A Query

Is the corrupter to blame if someone is corruptible? Who is at fault? Should the blame fall to the weak minded individual who allowed themselves to be corrupted, or to the villain who took full advantage of the situation? Is there even such a thing as a victim, or should weakness be categorized as a crime?

Of course as with all things, this can most certainly not be the truth in all situations. For to be absolute is to be extreme, to be zealous. And a zealot, weather noble or otherwise, is a force that can rarely be contained.

A Post?

Let's see. I'm sitting at work, which should mean that I'm working. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately?, this is not the case. I'm really only here because I've pissed away all of my vacation time by sleeping and being utterly useless. But I don't regret my decision to be a waste of space, it was delightful, and I plan on continuing the pattern into the new year.

What else. I'm waiting on two movies to come from amazon, Mansfield Park, and The Happiest Millionaire. I'm quite excited about both of them, although perhaps more excited about the Austen film. It has inspired me to re-read the novel, and I find myself thinking and speaking a bit Austenian, not intentionally of course, but so it goes.

Mom's coming to visit (almost typed mum, strange) New Year's Eve through the weekend. Not sure what to expect. I'm sure it'll be fine. I've been trying to come up with cheap and entertaining things to do. The Newly opened American History Museum is on the list, and perhaps the Native American Museum and the Air and Space Museum. Mom hasn't done the Smithsonian thing, and I haven't seen much more for that matter, so it should be somewhat entertaining. Also planning a visit to Arlington Cemetery, and maybe a trip into Arlington, VA. I've never been, but I've heard it's quaint.

I feel like there was something else I was going to say. Something maybe important, but probably not. This is a rather pathetic post. I was hoping for something better, something deeper. But once again it's seems to be about movies and books. The story of my life, or rather the stories of what my life should be? Depressing, and I'll go no further for fear of disheartening my many readers.

Ok, that's all I suppose. I hope you had a happy merry christmas and all that jazz.

Jamie is...

tired and lazy. but i'd like to make a new post. maybe someday soon.

Things of Coraline, and books, of course

i saw a trailer for Coraline on tv the other night. I was so excited I squealed and made everyone in the room be quite. The 11 year old I was babysitting was the only one in the room, or house. So he sat there quitely staring at me wondering if I'd gone mad. Perhaps I have. But I think I'm just mad for Coraline.



What else, let's see. I've read a lot of books recently, only one worth mentioning: SLAM, by Nick Hornby. I've been a Hornby fan for years, and SLAM was no exception. It's the story of Sam, the 16 year old narrator who gets his girlfriend pregnant and learns to deal with the consequences. It reminded me of Catcher in the Rye. That is of course if Holden Caulfield knocked up his girlfriend, and was obsessed with Tony Hawk. It is a terrific read, and I highly recommend it for teens, and adults, and anyone who is of the human persuasion.

Also in book news, my friend Danica just gave me my Christmas present. A Lion Among Men, Volume Three in the Wicked Years. I'm so freakin' excited. I've been wanting to read this since it came out in October, but I didn't want to pay for it. And now I don't have too! Hooray! Thanks Danica!

I was going to write about other things. But now I'm so excited about my new book that I just can't! Well that and I'm at work and should probably do some of that too!

My most recent i-Tunes purchase

Zooey Deschanel. M. Ward. She & Him, delightful.

Note to self:

write a blog entitled, "These aren't my shoes!"

Politics of Preschool