If you are one of my readers from those addresses, do write (the e-mail is up there ^) and let me know—you will be most gladly welcome. But if not, within a certain number of hours, the application will be denied.
now we’re getting blog-join requests from Palau as well as Russia and Nigeria…
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And if you’re unfamiliar with Palau, it’s blessed with wonderful coral reefs and is a great vacation spot, but I do not think I have gotten a letter from there.
Palau is one of those e-locations beloved of spammers; not that you couldn’t have fans there, but it’s more likely to attempt to sell you cheap drugs and mail-order womenfolk.
Speaking of fans on Pacific islands 🙂 do you have an idea when you might have copies of your latest book available for purchase from CC with signature? One of my friends is getting rather militant about it, despite my telling him that his erstwhile Christmas present would have to wait until you were ready to do that particular service.
Sure. Let me know what book.
LD wants a copy of Convergence; he was thrilled to bitty pieces last year when I gave him the signed copy of Visitor. Why mess with what works? 😀 I’m waiting until I get my first paycheck in June, in about 5 days; I don’t want to strain my credit card any more.
I’ve just been watching the Japanese anime Kimi no na wa (Your Name). In fact when I got to the end, I went straight back to the beginning and started watching it again. It’s that kind of movie. It’s been a long time since I’ve found any movie so gripping.
Last year it was the top movie at the Japanese box office for 12 weeks. The director is Makoto Shinkai, who is being called the next Miyazaki, though his style is very different. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie is rated 98% by critics, 94% by audiences.
It starts out with a teenage boy and girl who begin to wake up in each other’s bodies every few days. At first they think it’s a dream, then it seems that it’s not, and they start leaving messages for each other.
Watch out for spoilers when reading about it. There is a major plot twist in the middle… and then it really starts to get interesting. It’s an intelligent movie, where you have to pay careful attention to the details and think about it.
The Japanese soundtrack with subtitles is far better than the English dubbed version.
“Once in a while when I wake up, I find myself crying. I can never recall the dream I must have had, but the sensation that I’ve lost something lingers for a long time after I wake up.”
Trailer with English subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRfHcp2GjVI
Comment Agreed. I saw the subtitled version, and even tho I got caught by the spoiler review, It was still a great film. Waiting for it to come out on DVD this fall so I can add it to the collection. (Kubo and the two strings was the last addition.)
I found a trailer for the movie. Unusual; a girl and a boy swap bodies / spirits / consciousnesses back and forth over a period of days. Sort of like Big or Freaky Friday or another couple of spirit / body swapping movies, but with gender flipping. Possibly, this has a few things to say indirectly about gender roles and some of the nonsense that goes with them, which both sexes, or anyone transgender, has to put up with.
I’m intrigued. It isn’t yet available from Amazon or iTunes, may still be in theaters. However, I found a “light novel” and a 5-volume manga listed, and a 2-CD soundtrack set. — I’ll keep this in mind for when the movie is available for rental / purchase by streaming.