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[kittydesade]

In a dependent clause, the present-tense form of the auxiliary verb haben or sein follows the past participle and is the last element in the clause.

1. Warum hat Nicole in den Ferien gearbeitet? Weil sie das Geld fürs Studium gebraucht hat.
2. Warum hat sie so viel Geld gebraucht? Weil alles so teuer geworden ist.
3. Warum ist sie in die Buchhandlung gengangen? Weil sie ein Buch gesucht hat.
4. Warum hat sie dieses Buch gekauft? Weil es ihr gefallen hat.
5. Warum hat sie Deutsch gelernt? Weil sie die Sprache interessant gefunden hat.
6. Warum ist sie noch nicht nach Deutschland gefahren? Weil sie nicht genug Geld gehabt hat.


Let's try that again. Without the rage.

This? Is one of those odd kinds of awesome where you're not sure what to think except, holy shit, that's an oreo? So, holy shit, that's an oreo?

Glenn Beck, Jason Momoa, and the entirety of Congress are all on my shit list today. I won't go into detail why, I'm too tired and it will be triggering, but damn do I want to go into the Capitol building and do something very, very illegal, possibly to the tune of How Do You Like Me Now by The Heavy. With a Madcat. (Google Madcat and Battletech.) I said I was trying this without the rage, wasn't I? Damn.

I had sushi today! There is woe because they no longer offer that awesome two rolls and a soup or salad deal at my favorite sushi place, but hey, sushi. I may also have to call down to the Indian place and ask if you can get a takeout container for the lunch buffet, too. For those days when nothing but curry will suffice.

I have finally, finally managed to drag my dumb ass back to writing and editing. Two scenes done! And I should really make a scene counter so I can tell what progress I've made in the damn thing, and then I need to finish the other two stories, which, maybe some of that tonight. Bloody writing schedule on bloody LJ only, but. Finish that, get Underground smashed into shape, other stuff. I am DEFINITELY not doing anything but visiting the Guitar Mama this weekend (apparently it's Mama like the Spanish, not Momma like the colloquial English) at which point I may pick up a capo and shoulder strap. And picks I can chew so I stop chewing on my TSO ones.

I have Ghost Story to read tonight, and then I will make it a point to read the Middle Kingdoms books by Diane Duane (read! poke her! tell her you like them if you do!) and then, if cruelest_month wants, Song of Ice and Fire. There may be sporking. I hear both good and bad things about that series, so I'm not sure yet if I'm going to roll my eyes and throw the book across the room or if I'm going to enjoy it or somewhere between the two. I'm fairly wary.

There. That's less rage.

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[kikibug13]

Ghost. Story. Ghost fucking Story.

Ahem.

I tried to read the first of the Song of Ice and Fire books. I gave up... less than 200 pages in. Not that it was written badly, from I could tell. GRRM just did things with his characters that I wanted to be no part of. At all. Ever. I... may have a problem with empathizing a bit too close to fictional people...

[kittydesade]

That's one of the things I've heard. Also that he wallows in the shit for the sake of wallowing and not for the sake of telling a story, that he's a captivating storyteller, that he takes too much delight in skewering stereotypes, that he takes just enough delight... something. I'm not sure what to think. But I might as well give them a try.

If nothing else, nothing I've heard about them has made me think I'll attempt to throw my Kindle across the room in disgust at bad writing.

[kikibug13]

OHGODS THE ICON AND THE BOOK AND ... you'll see.

*wry* I didn't stick around long enough to find out if he wallows. I had... no wish to. And that's pretty rare for me, usually the few books I've not managed to finish have been because I lose momentum. Gah.

Heh! No, that was not a problem I had. I just wanted to be somewhere else. >.>

[kittydesade]

Hey, if I can read Crowley masturbating into a typewriter, I can read anything. And, trust me, that's a fair depiction of the old bastard's attempts at fiction. Twitch.

We'll see. I've done a lot of awful shit to my characters, I can't say I think I'll be that horrified by the shit he does to his.

... Should I be worried about not getting people to empathize with my characters? :P ;)

[kikibug13]

... I never had any problem empathizing with your characters. Of course, I may be a bad person about that, but so it is.

*squints* Sorry, that evokes Mark Sheppard images for me still. I'm... not awake enough to comment on the comparison. All right, maybe I'd prefer Crawley masturbating into a typewriter. I have read Paco Rabanne masturbating into a hole in the ground, after all.

Uh.

I'll stick with your writing. And occasionally Jim's and Tanya's.

... maybe even my own.