Comments for Empty Cage http://empty-cage.net the bird flew away Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Lain is blowing my mind… by Colin http://empty-cage.net/lain-is-blowing-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-4037 Colin Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:51:52 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=435#comment-4037 HOLY HELL, LAIN. I forgot about Lain. Lain will break your brain. HOLY HELL, LAIN. I forgot about Lain. Lain will break your brain.

]]> Comment on The Big Split by Colin http://empty-cage.net/the-big-split/comment-page-1/#comment-4036 Colin Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:49:48 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=437#comment-4036 Dissatisfaction with your own sites is an important part of web publishing. My neglected domain count is quite high and I'm a little ashamed of each and every one of those sites. Also, don't forget that I own the Internet and am therefore everywhere. Dissatisfaction with your own sites is an important part of web publishing. My neglected domain count is quite high and I’m a little ashamed of each and every one of those sites.

Also, don’t forget that I own the Internet and am therefore everywhere.

]]> Comment on Math — a lament. by Moujan http://empty-cage.net/math-a-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-3761 Moujan Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:09:38 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=422#comment-3761 hey! yup I totally agree with you. I am going to apply for Phys & Phil. this is dreadful. I had a teacher who got her Bachelors from Oxford in Phys & phil. she used to tell us that at uni, everyone would go "duh, you're gonna end up teaching" when they found out what she was studying. but this is what she told me: "chose your uni subject if you love it, otherwise don't". so I have no idea what I'm gonna do after wards, but it's just that phys & phil is the only thing that makes me jump up and down! good luck with philosophy, but consider subjects like mathematics and philosophy or any other combined stuff with philosophy. this is your one and only choice. hey!
yup I totally agree with you. I am going to apply for Phys & Phil.
this is dreadful. I had a teacher who got her Bachelors from Oxford in Phys & phil. she used to tell us that at uni, everyone would go “duh, you’re gonna end up teaching” when they found out what she was studying. but this is what she told me: “chose your uni subject if you love it, otherwise don’t”.
so I have no idea what I’m gonna do after wards, but it’s just that phys & phil is the only thing that makes me jump up and down!
good luck with philosophy, but consider subjects like mathematics and philosophy or any other combined stuff with philosophy. this is your one and only choice.

]]> Comment on Blogging Hats by Laura Francis http://empty-cage.net/blogging-hats/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 Laura Francis Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:12:13 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=371#comment-2171 I see you didn't find the time to post sinnce we spoke last...... Get tothe navel-gazing, young lady! Laura Francis P.S. Good work. Keep at it. I see you didn’t find the time to post sinnce we spoke last……

Get tothe navel-gazing, young lady!

Laura Francis

P.S. Good work. Keep at it.

]]> Comment on Twilighttwilighttwilight. by Mia http://empty-cage.net/twilighttwilighttwilight/comment-page-1/#comment-1827 Mia Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:40:47 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=356#comment-1827 Oh, Twilight. I have this massive love/hate relationship with it. It moved more towards "hate" last semester when I was student teaching & met Junior High kids who worshiped Stephanie Meyer. See, I think that adults can read it and see it the way I do- as intellectual cotton candy wrapped in escapism and unintentional humor. Kids don't have that filter, and see it as "a blueprint on how relationships should work." THAT scares me. Oh, Twilight. I have this massive love/hate relationship with it. It moved more towards “hate” last semester when I was student teaching & met Junior High kids who worshiped Stephanie Meyer. See, I think that adults can read it and see it the way I do- as intellectual cotton candy wrapped in escapism and unintentional humor. Kids don’t have that filter, and see it as “a blueprint on how relationships should work.” THAT scares me.

]]> Comment on Twilighttwilighttwilight. by Mom http://empty-cage.net/twilighttwilighttwilight/comment-page-1/#comment-1472 Mom Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:43:33 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=356#comment-1472 OK, OK, I agree on the big huge target on the back thing -- the machine springs into action. BUT, and this is a huge BUT. Let's face it. At it's heart Twilight is a romance -- heart-throbbing unrequited and then fulfilled love. Love. Since time immemorial at the heart of, dare I say, all great stories? (alright I can think of some exceptions...) Whether you're Shakespeare or Stephenie (who, by the way can't seem to spell Stephanie) Meyer love is a very entertaining topic. Dumb it down or dumb it up (dumb it up??!!) it makes that plot line sing. I felt the same way about The Da Vinci Code. And there it sat in hardcover on the bestseller list for 2 years. TWO YEARS in HARDCOVER!! A publisher's dream. Not too bad for a bookseller either! I guess I'll end there. Well maybe not, because I just thought of one more thing I want to say in response to your blog and that is this: I think I do get some satisfaction out of people who don't normally read being excited about books. It makes me happy. It was like that with Harry Potter. But the fanaticism I don't get. I don't get it with TV shows either. Maybe I'm just not a fangirl by nature.... OK, OK, I agree on the big huge target on the back thing — the machine springs into action. BUT, and this is a huge BUT. Let’s face it. At it’s heart Twilight is a romance — heart-throbbing unrequited and then fulfilled love. Love. Since time immemorial at the heart of, dare I say, all great stories? (alright I can think of some exceptions…) Whether you’re Shakespeare or Stephenie (who, by the way can’t seem to spell Stephanie) Meyer love is a very entertaining topic. Dumb it down or dumb it up (dumb it up??!!) it makes that plot line sing.

I felt the same way about The Da Vinci Code. And there it sat in hardcover on the bestseller list for 2 years. TWO YEARS in HARDCOVER!! A publisher’s dream. Not too bad for a bookseller either! I guess I’ll end there.

Well maybe not, because I just thought of one more thing I want to say in response to your blog and that is this: I think I do get some satisfaction out of people who don’t normally read being excited about books. It makes me happy. It was like that with Harry Potter. But the fanaticism I don’t get. I don’t get it with TV shows either. Maybe I’m just not a fangirl by nature….

]]> Comment on Geektastic by Mom http://empty-cage.net/geektastic/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Mom Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:58:22 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=339#comment-1246 Perhaps you should submit this to the publisher? Perhaps you should submit this to the publisher?

]]> Comment on Love, love me do. by Mia http://empty-cage.net/love-love-me-do/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Mia Sat, 02 May 2009 04:16:06 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=318#comment-324 I love their early pop music! Please tell me you've heard "Thank You, Girl?" It's like auditory cotton candy. I love their early pop music! Please tell me you’ve heard “Thank You, Girl?” It’s like auditory cotton candy.

]]> Comment on Kill the Fanlistings! by Karla http://empty-cage.net/kill-the-fanlistings/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Karla Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:42:03 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=285#comment-201 Oh, right... *closes the "Hack the site" program* Now really, I admire and laugh at the rant blogs and the "ranted people", how couldn't I laugh at my own ranting? Oh, right… *closes the “Hack the site” program*

Now really, I admire and laugh at the rant blogs and the “ranted people”, how couldn’t I laugh at my own ranting?

]]> Comment on Kill the Fanlistings! by Kae http://empty-cage.net/kill-the-fanlistings/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Kae Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:05:14 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=285#comment-200 I'm glad you are honoured and not out for my blood. And I thank you for it. When people do that I forget that I have no faith in humanity =) And I know rejections suck hard (I get them all the time) but the whole taking a walk thing is a good way to deal. I’m glad you are honoured and not out for my blood. And I thank you for it. When people do that I forget that I have no faith in humanity =)

And I know rejections suck hard (I get them all the time) but the whole taking a walk thing is a good way to deal.

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