My Birthday Gift

BlanchPrez · Post by **BlanchPrez** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:42 pm

I don't think I ever told anyone here what my wife got me for my birthday.

Ray Bradbury!

Chris

Skyman · Post by **Skyman** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:47 pm

sweet! You really need to get into writting and getting your stuff published Blanche

mordraine · Post by **mordraine** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:10 pm

Um... she gave you a seminar for Real Estate and Wealth? Seriously?

edit: nevermind... I see that it's a writing seminar with Ray Bradbury. It's just that the Learning Annex has a fucked up website.

jimmy corrigan · Post by **jimmy corrigan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:21 pm

~~[quote="mordraine"]~~Um... she gave you a seminar for Real Estate and Wealth? Seriously?

edit: nevermind... I see that it's a writing seminar with Ray Bradbury. It's just that the Learning Annex has a fucked up website.[/quote]i made the same misinterpretation. which made skyman's post all the more confounding.

BlanchPrez · Post by **BlanchPrez** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:14 pm

~~[quote="mordraine"]~~Um... she gave you a seminar for Real Estate and Wealth? Seriously?

edit: nevermind... I see that it's a writing seminar with Ray Bradbury. It's just that the Learning Annex has a fucked up website.[/quote]

Damn, I didn't realize it was going to do that. Damn that Learning Annex!

Chris

devlin1 · Post by **devlin1** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:17 pm

That's awesome. Ray Bradbury is the best. Congrats, and happy birthday!

smartmonkey · Post by **smartmonkey** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:01 pm

His book on writing is well worth picking up, if you ever get the chance.

devlin1 · Post by **devlin1** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:38 am

~~[quote="smartmonkey"]~~His book on writing is well worth picking up, if you ever get the chance.[/quote]
Definitely. His "Zen and the Art of Writing" and Pressfield's "The War of Art" were what got me off my ass and writing in the first place. Bradbury's an inspiration.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:14 am

best gift my GF ever got me was a trip to Disneyland in Tokyo... and shrooms. See, shrooms were actually legal in Japan and easy to get just about anywhere (well, in Tokyo). Illegal now, but not then!

Swear to god, after going on the Pirates of Carribean ride, I was sure everyone around me was anotromic!

Though a writing seminar with Mr. Bradbury ain't a bad second ;)

jimmy corrigan · Post by **jimmy corrigan** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:27 am

~~[quote="Drew"]~~Swear to god, after going on the Pirates of Carribean ride, I was sure everyone around me was anotromic![/quote]how do you know we're not?

Drew · Post by **Drew** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:40 am

~~[quote="jimmy corrigan"]~~how do you know we're not?[/quote]

To paraphrase the Bard... that's the original bard, Shakespeare: if I cut you, I bet you'll bleed. :)

opwunder · Post by **opwunder** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:35 am

~~[quote="Drew"]~~To paraphrase the Bard... that's the original bard, Shakespeare: if I cut you, I bet you'll bleed. :)[/quote]

all the good robots do...

Dragonkin · Post by **Dragonkin** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:25 pm

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto. I (unfortunately) have not read any of Mr. Bradbury's work. Ray Bradbury Theatre, however, was one of my favorite shows growing up. Also, the film version of Something Wicked This Way Comes.

opwunder · Post by **opwunder** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:45 am

~~[quote="Dragonkin"]~~Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto. I (unfortunately) have not read any of Mr. Bradbury's work. ~~[i]~~Ray Bradbury Theatre[/i], however, was one of my favorite shows growing up. Also, the film version of ~~[i]~~Something Wicked This Way Comes.[/i][/quote]

Go directly to a store and by a copy of Wicked...I read it as a kid when it was first published and got to points that I was almost afraid to turn the next page. The description at the beginning as the clouds came down from the sky and became tents is still as strong in my head today as it was back then.... The movie was a dim reflection of that novel (and I'm the type that doesn't compare movies to their written begginnings). If you get that book and read it, you will thank me!