A Book Better as a Graphic Novel

I know what you're thinking, because I'm think the same thing. Is that even possible? Can a graphic novel be better then a book? A week ago I would have said an absolute no. It's not possible and can never be possible. But know I stand corrected.

The first Twilight book, of the same name, by Stephanie Meyer was turned into a graphic novel. Since I couldn't stand the novels themselves. I have read them so I can say that they are not as good as the world says they are, and the writing is slow, simple, and has a lot of terrible grammatical problems. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and the above is mine.

Anyway, I never planned on reading the Twilight graphic novel. I was at the library looking for something else, when I saw both of the volumes of the story. I decided to check them out. I started reading and it was much faster to get into the story. The plot wasn't bogged down by excessive prose, and consisted of 95% dialogue. The dialogue moved the story along quickly, and before I knew it I was done with the first volume of Twilight story.

What originally took me six months to read only took me two days in graphic novel form. It held my interested, and oddly I wanted to keep reading. I always felt that the story itself could have been really good. It just got messed up in the translating to the novels. What the graphic novel does is take the story's most basic elements and put it in a form that even an ardent hater of The Twilight Saga can enjoy.

Although, the fact that the vampires sparkle in this, and ONLY this, vampire story is just as creepy on the picture page as it is on the television screen. There is no way anyone could ever make that any less creepy than it is.

TNT,
Words by Ali


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Back to Russian

I think I want to go back to having Russian as the language I want to learn for my foreign language. No matter how hard I try I just can't seem to keep my interest in ASL. It's not that I don't want to learn ASL, because honestly I think that I do. It seems really interesting, and I'm interested in being able to speak it (in a sense).

I just think that when it comes right down to it Russian is my first real passion,when it comes to language. I think I'm going to start taking it again next semester.

It's going to take another year to graduate anyway, so I might as well take something that I want to. Right?

TNT,
Words by Ali


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Title Sequence

I always fast forward threw the title sequences of tv shows. I mean every week it's exactly the same. You see the same images and here the non-descript music. Why would someone want to watch it again, and again, and again, every single week? Well, I would say that on average they don't.

Except for three very specific reasons. The first is the start of a brand new season. A new season means that the images in the title sequence are going to change. It's also a way to find out who will be returning as a main cast members. Also who will be joining the cast as a main cast member.

The second and third reason are related. They are specifically to listen to the theme songs. The first of the two is Justified. It's fairly short to began with. But that song seriously kicks some ass. If you have never seen the show, and don't know the theme song, then you need to go check out both right now. Right this very second. Go google "Justified theme song", and you should understand.

The second show is Psych. This song was specifically written for the show, and it is absolutely perfect. Honestly, I just enjoy listening to it, along with the antics that are being showed in the credits as well.

TNT,
Words by Ali


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Creepiness in Real Life

So, this happened a month or two ago at the beginning of the semester, but I still want to tell you.

So, one of my English classes was in a building that was completely out of the way and had no air conditioning. Our first day of class was there in that building. That night and the following day I was re-watching Supernatural. In the episode "Asylum" the ghost are trying to tell the boys to go to room137.

On its own this really means nothing, but Wednesday evening I go an email for my teacher. Our class had moved to one of the English buildings, which made it much more convenient. Can you guess where that room is?

Just after I had gotten done watching that particular episode of Supernatural our room was moved to room # 137. Do you believe in coincidences, because I was slightly freaked out.

TNT,
Words by Ali


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