music (most can be found at the library): jude, clem snide, mazzy star (meeeelllloooowww), fiona apple, vonda shepard, rusted root, bobby mcferrin, fisher, something corporate, guster
books: "the red tent" (suspend your Biblical knowledge and dive right in, it's fun), "things fall apart" by chinua achebe, "the handmaid's tale" by margaret atwood, "the stranger" by albert camus, "cat's cradle" by kurt vonnegut, jr., "moving beyond words" by gloria steinem
Michael Buble -- "It's Time". He's a 20something crooner with a modern edge that kicks bootie.
Anonymous 4 -- "American Angels: Songs of Hope, Redemption, and Glory." Anonymous 4 is a woman's quartet that usually sings 13th-14th century masses. Their voices are amazing. On this CD, they sing American hymns in the shape-note style. I bust out that CD all the time. Annie and Keturah made copies of it, I think...
Ollabelle -- "Ollabelle". It's an amazing mix of jazz, blues, and southern gospel. They have a version of "Elijah Rock" that would knock your socks off.
You can go to amazon.com and download little "vignettes" from these CDs. I think you would like them.
I'm reading "wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west." It's okay...
"Wicked" is one of my favorite books. It gets better the further you read.
The stories in "Best American Short Stories" vol. 2002, 2003, and 2004 are pretty good, most of them long enough to take up a chunk of time, but short enough that you won't mind interruptions. And there are enough stories in each one to last you a long time.
Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" is a deeply satisfying book, if you can accept his brand of fairy tale logic.
Their Eyes Were Watching God...if you didn't read it in high school, I think it's great
The Mezzanine...short, trippy, spaztic fun
and a piece of very understandable but though provoking non-fiction...The Trouble With Principle...kind of political, but I think it's a kind of human relations politics that you could appreciate
And you could borrow any one of them from me...if you want to
All five books will probably take about a week, but the stories are diverting. It will give you a good idea of the evolution of an amateur writer with a good imagination and a GREAT publicist (who deserves at least half the proceeds). Of course, the Southern Baptists provided a good amount of (boycott) publicity as well, maybe they deserve a kickback. That's another thing, you get the vague buzz of walking around with an 'evil children's book', (Take a walk on the 'wild side.' you know you like it) Just remember - "Fiction is Folly to me."
Besides, terms like 'Voldemort' are now so common they're showing up in LA Times stories that have nothing to do with children or literature.
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books: "the red tent" (suspend your Biblical knowledge and dive right in, it's fun), "things fall apart" by chinua achebe, "the handmaid's tale" by margaret atwood, "the stranger" by albert camus, "cat's cradle" by kurt vonnegut, jr., "moving beyond words" by gloria steinem
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Anonymous 4 -- "American Angels: Songs of Hope, Redemption, and Glory." Anonymous 4 is a woman's quartet that usually sings 13th-14th century masses. Their voices are amazing. On this CD, they sing American hymns in the shape-note style. I bust out that CD all the time. Annie and Keturah made copies of it, I think...
Ollabelle -- "Ollabelle". It's an amazing mix of jazz, blues, and southern gospel. They have a version of "Elijah Rock" that would knock your socks off.
You can go to amazon.com and download little "vignettes" from these CDs. I think you would like them.
I'm reading "wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west." It's okay...
Oh, and hi! ;)
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The stories in "Best American Short Stories" vol. 2002, 2003, and 2004 are pretty good, most of them long enough to take up a chunk of time, but short enough that you won't mind interruptions. And there are enough stories in each one to last you a long time.
Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" is a deeply satisfying book, if you can accept his brand of fairy tale logic.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God...if you didn't read it in high school, I think it's great
The Mezzanine...short, trippy, spaztic fun
and a piece of very understandable but though provoking non-fiction...The Trouble With Principle...kind of political, but I think it's a kind of human relations politics that you could appreciate
And you could borrow any one of them from me...if you want to
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Read Harry Potter.
All five books will probably take about a week, but the stories are diverting.
It will give you a good idea of the evolution of an amateur writer with a good imagination and a GREAT publicist (who deserves at least half the proceeds).
Of course, the Southern Baptists provided a good amount of (boycott) publicity as well, maybe they deserve a kickback.
That's another thing, you get the vague buzz of walking around with an 'evil children's book', (Take a walk on the 'wild side.' you know you like it)
Just remember - "Fiction is Folly to me."
Besides, terms like 'Voldemort' are now so common they're showing up in LA Times stories that have nothing to do with children or literature.
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