I decided to start my own LJ meme for a change. Here are the first lines from ten books I like. Try to guess what they're from if you like (tho some of them are pretty obvious), and post your own in your journal if you want ( Read more... )

congratulations to Matt and his girlfriend on their two year anniversary this week!

i've decided to start keeping track of all the books i read this year. it makes me feel like i'm actually accomplishing something. i tried to do this with movies one year but i only made it a few weeks before getting bored and giving up.

i've decided i have a total crush on carson mccullers. is it just me or is she the most adorable writer of the twentieth century?


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words fail me ( Read more... )

in honor of the end of the year, my five favorite movies of 2005:

1. Good Night and Good Luck
2. Broken Flowers
3. Capote
4. Serenity
5. Me and You and Everyone We Know

I wish the US postal service wasn't so slow. Some days an empty mailbox just seems like a slap in the face.

since it's the 25th anniversary of john lennon's death, i suppose it's as good a time as ever to ( say something that's been rattling around my head for a few days. )

"telstar" - the tornadoesthere are times when this is my favorite song. it's a rickety little satellite hurtling around the pop solar system of 1962 and i might have more affection for it than any beatles single, just because the beatles have never gone away and "telstar" is still out there somewhere between pluto and planet x (did they ever find ( Read more... )

so, just for the hell of it, and in honor of thanksgiving, i made a list of my favorite US presidents ( Read more... )

I just finished making up my poll for the ILX '60s film poll, so I figured I'd share ( Read more... )