Question

[at-midnight.livejournal.com]

Call me stupid, but what is META? I saw the term here and I have no idea what it means *lol*

PS: This might be off topic, but if you love "Shelter" and you LOVE reading books, I highly recommend this book: Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates (Amazon.com preview: here) - because it will totally give you the same happiness and warmth you got from the movie :)

Comments

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

No no no, not stupid. Meta is just a detailed discussion of whatever the topic might be. Going in depth, poring over it but shamelessly. ::grin::

I love Leave Myself Behind! The idea of people finding each other when they're at loose ends (much like Zach and Shaun) always gets to me. And Noah is very funny despite what he's going through.

[at-midnight.livejournal.com]

gotcha! thanks for explaining it to me :).

oh, i am happy someone read that book too. i rec'd to another friend of mine and we both like gush about it and discuss about it. we both read it before we watch Shelter. i think that's why i love Shelter so much, because in a way, they have both leave me with fuzziness and warmth.

Noah is just hilarious. when i got to the part where Noah described his feeling as he watched JD walked towards him and then JD lifted his head up and smiled to him, i was totally melted and ended up as glob of goo on the floor, much like when the scene of "you're so beautiful" in Shelter. Sigh

[true-enough.livejournal.com]

I'm a huge fan of a series of books called Raised by Wolves by W.A. Hoffman (http://www.amazon.com/Brethren-Raised-Wolves-W-Hoffman/dp/097210982X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213830671&sr=1-3). It's about 17th century West Indies pirates/buccaneers and it's beautifully written with the two main characters of Will and Gaston being probably the most involving pair I've come across in literature in a very long time. It's long, angsty, thought provoking, funny and hot on top of it all. Lately, with Shelter on my mind most of the time I've taken to casting Brad Rowe as Will and Trevor Wright as Gaston. I have to say it's worked out very well. ::big grin::

I reread Leave Myself Behind at least a few times and I think I'm going to pick it up again. Thanks for reminding me of it. Also, thank you again for the icons. I obviously love them.

[seleneheart]

Here's the wiki definition of meta analysis, it's basically a discussion about something rather than a first level participation in that something.

D'oh, put the link in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-discussion

[snowmore.livejournal.com]

I haven't been too sure that I knew what meta was, so I'm glad someone asked. :)

I also loved Leave Myself Behind. I really enjoy Bart Yates' writing. I liked his The Brothers Bishop, though the subject matter bothered me.

[rosiet.livejournal.com]

Hi.....I loved 'Leave Myself Behind' too!! The part you mentioned as Noah is on the porch watching JD walk towards him....guh. I agree.....Although The Brothers Bishop was TOTALLY different and upset me so much, it took a lot of getting over that one..... and I wasn't sure what META meant either so I'm glad you asked! hehe