Alex, I know what you mean. Almost all of my friends appreciate Alton's geekery over the shiny-uniform showmanship of the Iron Chefs. I like Alton too, but Kenichi, Morimoto, Sakai, Michiba, and even Fukui-san! will always be ahead of him in my culinary affections. Oh, and Chairman Kaga too. Who else could make Liberace look underdressed?
As for "I, Robot".... *shudder.* It reminds me of something I read on Neil Gaiman's site about a script for Sandman that turned the Corinthian into Morpheus' twin brother, the Prince of Nightmares, while relegating Morpheus to the role of Prince of Good Dreams. The two spend the film battling it out superhero-style over the love of a woman.
No, really. That was the script. This sort of thing really makes me wish there were more Peter Jacksons around.
I was Morimoto, but I wish they had an option for Chin Kenichi. I love all the Iron Chefs in one way or another, but he's my favorite. How can you top the teddy bear of Szechuan cuisine?
Oh, and did no one else's brain see that lyric and immediately think:
"O, who will come and go with me,
To live in a pineapple under the sea!"
Just me then? I was afraid of that.
Whenever I read stories like Mel's, it makes me want to call my parents and thank them again for encouraging me and my siblings to read as much as we could of whatever we could get our hands on (fiction, non-fiction, cereal boxes, etc.) and never taking anything away for being "dangerous." My mother is a faithful Catholic and my father is, well, a Chreaster but they also believe that a little magic never hurt anyone, especially the magic that comes from reading and loving a book as a child. Some of my old favorites no longer hold the same appeal now that I've grown up a little bit and read even more, but some do. I certainly don't regret or feel damaged by reading any of them. (Okay, maybe I do want the time back that I spent reading the Babysitters' Club superspecial where they get stranded on an island after an ill-fated sailing race and make a HELP sign with seashells.)
But seriously, I have no idea how I'd be able to tell what I consider the good stuff from the bad stuff if I hadn't read plenty of both. Or how I'd be able to handle challenges to my opinions if I hadn't already learned to challenge them myself by reading something that contradicted them. Or even have opinions that weren't a mere recitation of someone else's thoughts...
That's it. I'm calling my mom.
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