So last night me and my girlfriend were fooling around, as couples are wont to do. I'm spending an inordinate amount of time on her boobs, cause, you know, boobs. Suddenly she shudders and collapses forward. "I just came," she says breathlessly. "That's a feat, no one has done that to me before" meaning orgasm through breastical stimulation. And all I can think is: BZZING. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.
I am a horrible person.
Also, if any of you reading this meet my girlfriend, don't mention I blogged about this. She'll kill me.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
A post wherein I piss off Coyote
A little while ago I finally finished the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. It took me a while. Do you know why? Because, frankly, they weren't that good. It was a struggle to get through them.
And I think I know why.
Also some time ago my girlfriend and I watched a couple Marx Brothers movies. She thought they were ok, but didn't enjoy them the way I did. The reason is because she doesn't have a comprehensive knowledge of classic cinema and therefore wasn't able to play them within the context of the larger cinematic whole. As movies themselves sometimes they aren't very funny. But when you compare them to other comedies of the time, they are fucking hysterical.
I don't have a comprehensive knowledge of sci fi literature. I don't. I haven't read all the science fiction that other people that read this blog might. This was my first Asimov experience. To others, they might be great books, with extreme historical significance to the world of sci fiction literature. To me, they were books filled with decent but underdeveloped ideas, hokey names, and utterly atrocious dialog. Oh yes, his dialog was terrible.
It seemed to me that Asimov would get an idea for something, and often the idea was pretty good, and he'd run with it for a while, then he'd get bored and just drop it. So many of his stories ended abruptly. "Well, I have spent a hundred pages developing this terrorist organization, but I'm bored so I'm just going to spend five pages telling the reader how they were caught and killed". There is a reason that Foundations Edge was the best book in the series. It was the only one where Asimov actually stayed on the same plotline for the length of the book.
My girlfriend tells me that Asimov has some really great 1-2 page short stories. I can believe it. Clearly the novel format is not his strong suit.
So yeah, thoroughly unimpressed. I realize this might make me something of a pariah around here, but it's the truth.
Now, after I'm done with the Castle book (which is meh), I think I'll hit some Cthulhu stuff. Probably be disappointed again.
And I think I know why.
Also some time ago my girlfriend and I watched a couple Marx Brothers movies. She thought they were ok, but didn't enjoy them the way I did. The reason is because she doesn't have a comprehensive knowledge of classic cinema and therefore wasn't able to play them within the context of the larger cinematic whole. As movies themselves sometimes they aren't very funny. But when you compare them to other comedies of the time, they are fucking hysterical.
I don't have a comprehensive knowledge of sci fi literature. I don't. I haven't read all the science fiction that other people that read this blog might. This was my first Asimov experience. To others, they might be great books, with extreme historical significance to the world of sci fiction literature. To me, they were books filled with decent but underdeveloped ideas, hokey names, and utterly atrocious dialog. Oh yes, his dialog was terrible.
It seemed to me that Asimov would get an idea for something, and often the idea was pretty good, and he'd run with it for a while, then he'd get bored and just drop it. So many of his stories ended abruptly. "Well, I have spent a hundred pages developing this terrorist organization, but I'm bored so I'm just going to spend five pages telling the reader how they were caught and killed". There is a reason that Foundations Edge was the best book in the series. It was the only one where Asimov actually stayed on the same plotline for the length of the book.
My girlfriend tells me that Asimov has some really great 1-2 page short stories. I can believe it. Clearly the novel format is not his strong suit.
So yeah, thoroughly unimpressed. I realize this might make me something of a pariah around here, but it's the truth.
Now, after I'm done with the Castle book (which is meh), I think I'll hit some Cthulhu stuff. Probably be disappointed again.
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