Bossypants

Just finished Bossypants from Tina Fey. Omg! One of the best comediennes out there. :-)

I'm reading this really good book called Breakfast at Sally's by Richard LeMieux. It's his memoir from when he was homeless in Bremerton, WA (medium sized city across the Sound from Seattle). He was upper middle class and lost it all, then his friends, children, and wife abandoned him and he ended up on the streets with his dog Willow. It's pretty depressing when he describes his first time begging, at the Whole Foods he shopped at for 20 years.

So just remember, if you ever lose your home, you can always stay with me! Even if there's no room and no money, at least you can have a roof and place to come home to at night. I can't believe this guy's three children all let him live in his van, he's 60 years old!

recently started "count of monte cristo"

It's a great tale, but I've been reading it as nighttime literature and some days its just 5 pages, but then others, i end up reading a hundred pages on a tuesday night at 11pm. When I finally go to bed at 1am, it's with heartache and i put down the book wanting to read more.

I'm on page 980-something right now.

m. danglars - i want to kill you. actually since reading crime & punishment, I haven't felt such anger or emotion for any character in a roman-novel.

here's to a better summary next weekend.

recently read books!

Hey ... does anyone still check this?

I noticed that Cassie posted her blog on here and thought it was kind of funny :) I don't know why though.

So I've recently read some really good books, but I think all of you have read them already. None of my friends here have read them so I have no one to discuss them with.

I have read:

Love in the Time of Cholera
The Alchemist
Passionate Minds

I've thoroughly enjoyed all three of these books!! The first two were absolutely amazing I felt, and really made me think about life from a wider perspective. The last one, Passionate Minds, I'm not sure if you've read or not yet. But it's a biography of Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet, and everything they went through during their love affair. It was really good! I highly suggest it. Anyways, if any of you have read these books and feel like having a retrospective discussion on them, let me know because I'd be all for it!

Yep still here

Quote of the day? "Bingo, Seaturtle in Boots"
It's funnier in sign language.

Yep, still alive. Still struggling with balancing my life. But doing okay overall. Soooo busy! I'm hoping to get going on an online lit course as well as my other summer courses. I have August off, so it'll be online course and big Wedding prep! I'm really excited about next year.

Oh yeah, seeing everyone in the past three months has been awesome! I love ya'll.
Okay, I should get back to class. Anywho...
I might be a research assistant, and I might quit my job in January. We'll see what happens.

Okay, I feel better, I communicated my continued existence to my friends.
Call me...I miss ya'll...

help...?

hi, all. my brain feels like it is rotting. but i do not know what to read. has anyone stumbled upon any gems?

hope all is well in your neck of the woods!

omg....

I didn't know that this thing was still alive!! Well it might be dead now, now that I stepped in. Am I too late to respond to that 72hr deal??

Ok I've read The Historian: pretty good book it was a while back so if my memory serves me right, it was about Dracula... That's pretty much all I remember. But I definitely recommend anyway since it was defnitely a page-turner. It's something you would read if you have a lot of time on your hands. (are you guys reading this now??)

If you watched Sayuri already, you should have read the book first Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.

Anyway I don't have anything worth saying about these books but I will recommend some since that's exactly what you guys need right now...

Heartbreaking Works of a Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
It's a semi-autobiography. The story starts of when his mother dies slowly of liver cancer, when it had only been a few months before that his father died, leaving him and his sibilings orphans (they're all over eighteen except the youngest). But he ends up being the one to take care of the youngest of them, Topher. It sounds heavy, but its really not. Its pretty hilarious at times, and it pretty much speaks specifically to our generation.


Middlesex - by Jeffery Eugenides
As the title gives it away, its about a hermaphrodite... person who begins his (because that's what he lives as later in life) story with his grandparents', who also happen to be his great-uncle and great-aunt I believe, near death escape from Greece. Its a crazy story, but its fun to read because it's told like an autobio.


The Tipping Point - by I forgot who....
This is an interesting perspective book that's actually might be good for an actual discussion. Hey! imagine that. It basically this guy telling the world his belief that there are four types of people in this world that basically make it turn. Also other stuff that he really doesn't support to well, except with facts that seem legite, but then again I'm sure there are a hundred more pieces of evidence to suggest otherwise. (Jess and Ellie this is a perfect length for the 12hr. plane ride to Japan)


sorry last book, also my favorite...

The Google Story - By David Wise
This is a pretty awesome story. Its a look into the world of Google and the two bosses, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, that started it, figuratively, in their basement. If you feel like you've been reading too much fiction, and you want a fresh book that'll get you out of la-la-land then look no further this is the book. It also revealed some secrets to the Google search engine that I didn't know about (well maybe they really weren't that hidden). Also it made me a Google fan, so if you don't want to be... like if you're dad works for Microsoft or something like that then steer clear. I just love Google cuz gmail allows me to chat at work under the radar.

oh yea and 100 Years of Solitude is virtually unreadable to me. You either love it or hate it. I don't get it are they in a village in the past or in the present? and Gypsies??? Come ON!

fin.