I went to the World's Fair in 1982 with my family - again, small world! 
Larry Send a noteboard - 27/01/2013 03:08:27 AM
Larry Send a noteboard - 27/01/2013 03:08:27 AM
Yeah, I bet that would be a culture shock! I've never been farther west than Kansas City (went there for three days with my youngest brother back in May), but the idea of whole swathes of land with so few neighbors around would be jarring to me and I grew up in an area that used to be semi-rural (35 miles west of Nashville, TN) until the past 20 years. Sounds like you've made some interesting changes in your personal life and that you're content with those, so congrats!
I'm mostly the same, moving from residential treatment teaching job every so often because a place closes (I like to think not because of me, but despite me 
), so I may be heading back to grad school part-time this summer to work on a second Master's degree, this time in teaching ESL. Had a couple of short story translations published in the past 18 months, one in a big anthology published here by Tor (The Weird, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, both of whom I've come to consider to be good friends of mine), so if you ever wanted to critique the writer/translator's writing style in revenge for my critiques over the years, there's the perfect opportunity! Take care, John, and hope to see you around at least occasionally
To Tennessee that is. We were visiting family in Florence AL, and the World's Fair was in Knoxville. So we got up early and made a looong day trip out of it. (Disappointing, actually) That was 1983, so you were probably just a tyke back then. But I do remember the rolling hills of grass, and huge firework outlets. Leaving Al and GA., you drive right out of what seems all kudzu vine covered forest, and TN was almost barren in contrast. (At least that's the way I recall it.) I'm sure the population has surged since, but it was fairly sparse back then. That's as far east as I've gone, but it sure helped develop an appreciation for this country of ours. We have some of the most beautiful places in the world, and everyone should make the time to see some of them.
I was about to turn 8 when we went, so I was a child, but old enough to remember some of the exhibits (I was fascinated by the Arabic calligraphy shown as part of the Saudi exhibit, and I like the Korean one). East Tennessee is very different to me than Middle TN (at least in terms of urban/suburban areas). The population for the state is now about 6.2 million, if I recall, so yeah, about 33% increase over 30 years. I like the NC side of the mountains more than the East TN side, but I agree that there's is a lot of beautiful places in this world (Asheville, NC being my favorite place to visit). Maybe I'll get a chance to head back out there this summer or next, depending on time/job/school (I do have to take some grad coursework to renew my teacher's license this summer).
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Where to begin....
- 23/01/2013 05:22:12 AM
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- 23/01/2013 01:18:31 PM
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I think Rand and Moridin sword fought because channeling at SG is v dangerous so they minimised it
- 24/01/2013 12:40:45 AM
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- 23/01/2013 04:11:13 PM
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There was a HUGE goldmine of complexity that RJ planted in the story that BS just completely ignored *NM*
- 23/01/2013 06:35:17 PM
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Seriously, the entire book I was scratching my head wondering why the hell the Channelers
- 25/01/2013 06:32:26 AM
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Hey John
- 24/01/2013 04:04:39 PM
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- 24/01/2013 05:45:30 PM
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Yeah, his writing annoys me greatly at times
- 24/01/2013 06:57:50 PM
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- 25/01/2013 04:55:54 AM
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I'm as much of a "mainstream" reviewer as a fantasy one these days, so... 
- 25/01/2013 05:16:16 AM
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- 25/01/2013 08:37:48 PM
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All but remains, for me at least, is a story that isn't as memorable as it could have been
- 27/01/2013 03:03:59 AM
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- 28/01/2013 09:26:24 PM
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Perrin growled. Slayer was too quick! Perrin was fast, too. Sooner or later, one of them would..." *NM*
- 24/01/2013 08:23:12 PM
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At one point he used the word "arabesque" - how can something be that without Arabic culture? *NM*
- 24/01/2013 09:25:54 PM
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Indeed...
- 25/01/2013 03:14:22 AM
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He actually said he took "many advanced courses in linguistics"? That makes it even worse.
- 25/01/2013 02:19:31 PM
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- 25/01/2013 08:53:38 PM
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Well, Brigham Young is the *best* Mormon university out there.
- 26/01/2013 01:37:16 AM
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- 26/01/2013 03:20:09 PM
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You still Trolling the WoTBoards Larry? 
- 24/01/2013 11:06:14 PM
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- 24/01/2013 11:06:14 PM
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Ha! I've mellowed a bit, though!
- 25/01/2013 04:56:47 AM
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- 25/01/2013 04:56:47 AM
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Been there
- 26/01/2013 09:27:10 PM
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I went to the World's Fair in 1982 with my family - again, small world!
- 27/01/2013 03:08:27 AM
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- 27/01/2013 03:08:27 AM
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Were you the one who came up with "Selene was Mesaana"?
- 25/01/2013 07:44:01 AM
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