Nico strode forward. The enemy army fell back before him like he radiated death, which of course he did.
Through the face guard of his skull-shaped helmet, he smiled. "Got your message. Is it too late to join the party?"
"Son of Hades." Kronos spit on the ground. "Do you love death so much you wish to experience it?"
"Your death," Nico said, "would be great for me."
"I'm immortal, you fool! I have escaped Tartarus. You have no business here, and no chance to live."
Nico drew his sword -- three feet of wicked sharp Strygian metal, black as a nightmare. "I don't agree."
The ground rumbled. Cracks appeared in the road, the sidewalks, the sides of buildings. Skeletal hands grasped the air as the dead clawed their way into the world of the living.
This is one of my favorite scenes of this book. The book, "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan, is the last book(for now) in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series. The formidable Kronos had come to destroy and engulf Olympia and would have too, but for the demigod resistance. At this point in the book, Kronos was winning, when Nico, the son of Hades showed up with an army of dead, that weren't really extirpated. Anyway, throughout the book, I really liked Nico, but he kept getting into trouble and betraying main characters, so he was a bad guy, kinda. But then, he comes and saves the day. Yeah! I was so happy.
PS: Words are from this months vocabulary words.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
The Clash of the Titans
On Mount Olympus, that golden round table in the clouds, Zeus (Liam Neeson) is angry at an ungrateful mankind and lets loose his brother Hades (Ralph Fiennes) to destroy the city of Argos.
As a new citizen of Argos, Perseus (son of Zeus [played by Sam Worthington]) doesn't much like this. He embarks on the familiar journey in defeating a number of mythical creatures, including a serpentine Medusa and the sea monster Kraken...
...With a crew atop his almost perfectly spherical head, Worthington [who stared in "Avatar"] grits his way through the film and does plenty of dramatic leaping while brandishing a sword. But he doesn't supply the charisma that the movie needs and the whole thing feels like a joyless slog.
Fiennes' [Hades] appearances provide a jolt. Arriving always with his head curiously fixed within a cloud of swirling black smog, he knows how to make an entrance. His part is surely the best in the movie, and he's clearly having fun.
This section from the "Emerald Valley Shopper" (April 6-12) was about the new movie Titan's quest. I saw the movie before reading this piece, and I have to agree with Jake Coyle [the writer]. It was packed with dramatic fast paced action and had incredible special effects. But, besides that, I didn't think it was that impressive. It, like Coyle said, "feels like a joyless slog". I enjoyed the action and mythological part of it, but the movie didn't really have a point.
My favorite character, even though he was evil, was probably Hades. He did a great job and was perfect for that part. Perseus was just... boring. It was cool, but not worth the full price theater.
As a new citizen of Argos, Perseus (son of Zeus [played by Sam Worthington]) doesn't much like this. He embarks on the familiar journey in defeating a number of mythical creatures, including a serpentine Medusa and the sea monster Kraken...
...With a crew atop his almost perfectly spherical head, Worthington [who stared in "Avatar"] grits his way through the film and does plenty of dramatic leaping while brandishing a sword. But he doesn't supply the charisma that the movie needs and the whole thing feels like a joyless slog.
Fiennes' [Hades] appearances provide a jolt. Arriving always with his head curiously fixed within a cloud of swirling black smog, he knows how to make an entrance. His part is surely the best in the movie, and he's clearly having fun.
This section from the "Emerald Valley Shopper" (April 6-12) was about the new movie Titan's quest. I saw the movie before reading this piece, and I have to agree with Jake Coyle [the writer]. It was packed with dramatic fast paced action and had incredible special effects. But, besides that, I didn't think it was that impressive. It, like Coyle said, "feels like a joyless slog". I enjoyed the action and mythological part of it, but the movie didn't really have a point.
My favorite character, even though he was evil, was probably Hades. He did a great job and was perfect for that part. Perseus was just... boring. It was cool, but not worth the full price theater.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Exodus
From Exodus 26:1-6 NLT
Make the Tabernacle from ten sheets of fine linen. These sheets are to be decorated with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with figures of cherubim skillfully embroidered into them. Each sheet must be forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All ten sheets must be exactly the same size. Join five of these sheets together into one set; then join the other five sheets into a second set. Put loops of blue yarn along the edge of the last sheet in each set. The fifty loops along the edge of one set are to match the fifty loops along the edge of the other. Then make fifty gold clasps to fasten the loops of the two sets of sheets together, making the Tabernacle a single unit.
Wow. God sure likes to have everything exact. He is very descriptive, which makes me think. If God cares so much about this Tabernacle, how much more does he care about us. I mean, sure the Tabernacle is holy and needs to be made just right, granted, but God doesn't live in a man-made house anymore. He now lives inside us. Scary. The man-made Tabernacle was probably cleaner and holier than our hearts, but God doesn't care... he loves us anyway. Hallelujah.
Make the Tabernacle from ten sheets of fine linen. These sheets are to be decorated with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with figures of cherubim skillfully embroidered into them. Each sheet must be forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All ten sheets must be exactly the same size. Join five of these sheets together into one set; then join the other five sheets into a second set. Put loops of blue yarn along the edge of the last sheet in each set. The fifty loops along the edge of one set are to match the fifty loops along the edge of the other. Then make fifty gold clasps to fasten the loops of the two sets of sheets together, making the Tabernacle a single unit.
Wow. God sure likes to have everything exact. He is very descriptive, which makes me think. If God cares so much about this Tabernacle, how much more does he care about us. I mean, sure the Tabernacle is holy and needs to be made just right, granted, but God doesn't live in a man-made house anymore. He now lives inside us. Scary. The man-made Tabernacle was probably cleaner and holier than our hearts, but God doesn't care... he loves us anyway. Hallelujah.
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