Wonder Woman, Summer Reading and F.G. Paci
There is one thing I have learned through this whole preperation for the trip - do not use the same travel agent or try planning it yourself when you are stressed beyond belief. I discovered new mistakes I had made during my planning and had to frantically search for hotel rooms (which luckily have now been booked) and flight information (which the travel agent has yet to give me). My travel agent has this uncanny ability to frustrate everyone to death only because she sends information to the wrong people and cannot seem to deliver information within a reasonable time limit. I only become more frustrated, because I tend to plan the rest of the trip by myself when I have piles of marking and planning to do and there is always some personal crisis flaring up that needs my immediate attention.
Anyways, I took some time to relax yesterday. I bought
some hilarious winks to go on my msn and watched an episode of Wonder Woman. I use to spin around in my living room and bedroom thinking I can transform from Diana into Wonder Woman. I remember the role being a positive one for young girls, but had forgotten how feminist the show was...I was watching the pilot episode on my dvd and lost count of how many times Lynda Carter said Sisterhood, Women, and the side comments against men. I had also forgotten all the references to World War 2, which makes sense because that is when the story was set and the tv audience would have remembered it from 30 years ago.
Some parts of the show make me want to laugh, because our tv show production and special effect has advanced quite a bit since the show was released in 1975. You can tell the show is a living history, because it would have been relevant to the uprising women movement along with the way people were reacting to the past and present wars in thier own homes.
I also think Angelina Jolie would make a delightful new Wonder Woman if they were to move along with a new movie. She has the appoprixmately the same figure and eye colour as Lynda Carter.
On another side note, I am not too sure what book to bring on my journey. I have Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists Volume 1 and 2, which would give me some insight into the times, places and people I will be looking at while in Italy. I enjoy his writing style, because it has glimpses of great literature mixed with the ease of tabloid gossip. I was also thinking of Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic takes Manhattan, because it is a light chick lit book given to me by my cousin. I like Becky's adventures.
Last but not least, the most sentimental item would be F.G. Paci's Black Blood. The autographed book was given to me by my friend and I would hate for it to get misplaced while I travel through six countries. Black Blood would be my fourth-fifth book I have read from F.G. Paci in the last three months depending on whether you count the 50 odd pages I read of Hard Edge. I enjoy F.G.'s writing style because of its fresh, crisp, rich, and the glorious character development allows you to empathize with the characters on several levels. There is a reason why critics call F.G. Canada's invisible treasure. If you like Frank McCourt, you will definately like F.G. Paci!
The only slightly awkard thing about reading F.G. Paci's work is that it also has a certain sexual appeal to it as the characters weave through their raw emotions, insecurities and personal conflicts. This makes great writing and marketing for as well know sex sells, but it is a bit different when you must try to distinguish a friend from an author...and I am not sure anyone really wants to know what their friend is thinking when it comes to sex. The great thing is that F.G. Paci is quite different than my friend, which allows me to appreciate the author as someone with an English Specialist and loves great literature. I can also appreciate the author's ability to tell a cinematic story and the great thing is adapting his novels would be releatively cheap and has box office potential!
Well I must go and prepare my binder for the teacher offering the course next year and continue to prepare for this trip. I honestly feel like the greatest challenge is just surviving all the obstacles and mishaps before getting on the bloody plane. lol.
Anyways, I took some time to relax yesterday. I bought
some hilarious winks to go on my msn and watched an episode of Wonder Woman. I use to spin around in my living room and bedroom thinking I can transform from Diana into Wonder Woman. I remember the role being a positive one for young girls, but had forgotten how feminist the show was...I was watching the pilot episode on my dvd and lost count of how many times Lynda Carter said Sisterhood, Women, and the side comments against men. I had also forgotten all the references to World War 2, which makes sense because that is when the story was set and the tv audience would have remembered it from 30 years ago.Some parts of the show make me want to laugh, because our tv show production and special effect has advanced quite a bit since the show was released in 1975. You can tell the show is a living history, because it would have been relevant to the uprising women movement along with the way people were reacting to the past and present wars in thier own homes.
I also think Angelina Jolie would make a delightful new Wonder Woman if they were to move along with a new movie. She has the appoprixmately the same figure and eye colour as Lynda Carter.
On another side note, I am not too sure what book to bring on my journey. I have Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists Volume 1 and 2, which would give me some insight into the times, places and people I will be looking at while in Italy. I enjoy his writing style, because it has glimpses of great literature mixed with the ease of tabloid gossip. I was also thinking of Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic takes Manhattan, because it is a light chick lit book given to me by my cousin. I like Becky's adventures.
Last but not least, the most sentimental item would be F.G. Paci's Black Blood. The autographed book was given to me by my friend and I would hate for it to get misplaced while I travel through six countries. Black Blood would be my fourth-fifth book I have read from F.G. Paci in the last three months depending on whether you count the 50 odd pages I read of Hard Edge. I enjoy F.G.'s writing style because of its fresh, crisp, rich, and the glorious character development allows you to empathize with the characters on several levels. There is a reason why critics call F.G. Canada's invisible treasure. If you like Frank McCourt, you will definately like F.G. Paci!
The only slightly awkard thing about reading F.G. Paci's work is that it also has a certain sexual appeal to it as the characters weave through their raw emotions, insecurities and personal conflicts. This makes great writing and marketing for as well know sex sells, but it is a bit different when you must try to distinguish a friend from an author...and I am not sure anyone really wants to know what their friend is thinking when it comes to sex. The great thing is that F.G. Paci is quite different than my friend, which allows me to appreciate the author as someone with an English Specialist and loves great literature. I can also appreciate the author's ability to tell a cinematic story and the great thing is adapting his novels would be releatively cheap and has box office potential!
Well I must go and prepare my binder for the teacher offering the course next year and continue to prepare for this trip. I honestly feel like the greatest challenge is just surviving all the obstacles and mishaps before getting on the bloody plane. lol.
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