Sooooooooooooooo it goes without saying, I think but I will say anyways. Below will be spoilers for the Game of Thrones Season 5 finale. Potential for incomplete thoughts is high, please proceed with caution. Mind you I'm only 1/2 way through "A Feast of Crows" so I really don't know what has been going on outside of the TV Show. It's a little long mind you but I had a lot of thoughts.
I didn't watch the finale on Sunday night or Monday because I wasn't home. Can I just tell you how hard it was to stay away from spoilers...I basically had to stay off everything internet AND plug my ears saying "lalalala" every time someone said "OMG can you believe they..." And I have to note since day 1 (mostly) I have had four favs. Four characters that I deem unkillable (do you hear that writers?!?!?); Tyrion, Jon, Arya and Dany.
**SPOILERS**
It was insanity all around. I feel like the previous episode was a little better BUT I did enjoy the finale...well mostly. We began and ended with a bang...kind of. So I am not going in order of the show just in order of how things are arranged in my scattered brain.
Stannis...it really sucks to be you man. You killed your adorable/trusting DAUGHTER because some fiery tart said "its what God wants" (really?!?!?!?), then 1/2 your army deserted you (and I believe they had every right to!), your wife hung herself (you can basically blame yourself for that one), your fiery tart abandoned you (you should really question who you put your trust in, man), and finally you were met with an army that made yours look very, very sad. Oh not to mention you put up one hell of a fight, but thankfully Brienne was there to remind you how much your greed to rule the on the Iron Throne has cost you (you let that b**ch MURDER your own BROTHER)!
Arya...DAMN GIRL, you really are a bad@$$! I just love our murderous little Stark. She has a list of revenge and by golly she is going to fulfill it. That sick f**k, Meryn, definitely deserved to die but her means were...WOW. She stabbed out his eyes and then repeatedly stabbed him in various places while asking if he knew who she was. "I'm Arya Stark. Do you know who you are? You're no one. You're nothing." Yep, she is still one of my favs. But I knew she would be punished for not following the plan Jaqen H'ghar (or who ever he is) had. She went f**king blind! Don't hurt my little Stark, dammit! She'll still be a bad@$$, I just know it.
Quit hurting Sansa! I have grown to adore this character and I just can't help hating all the horrible things thrown her way. She finally makes it to the tower to light the damn candle but OF COURSE Brienne isn't watching (even though she barely left her post up to this point) because she is off taking revenge on Stannis (I approve but your girl needed you chica!). Then Ramsey's f**k buddy threatens her with Theon (Reek, whatever) close behind. I wanted to cheer when Theon FINALLY showed some cojones...well not really since he can't but he killed that b**ch, saved Sansa and then they held hands and...JUMPED from Winterfell's wall. What?!?!!?!? That better have been a hell of a snow drift! They better have lived!!! Do NOT kill my girl you jerks!
Tyrion is left to run Meereen in Dany's absence while Jorah and Daario (God he is so hot, sorry, not sorry) go hunt her down. I mean b**ch left on a dragon last week (OMG so cool!). Favorite exchange of the night.
“So mainly you talk.” – Daario.
“And drink.” – Tyrion
Dany...I didn't think we would see her this episode. But we do and Drogon is showing his rebellious teenager side as he refuses to fly her back to Meereen. I was cracking up! He was like "no mom, we AREN'T going 'home' *yawn* take a nap with me." Then crazy girl wanders off and we last see her surrounded by a $hit ton of Dothraki...oh that CAN'T be good. . .
That crazy b**ch killed Myrcella! I knew the second she kissed her. I was like "Oh crap!" So Jaime comes clean, Myrcella basically said she knew all along. She accepted that he was her dad and then f**king DIED! Ahhhhh poor Jaime....he just can't catch a break.
I never in a MILLION years thought I would have feelings for Cersei but I so did. She admits to only one indiscretion (sleeping with her cousin) to get out. They strip her, cut her hair and make her do the walk of shame to the Red Keep. I mean girl walked with her head high but the CRAZY peeps of King's Landing just shunned her. They attacked her, threw rotted food and $hit at her. Which by the way, where do those angry mobs get $hit from all of a sudden?!?! To top it off that holier than thou c**t is walking behind her ringing a GD bell saying "Shame" every few seconds. How did Cersei hold together as long as she did? Soooo was that The Mountain, resurrected (or clearly no longer dying), that lifted her up...WTF is going on here?
Are you kidding me Game of Thrones?!?!?! Did you Mother F**kers really just kill off my FAVORITE Character!?!?!? I had a feeling it was coming. There was all this hinting that they would all turn on Jon Snow, especially that little f**ker Olly. It was like he was saying goodbye forever to Sam (which that whole exchange talking about Sam getting laid was ADORKABLE!). He is still the Lord Commander people, I don't think you are supposed to do that. But he was deemed a "traitor" because he had a heart and tried to SAVE PEOPLE regardless of their background. All the night's watch took a stab at him (literally). Every plunge made me cringe, stop hurting him!!! And of course that little bottom feeder, Olly, gave the final blow. What a douche! As Jon laid DEAD on the ground I FULLY expected his eyes to turn blue. I was hoping for it. Because then next season he can come back and KILL all those mofos! But then I remembered the fiery tart made her way back to The Wall...is she going to resurrect him?!?!? Please, please, please...I will forgive your insanity if you bring back Jon (R+L=J, right? I believe!).
So now it is over and I am pondering if I should drop the two books I am reading and pick "A Feast of Crows" back up because I am totally going through withdrawals and its only been 24 hours since I watched it!
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
The Room - Jonas Karlsson
What did I just read?!? I am all about dark humor but this book was almost uncomfortable. I understood it, I think. Bjorn is clearly a different kind of person. At the beginning he reminds me of Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. He is extremely smart and has no time for silly things like socializing. He doesn't grasp social norms and is viewed by most to be a bit odd. You can't help but hate him when you read this story. He is an egotistical jerk. He feels like he is better than everyone else and he isn't afraid to voice that. Confidence is one thing but his actions are borderline sociopath. Its a short story so it is an easy read but I wasn't a huge fan. I give it 3 stars.
**SPOILERS**
He really is just awful. His privileged attitude would not be appreciated here in my office. He would have been asked to leave quite quickly but this is another country so they clearly have different rules. The way he views his co-workers is almost filled with hatred but it isn't hatred because his type of personality doesn't have time for hate.
I started to get suspicious of The Room when he took Hakan in for a chat and the man seemed visibly "shaken" afterwards. I don't think anyone would have just listened to Bjorn's rant. Hakan acted confused, as if he didn't know what happened. But then Bjorn took Margareta in there for the Christmas party and it sounded like a heated (in a good way) exchange. My only niggling thoughts were, why was she so "weird" when they exited The Room. Then the following day when she acted cold towards him and asked if he was on drugs. Something isn't right.
When it is revealed The Room doesn't exist I cringed. I can imagine Hakan standing there while Bjorn is just staring. He must have been terrified, is this man having a seizure? Then Margareta. No wonder she was so weird afterwards. An, I am assuming attractive, man says lets get out of here at the company party must mean "lets go get it on" or something of that nature. So being brought to The Room and having him just trance out must have been terrifying. And to realize the heated exchange only happened in his head (I think), how distrubing.
I really hated the character, he was unpleasant to say the least but I began to feel bad for him. Once the co-workers and boss realized something was wrong they shunned him. While I can understand that someone with delusions can be frightening for some, there are ways to handle it. And one of those ways does not involve department meetings to point out that a person is clearly mental in front of everyone. And why was he still there. He should have been committed, at least for evaluation, not permitted to stay and continue his delusion. Then when his work is shown to be clearly superior, they STILL didn't get him help when he mentions The Room again. I get it is a place in his mind where he escapes and apparently has amazing revelations. But he doesn't realize it is just a place in his mind. It reminded me of Sherlock (BBC's newer Sherlock) saying for everyone to be quiet because he had to go to his mind palace and think. The difference is that Sherlock KNEW he was escaping into his brain to work out a problem, whereas Bjorn is 100% certain he is walking into an actual room, that his co-workers are lying to him about its non-existence, and he is increasingly paranoid.
I am still not certain any of it was real. About half way through this short story, I started to wonder if the whole workplace was a delusion. That when he was asked to leave his old job because he was too good for it, he wasn't actually committed to a psych ward and this office environment was his brain's way of dealing with things. Especially when you get to the end and the building is being infiltrated by men in suits with ear pieces and he escapes into The Room, his co-workers are "beating" on the door yelling his name and he is somehow absorbed into the wall.
Maybe...just maybe....I almost was to relate it to Identity (movie 2003). Like the entire story we are inside his fractured mind, in a mental institution. That everything that happens (everyone we meet) is a personality the psychiatrist is trying to "deal" with. Or they are all other patients/doctors in the hospital. But something goes horribly wrong and he retreats further into the recesses of his mind.
Or I am over-thinking this entire thing and his job was his job and his boss really was that selfish and kept on feeding into his delusion until he what...killed himself...became catatonic...blew up the building...I'm really not sure...?
Thoughts as I read:
**SPOILERS**
He really is just awful. His privileged attitude would not be appreciated here in my office. He would have been asked to leave quite quickly but this is another country so they clearly have different rules. The way he views his co-workers is almost filled with hatred but it isn't hatred because his type of personality doesn't have time for hate.
I started to get suspicious of The Room when he took Hakan in for a chat and the man seemed visibly "shaken" afterwards. I don't think anyone would have just listened to Bjorn's rant. Hakan acted confused, as if he didn't know what happened. But then Bjorn took Margareta in there for the Christmas party and it sounded like a heated (in a good way) exchange. My only niggling thoughts were, why was she so "weird" when they exited The Room. Then the following day when she acted cold towards him and asked if he was on drugs. Something isn't right.
When it is revealed The Room doesn't exist I cringed. I can imagine Hakan standing there while Bjorn is just staring. He must have been terrified, is this man having a seizure? Then Margareta. No wonder she was so weird afterwards. An, I am assuming attractive, man says lets get out of here at the company party must mean "lets go get it on" or something of that nature. So being brought to The Room and having him just trance out must have been terrifying. And to realize the heated exchange only happened in his head (I think), how distrubing.
I really hated the character, he was unpleasant to say the least but I began to feel bad for him. Once the co-workers and boss realized something was wrong they shunned him. While I can understand that someone with delusions can be frightening for some, there are ways to handle it. And one of those ways does not involve department meetings to point out that a person is clearly mental in front of everyone. And why was he still there. He should have been committed, at least for evaluation, not permitted to stay and continue his delusion. Then when his work is shown to be clearly superior, they STILL didn't get him help when he mentions The Room again. I get it is a place in his mind where he escapes and apparently has amazing revelations. But he doesn't realize it is just a place in his mind. It reminded me of Sherlock (BBC's newer Sherlock) saying for everyone to be quiet because he had to go to his mind palace and think. The difference is that Sherlock KNEW he was escaping into his brain to work out a problem, whereas Bjorn is 100% certain he is walking into an actual room, that his co-workers are lying to him about its non-existence, and he is increasingly paranoid.
I am still not certain any of it was real. About half way through this short story, I started to wonder if the whole workplace was a delusion. That when he was asked to leave his old job because he was too good for it, he wasn't actually committed to a psych ward and this office environment was his brain's way of dealing with things. Especially when you get to the end and the building is being infiltrated by men in suits with ear pieces and he escapes into The Room, his co-workers are "beating" on the door yelling his name and he is somehow absorbed into the wall.
Maybe...just maybe....I almost was to relate it to Identity (movie 2003). Like the entire story we are inside his fractured mind, in a mental institution. That everything that happens (everyone we meet) is a personality the psychiatrist is trying to "deal" with. Or they are all other patients/doctors in the hospital. But something goes horribly wrong and he retreats further into the recesses of his mind.
Or I am over-thinking this entire thing and his job was his job and his boss really was that selfish and kept on feeding into his delusion until he what...killed himself...became catatonic...blew up the building...I'm really not sure...?
Thoughts as I read:
Page 12 — June 1, 2015
"She had a framed child's drawing near her computer. It showed a sun sinking into the sea. But the drawing was wrong..."
What a dick
Page 13 — June 1, 2015
"Occasionally I felt like going for a pee after five minutes, but always made sure I saw out the whole period. It was good for the soul, character-building and obviously the relief of finally easing the pressure was that much greater."
Wtf!?!?
Page 19 — June 2, 2015
"It was if I was thinking: I ought to go into the room."
Wow....really...obsessed much
Page 20 — June 2, 2015
"I realized that she was one of the rare breed of alert women, of whom there are fewer and fewer."
I want to stab him in the face!
Page 27 — June 2, 2015
"Don't think of it as a reprimand. More as an observation."
Omg I really want to hurt him
Page 31 — June 2, 2015
"I realized a long time ago that dismissive remarks like that could be sexually motivated."
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Page 39 — June 2, 2015
"Margareta greeted almost all of them in an equally warm and friendly way, which put me in a worse mood seeing as she really ought to realize that she was devaluing the impact of her smile if she used it on everyone."
Beating head on desk.....worst character...EVER
Page 41 — June 2, 2015
"I have to ask you something personal....Are you on drugs?"
Pahahahha, ok I like Margareta
Page 42 — June 2, 2015
"Obviously she was a junkie. All that smiling. That optimistic outlook. It was a chemically produced friendliness."
Wow...just wow....I know he's supposed to come off as a twat but sweet baby Jesus
Page 50 — June 2, 2015
"The other day. You made me come with you. And then you just stood there like that."
He's a nutter....the room doesn't exist....its in his head!
Page 53 — June 2, 2015
"...its a wall."
The fact that he isn't starting to second guess himself is disturbing
Page 85 — June 3, 2015
"I think it's very unsettling. How's anyone supposed to know if he's there or not? This way we can never be sure"
Okay he's a nutter but I feel bad for him. He clearly needs help and they are so mean to him.
Page 91 — June 3, 2015
*after having God knows how many meetings with Karl**
Omg what if his job IS a Mental hospital and this is his delusion?!?
I received this book for free from Blogging for Books to review.
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