oh brother.
so i'm online researching a children's book for a story i'm writing about a girl who *loves* bulls.
that's not the point of this post, so kindly get over that squick factor and move on. thanks.
the real point is this: i'm nailing down the exact title of that story about the friendly bull who sits on a bee and gets tossed in the ring, etc. but just wants to smell flowers. and i'm reading the reviews of it, because i have tons of better things to do with my time and somehow always manage to get sucked into websites like this.
and people are ranting and raving about how evil the book is because their children were scared about the mean men trying to poke ferdinand with sharp sticks and swords! why, one reader was appalled to discover that the story is--dare i say it--about bull-fighting! the horror! imagine a story that clearly presents itself as a tale about a bull who doesn't like to fight in the ring ... being about bull-fighting. who could have guessed?
not only that, but there's a reader out there somewhere who complained about the story not being as good as the original disney version.
i considered leaving you with that thought, but figured that was too cruel of me. instead, i'll leave you with this parting image: i need to write a story about a girl who fantasizes about shmexxy bulls while on a road trip through texas. and i need to do it by 8 tomorrow morning. and i've got more research than is healthy. and i've got a general structure for the story. and i've got a title. and that's really it.
which image is kinder as a parting shot? that there are fools out there who can't figure out children's books or that my imagination is capable of plotting stories in which girls seek to get laid by cattle?
love and peace!
that's not the point of this post, so kindly get over that squick factor and move on. thanks.
the real point is this: i'm nailing down the exact title of that story about the friendly bull who sits on a bee and gets tossed in the ring, etc. but just wants to smell flowers. and i'm reading the reviews of it, because i have tons of better things to do with my time and somehow always manage to get sucked into websites like this.
and people are ranting and raving about how evil the book is because their children were scared about the mean men trying to poke ferdinand with sharp sticks and swords! why, one reader was appalled to discover that the story is--dare i say it--about bull-fighting! the horror! imagine a story that clearly presents itself as a tale about a bull who doesn't like to fight in the ring ... being about bull-fighting. who could have guessed?
not only that, but there's a reader out there somewhere who complained about the story not being as good as the original disney version.
i considered leaving you with that thought, but figured that was too cruel of me. instead, i'll leave you with this parting image: i need to write a story about a girl who fantasizes about shmexxy bulls while on a road trip through texas. and i need to do it by 8 tomorrow morning. and i've got more research than is healthy. and i've got a general structure for the story. and i've got a title. and that's really it.
which image is kinder as a parting shot? that there are fools out there who can't figure out children's books or that my imagination is capable of plotting stories in which girls seek to get laid by cattle?
love and peace!
posted by Rehkmira @ 22:10
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