Dune is the best sci-fi

The TV movie Children of Dune has been on in parts the last 2 sundays... I want to start rereading the dune books now.

Frank Herbert was an awesome author. Any sci-fi fan is doing themselves a disservice if they haven't read the series. The scope of the series is so vast spanning thousands of years. The in-depth and enthrawling expanse of the universe he created is the sci-fi equivalent of Tolkiens work.

I'm also really enjoying the expansion of the universe by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. The prequels are based off history notes by his father Frank. This makes them flow and fit into the older works much better.

I think someone should bring Dune to the big screen, It's crying out for expansion to new audiences.

I want to start doing a lit review section on my website... I think it'd be fun.

Tis the summer of my 26th year

It's my Birthday today, I've passed the midpoint of my second decade on this planet...

It's really just another day. I'm in class as I write this. We're having people over to the house, but it's really unrelated to my birthday, most of them will be April's friends.

My parents are going to be in town this weekend to help my Aunt and Uncle settle in their new house. I'll get a good meal out of it anyway...

As a house warming gift I'm having one of my photos (High Water at Quidi Vidi) plaque mounted. I'd have liked to have had it matted and framed under glass. However, that would have been quite expensive.

I suppose I should pay some attention now...

Enjoy the weekend.

Jon

Feeling Strangely Fine

Well, yesterday was an awesome day. The temp peaked at over 30, and I spent like 4 hours walking around. Between the 20min to Instrumar and Back and 3 hours downtown, I had an awesome day.

Of course I took my camera along. Never captured anything spectacular, but I kind of like a couple pictures of St. Patricks Church. I'll be posting them to my Gallery soon.

I walked from the top of harbour drive to Victoria Park in a kind of meandering exporation, and then walked back up past St. Patricks and and down all sorts of side roads before getting back to Water St. and the bus back up town.

Victoria Park is a really nice shady spot to stop and rest. They have a WWI artillery peice there that is really starting to crumble. It was refurbished some time ago (the plaque said it was done in conjunction with the Cabot Institute, so that dates it some.

Another nice day today, hopefully I'll get a couple hours to enjoy this one as well. I need to find a photography project to take on, rather then the sort of random "hey lets go here and snap some shots". If anyone has a classic car, a pet, a child, or themselves, etc. that they'd like photographed let me know. I'll throw in a free print (reasonable size 8x10, or something like that).

Well, time for some chores.

Jon