Thursday, March 3, 2011

Thursday Ramblings - March 3, 2011


Writing News: Two new short stories being published. My Brother, the Ghost Hunter will be published in the Oct. 2011 issue of the Stories for Children Magazine. The Sweet Gift will be published in the February 2012 issue of the Stories for Children Magazine.

I finished my first draft of my new short story, Trick-or-Spells.

I watched Due Date last night. It was not as good as I thought it would be, but I did laughed a few times. I bought Legend of the Guardians, but I have not had time to watch it yet. Today, I bought Phineas and Ferb: The Daze of Summer. I already have Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the Phineas. Yes, I know it is a cartoon, but what can I say, I am a cartoon fan. I mostly prefer cartoons from my youth, late 80's and early 90's. I stumbled upon Phineas and Freb last year. I first I thought the animation was silly, but after awhile I was hooked.

I would not call myself a scifi geek, but I do occasionally watch a scifi show or movie. In this mail this week, I received Doctor Who: The Movie that I had ordered. It aired on Fox back in 1996 as a backdoor pilot, and it did not do well in ratings. I am a fan of the new version of Doctor Who and its spin-off Torchwood. The movie has a completely different feel to it. I enjoyed watching it, but there were things that annoyed me. First off, Eric Roberts was a terrible choice to play the Master. He overacted through the whole movie. The producers should have hired an older English actor. The plot was very thin, well there was not really a plot besides the Master needing to take over the Doctor's body. The best part of the movie is the inside of the TARDIS, where there were bookshelves filled with old books. If you are a Doctor Who fan, then you will probably like the movie, but I would not recommend it to new fans.

Books in the mail this week: Surrender the Night by MaryLu Tyndall, Daddy Devastating by Delores Fossen, Gun-shy Bride by B.J. Daniels, Angel by James Patterson, and Pale Demon by Kim Harrison. Today, I bought Mission: Out of Control by Susan May Warren.

1 comment:

  1. My Bebe Boy James has some Phineas and Ferb books, as well as the Guardians series. We recently watched the movie, and it even kept MY attention! I love the mixture of books that came into your mailbox; I'm an eclectic reader myself - I like having books around that fit my reading mood no matter what!

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