Some thing. That I have.
The tv show, not the real ones.
Published on May 7, 2008 By Cedarbird In Religion

I get back from school, and my dear brother has kidnapped all of Buffy and Gilmore Girls to Spain.  All that is left is Angel.

 

I'd forgotten how much I like that show, I mean, I love Joss Whedon, but Angel wasn't my favorite of the three: Buffy, Firefly (best show ever), and Angel.


But now that all I have to watch from SanCho's stash.  I'm liking it. 

 

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New testimony.  Nothing in particular sparking this one, I just feel like I should write another one.  I was reading my scriptures and I was just thinking about how relevant they are to my life.  I mean, each time I read them I get another message that seems to just jump out at me and say, "Hey!  Read this one because you're going to need it, I promise."  I like that feeling, it makes me feel as though my Heavenly Father is really looking out for me, that he knew exactly what I'd need to hear at this moment in time.

I just got a new set. 

See, We usually mark important or meaningful passages of scripture, and I've had mine for about...eleven years.  They're kind of...massacred with highlighter, pen, rips; so I finally opened up my new set.    They're so pretty. 

 

Anyway, I'm excited to start coloring this new set.  I think that since I've matured I'll be making some more...organized markings.  There will be a lot. Because that book speaks to me.

 

I must sound crazy with al of this natter about the Holy Ghost, personal revelation, and scriptures speaking to me in my day that were written, oh...in 421 AD at the MOST RECENT.

 

But I'm not.  I'm a believer, and I love it. 

 

Hame Hovit.


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on May 07, 2008
I must sound crazy


Yep, ya do. But we're all a little crazy. As long as you're not "stab people in the face with a fork" crazy, then it's all good.

~Zoo

on May 08, 2008
Remember who that book was written for, Bird. The people in it never had it, it was compiled and saved for you.  
on May 08, 2008
Nice read, Cedar. I think it's cool that you appreciate and are excited that you can look at your Scriptures from a different perspective now that you've gained more wisdom and experience.

Happy reading (and thinking!).
on May 08, 2008

on May 08, 2008

New scriptures are always nice.

on May 08, 2008
Zoo: And I'm female, which makes me doubly crazy.

BFD: Ain't it grand? Gotta love Heavenly Father, he's pretty smart.

Tex: Thanks!!

Brothers: I'm feeling the same...
on May 08, 2008
And I'm female, which makes me doubly crazy.


No argument there...  



~Zoo
on May 08, 2008
I'm feeling the same...


You're feeling thumbs-up and smiley? Weird.
on May 08, 2008

I Buffy, all 7 seasons on dvd...and I have Angel too... I was so mad when they just canceled the show..I thought it was going great....I was so glad when they killed off goody too shoes Fred and made her bad ass goddess....

Then they went and ruined the ride by canceling....DIRT BAGS.

on May 08, 2008
I Buffy, all 7 seasons on dvd...and I have Angel too... I was so mad when they just canceled the show..I thought it was going great....I was so glad when they killed off goody too shoes Fred and made her bad ass goddess....

Then they went and ruined the ride by canceling....DIRT BAGS.


You do know that there's comic book continuations (either approved by in the case of Angel or scripted and with most issues written by in the case of Buffy the man himself, Joss Whedon), right?

If not, chiggity-check it out.

Yay for the Buffster.
on May 08, 2008
You do know that there's comic book continuations (either approved by in the case of Angel or scripted and with most issues written by in the case of Buffy the man himself, Joss Whedon), right?


Nope...but I'm not really into comic books...call me lazy but I like my Angel all eye candy-ish.  

I will check out the link tho, just to see, thanks.
on May 08, 2008
but I'm not really into comic books...


I thought I had 'completely outgrown' comic books until Season 8 came out.

It opened a whole new world to me. You have no idea how much high-quality, wonderful literature is hidden in some of these graphic novels. The Sandman, Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Fables - these things are better than ninety percent of the stuff being released in normal books these days.

Don't count them out yet.
on May 08, 2008
Don't count them out yet.


So where do I pick up one of these graphic novels?

Since some of my writing is compared to them, I better check to see if I should be mad about it...hahaha.
on May 08, 2008
So where do I pick up one of these graphic novels?


Best way to do it I've found is Amazon. On Maso's suggestion (we talked about this a few months ago) I picked up the first volume of The Sandman. I used the 'buy new or used' feature and bought from some other seller and it turned out being like seven or eight dollars after shipping. No big deal, I figured, to try something new out.

I was hooked. I rushed back to Amazon and bought the other nine volumes and voraciously devoured them as they arrived. It's one of the most compelling stories you'll ever read, even if it's done in a comic-book setting.

But you might try the library. I know my local library has a small section of graphic novels . . . they might just have something worth looking, and then it's free.

Any of the series I mentioned are great ones (and very adult - we're not talking about spandex-clad Double-D divas running around fighting lizard-men or the like).

The Sandman is about one of the seven endless - the oldest beings in existence, older than the gods, older than anything. He is Dream, ruler of the Dreamland. His books run the gamut of starting as really gripping horror stories to very complex, layered (and emotionally compelling) fantasy. I defy the average person to not be almost in tears at the end of book 9. Just ask Maso - he'll back me up.

Ex Machina is a strange combination of political intrigue and thriller. It's about the world's only superhero, who, after saving the second tower from the plane on September 11, is elected mayor of New York. It's absolutely fascinating, and deals much more with his time as mayor and the issues involved with it than the superhero aspects.

Y: The Last Man is the story of Yorick, the last male human being left alive after a plague wipes out all of mankind (literally the man part) in seconds. It tells of him trekking across the country, trying to survive, and the doctor who travels with him, trying to figure out why he survived. And there's government agents. And there's a monkey named Ampersand. Totally great.

Fables is the most childish sounding of my favorites, but one of the most rewarding - probably the best comic still in production right now. It tells the tale of all the mythical creatures from all those fairy tales we heard growing up that have been exiled from their magical lands and have to live in New York. Sounds like the plot to a silly kid's movie, but it's NOT FOR CHILDREN. I promise. A little too graphic, thanks. But you've got Snow White as deputy mayor of Fabletown (their hidden community), The Big Bad Wolf as sheriff, Goldilocks is a homicidal maniac, Little Boy Blue is totally badass . . . you get the idea.

Those last three are all still in production, but I'm far too lazy and cheap to buy comics every month as they come out - I wait until they're collected in the graphic novels (usually 4-9 issues in a book) and buy them then. I know there are plenty others out there I want to read (like Lucifer, a spin-off of Sandman, about the devil after he leaves Hell for greener pastures, or Preacher), but I'll probably hold off until those other three finish.

Like I said, they're totally worth checking out. Believe me, I never thought I would be an ardent supporter of comic books. Never in a million years. But there's so much good stuff out there.
on May 08, 2008
Oh, one last thing - one that I'm SURE your local library would have (and a great introduction into what you should expect from these adult graphic novels) is Maus, by Art Spiegelman. it's only 2 volumes, and it's the true story of how the author's father survived the concentration camps during World War II. It's probably the single most moving retelling of the holocaust I've ever seen or read - more so than Elie Wiesel's Night, more so that Schindler's List, any of that.

Pick them up. You will be completely affected.
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