04.01.13 Bullies & "Moon and Beyond"

So I cried myself to sleep  the past couple of nights.  I could't help it.  I have been thinking about Duke and Chanel.  When each one of my babies died it took a piece of my heart away.  Chanel has been gone for almost nine months and Duke has been gone for almost four months.  Duke has been there for most of my life, how am I supposed to operate without him in my life?  Chanel, a.k.a noises, was always around being vocal about it whether it was snoring away, or snorking after us when we left the room.  I think about how wonderful all of my bullies are and it makes my heart ache with love and my face cry with the thought of all Duke and Chanel will miss, playing in the snow, Christmas Ham, snuggling in bed with me in the morning.

So, even though I decided that the University would be too expensive and already considered them gone, I am going with a phone interview so as to not waste the money and effort we all put into this; myself, my teachers, and my mom.  I am patiently waiting for NDSU and UW to respond to my applications.  There was one chink in the admissions process for UW, which is the systems fault.  Apparently one of my recommendations was not received but, since it is the responsibility of the student to know if anything is missing, I did not know.  How is it possible for me to know that the school did not receive something; the only way for me to know if the school has not received all of my material is if they tell me I am missing something.  Thankfully, the university still will consider my application even past deadline.  Next step is for me to put in an application for my passport.

I have to go to work today, surprise.  Unfortunately, my bullies are telling me that I should stay home.  Just how are they telling me this; in dog speak?  My 'whine' baby, Grizzly, is whining at me along with his bubby Brutus.  They are taking turns whining at the air, both wanting attention, love, and freedom.  Oooh, now they are whining in unison.  I seriously have the cutest bulldogs ever.  Whenever I figure out how to put in pictures I will put some on here.  I am in love with my dvr.  it automatically recorded Doctor Who when I was at work. TGID (Thank Goodness I have Dvr).  I finally gave in and bought myself a new ds, this time it's the new 3DS, more to come on this.

Now it is book review time.  I won this book through Goodreads first reads giveaway program.  I am definitely happy that this was my first win also.  I am asked to give a review whether it be good or bad.

03.19.13 (originally started)

 The Moon and Beyond by John E. Siers

Oh, gosh where do I start?  It took me forever to read this book.  This is neither a good thing nor a bad thing in and of itself.  Every time Siers threw in some facts pertaining to the world around at Deep Space Research, it made my mind spin with fascinating thoughts.  How did this world get this way?  Is this believable? Oh My irreligious Gods could we ever go down this path?    For example, P.E.T.A did get laws in place against not only abuse but pet ownership and slaughter.  People had to get licenses to keep their pets, suffer very stiff fines, and were not allowed to euthanize or put down animals which led to a massive influx of cats and dogs, even rabid packs.  Could P.E.T.A ever get laws into place for this and would consequences not be thought out beforehand?  I felt most of these ideas were well-thought out and did not pick sides.  The only scenario that irked me was when the classic line was thrown out “I’m not pro-life, I’m just anti-murder” which clearly shows a major pro-life anti-choice side.

A secret space mission’s goal is to not only fly to the moon but live on it.  Now this is not just any secret government program but a secret program from the government.  In this book not only do the people want to live on the moon but, they possess the technology to do it.  This book does seem exciting and with a slow and steady pace nothing boom, just happens, and there is not a point where the writing is dull or tedious.  The reasons for the program are strong ones and well-thought out which is why everyone joins in the program.  There were a lot of surprises throughout the book which kept it entertaining.  The book is written about the interesting parts and informative parts and does leave out a lot of time between each chapter.  Each chapter was written in stages and storyline;  gathering people, building the ‘moonships’, preparing for moving and settlement of the moon,  and Earth vs. Moon.   I did wonder about some things that happened between chapters but, not enough to stop reading or ponder on it.  The one thing I wish about his book was another part or two in perspective of the U.S.. When thinking over all of the interesting parts in this book such as mining asteroids, I feel that it’s based on what we now as humans consider as possible for the near future.  This makes the reader feel good when reading about.  This is not a book for the everything ends happily genre; which I hate.  The author is willing to kill of some characters or something necessary for the crew instead of making it a sugar-coated candy unicorn where the fight is strong enough to draw a sweat but, not strong enough to kill anybody.  All the characters you loved or hated, while on earth we were learning about each character but, once on the moon each and every character in the book had depth, meaning, and made you love or hate them. I absolutely hated Sen. Blackthorne and loved Mike and believe everyone else will too. 

A few people do hold common sense and compassion but the rest of society is @#% out of their minds.  Eye-opening, thought provoking; I will definitely be reading the next books in the series.  ★★★★★