Comments for Sliver of Ice http://www.sliverofice.com/blog Erica McGillivray's Personal Blog Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:04:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Film Review by Erica http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForSliverOfIceDesign/~3/jxQjS5t6RR4/ Erica Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:04:20 +0000 http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/?p=2370#comment-16773 Glad you enjoyed it! Glad you enjoyed it!

]]> http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-film-review/comment-page-1/#comment-16773 Comment on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Film Review by N http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForSliverOfIceDesign/~3/BFwLo70UNz4/ N Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:44:58 +0000 http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/?p=2370#comment-16645 Brilliant. By far one of the better reviews I have chanced upon. TY. N Brilliant.

By far one of the better reviews I have chanced upon.

TY. N

]]> http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-film-review/comment-page-1/#comment-16645 Comment on G. Willow Wilson’s The Butterfly Mosque Book Review by Erica http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForSliverOfIceDesign/~3/IYnCTvNxtGE/ Erica Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:18:40 +0000 http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/?p=1980#comment-16584 Yes, Wilson's prose are wonderful and paint such a lovely picture. I too fell more in love with Cairo. Yes, Wilson’s prose are wonderful and paint such a lovely picture. I too fell more in love with Cairo.

]]> http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/g-willow-wilsons-the-butterfly-mosque-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-16584 Comment on Favorite female character screwed over by canon: Donna Noble (Day Twenty-One) by Erica http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForSliverOfIceDesign/~3/Yk-mvSD77gg/ Erica Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:17:25 +0000 http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/?p=1883#comment-16583 Yes, her ending was definitely about telling us how our experiences make us who we are. However, Donna not getting a choice about losing her memories/experiences means she lost her agency and choice, which is horrible given how many female characters lack agency in media. Yes, her ending was definitely about telling us how our experiences make us who we are. However, Donna not getting a choice about losing her memories/experiences means she lost her agency and choice, which is horrible given how many female characters lack agency in media.

]]> http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/favorite-female-character-screwed-over-by-canon-donna-noble-day-twenty-one/comment-page-1/#comment-16583 Comment on G. Willow Wilson’s The Butterfly Mosque Book Review by Hudsie http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForSliverOfIceDesign/~3/JCXGCUeujJM/ Hudsie Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:25:37 +0000 http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/?p=1980#comment-16517 What a wonderful book. It's simple, honest and unpretentious; no high drama and not full of suspense yet I just couldn't put it down. I am so impressed by how mature this young lady is. She's extremely intelligent, but never rams her opinions down your throat, merely sharing her thoughts. And yet you can't help but feel like you're exactly beside her as she's telling her stories, and nodding in agreement to her words, as if you're seeing things through your very own eyes. She's made me fallen thoroughly in love with Cairo...with its beauty and its ugliness. What a wonderful book. It’s simple, honest and unpretentious; no high drama and not full of suspense yet I just couldn’t put it down. I am so impressed by how mature this young lady is. She’s extremely intelligent, but never rams her opinions down your throat, merely sharing her thoughts. And yet you can’t help but feel like you’re exactly beside her as she’s telling her stories, and nodding in agreement to her words, as if you’re seeing things through your very own eyes. She’s made me fallen thoroughly in love with Cairo…with its beauty and its ugliness.

]]> http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/g-willow-wilsons-the-butterfly-mosque-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-16517 Comment on Favorite female character screwed over by canon: Donna Noble (Day Twenty-One) by Tim http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForSliverOfIceDesign/~3/Zk1lF7H5N8E/ Tim Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:59:57 +0000 http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/?p=1883#comment-16439 I guess your mileage will vary... I loved Donna from the beginning, for all the reasons given here (plus that scene where she and the Doctor lip-read their reunion kills me every time), and i thought her ending was perfect. Maybe it's because i was (and still am) so young and immature, but seeing Donna reverted to the person she'd been before meeting the Doctor drove home for me the idea that it's our experiences, good and bad, that make us who we are, and if we passed by the bad times as well as the good, we'd be left... hollow. I mean, that's one of the things old people tell young folks, but it's hard to appreciate the message until you've lived a bit. But seeing someone so funny, so intelligent, and so compassionate robbed of the greatest adventure and maturation imaginable helped me to learn this lesson. And, of course, broke me in a beautiful way. I guess your mileage will vary… I loved Donna from the beginning, for all the reasons given here (plus that scene where she and the Doctor lip-read their reunion kills me every time), and i thought her ending was perfect.

Maybe it’s because i was (and still am) so young and immature, but seeing Donna reverted to the person she’d been before meeting the Doctor drove home for me the idea that it’s our experiences, good and bad, that make us who we are, and if we passed by the bad times as well as the good, we’d be left… hollow. I mean, that’s one of the things old people tell young folks, but it’s hard to appreciate the message until you’ve lived a bit. But seeing someone so funny, so intelligent, and so compassionate robbed of the greatest adventure and maturation imaginable helped me to learn this lesson. And, of course, broke me in a beautiful way.

]]> http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/favorite-female-character-screwed-over-by-canon-donna-noble-day-twenty-one/comment-page-1/#comment-16439 Comment on The Heart of the Matter: Sherlock 2×01 “A Scandal in Belgravia” TV Review by Erica http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForSliverOfIceDesign/~3/SVusDY-tIaM/ Erica Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:54:07 +0000 http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/?p=2480#comment-15369 You can <a href="http://fuckyeahsherlock.tumblr.com/post/14872042139/how-to-watch-sherlock-series-2-from-the-usa-and" rel="nofollow">pseudo into BBC</a> and stream it or *cough* other methods. That's crazy that it's not airing until March since in the UK, the DVDs are scheduled for <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-2-Blu-ray-Region-Free/dp/B005UL53AQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325451559&sr=8-2" rel="nofollow">sale at the end of the month</a>. In fact, there's one due to ship to my house then. You can pseudo into BBC and stream it or *cough* other methods.

That’s crazy that it’s not airing until March since in the UK, the DVDs are scheduled for sale at the end of the month. In fact, there’s one due to ship to my house then.

]]> http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/sherlock-2x01-a-scandal-in-belgravia-tv-review/comment-page-1/#comment-15369 Comment on The Heart of the Matter: Sherlock 2×01 “A Scandal in Belgravia” TV Review by Kyle http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForSliverOfIceDesign/~3/dxv-qFTEajs/ Kyle Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:38:37 +0000 http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/?p=2480#comment-15364 How were you able to watch it? We're waiting for March when it airs in the US. I'm going to have to save your review until then. How were you able to watch it? We’re waiting for March when it airs in the US. I’m going to have to save your review until then.

]]> http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/sherlock-2x01-a-scandal-in-belgravia-tv-review/comment-page-1/#comment-15364 Comment on The Heart of the Matter: Sherlock 2×01 “A Scandal in Belgravia” TV Review by Erica http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForSliverOfIceDesign/~3/h-Qx2sb4HFw/ Erica Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:13:57 +0000 http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/?p=2480#comment-15332 Thanks, Amy! Thanks, Amy!

]]> http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/sherlock-2x01-a-scandal-in-belgravia-tv-review/comment-page-1/#comment-15332 Comment on The Heart of the Matter: Sherlock 2×01 “A Scandal in Belgravia” TV Review by Amy B http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommentsForSliverOfIceDesign/~3/JeTsjBzSkXY/ Amy B Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:04:02 +0000 http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/?p=2480#comment-15331 You're brilliant. Love your deconstruction, here. You’re brilliant. Love your deconstruction, here.

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