Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The Prestige Personal response

                                                  (slight spoiler, has some exciting parts)
            I read the novel The Prestige, written by Christopher Priest and i actually enjoyed the book. i started the book with a bad attitude with the idea of just getting it done. about 30 pages into the book i actually started to look forward to reading this book. the beginning of the book was the strangest by far. constantly switched from point-of-view to point-of-view.In my opinion the best part was when Rupert Angier's wife gets knocked over by Alfred Bordon witch sets the mighty feud of the two magicians. (plot twist ahead) The Best part for "normal people" is when Rupert Angier teleports himself and Alfred Sabotages it on accident causing Angier to be separated into two beings, One old, dying and weak the other Stronger, spectral like and freaky. the old and frail Angier slowly dies of cancer and sickness, while the spectral tries to kill and torture Alfred witch brings us to an exciting part when the spectral Angier comes after Bordon with a knife. Bordon is then sent into hiding from fear of the ghost Angier.He eventually dies of a heart attack (hinted that it was caused by the spectral version of Angier) another big part of the book was that Bordon apparently had a twin brother and that more than confused me...
            The theme of this book is magic and mystery.and the setting was England in the 1800s/current day and some in Colorado. Point of view is one literary element that was used pretty heavily because it kept changing.
             Overall i would recommend this book to anyone who likes the idea of a science like/magical story with things that don't exactly make sense. if you just plow through the book and don't take any of the info in (like i did at first) then the book wont really make sense but luckily i restarted and actually looked at what i was reading. the book provides a sense of mystery and excitement that keeps you wanting to read in first period economics class. Another buddie to talk with about the book is also a good thing to have. 

The Prestige Summary

A man named Andrew Wesley, living in modern day, meets a girl named Kate Angier. Kate believes that Andrew is a man named Nicholas Bordon. Nicholas was a child when Kate new him and she believes that Nicholas was his original name from before he was adopted. then the book switches to the point of view of Andrew's ancestor from the late 1800s Alfred Bordon. Alfred starts explaining his early life and how he meets another magician named Rupert Angier. while at a seance the two magicians get in a fight and Alfred knocks over Rupert's pregnant wife and the baby dose not quite make it. Alfred gets kicked out and this starts a lifelong feud. they continue through life playing tricks on each other ruining each others acts. at this point the story returns to Kate Angier witch starts to go more in depth in the Nicholas Bordon story. then after that it moves to Angier's story and it shows his point of view making Bordon seem like kind of a jerk. then it continues to explain his interpretation of The Transported Man witch he called The New Transported Man.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

World of Warcraft

          For some reason I log hours I my day Into this life sucking game... My addiction is fueled nearly every night by logging in to kil'jaeden to spend time with my guildies and friends. Downing bosses, murdering the Alliance, and burning time flying around org is just too much fun even if I stop playing I end up starting again. I decided to just give in and never quit my addiction! I recently got my fourth level 85 *depressed face* I like to think of my account as a moped. I'm really proud of it when I'm alone but whenever my friends come around I don't know what wow is...

Monday, March 12, 2012

robotic shark?

i want to build/buy/accuire a robitic shark submarine that can easily be controlled by one person. i think it would be cool to shark through some deep waters. this obviously would be the one thing that could make me better than everyone on the planet... somebody says "hey i just built a house" yeah? well i live in a shark. see what i mean you just cant beat it. the ony thing that could possubly beat it is if your turds were just 100% solid gold. witch then you just sell your poop and be super uber rich!