Just an Add-On to the Warning...

Whew!! Alrighty, I didn’t expect to get so many positive responses; pleasant surprises are always pleasant! I feel so loved, guys! Especially when I inadvertently convinced someone to make an account just to read what I write. Err…I read your comment correctly, right redwoodr? *BLUSH*

But, a couple of things…

1.) I am a terribly irregular blog poster; I am a college student (yes, I attending summer session, as well as spring and fall) and an employee so believe me when I say that my posting is sporadic at best. Sometimes you may have to wait to hear from me for two to three weeks at most. In all honesty, I do wish that I could keep to a set schedule that would have you guys reading so many entries that your head swims. Heck, I’d be happy with posting something at least once a week. But…I struggle. School and work frequently get in the way and, for that, I sincerely apologize.

2.) I am going to do my absolute best to follow Mrs. Ana Mardoll’s Deconstruction Guidelines (At the moment, I can’t find the link…I’m currently sneaking in the computer lab at school in between classes…shhhh). Those guidelines include, but are not limited to:

a. Being respectful as possible of the author and fans
b. Remembering the fine line between attacking the work and attacking the author (although, the temptation is there sometimes…don’t get this flawed human called Amarie wrong)
c. Being mindful of the ‘little details’ while still keeping to the big picture
d. Encouraging discussion with and among my fellow blogsters and, therefore, being mindful of the difference between, “Oh! I never thought of it that way before…let’s see why we have a different perspective.” Vs. “No! You’re wrong, idiot!! Grrr!!”


3.) I understand that Fifty Shades of Grey supposedly had its origins as a Twilight fan fiction. And let me tell you…the similarities are quite…jarring and saddening, to be brutally honest. I picked up the book with the hope that the “rumor” was simply just that: a rumor. But I can’t ignore several facts within the text and on the Internet. With that being said, I acknowledge that a lot of what I have to say is going to sound like a lot like what I had to say about Twilight in Ana’s blog. By that extension, you should know that I whole-heartedly agree with Ana more than half the time. Consider me plagiarizing off of her with love and respect. However! I will do my best to deconstruct Fifty Shades of Grey as an independent book, rather than a knockoff of Twilight. I believe that will make it much, much more interesting, yes?

Aaaaaaaaand…

I pretty much think that’s it! Please let me know if I left anything vital out! Hopefully, I can get something posted by the end of this week, if not next week. I’m already on chapter three, which is proof that I have some perseverance. *Snerk.* But, of course, I will skip back to chapter one and begin my deconstruction from there. It’s currently undecided if I will continue on through the rest of the trilogy. And to be brutally honest with you, I don’t say that because of possible time constraints as I continue on with my education; I say that because it is genuinely a chore to get through this one book right here. But I think I love you guys enough that, if you convinced me, I’d suffer the intellectual torture for a little bit longer. *winks*

On a side note, Mrs. Levy’s Essential Questions will continue and I have another post about the constraints of beauty on women in a…particular setting (See? There’s a spoiler for you. Enjoy it while it lasts, kiddies…enjoy it while it lasts).

Other than that, see you guys either this week or next week! Much luvvles and huggles!!

*sneaks back off the school’s computer before my professors catch and kill me* >.>

--Amarie