Eighty-20 is “a niche consulting company that has created new and innovative ways to access South African and International Consumer data. Our main product is the Consumer Information Portal that enables clients to easily access relevant market research data.”
According to Fun on the Net, “People first guess that 20% of the squares are darkened, but that turns out to be false after counting them. The trick is to view the dark squares as 1′s and the light squares as 0′s. Then the top line reads 1010000 and the bottom line reads 0010100, which represent 80 and 20 in binary.”
[Source: Logo of the Day]
[When I first saw the logo, I didn't realize it was a South African firm...]
Happy Fourth birthday to the rock, and happy unnumbered birthday, to the memory bank.
rating: didn’t like it)
bookshelves: read, fantasy, fiction, young-adult
status: Read in August, 2009
review: ** spoiler alert **
I have to start by articulating that I do not hate Stephanie Meyer or the first twilight book.
I have to start by additionally articulating that Stephanie Meyer is not a particularly extraordinarily skilled author, and I hate the last three twilight books.
This book, however, was the worst of them all. Why?
1. No conflict resolution
Throughout these last three books, Bella has been in love with two boys who are both in love with her: Jacob and Edward. Edward makes her happy, but he was gone and Jacob is like a house. How will she choose? Of course, in real life, Bella would have to make a very difficult decision. Not in happy rainy-town! Here, she just picks the one she really loves, while still unsure about her feelings for the other.
Which I could have lived with, if someone had actually dealt with it. But of course, no one actually solved a problem. No, the other guy just fell in love with Bella’s baby. See! Problem solved!
2. Absurd situations (even for vampires)
Of course, Bella falls pregnant with a mutant vampire-human child. The child grows oddly fast, ends up sucking Bella’s blood, and breaking every bone in her body as it grows too fast.
Edward is finally forced to turn Bella into a vampire… Without Dr. Cullen. (Of course Edward turns Bella into a vampire. How could he be a hero if he doesn’t conquer his need to EAT HIS TRUE LOVE.)
Bella endures the pain of vampire transformation silently (an unheard of thing) to keep Edward stress-free. Then, once she’s silently transformed, she is perfect. She doesn’t need practice not devouring humans, she can jump and leap and run, and she’s blemish free. Our dear clumsy, pathetic, self-absorbed, depressed outcast is suddenly agile, graceful… pathetically perfect, absorbed by said perfection, and depressed.
3. No character development or realistic characters
See above. Suddenly, as if to wrap up the character threads, the poor socially alone heroine is perfect and surrounded by a family. But she’s only that way cause some animal bit her. Wow. What stunning development on a really realistic character.
4. No redeeming writing skill
There is nothing to say besides ‘read the book’. Mrs. Meyer’s writing skills aren’t horrendous, but nor are they stupendous. With an excellently thought out plot line (or a character that stayed un-stupendous) her writing could pass as acceptable (or purposeful).
But, the plot line is full of holes, absurd, and character driven by characters that no longer fit the writing ‘technique’.
October 24th, you are invited, along with your parents and siblings if:
If the world consisted of 100 people…
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 would be Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world’s wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death
1 would be near birth
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer
Yeah. Again. I know. Anyway, it’s actually a pretty nice house. It’s got 7 bedrooms.
Plus, due to the size of this house, we’ll be having people over more often. Starting with: a ‘Candy and Costumes’ Party, October 31st 24th. You are invited, along with your parents and siblings if:
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Are you highly favored?
Are you fortunate
Are you happy?
Are you enjoying supreme happiness?
Are you enjoying felicity?
Do you live in a desirable state (of being (which includes location, the other kind of state))?
Are you experiencing pleasure or relief as a welcome contrast to what you has previously experienced?
Are you equipped with a particular quality or attribute?
Are you endowed with a particular cherished thing?
Can you do something well?
Are you ‘lucky’ in your place in life?
Are you happy with where you live?
Are you happy with where you live when you compare it to other places?
And it is meant as an honest question, for you to answer…
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