Week of January 2-8

[mrissa]

Two rejections, no acceptances. And a week of vacation ending in apparently viral crud. But I seem to be getting better.

I'm totally ready to write some more fiction now, though. Even though I have very little energy and all that. Definitely pining for the fiction.

Sarah Zettel's The Firebird's Vengeance is all right, but I'm having a fairly big problem with it. The bad guys are pseudo-Finns, and my brain will not stop cheering for them. "She just poisoned that lady!" says my reasonable brain, and the rest of the brain says, "Down with the tsarist oppressors! Harkka päälle!"

And I would say more, but "Enigma" is on, so apparently we get cable for a reason after all. I love this movie so much. Type at you all later.

Comments

Harkka päälle!

[cpolk.livejournal.com]

do you know what kind of internal conflict I go through when the hockey game is team canada vs. team finland?

It's messy.

[rilina.livejournal.com]

I've never seen Enigma, though I've always wanted too. If you're interested in cryptology, you should check out The Code Book by Simon Singh. Great book.

Re: Harkka päälle!

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I have that when the Swedes and the Finns play. Angst!

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend Enigma even to people who have no interest in cryptology. Good, good stuff.

We've got The Code Book, and I have read it, but my interest is less in cryptology or cryptography in general and more in Bletchley Park in specific. Since one of the two protags of the novels I'm currently revising spent the war there and all.

[mkille.livejournal.com]

Finland! That reminds me. A few days back on Arthur (http://pbskids.org/arthur/), they had a two mini-episode arc involving an imaginary Finnish band called Binky.

Aha! Synopses/transcripts for Episode 1 (http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/ecdc/30601.htm), Episode 2 (http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/ecdc/30602.htm). And here's the acual band and lyrics (http://www.varttina.com/recordings/seleniko/lyrics/) for the song used (scroll down to "Matalii ja mustii").

The band member animated characters spoke in Finnish accents. I have no way of knowing how accurate they were.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved The Code Book. It was a birthday present a couple of years ago. My dad saw it and knew that I would love it.