jane Austen novels?

Jane Austen wrote six novels before she croaked and none of them have that plot.

P&P is about a prideful woman prejudiced against a proud rich man who acts like a snobby jerk.  It turns out that snobby jerk prevents his best friend and prideful woman's older sister from getting married because prideful woman's family is not as wealthy.  Also the rest of her family, excluding prideful woman and prideful woman's sister, conduct themselves like trash so proud rich man is all "ewwww, NO."  Prideful woman also hears some shit being smacked around about proud rich man and believes it.  However, proud rich man later declares his love to prideful woman.  And she's all "ewwww, NO."  And he's "wut?  But I'm a proud rich man.  I was certain you'd be jumping up and down to marry me."  And she's all "Hellllll no, son.  I heard sum shit 'bout you!  Plus, you're a snobby jerk!"  So, through proud rich man's own admission and other circumstances, prideful woman comes to learn that smack she heard wasn't true and she was too prideful and quick to judgement.  Meanwhile, proud rich man's all "maybe I do act like a snobby jerk after all but I still want that chick so Imma gonna act nice and shit".  And some other stuff happens but eventually proud rich man and prideful woman end up together and all is well.  The End.


Also, Tina Fey's book was a very fast read.  I finished it back on Monday.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #722 on: Mar 15, 2012, 12:44:23 AM »
Man there sure is a lot of pride and prejudice in that plot. HEY! I bet that's why she called it that!

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #723 on: Mar 15, 2012, 04:12:16 PM »
Well, it was originally called "First Impressions", also an appropriate title.  But then all of these other fuckers made their own stories called "First Impressions" before Austen could get published and Austen was "fuck dat shit, homes, I'll rip off the title from the title of the last chapter of this book I like".  And a legend was born.  Or whatever.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #724 on: Mar 15, 2012, 08:48:21 PM »
Is that the Jane Austen book about a woman who has to chose between the responsible decision of marying a man who would provide her a life or priveledge and the poor man she loves?

Is that the plot of all Jane Austen novels?

Jane Austen wrote six novels before she croaked and none of them have that plot.

P&P is about a prideful woman prejudiced against a proud rich man who acts like a snobby jerk.  It turns out that snobby jerk prevents his best friend and prideful woman's older sister from getting married because prideful woman's family is not as wealthy.  Also the rest of her family, excluding prideful woman and prideful woman's sister, conduct themselves like trash so proud rich man is all "ewwww, NO."  Prideful woman also hears some shit being smacked around about proud rich man and believes it.  However, proud rich man later declares his love to prideful woman.  And she's all "ewwww, NO."  And he's "wut?  But I'm a proud rich man.  I was certain you'd be jumping up and down to marry me."  And she's all "Hellllll no, son.  I heard sum shit 'bout you!  Plus, you're a snobby jerk!"  So, through proud rich man's own admission and other circumstances, prideful woman comes to learn that smack she heard wasn't true and she was too prideful and quick to judgement.  Meanwhile, proud rich man's all "maybe I do act like a snobby jerk after all but I still want that chick so Imma gonna act nice and shit".  And some other stuff happens but eventually proud rich man and prideful woman end up together and all is well.  The End.


Also, Tina Fey's book was a very fast read.  I finished it back on Monday.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #725 on: Mar 16, 2012, 11:34:10 PM »
Well, P&P&Zombies is basically that above with zombies added.  It's a win for both the zombie and non-zombie folk.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #726 on: Mar 30, 2012, 01:35:40 AM »
Casino Royale,  but I'm already almost done with it. Going to a book sale tomm and hope to find something good there.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #727 on: Mar 30, 2012, 12:16:35 PM »
Rereading my 100 Bullets trades

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #728 on: Mar 30, 2012, 01:03:39 PM »
100 Bullets is so convoluted. I remember reading through it, and it mostly made sense, and I loved it, but then I caught up because it was still ongoing. Then I was only getting 20 or so pages of story every 30 days and I couldn't make heads or tails of what the hell was going on anymore. :laugh:

It was like, "Why is she trying to kill him? I thought they were together? And this other guy... is her father? But what about his brother? And now these two are plotting against those three? But weren't they just working together? And then... but what about... what the ffffff...?"

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #729 on: Mar 30, 2012, 01:17:59 PM »
Haha, yeah.
I never caught it as a monthly but just got and read all the trades at once, and even then I had to look back constantly in the stuff I already read. I would have been totally lost if I only got one chapter a month.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #730 on: Mar 30, 2012, 01:51:56 PM »
Just finished the 4th of the Song of Ice and Fire books I received for Christmas.  Now I need to go find the th in paperback.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #731 on: Mar 30, 2012, 02:53:42 PM »
Just finished the 4th of the Song of Ice and Fire books I received for Christmas.  Now I need to go find the th in paperback.

I really liked the first three books, but the 4th and 5th kinda soured me on the series. The guy really needs a better editor

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #732 on: Apr 01, 2012, 01:26:58 AM »
I was reading "To The Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei".  I thought the beginning was very interesting but once he starts talking about his acting career, the book--surprisingly enough to me--gets kinda boring.  I just skipped through to some of the Star Trek related anecdotes but there was nothing that makes me want to finish it.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #733 on: Apr 01, 2012, 01:41:42 AM »
Nothing good at the book sale, so I'm reading Live and Let Die.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #734 on: Apr 04, 2012, 11:02:50 PM »
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

Same guy that wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #735 on: Apr 07, 2012, 07:50:13 PM »
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

Same guy that wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

I read that one too.
I think I'll like the movie better than the book

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #736 on: Apr 07, 2012, 09:22:32 PM »
Yeah...this book isn't blowing me away. It's ok, but I think it's title more then anything is what sold this book.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #737 on: Apr 08, 2012, 10:54:46 PM »
It definetely sounds very cool.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #738 on: Apr 09, 2012, 12:34:28 AM »
It could be cooler. It hasn't lived up to the hype of the title so far. I mean there is some Vampire hunting...but it's sparse. It reads more like a guy wanting to sell a book about Lincoln and couldn't get sold so he just went..."and he is a Vampire Hunter too...Yeah...that's the ticket."
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #739 on: Apr 09, 2012, 11:43:22 PM »
So don't just stand there.  Go and write George Washington: Werewolf Slayer and cash in on this shit.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #740 on: Apr 10, 2012, 12:05:02 AM »
I was thinking "Man anyone can do this...it'd be like if I wrote a book called 'Mozart From Venus' " and then I thought, that might not be a bad idea.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #741 on: Apr 10, 2012, 02:52:04 PM »
I was thinking "Man anyone can do this...it'd be like if I wrote a book called 'Mozart From Venus' " and then I thought, that might not be a bad idea.

I'd read that ... but wasn't it Leonardi DiVinci that's an alien?
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #742 on: Apr 10, 2012, 03:18:27 PM »
My bank statement.

These fucks charge me 7$ if I don't direct deposit at least 500.  Well fuck that shit.  I'm getting out of their asap.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #743 on: Apr 10, 2012, 04:45:50 PM »
What's the problem?

I thought you were clearing $3000 US every two weeks.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #744 on: Apr 10, 2012, 08:01:31 PM »
Credit Unions for the win.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #745 on: Apr 12, 2012, 01:47:57 AM »
^ Truth.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #746 on: Apr 13, 2012, 10:19:40 PM »
The credit union is the one whose doing this.

Looks like I'm going Wells Fargo.

I'm not clearing anywhere near 3000 I'm a struggling artist/genius.  I do throw fliff like a sultan once in awhile, but to do that I need to save that 7 bucks every month so after 12 months I can throw that money on a hand of black jack.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #747 on: Apr 14, 2012, 01:51:19 AM »
Don't go to WF, just change credit unions.  Cause that one was giving you a raw deal.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #748 on: Apr 14, 2012, 02:20:24 AM »
What kind of genius are you, again?

I mean, not a financial one, obviously.

I'll bet it's Laser Tag. He's a genius at Laser Tag.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #749 on: Apr 14, 2012, 03:12:04 AM »
Laser Tag genius sounds awesome.