Little Talks

How does one explain China Mieville's Perdido Street Station ? Honestly, I'm not even sure how to categorize this book, let alone summarize the plot for you. I read it in a science fiction class, but something about it just felt so much more like fantasy. It is often said to be steampunk/cyberpunk, and in a way it is. But it is the kind of steampunk novel that includes as much magic as it does science (or perhaps a smidge more magic). The mix of creatures living in New Crobuzon make it feel like the city could be on an alien planet as easily as it could be in a fantastical version of our own world. This book was equally confusing, fascinating, and frustrating to read, and I think that it was because of the way that it plays with our ideas of what makes a novel sci-fi or fantasy. The two antagonistic forces in the story represent these opposing concepts; the Construct Council is a machine that has learned to think and has created a network of other machines which serve it...

Today's saying is just fun and simple because I don't really know what else to say. I've been working on a paper all week and just relaxing since I got it done. Soon I will be packing up and leaving my little place here in England, but not yet. Today, I've just been enjoying the sunlight and feeling content.

[Warning: Contains Spoilers] My blogging is a little behind again, so it may take a little extra effort to figure out what I want to say about this movie. I think we should start at the beginning; that's always the best place to start. The film opens in a futuristic world that is so fictional that I couldn't help but ask, "How far into the future is this supposed to be taking place?" And the answer is apparently not as far as you'd expect it to be, since the characters are all ones we've met before and they're only older because of the time that passed between making the earlier movies and this one. Luckily, most of the movie is set in the past. But I'm getting ahead of myself. In the future, mutants are being hunted by robots called sentinels. They apparently even started to hunt and kill people who might become mutants. The sentinels can absorb and use mutant powers, so Kitty Pryde saves the group by sending someone back in time to prevent them fr...

It has been 4 months exactly since I last saw my mom, but I did not realize that until I sat down to write this post. Has it been hard to live away from her? At times, yes. That probably sounds odd coming from an adult, but I think growing up and moving out is when we realize just how much we appreciate our moms. My mother and I have become really close in the last couple of years while my sister has often been away at school. We do so much together and sometimes I miss those little things like grocery shopping or watching our favourite shows. The older I got the more I was able to appreciate how well my parents raised me; I say this not out of pride for myself, but out of the humble realization that my parents shaped me into the woman that I am today. My mom and I have always been close, but becoming an adult has made us friends. You might think it odd that I would not have considered my mom a friend before, but I think a mother is something so much more special. Moms are the ones to ...

I'm sorry I haven't been posting much again, but it's final assessment time. There's been a bit of a theme to my weekend, and I just want to share with you what has been on my heart: Jesus is our source of joy, just knowing Him should make us laugh and smile with glee. If I saw Him today I would drop everything and run to Him with open arms. If you knew my Jesus, you would do the same. I think that this song sums it up so perfectly that I just wanted to share it with you. (Besides, I think that posting videos is becoming my way of making up for a lack of posts 😛)