Oooh, that's On My List, thanks! I've read bits in various books about the whaleship Essex and I wonder just how much of that awful experience they can bring to the screen.
It was tastefully (ha!) handled. I have the book but haven't read it, my cousin gave it to me a while back for Christmas. My dad and menfolk were all into ships and sailing, and growing up we had shelves of books on stuff like whalers, and I'd read my share, so when my cousin sent me that book I had already reached peak Sailing Tales, and it just went on the shelf. But I must read it now.
Truly, a fine way to grow up – surrounded be good books of any kind. That's the nice thing about bound books – they're always there when you need them. Do enjoy.
I'll bet you've read this one but, if not and you still have room for sea stories, | Tristan Jones | is one of my all-time faves.
I haven't read that one. Thanks!
Oh, Tristan's a real gem- a fine writer with a great Welsh sense of humor. They're all good. First one I read was "A Steady Trade" – about his first seagoing job as a cabin boy on a sail barge, taking bottles across the Engilsh Channel to (just barely) prewar Germany in the '30s.
Oh no, I've got you reading wales tales again! Sorry.
"Gloriously horrible."
That's today's Theme.
In the blurb it says a whale of mammoth size
Seriously, you must see it. Even if you must wait until you can check it out from the library, it's really a movie worth watching. (And yeah, who am I kidding, AZ libraries budgeting for DVDs, hah.)
Actually, I think it's the book budget that's getting axed. In Pima County anyway.
They're not burning them yet. Are they?
Okay, they have copies. All out though.
I did see A Perfect Storm on the big screen and the……..whatever…….cinematography was impressive in a way that had me wanting to run from the waves about to crash into me. I remember thinking "Whoa. I gotta get the fuck outta here "
This movie has the same sort of effect, where it's a great story, very entertaining, but also depicts the ocean in such a realistic way that it draws you in and maybe scares you a bit. I think of it as one of those effects that movies do so well that other art forms just cannot match. In this case it's not ginormous rogue waves, but a ginormous rogue whale that seems realistic and is right there on the big screen.
1. Thank you CR, I had momentarily forgotten about Zefrank.
2. As Dewey pointed out, "Data point of one, but it would confuse the hell out of me." is what it's all about.
3. Thanks to all for whaling books (and I have to confess that I actually liked Moby Dick). For a very marginally related sailing story, let me mention "The Terror" by Dan Simmons.
4. Some years back, I realized that I would never again eat tako.
Six Minutes of True Facts
♪ Fiiive Ho-ver-ing Squid ♪
Four Thousand Hatchlings
Three Minutes of Horror
Two Cuttles Cuddling
And a | Cephalopodmas Advent Calendar for 2015! |
It is the most horrible time of the year!
Magnificent, isn't it?
Gloriously horrible.
Speaking of which, if you haven't seen "In the Heart of the Sea" yet, you MUST. As must all Wonvillians.
Oooh, that's On My List, thanks! I've read bits in various books about the whaleship Essex and I wonder just how much of that awful experience they can bring to the screen.
It was tastefully (ha!) handled. I have the book but haven't read it, my cousin gave it to me a while back for Christmas. My dad and menfolk were all into ships and sailing, and growing up we had shelves of books on stuff like whalers, and I'd read my share, so when my cousin sent me that book I had already reached peak Sailing Tales, and it just went on the shelf. But I must read it now.
Truly, a fine way to grow up – surrounded be good books of any kind. That's the nice thing about bound books – they're always there when you need them. Do enjoy.
I'll bet you've read this one but, if not and you still have room for sea stories, | Tristan Jones | is one of my all-time faves.
I haven't read that one. Thanks!
Oh, Tristan's a real gem- a fine writer with a great Welsh sense of humor. They're all good. First one I read was "A Steady Trade" – about his first seagoing job as a cabin boy on a sail barge, taking bottles across the Engilsh Channel to (just barely) prewar Germany in the '30s.
Oh no, I've got you reading wales tales again! Sorry.
"Gloriously horrible."
That's today's Theme.
In the blurb it says a whale of mammoth size
Seriously, you must see it. Even if you must wait until you can check it out from the library, it's really a movie worth watching. (And yeah, who am I kidding, AZ libraries budgeting for DVDs, hah.)
Actually, I think it's the book budget that's getting axed. In Pima County anyway.
They're not burning them yet. Are they?
Okay, they have copies. All out though.
I did see A Perfect Storm on the big screen and the……..whatever…….cinematography was impressive in a way that had me wanting to run from the waves about to crash into me. I remember thinking "Whoa. I gotta get the fuck outta here "
This movie has the same sort of effect, where it's a great story, very entertaining, but also depicts the ocean in such a realistic way that it draws you in and maybe scares you a bit. I think of it as one of those effects that movies do so well that other art forms just cannot match. In this case it's not ginormous rogue waves, but a ginormous rogue whale that seems realistic and is right there on the big screen.
C'mon now – whale or mammoth? Pick one!
I think Valerie Perrine was in that movie too.
Was she the one with the water wings?
Really it's a wonder they haven't taken over yet.
All in good time.
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!
Syd! That one's a real find,
To be fair, they took over the best part of the planet.
"Data point of one, but it would confuse the hell out of me."
"Floppy floppy spider of the sea"
1. Thank you CR, I had momentarily forgotten about Zefrank.
2. As Dewey pointed out, "Data point of one, but it would confuse the hell out of me." is what it's all about.
3. Thanks to all for whaling books (and I have to confess that I actually liked Moby Dick). For a very marginally related sailing story, let me mention "The Terror" by Dan Simmons.
4. Some years back, I realized that I would never again eat tako.