I hate cell phones and have absolutely no use for one. If I'm not at home, it's because I don't want you to call me. I just bought an iPod (20 GB) because I hate loading my packback with CDs and spare batteries, I like just having a little device on my belt with all my music on it. I also bought an AlphaSmart Dana for writing. I chose this over a laptop for several reasons: price, battery life, and lack of distractions. With a laptop I just know I'd spend more time playing video games than doing any actual writing. So I have to carry two little devices with me, and I like it. I don't want a phone or a digital camera.
lol, No kidding. I tried to get into that stuff awhile ago, but I just can't. Things like Dragonlance and the Shannara novels just seem so paper thin after reading Martin.
Coming from the perspective of a writer, it is flat out wrong to judge the character of an author by the actions of his characters. When writing a story the characters develop in your mind and become real people. Not all people are clean-cut nice people. Viserys was a prick, plain and simple. That's how Martin envisioned him, and that's how he came out on the page. I cannot remember reading a series so enthralling that I read the books while walking home, without bothering to look up to see where I was going:)
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I'm not necessarily saying that case modding should be considered "high art", but it is an artistic creation.
Yeah, but you could argue that art doesn't really have much of a point - it just sits there and looks cool.
I hate cell phones and have absolutely no use for one. If I'm not at home, it's because I don't want you to call me. I just bought an iPod (20 GB) because I hate loading my packback with CDs and spare batteries, I like just having a little device on my belt with all my music on it. I also bought an AlphaSmart Dana for writing. I chose this over a laptop for several reasons: price, battery life, and lack of distractions. With a laptop I just know I'd spend more time playing video games than doing any actual writing. So I have to carry two little devices with me, and I like it. I don't want a phone or a digital camera.
lol, No kidding. I tried to get into that stuff awhile ago, but I just can't. Things like Dragonlance and the Shannara novels just seem so paper thin after reading Martin.
Coming from the perspective of a writer, it is flat out wrong to judge the character of an author by the actions of his characters. When writing a story the characters develop in your mind and become real people. Not all people are clean-cut nice people. Viserys was a prick, plain and simple. That's how Martin envisioned him, and that's how he came out on the page. I cannot remember reading a series so enthralling that I read the books while walking home, without bothering to look up to see where I was going :)