Of Time And Space

Why do I always end up writing these things at 11:30 at night? Maybe because I have too much to do and not enough time to keep up on a blog that I keep promising myself I'm going to make interesting?

Today's topic? Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Yes, it's a Nickelodeon show, and I know that, but it's just so effing cool. It revolves around a group of teenagers with the ability to control the elements who have to save the world from the evil, destructive plans of the Fire Lord. So... that's really all I have to say about it today. Go, watch it if you like.

So, now for a new tradition: the recommended book of the day.

Recommended Book of the Day:

City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare.

When fifteen-year-0ld Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Clary knows she should call the police, but it's hard to explain a murder when the body disappears into thin air and the murderers are invisible to everyone but Clary.
Equally startled by her ability to see them, the murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. Within twenty-four hours, Clary's mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque demon.
But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...

So that's the recommended book, and coming from someone who just finished it, it's fabulous. A must for anyone that likes fantasy and real-world mixtures, and Clare is an good writer.

Quote of the Day: "That was the most disturbing thing I've ever done." "Wanna go again?" "Hell yeah."

Funny video of the day: For all those Facebook traffickers who read this blog (does anyone read this blog? Am I entertaining myself? Why do I always wind up asking rhetorical questions?) here's Julian Smith with "25 Things I Hate About Facebook".