Hey everyone,
I finished reading The Assassin's Apprentice two days ago and I am already chugging through The Royal Assassin, the second in the trilogy.
A school teacher that I met at the After-After Party on Sunday warned me that the sequels don't get any less bleak than the first. To be fair, it ain't Harry Potter (although HP does seem to be getting darker as we go), but it isn't Fantasy by Mike Leigh either.
The last few days there seems to have been a whole lot of furore in the Muslim world about some cartoons published in a Danish Newspaper that have since been reprinted in a couple of other nations. I keep seeing shots of Palestinians burning the Danish Flag, stories about gunmen surrounding the European Union office etc.
I'm a little lost here: a newspaper in a nation where Muslims are free to be Muslims without fear of Official Persecution runs a few cartoons that implies that there might be problems with the way that some people practise Islam and whole countries fly right off the handle.
refer: http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/658
Right. There are Muslims who will tell you that the very existance of Israel is a crime against Muslims the world over, that it needs to be driven into the sea and that Hitler was sent to Earth to punish Jews for their wickedness, but if you draw a picture that might be Mohammed you should prepare for Death Threats, boycotts or worse.
The 21st century is waiting, boys. Feel free to join us any time you want.
***
On a slightly less reactionary note, it is frickin' freezing outside.
Also: tomorrow night I go to see Ben Lee play, which should make for a good review. Though I am going to try really hard to avoid the words 'Precocious Little Cunt' (thank you Bernard from Powderfinger).
Next week I'll have a landline.
I hope. At Strength Through Joy a friend told me that he had been having a whole lot of trouble getting a landline put in, with BT missing appointments etc.
I truly hope that they don't do that.
But if they do I will have to channel my brother Gus, legendary in the Logan Family not only for his Tech Savvy but also for his furious indignation when it comes to institutional incompetence.
In any case, time to wind up here.
I finished reading The Assassin's Apprentice two days ago and I am already chugging through The Royal Assassin, the second in the trilogy.
A school teacher that I met at the After-After Party on Sunday warned me that the sequels don't get any less bleak than the first. To be fair, it ain't Harry Potter (although HP does seem to be getting darker as we go), but it isn't Fantasy by Mike Leigh either.
The last few days there seems to have been a whole lot of furore in the Muslim world about some cartoons published in a Danish Newspaper that have since been reprinted in a couple of other nations. I keep seeing shots of Palestinians burning the Danish Flag, stories about gunmen surrounding the European Union office etc.
I'm a little lost here: a newspaper in a nation where Muslims are free to be Muslims without fear of Official Persecution runs a few cartoons that implies that there might be problems with the way that some people practise Islam and whole countries fly right off the handle.
refer: http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/658
Right. There are Muslims who will tell you that the very existance of Israel is a crime against Muslims the world over, that it needs to be driven into the sea and that Hitler was sent to Earth to punish Jews for their wickedness, but if you draw a picture that might be Mohammed you should prepare for Death Threats, boycotts or worse.
The 21st century is waiting, boys. Feel free to join us any time you want.
***
On a slightly less reactionary note, it is frickin' freezing outside.
Also: tomorrow night I go to see Ben Lee play, which should make for a good review. Though I am going to try really hard to avoid the words 'Precocious Little Cunt' (thank you Bernard from Powderfinger).
Next week I'll have a landline.
I hope. At Strength Through Joy a friend told me that he had been having a whole lot of trouble getting a landline put in, with BT missing appointments etc.
I truly hope that they don't do that.
But if they do I will have to channel my brother Gus, legendary in the Logan Family not only for his Tech Savvy but also for his furious indignation when it comes to institutional incompetence.
In any case, time to wind up here.
posted by the.exile at 8:59 pm
1 Comments:
Hi J -
Just dropping in for a read. Glad to see you're still writing your commentary on life in London.
Your writing is definitely more upbeat - it has much more energy.
I haven't blogged in weeks. I tended to blog late at night and had to change my habits in order to go to bed earlier. The result has been: no blogging.
I finally posted my opinions today about the cartoon debacle.
All I can say is: Please. Is there not a bit of irony when Muslims say the cartoons "hurt their feelings?"
But that's not why I'm writing.
I want to say: you sound so good, like you're having more fun, and that's fantastic. I'm also so very glad you're writing down story ideas and pursuing your creativity.
Keep believing in yourself, your talent, your smarts. Imagine yourself published, imagine yourself being interviewed as a hot new writer. It'll happen. I feel it.
And that reminds me: I better follow my own advice, get on the stick, finish editing my novel and get it published.
Instead of writing I've been painting kitchen cupboards.
I redecorated the kitchen - it looked so cold and institutional. It's warmer and more fun now.
In any event - sending you thoughts of joy and success -
Clyo
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