7 nov 2002
I've read three books in the last three days. I have so many characters floating around in my head. I'm dizzy.
Monday I read After Dachau, by 'ol trusty, Daniel Quinn. I shouldn't say that too loud, though, becasue that'd be the end of him.
I should explain about that. This one time, I'm like, damn, I like Douglas Adams lots & lots. So the next week he died.
A year later I was like, damn! Barbara Grizzuti Harrison is awesome! The next week she died.
Last week, I'm like, hmmmmmm, I wonder what's up with Micheal Dorris? (author of Morning Girl) So I look him up on the net. Guess what? he's dead! The headlines are all "Academic shocks literary world with suicide Tuesday"
So what if it happened in 1997? Now that I mention it, Morning Girl was my favorite book in1997, way more than it is now.
So I'm an author-killer. Just as long as no freak accidents take out those other guys next may.... (may is the magic death month)
Anyway.
So on Tuesday I read Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry. (notice I didn't say she's awesome, therefore she will live to finish the third book in the triology) Gathering Blue is the sequel to the crazy good The Giver, which came out in 1994 or sometime, long ago, when I actually read kid's books. Gathering Blue was way good. The ending.... made little sense though. The hole Kira dug for herself was just too big... I'm not quite sure how ms. Lowry expects to fill it in one more book. That's probably why I'm not an author.
Yesterday I read Balzac & The Little Chinese Seamstress, by some Chinese guy... I forget. It was good, really easy, an interesting story. I usually don't read novels, which is why I haven't read any actual Balzac, but that's way high on my list of priorities. To read some Balzac. They guy just seems cool, okay? But now I've at least some paraphrased Balzac....
I thought I'd try to keep this trend going, but now I'm reading Dream of a Thousand Lives, by Karen Connelly, & while I could finish it today if that's all I did, I'm gonna rock out with Sam & Rachel instead. Hopefully outside. Because it is very nice out.
Speaking of priorities.... Monday whilst I was at Borders, I saw my (witness) friend Autumn, & we talked & such. It's very interesting, my old gang o' friends there has completely disintegrated. Autumn's about the last one left. Anyway, she said her three top priorities are:
1. God.
2. Family.
3. Travel.
laughing, saying how sad! That travel should be so high!
I see nothing wrong with that. But try as I might, I cannot come up with a similar list of priorities. I don't believe in God, so obviously that's not #1. My family... I guess they're high up there. But even so...
and travel. Oh, don't I wish.
So I thought, maybe my priorities are the things I spend actual time doing. So here's my priorities:
1. Sleep.
2. Cuddle cats.
3. School.
4. Friends.
5. Complain about family.
6. Spend time with family
7. reading & collaging (this may actually be higher... some revision in the works.)
Or are priorities the things I'd try to do? Hm. I'm murky here. Anyone have a response? ¶ 12:54
Monday I read After Dachau, by 'ol trusty, Daniel Quinn. I shouldn't say that too loud, though, becasue that'd be the end of him.
I should explain about that. This one time, I'm like, damn, I like Douglas Adams lots & lots. So the next week he died.
A year later I was like, damn! Barbara Grizzuti Harrison is awesome! The next week she died.
Last week, I'm like, hmmmmmm, I wonder what's up with Micheal Dorris? (author of Morning Girl) So I look him up on the net. Guess what? he's dead! The headlines are all "Academic shocks literary world with suicide Tuesday"
So what if it happened in 1997? Now that I mention it, Morning Girl was my favorite book in1997, way more than it is now.
So I'm an author-killer. Just as long as no freak accidents take out those other guys next may.... (may is the magic death month)
Anyway.
So on Tuesday I read Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry. (notice I didn't say she's awesome, therefore she will live to finish the third book in the triology) Gathering Blue is the sequel to the crazy good The Giver, which came out in 1994 or sometime, long ago, when I actually read kid's books. Gathering Blue was way good. The ending.... made little sense though. The hole Kira dug for herself was just too big... I'm not quite sure how ms. Lowry expects to fill it in one more book. That's probably why I'm not an author.
Yesterday I read Balzac & The Little Chinese Seamstress, by some Chinese guy... I forget. It was good, really easy, an interesting story. I usually don't read novels, which is why I haven't read any actual Balzac, but that's way high on my list of priorities. To read some Balzac. They guy just seems cool, okay? But now I've at least some paraphrased Balzac....
I thought I'd try to keep this trend going, but now I'm reading Dream of a Thousand Lives, by Karen Connelly, & while I could finish it today if that's all I did, I'm gonna rock out with Sam & Rachel instead. Hopefully outside. Because it is very nice out.
Speaking of priorities.... Monday whilst I was at Borders, I saw my (witness) friend Autumn, & we talked & such. It's very interesting, my old gang o' friends there has completely disintegrated. Autumn's about the last one left. Anyway, she said her three top priorities are:
1. God.
2. Family.
3. Travel.
laughing, saying how sad! That travel should be so high!
I see nothing wrong with that. But try as I might, I cannot come up with a similar list of priorities. I don't believe in God, so obviously that's not #1. My family... I guess they're high up there. But even so...
and travel. Oh, don't I wish.
So I thought, maybe my priorities are the things I spend actual time doing. So here's my priorities:
1. Sleep.
2. Cuddle cats.
3. School.
4. Friends.
5. Complain about family.
6. Spend time with family
7. reading & collaging (this may actually be higher... some revision in the works.)
Or are priorities the things I'd try to do? Hm. I'm murky here. Anyone have a response? ¶ 12:54
