Posts Tagged ‘listener’
It’s so easy to tear anything Twilight-related apart at face value. But often, doing so gains one insults of “You’re just pompous!” or “pretentious!” or “heartless!” from fans of the series.
So I gave it a shot, as best I could. I saw the first film and read a dozen pages of excerpts online. All I found was, in said ‘tearing it apart’, I was probably being too tame.
The truth isn’t that it’s a heartfelt-albeit-predictable love story such as e.g. Titanic. Rather, it’s genuinely, just…bad. In all respects of story telling:
The story is indeed predictable (the typical formula of ‘girl falls for boy she shouldn’t; they resist, end up together; struggle, almost fall apart, but ultimately – after some gunfire and dramatics – end up happily ever after’). But further, the characters are flat and unrealistic. The dialogue is contrived and hokey, and has no driving voice within it. The description is unimaginative and littered with the sort of awkward adjectives one expects to find in an entry-level creative writing course. On and on, et cetera.
But I really do understand: I understand why, and it’s OK that 13-yearold girls (or boys…let’s not discriminate) can connect with the story and be entertained. I understand why teenagers can engage with the shallow ‘romance’ therein. And that’s fine – nobody’s saying everything anyone reads has to be dense and literary.
So that’s not what concerns me. What -does- concern me is 25-yearold high school (or god forbid, college) graduates genuinely being moved by these characters; 35-yearold soccer moms finding the gutless emotion of the story to be deep and involving. Because when people allow themselves to be so bogged down with such masturbatory ‘art’, they lose the ability to really appreciate work with true depth. And a society that vacantly drools over the status feed of failed Facebook relationships, the romance of Edward-the-Vamp + Bella-the-melodramatist, yet can’t conjure the ability to appreciate the love stor
The Listener
Where has this baby been all my life??? After exhaustive research I decided to get this unit to help with my triathlon training. What a difference! No more guessing how many miles I’ve done or being tied down to roads with mile markers. See your fitness improve with the heart rate monitor. Download it all to your computer and everything is graphed out for you (works almost flawlessly – at the beginning I sometimes would have to re-download from the unit, no biggie, takes seconds, but recently that’s no longer an issue – fixed itself!). No guessing, and A LOT less work. You can concentrate on the workout and let the computer track the rest. The feature set is amazing – this little puppy will do practically everything you could want! Because this is “older tech” (this unit’s been out a few years), don’t let it fool you – it’s amazingly useful and will save you hundreds over newer units. The only difference is satellite acquisition may take 2 mins rather than 30 secs – big deal! Also, the unit might seem large, but it is lighter than the diver’s watch I wear daily – I hardly know its there! It works, very well, plain and simple. And in a piece of training equipment what more could you want? I’m so glad I jumped on this incredible bargain before they are gone and I suggest you do the same. Definitely go for it, you won’t regret it!
A Listener s Guide
I am pissed that this card did not come with a case. Come on, SD cases sell for a penny on Ebay, how much money did the manufacturer save by not including a case, less than a penny. But it’s a major inconvenience for me, now I have to buy a case for this card which is a spare and won’t be in the camera. Transcend just lost a customer, I hope it was worth the penny.
THE DOG LISTENER
The subject matter of the book was disappointing. The writing was excellent but I did not enjoy it because of the subject matter. I should have read it in high school but waited too long and I seriously wanted to give that kid in the book a kick in the butt!
The listener
Great price and quick shipment. Saved me a lot of $$ which I love!
The Composer as Listener
I’m so glad my husband found this. It works great! It stays put despite some last minute quick turns. It’s easily hideable when I’m parked. I love that I can put it in many directions or turn it to face me when I’m in the passenger seat. Definitely get this! It saves your dashboard.
A Listener s Aid
So I purchased this item and absolutely loved it when I went on my runs, BUT, I took a spin class today and spent my short breaks trying to get the calorie counter to start and had no luck. It is a great RUNNER watch. It is NOT so great for someone who Cross trains with other workouts that would like to see calories burned by simply monitoring our heart beat.
In Short, if all you do is run this is the watch for you. If you cross train I would go for the Garmin FR60 (which is my replacement for this one). First review, hope it helps.
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