Spontaneous Musings

1. Day 06 – A book that makes you sad

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - bawled my eyes out over this book. It's rare that I'll sob during a book. But this one did it to me - for about 50 pages. If you read this book, make sure you have a box of kleenex or tissues next to you.

It's a novel about two teens hunting down their favorite writer, to determine what the ending is of their favorite book. The teens are dying of cancer or are in various stages of terminal cancer. It shouldn't work, but it does. And it's not emotionally manipulative at all. Very odd book.

Possibly the best YA book that I've read.



Day 07 – Most underrated book
Day 08 – Most overrated book
Day 09 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 – Favorite classic book
Day 11 – A book you hated
Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 – Your favorite writer
Day 14 – Favorite book of your favorite writer
Day 15 – Favorite male character
Day 16 – Favorite female character
Day 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite book
Day 18 – A book that disappointed you
Day 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie
Day 20 – Favorite romance book
Day 21 – Favorite book from your childhood
Day 22 – Favorite book you own
Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 – A book that you wish more people have read
Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favorite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 – Your favorite book of all time


2.Day 09 - Best scene ever

Sometimes I think this should be called most memorable scene ever. At any rate, hard to choose, if this was a Buffy meme - I'd probably go with the sex sequence at the end of Smashed, but that was mostly most shocking scene ever - my jaw dropped. If a sci-fantasy meme...I might go with the scene from Bablyon 5 where G'Kar forgives Londo, just not his race. Or the scene in Farscape where John Crichton is tormented after just blowing up a space station. But it's not. This meme is all the tv shows I've watched, and dear lord, there have been so many and in every genre.

So for me, it has to be a scene in the early part of S1 of The Wire, which manages to accurately and succinctly explain the inter-relationships on the series and political maneuvers. It is also a reflection of how power is dealt with in society. This is a scene that unlike the ones that I mentioned above does not require any real knowledge of the series, nor does it require you to watch all of it. It is however the scene that motivated me to finally watch The Wire. Also the scene stays with you throughout the series...becoming more haunting and resonating more as you watch. If you watch that scene after seeing the Wire, chills will go up your spin at how accurate it is and because of what happens to each of the three kids in it.

The scene is from the episode : The Buy's from the Wire


Memorable Quote: "The King Stay the King"

After you watch this scene, you'll never look at kids playing chess at projects or in parks the same way again.



And here's the dialogue - in a perfect reflection of the street slang.


D'Angelo Barksdale: Yo, what was that?
Wallace: Hm?
D'Angelo Barksdale: Castle can't move like that. Yo, castle move up and down and sideways like.
Preston 'Bodie' Broadus: Nah, we ain't playing that.
Wallace: Yeah, look at the board. We playing checkers.
D'Angelo Barksdale: Checkers?
Wallace: Yeah, checkers.
D'Angelo Barksdale: Yo, why you playing checkers on a chess set?
Preston 'Bodie' Broadus: Yo, why you give a shit?
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D'Angelo Barksdale: Now look, check it, it's simple, it's simple. See this? This the kingpin, a'ight? And he the man. You get the other dude's king, you got the game. But he trying to get your king too, so you gotta protect it. Now, the king, he move one space any direction he damn choose, 'cause he's the king. Like this, this, this, a'ight? But he ain't got no hustle. But the rest of these motherfuckers on the team, they got his back. And they run so deep, he really ain't gotta do shit.
Preston 'Bodie' Broadus: Like your uncle.
D'Angelo Barksdale: Yeah, like my uncle. You see this? This the queen. She smart, she fast. She move any way she want, as far as she want. And she is the go-get-shit-done piece.
Wallace: Remind me of Stringer.
D'Angelo Barksdale: And this over here is the castle. Like the stash. It can move like this, and like this.
Wallace: Dog, stash don't move, man.
D'Angelo Barksdale: C'mon, yo, think. How many time we move the stash house this week? Right? And every time we move the stash, we gotta move a little muscle with it, right? To protect it.
Preston 'Bodie' Broadus: True, true, you right. All right, what about them little baldheaded bitches right there?
D'Angelo Barksdale: These right here, these are the pawns. They like the soldiers. They move like this, one space forward only. Except when they fight, then it's like this. And they like the front lines, they be out in the field.
Wallace: So how do you get to be the king?
D'Angelo Barksdale: It ain't like that. See, the king stay the king, a'ight? Everything stay who he is. Except for the pawns. Now, if the pawn make it all the way down to the other dude's side, he get to be queen. And like I said, the queen ain't no bitch. She got all the moves.
Preston 'Bodie' Broadus: A'ight, so if I make it to the other end, I win.
D'Angelo Barksdale: If you catch the other dude's king and trap it, then you win.
Preston 'Bodie' Broadus: A'ight, but if I make it to the end, I'm top dog.
D'Angelo Barksdale: Nah, yo, it ain't like that. Look, the pawns, man, in the game, they get capped quick. They be out the game early.
Preston 'Bodie' Broadus: Unless they some smart-ass pawns.




Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death.