Anyone read Contact?
Jun. 15th, 2008 02:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lls_mutantHas anyone read Contact by Carl Sagan? I've seen the movie, but I've never read the book. I ask because there was an exchange in there that affected me very deeply, and I was wondering if it was in the book. The exchange is:
Palmer: Proof. Did you love your father?
Ellie: Did I what?
Palmer: Did you love your father?
Ellie: Yes. Very much.
Palmer: Prove it.
Is it in there?
Happy Father's Day to all (especially![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rinelk, since he's the only father I know of on my list!). Today's sort of a strange day for me. For one, I'm just exhausted (up too late last night and not enough sleep.) But my dad died 17 years ago today, and it's also Father's Day. This is the third year Father's Day really hasn't upset me, because ever since Toby's been around (and Trevor, but the change came with Toby), Father's Day has a whole new meaning for me. But because of the actual date, I still think about my dad a lot around now. And I really do wish he could meet my boys.
TOTALLY changing topics, I watched 27 Dresses last night. Wasn't very impressed. I like a good chick flick, even though I'm still in BSG mode, but it just really didn't do anything for me.
Speaking of BSG, , I LOVED the exchange where Gaeta dropped the paper and Tigh asked him if he wished to be relieved. If it had come from anyone but Tigh, it wouldn't have been interesting. But given their past history, and oh yeah- you could HEAR Tigh thinking "if I can work without an eye, you can work without a leg, motherfrakker!"- it was such a freaking AWESOME exchange.
Ugh. I don't often nap, but today might be the exception.
Palmer: Proof. Did you love your father?
Ellie: Did I what?
Palmer: Did you love your father?
Ellie: Yes. Very much.
Palmer: Prove it.
Is it in there?
Happy Father's Day to all (especially
rinelk, since he's the only father I know of on my list!). Today's sort of a strange day for me. For one, I'm just exhausted (up too late last night and not enough sleep.) But my dad died 17 years ago today, and it's also Father's Day. This is the third year Father's Day really hasn't upset me, because ever since Toby's been around (and Trevor, but the change came with Toby), Father's Day has a whole new meaning for me. But because of the actual date, I still think about my dad a lot around now. And I really do wish he could meet my boys.TOTALLY changing topics, I watched 27 Dresses last night. Wasn't very impressed. I like a good chick flick, even though I'm still in BSG mode, but it just really didn't do anything for me.
Speaking of BSG, , I LOVED the exchange where Gaeta dropped the paper and Tigh asked him if he wished to be relieved. If it had come from anyone but Tigh, it wouldn't have been interesting. But given their past history, and oh yeah- you could HEAR Tigh thinking "if I can work without an eye, you can work without a leg, motherfrakker!"- it was such a freaking AWESOME exchange.
Ugh. I don't often nap, but today might be the exception.
