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Tuesday, 18 January 2011 10:11
Tintin and the Secret of Literature is another book which I read because someone on my friendslist said it was good (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nwhyte this time!). I found it very good overall, though I rather got off on the wrong foot with it when the author did that annoying thing of trying to justify his subject of being worthy of study by sneering at something that he considers not worthy of study - in this case, Buffy, which I of course think he is completely wrong about. (I also found myself going "really now?" at some of the more obscure flights of theoretical fancy, but then I often do. "Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism" was a fun module for me, let me tell you.) Other than that, it was pretty great and very readable: really interesting tracing of various major themes through the books, and I very much enjoyed the imagined operatic version of The Castafiore Emerald that finished it off. Ngl, I wish "Mumbo-Jumbo (Let Go Of My Hand)" was an actual aria.
Changing the subject entirely, it's the first stitch and witch of the new year tonight! I've been making these gloves (Ravelry link, sorry!) for a while and have nearly finished, though I decided to turn them into armwarmers after I made the first one and saw how messy the joins between the fingers looked. Also on the go, and what I will actually be taking with me, is an armwarmer for my aunt, an attempt to replace one that she had but lost. And then I shall be starting Knitty's Spoke, unless I decide that the yarn I have doesn't work for it.
Those are all the things that are happening in my life, apart from watching things on the tv that I do not currently feel moved to talk about, and going to work and whatnot.
nwhyte this time!). I found it very good overall, though I rather got off on the wrong foot with it when the author did that annoying thing of trying to justify his subject of being worthy of study by sneering at something that he considers not worthy of study - in this case, Buffy, which I of course think he is completely wrong about. (I also found myself going "really now?" at some of the more obscure flights of theoretical fancy, but then I often do. "Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism" was a fun module for me, let me tell you.) Other than that, it was pretty great and very readable: really interesting tracing of various major themes through the books, and I very much enjoyed the imagined operatic version of The Castafiore Emerald that finished it off. Ngl, I wish "Mumbo-Jumbo (Let Go Of My Hand)" was an actual aria.Changing the subject entirely, it's the first stitch and witch of the new year tonight! I've been making these gloves (Ravelry link, sorry!) for a while and have nearly finished, though I decided to turn them into armwarmers after I made the first one and saw how messy the joins between the fingers looked. Also on the go, and what I will actually be taking with me, is an armwarmer for my aunt, an attempt to replace one that she had but lost. And then I shall be starting Knitty's Spoke, unless I decide that the yarn I have doesn't work for it.
Those are all the things that are happening in my life, apart from watching things on the tv that I do not currently feel moved to talk about, and going to work and whatnot.