...except that it reminds you that you have to leave for work in twenty minutes, and that your job is slowly sucking your will to live. Or maybe that's just me *sigh*.
So I'm sitting here all warm and cozy in my boyfriend's apartment with a GIANT cup of coffee and his roley-poley little fur ball Dexter cuddling up to me (he's actually kitten-snoring at the moment, which if you've never witnessed before, is exceptionally adorable), and I figured that I really should post a mini-review of Lovely Bones before too much time passes and I can't remember the things that I wanted to say about it.
The Lovely Bones was good, and I enjoyed it, but I enjoyed the book FAR more. Maybe it's because it's still so fresh in my head, or maybe it's because of how moving the book was, but the movie just didn't compare. Now I know, and you know, that the movie or tv adaptation or what have you never lives up to the book* and I never expect it to. Hmmmm...but how do I put this...it's almost as though Peter Jackson missed the tone, which isn't exactly true, because the movie made you feel almost the same things as the book, just not as intensely. My boyfriend, who hasn't read the book thought that the movie was great, very powerful. So apparently if you've not read the book, then the movie does get across the concept and emotion behind Sebold's novel.
Arghhh, I wish I didn't have to leave for work, 'cause I'm sure that there's more that I could say...but such is life I suppose.
*The only real exception to this rule that I have noticed is Dexter, the tv series. When it first premiered I watched a bunch of the episodes and then went out ant bought the first two Jeff Lindsay books, and they were TERRIBLE. I didn't even read the second one. The show has much better character development and is far better written than the book. I'd love to know if anyone else has come across different examples of the adaptations surpassing the original....hmm
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
I Should Be Sleeping...
I should be sleeping, but instead I'm typing. I just finished watching Whip It! Holy sweet Jesus fuck, that movie was AWESOME!
I missed it when it was in theatres, but I picked it up yesterday when it came out on DVD. I didn't get to watch it last night 'cause I was too tired (story of my life lately) when I got home from seeing Lovely Bones (which I will post a review of tomorrow...hopefully). So yeah, I've been anticipating seeing this movie since it was in theatres, and we all know how that can work out sometimes...y'know, you hype it up in your head and it doesn't live up to your expectations when you finally get a chance to see it. That, however, was NOT the case with Whip It! I was tired when I started watching the movie, but I really wanted to see it. It only took the opening scene to totally and completely hook me. Whip It had my undivided attention for the next hour and fifty minutes.
I've really gotta say that the cast was phenomenal, every last actor in the movie was WICKED, but particularly Ellen Page (obviously...I love her!), Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, and Drew Barrymore as Smashly Simpson (SO GOOD!). Oh, and the lovely Ms. Barrymore gets two thumbs WAY UP for her directorial debut. As a side note, I didn't know that there was a third and oldest Wilson brother before I saw this movie, but as soon as he spoke, I knew that Andrew Wilson had to be related to Luke and Owen. Their inflection when they speak is identical. Jusy saying.
All I have to say is that if you haven't seen Whip It yet, you have to. Go out and rent it or buy it (it's totally worth it) NOW! Like right now, right this instant and bask in the glory of roller derby. BASK IN IT!
Watching Whip It made me wish (not for the first time) that I'd gotten into roller derby. For real. If only I weren't horribly clumsy...curses.
I missed it when it was in theatres, but I picked it up yesterday when it came out on DVD. I didn't get to watch it last night 'cause I was too tired (story of my life lately) when I got home from seeing Lovely Bones (which I will post a review of tomorrow...hopefully). So yeah, I've been anticipating seeing this movie since it was in theatres, and we all know how that can work out sometimes...y'know, you hype it up in your head and it doesn't live up to your expectations when you finally get a chance to see it. That, however, was NOT the case with Whip It! I was tired when I started watching the movie, but I really wanted to see it. It only took the opening scene to totally and completely hook me. Whip It had my undivided attention for the next hour and fifty minutes.
I've really gotta say that the cast was phenomenal, every last actor in the movie was WICKED, but particularly Ellen Page (obviously...I love her!), Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, and Drew Barrymore as Smashly Simpson (SO GOOD!). Oh, and the lovely Ms. Barrymore gets two thumbs WAY UP for her directorial debut. As a side note, I didn't know that there was a third and oldest Wilson brother before I saw this movie, but as soon as he spoke, I knew that Andrew Wilson had to be related to Luke and Owen. Their inflection when they speak is identical. Jusy saying.
All I have to say is that if you haven't seen Whip It yet, you have to. Go out and rent it or buy it (it's totally worth it) NOW! Like right now, right this instant and bask in the glory of roller derby. BASK IN IT!
Watching Whip It made me wish (not for the first time) that I'd gotten into roller derby. For real. If only I weren't horribly clumsy...curses.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Not Sure What To Title This Bad Boy...
I went to Niagara Falls this weekend with my awesome boyfriend for my birthday. It was so much fun! I love doing all the campy tourist-y shit. We went to the wax museum, rode the giant ferris wheel, went to the Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum, and the Lego Museum! So FUN!
There was a stuffed lamb that was born with a horn at Ripley's. Now I really want a lamb-i-corn. Is that so wrong?
Look how cute it is...LOOK AT IT!
So, I can have one right? All I need is a little Island Of Dr. Moreau action. It could happen.
We're going to the movies tomorrow night, hurrah for cheap Tuesdays! Not entirely sure what we're going to see yet, but it's not going to be Avatar. It's still way too f-ing busy to see that. The theatres are all crowded, and you just know that there'll be at least one total douche who feels the need to text during the movie. I swear, one of these days I'm going to fight someone for that. For realsies. That being said, I'll definitely post a review of whatever we see.
Other things that I'm excited about (in no particular order):
Whip It comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray tomorrow, I can't wait to see it!
There's a new Johnny Cash CD coming out in February (it's the last of the Rick Rubin recordings), so I'm pretty stoked to hear that.
I just read another review for that Frozen movie that's premiereing at Sundance. I want to see it! NOW!
I also read a snippette that the fine folks at Ain't it Cool News put up about the Walking Dead comics being crafted into a TV series...I'm actually kind of intrigued. I really like the series, so here's hoping that it translates well.
I'm tired...I feel like there was actually something that I wanted to talk about, and not just ramble on about a variety of randomness, but alas, I have forgotten. Sad face.
That is all.
There was a stuffed lamb that was born with a horn at Ripley's. Now I really want a lamb-i-corn. Is that so wrong?
Look how cute it is...LOOK AT IT!
So, I can have one right? All I need is a little Island Of Dr. Moreau action. It could happen.
We're going to the movies tomorrow night, hurrah for cheap Tuesdays! Not entirely sure what we're going to see yet, but it's not going to be Avatar. It's still way too f-ing busy to see that. The theatres are all crowded, and you just know that there'll be at least one total douche who feels the need to text during the movie. I swear, one of these days I'm going to fight someone for that. For realsies. That being said, I'll definitely post a review of whatever we see.
Other things that I'm excited about (in no particular order):
Whip It comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray tomorrow, I can't wait to see it!
There's a new Johnny Cash CD coming out in February (it's the last of the Rick Rubin recordings), so I'm pretty stoked to hear that.
I just read another review for that Frozen movie that's premiereing at Sundance. I want to see it! NOW!
I also read a snippette that the fine folks at Ain't it Cool News put up about the Walking Dead comics being crafted into a TV series...I'm actually kind of intrigued. I really like the series, so here's hoping that it translates well.
I'm tired...I feel like there was actually something that I wanted to talk about, and not just ramble on about a variety of randomness, but alas, I have forgotten. Sad face.
That is all.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Lovely Bones...Read It.
I just finished reading the Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I'm still having a little trouble putting into words exactly how the book made me feel.I'll start off by saying, as I did in my post before, that I know that it's lame to read a book that has just come out as a movie...but I couldn't help it this time. I want to see the movie, but I wanted to read the book first, and that was that.
Going into the book, I sort of knew the premise, but other that that I really didn't know anything about it. I assumed that since it being made into a movie (even if it was a Peter Jackson movie) and because it was a New York Times bestseller that it would be a sort of run of the mill pulp-fiction-y novel written about as well as a John Grisham or Dan Brown book (now I'm not knocking Grisham or Brown really, but their books are what they are...vacation reading...enjoyable brain candy...Oh, come on! You know what I mean). What I discovered after just the first chapter of the Lovely Bones was that I had greatly underestimated this novel.
What Alice Sebold created with the Lovely Bones is a work of literature, not just a novel. What happened after the book was published was somehting that I consider to be a pretty rare phenomenon. The public ate it up. For once the masses were consuming what is actually a pretty amazing, unique and well written work of fiction.
I think that I've decided on the best way to sum up this book, and that is not to say that it's a tear-jerker (although it is that too, and I challenge you to make it through the whole thing without shedding a tear or two), but rather, that this book made my heart hurt. At times throughout the book it was so sad that my heart ached, and at others it was so hopeful that I felt my heart swell until it felt like it would burst (Grinch style...y'know heart growing ten sizes?...Everyone loves a Dr. Seuss reference).
So, I've said what I had to say on the topic of the Lovely Bones. I hope that if you've not yet read it that you'll give it a go. It's definitely worth the read.
Now, to finish Bone. Then go on to attack the rest of the neglected pile of books in my "to read" pile.
Going into the book, I sort of knew the premise, but other that that I really didn't know anything about it. I assumed that since it being made into a movie (even if it was a Peter Jackson movie) and because it was a New York Times bestseller that it would be a sort of run of the mill pulp-fiction-y novel written about as well as a John Grisham or Dan Brown book (now I'm not knocking Grisham or Brown really, but their books are what they are...vacation reading...enjoyable brain candy...Oh, come on! You know what I mean). What I discovered after just the first chapter of the Lovely Bones was that I had greatly underestimated this novel.
What Alice Sebold created with the Lovely Bones is a work of literature, not just a novel. What happened after the book was published was somehting that I consider to be a pretty rare phenomenon. The public ate it up. For once the masses were consuming what is actually a pretty amazing, unique and well written work of fiction.
I think that I've decided on the best way to sum up this book, and that is not to say that it's a tear-jerker (although it is that too, and I challenge you to make it through the whole thing without shedding a tear or two), but rather, that this book made my heart hurt. At times throughout the book it was so sad that my heart ached, and at others it was so hopeful that I felt my heart swell until it felt like it would burst (Grinch style...y'know heart growing ten sizes?...Everyone loves a Dr. Seuss reference).
So, I've said what I had to say on the topic of the Lovely Bones. I hope that if you've not yet read it that you'll give it a go. It's definitely worth the read.
Now, to finish Bone. Then go on to attack the rest of the neglected pile of books in my "to read" pile.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Check One Thing Off The List...
On Tuesday I went to the Ontario Science Centre to see the Body Worlds exhibit which was on the list of things that I'm looking forward to doing in 2010, and it definitely didn't disappoint. It was actually even better than I had expected it to be...
Body Worlds was something that I'd been really looking forward to seeing; partly because it just looks really cool, partly because I know a couple of people who saw it the last time it was here and they said that it was pretty neat, and lastly because I was mad at myself for missing it when it was here about five years ago.
I definitely recommend going to see it. I would also recommend going to see it during the extended hours on Friday or Saturday evening so that you don't have to be astounded by the stupidity of students the same way that my boyfriend and I were. There was actually a group of students who made it all the way through to the end of the exhibit without realizing that they were actual human bodies, and that everything that they had just seen was once alive. Mind blowing (and not in a good way)!
The atmosphere created in the exhibit was also really intriguing. It was dimly lit, but the displays were all well lit up, and the use of red and black fabrics gave everything a warm feel. There were interesting quotes all throughout the exhibit from authors,doctors, world leaders, poets and so forth that pertained to the human heart (which was the theme of the exhibit) which, coupled with the actual bodies created a somber yet accessible atmosphere. I was sort of taken by the need to be restrained, quiet and respectful in the exhibit...I got the same vibe as I get in a funeral home during a visitation...I mean there are people everywhere, but you are overcome by a sense of vulnerability. I'm not sure whether that is on of the intentions of the exhibit or not, I'm just saying.
So, if anything that I said intrigues you, here's the link:
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/bodyworlds/default.asp
Now I'm going to start reading the Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I know that it's lame to jump on the bandwagon and read a book that's coming out as a movie, but I want to see the movie, and I want to read the book before I do so. Plus, I really like Peter Jackson (y'know, the guy who makes movies about walking and tricksy little Hobbits) , and I could have made myself seem like less of a joiner if I'd bought the book when I first heard that he was making the movie, but I didn't and I'm being honest about it, so there.
This also means that I have to back burner the other books that I'm reading right now (Wild Things by Dave Eggers, Metamorphosis by Kafka and Bone by Jeff Smith)...maybe I should try reading one book at a time...maybe.
Body Worlds was something that I'd been really looking forward to seeing; partly because it just looks really cool, partly because I know a couple of people who saw it the last time it was here and they said that it was pretty neat, and lastly because I was mad at myself for missing it when it was here about five years ago.
I definitely recommend going to see it. I would also recommend going to see it during the extended hours on Friday or Saturday evening so that you don't have to be astounded by the stupidity of students the same way that my boyfriend and I were. There was actually a group of students who made it all the way through to the end of the exhibit without realizing that they were actual human bodies, and that everything that they had just seen was once alive. Mind blowing (and not in a good way)!
The atmosphere created in the exhibit was also really intriguing. It was dimly lit, but the displays were all well lit up, and the use of red and black fabrics gave everything a warm feel. There were interesting quotes all throughout the exhibit from authors,doctors, world leaders, poets and so forth that pertained to the human heart (which was the theme of the exhibit) which, coupled with the actual bodies created a somber yet accessible atmosphere. I was sort of taken by the need to be restrained, quiet and respectful in the exhibit...I got the same vibe as I get in a funeral home during a visitation...I mean there are people everywhere, but you are overcome by a sense of vulnerability. I'm not sure whether that is on of the intentions of the exhibit or not, I'm just saying.
So, if anything that I said intrigues you, here's the link:
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/bodyworlds/default.asp
Now I'm going to start reading the Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I know that it's lame to jump on the bandwagon and read a book that's coming out as a movie, but I want to see the movie, and I want to read the book before I do so. Plus, I really like Peter Jackson (y'know, the guy who makes movies about walking and tricksy little Hobbits) , and I could have made myself seem like less of a joiner if I'd bought the book when I first heard that he was making the movie, but I didn't and I'm being honest about it, so there.
This also means that I have to back burner the other books that I'm reading right now (Wild Things by Dave Eggers, Metamorphosis by Kafka and Bone by Jeff Smith)...maybe I should try reading one book at a time...maybe.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Music Will Save Your Soul...Or At Least Your Sanity
Yesterday I was having one of those frustrating and stressful days, and on the drive home my iPod saved my life. Have you ever had one of those days where you put your iPod on shuffle and it just seems to know exactly what you want to hear? I love when that happens!
When the iPod started playing the Distillers album Sing Sing Death House I immediately took it off shuffle and sang (or screamed) along with the whole album on the drive and by the time I got home I felt a million times better.
On the drive I also started toying with my favourite albums of the past decade...and have come up with a tentative list. So here it is...and the same rules apply to this as they do to my top movies of the decade list. They're in no particular order, any time that I make a "tops" list it is entirely dependent on my mood and coulechange from day to day. So don't judge me too harshly on my list...so, without further ado...my top 25 albums of the 2000's!
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (2008)
Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First (2004)
Black Lungs - Send Floweres (2008)
Broadcast Zero - Yesterday You Could Save The World (2008)
Distillers - Sing Sing Death House (2002)
Dropkick Murphys - Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly - Float (2008)
Fort Minor - Rising Tied (2005)
Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (2008)
Green Day - American Idiot (2004)
HorrorPops - Hell Yeah! (2004)
Hostage Life - Walking Papers (2006)
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (2006)
Joey Ramone - Don't Worry About Me (2002)
Johnny Cash - American IV (2002)
Kimya Dawson - Remember that I love you (2006)
Lars Frederickson & The Bastards - Lars Frederickson & The Bastards (2001)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Nashville Pussy - High As Hell (2000)
Rancid - Indestructible (2003)
Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter Culture (2004)
She & Him- Volume One (2008)
Street Dogs - Fading American Dream (2006)
Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004)
Teagan & Sara - So Jealous (2004)
So There it is!
When the iPod started playing the Distillers album Sing Sing Death House I immediately took it off shuffle and sang (or screamed) along with the whole album on the drive and by the time I got home I felt a million times better.
On the drive I also started toying with my favourite albums of the past decade...and have come up with a tentative list. So here it is...and the same rules apply to this as they do to my top movies of the decade list. They're in no particular order, any time that I make a "tops" list it is entirely dependent on my mood and coulechange from day to day. So don't judge me too harshly on my list...so, without further ado...my top 25 albums of the 2000's!
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (2008)
Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First (2004)
Black Lungs - Send Floweres (2008)
Broadcast Zero - Yesterday You Could Save The World (2008)
Distillers - Sing Sing Death House (2002)
Dropkick Murphys - Warrior's Code (2005)
Flogging Molly - Float (2008)
Fort Minor - Rising Tied (2005)
Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (2008)
Green Day - American Idiot (2004)
HorrorPops - Hell Yeah! (2004)
Hostage Life - Walking Papers (2006)
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (2006)
Joey Ramone - Don't Worry About Me (2002)
Johnny Cash - American IV (2002)
Kimya Dawson - Remember that I love you (2006)
Lars Frederickson & The Bastards - Lars Frederickson & The Bastards (2001)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Nashville Pussy - High As Hell (2000)
Rancid - Indestructible (2003)
Rise Against - Siren Song Of The Counter Culture (2004)
She & Him- Volume One (2008)
Street Dogs - Fading American Dream (2006)
Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004)
Teagan & Sara - So Jealous (2004)
So There it is!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Today At Work...Doesn't Every Great Story Start This Way?
Today while I was on my break at work I overheard the greatest conversation (insert sarcasm here). It was, in fact, so awesome that it left me speechless (imagine my voice dripping with sarcash now). There were two girls, and they were looking at posters and this was the conversation:
Girl 1 "Ooooooh, look Twilight posters"
Girl 2 "Oooooooh, look Jonas Brothers posters"
Girl 1 "you know, Twilight and the Jonas Brothers are like exactly the same"
Girl 2 "I know, right!"
*Now picture the most completely baffled expression on my face* I'm not going to lie, at this point I was dying to know what they were going to say next, but sadly there was no conclusion to their "Twilight and the Jonas Brothers are exactly the same" hypothesis. The conversation just continued in a completely vapid and circular manner. So I'm going to draw my conclusion to the above mentioned hypothesis; Twilight and the Jonas Brothers are exactly the same in that they are both completely lame and contrived and spoon fed to the mindless masses.
Now normally, I'm not quite this mean or judgmental (I'm a little mean and judgmental though, don't despair), but overhearing this conversation (if you can call it that) made me lose a little bit more of my faith in humanity. I would just once like to overhear a conversation that gave me pause in a good way...oh well...Any hoo, tomorrow is another day, so here's hoping. Maybe someone will surprise me *crosses fingers*.
For now I'm tired and a little cranky and am going to read more of Bone and then go to sleep. 'night Blog World.
Girl 1 "Ooooooh, look Twilight posters"
Girl 2 "Oooooooh, look Jonas Brothers posters"
Girl 1 "you know, Twilight and the Jonas Brothers are like exactly the same"
Girl 2 "I know, right!"
*Now picture the most completely baffled expression on my face* I'm not going to lie, at this point I was dying to know what they were going to say next, but sadly there was no conclusion to their "Twilight and the Jonas Brothers are exactly the same" hypothesis. The conversation just continued in a completely vapid and circular manner. So I'm going to draw my conclusion to the above mentioned hypothesis; Twilight and the Jonas Brothers are exactly the same in that they are both completely lame and contrived and spoon fed to the mindless masses.
Now normally, I'm not quite this mean or judgmental (I'm a little mean and judgmental though, don't despair), but overhearing this conversation (if you can call it that) made me lose a little bit more of my faith in humanity. I would just once like to overhear a conversation that gave me pause in a good way...oh well...Any hoo, tomorrow is another day, so here's hoping. Maybe someone will surprise me *crosses fingers*.
For now I'm tired and a little cranky and am going to read more of Bone and then go to sleep. 'night Blog World.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Top Movies of the Past Decade
I want to begin by saying that these are listed in no particular order...I mean it's hard enough to come up with a list, let alone a list in order of preference. Also, my lists always reflect how I feel at the moment, and may be totally different from one day to the next. I'm not going to make more than one list, but what I'm really trying to say is, don't judge me too harshly on my list. Thanks.
Amelie
Almost Famous
Frida
Sin City
The Fountain
Inglourious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are
Clerks 2
Jersey Girl
Kill Bill V1
Donnie Darko
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Big Fish
Stranger Than Fiction
Super Troopers
Ok, so I might add more to this list, and I might change a few titles, but here it is for now...and now, this gal has to get to bed.
Amelie
Almost Famous
Frida
Sin City
The Fountain
Inglourious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are
Clerks 2
Jersey Girl
Kill Bill V1
Donnie Darko
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Big Fish
Stranger Than Fiction
Super Troopers
Ok, so I might add more to this list, and I might change a few titles, but here it is for now...and now, this gal has to get to bed.
Yay for 2010!
Here's a little list of things that I'm looking forward to doing in 2010:
1) Going to see Kevin Smith at Roy Thompson Hall - Check this off the list...the man doesn't disappoint. If you get the chance, go! He's one of the greatest story tellers of our time.
2) Seeing Body Worlds at the Science Centre (since I missed it the last time that it was here) Did it! Woo-Hoo! Jan 12, 2010!
3) Traveling
4) Going to see the new Harry Potter exhibit when it comes to the Science Centre.
5) Lots more trips to the zoo! I haven't even seen the new Tundra set up yet.
6) Reading the new Christopher Moore book.
7) Seeing the King Tut exhibit at the AGO.
8) Getting new tattoos. That's a must...I'm going through withdrawal.
9) Seeing Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland -HELLS YEAH! I love you Tim Burton, you're one of my many heroes...you done Alice good.
10) Seeing the new Harry Potter movie...and the last Harry Potter movie *tear*
1) Going to see Kevin Smith at Roy Thompson Hall - Check this off the list...the man doesn't disappoint. If you get the chance, go! He's one of the greatest story tellers of our time.
2) Seeing Body Worlds at the Science Centre (since I missed it the last time that it was here) Did it! Woo-Hoo! Jan 12, 2010!
3) Traveling
4) Going to see the new Harry Potter exhibit when it comes to the Science Centre.
5) Lots more trips to the zoo! I haven't even seen the new Tundra set up yet.
6) Reading the new Christopher Moore book.
7) Seeing the King Tut exhibit at the AGO.
8) Getting new tattoos. That's a must...I'm going through withdrawal.
9) Seeing Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland -HELLS YEAH! I love you Tim Burton, you're one of my many heroes...you done Alice good.
10) Seeing the new Harry Potter movie...and the last Harry Potter movie *tear*
Where to begin...
Most people would say "begin at the beginning" but that's bullshit. If I did that we'd both end up bored to death and you'd never come back and read my blog again, and we don't want that.
So I say fuck it, I'm going to begin now; not at the beginning, and if you don't like it you can suck it. So there. Wait, I take it back...don't leave!
Beginning now...hmmm...I guess I'll mention a couple of my New Years resolutions...one was to actually start writing this blog that I set up over a year ago (check one thing off the list! Woo-hoo!), another is to read more...which is funny 'cause I read a lot already. In fact I think that I've started off the New Year reading less than usual, but that will change.
So on New Years day, after a long nap and once I didn't feel like I was going to barf I read Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader. Fuck I love Neil Gaiman. SO MUCH! He definitely falls into the super-ridiculously-awesome category. I can't think of any better send off for Gotham City's dark defender. Now I'm working my way through Bone; the complete series as well as reading Battle for the Cowl. I'm dying for it to be March so that I can read the new Christopher Moore novel...I can't wait...in fact, I think that I might pre-order it...just so I feel like I own it already...it's like baby steps towards actually being able to read it. I'm also reading Metamorphosis by Kafka 'cause I've never read it, and I like to balance out my reading a little bit. Make sure that there is a balance between brain candy and sustenance.
I am going to post a couple of "tops of the decade" and "tops of 2009" lists soon, because there really aren't enough of those going around right now. I'm going to need a little more time to put those together though, mainly because I'm kinda lazy and tend to second guess myself when I make "tops" lists.
So I say fuck it, I'm going to begin now; not at the beginning, and if you don't like it you can suck it. So there. Wait, I take it back...don't leave!
Beginning now...hmmm...I guess I'll mention a couple of my New Years resolutions...one was to actually start writing this blog that I set up over a year ago (check one thing off the list! Woo-hoo!), another is to read more...which is funny 'cause I read a lot already. In fact I think that I've started off the New Year reading less than usual, but that will change.
So on New Years day, after a long nap and once I didn't feel like I was going to barf I read Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader. Fuck I love Neil Gaiman. SO MUCH! He definitely falls into the super-ridiculously-awesome category. I can't think of any better send off for Gotham City's dark defender. Now I'm working my way through Bone; the complete series as well as reading Battle for the Cowl. I'm dying for it to be March so that I can read the new Christopher Moore novel...I can't wait...in fact, I think that I might pre-order it...just so I feel like I own it already...it's like baby steps towards actually being able to read it. I'm also reading Metamorphosis by Kafka 'cause I've never read it, and I like to balance out my reading a little bit. Make sure that there is a balance between brain candy and sustenance.
I am going to post a couple of "tops of the decade" and "tops of 2009" lists soon, because there really aren't enough of those going around right now. I'm going to need a little more time to put those together though, mainly because I'm kinda lazy and tend to second guess myself when I make "tops" lists.
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