This is a list of the books I've read this year: 41, not quite 50, oh well.

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yesterday ( Read more... )

today -

I started reading Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City . It's quite engrossing. I love the use of the second person. I like the portrayal of New York in the eighties. While I don't think he's quite the level of Bret Easton Ellis, he's just one notch below.

yesterday -

I finished reading Frank Herbert's Dune . It was a good book. ( Read more... )

today -

I watched the documentary Dope Sick Love about addicts in love who eke out an existence running scams on the streets of NYC. It was very fascinating. Works a lot better than any government commercial did warning against hard drugs.

well, it's christmas. i ended up with a bunch of gifts:

The X-Files - Seasons 2-6....I totally didn't ( Read more... )

yesterday -

I caught the Simpsons Movie . All I have to say is, ehh. Not nearly as sharp as the show. The part where Lisa is canvassing and people slammed the door in her face was funny. There were funny parts, but the movie was just ehh. Especially the 2nd half of it. Best line in the movie: "A life spent collecting comic books, life well spent ( Read more... )

today -

I finished watching season 1 of ALF . Andrea Elson looks like my friend Annalisa. It was a pretty decent sitcom. Nothing groundbreaking but good for what it was ( Read more... )

yesterday -

I started playing Final Fantasy X-2. It's interesting in that the world is exactly the same as FFX. I also like the character Paine. She doesn't say much, and she's very sharp.

I finished reading Camus' The Plague . It's a great book.

dec 10 -

I beat Ikari Warriors for the NES. That game sucked. It's just a mindless war game ( Read more... )

today -

well, I finally beat Xenogears, oh some 8 years after I bought that game. Interesting, the end screen said it was Episode V. I guess there must be one more Xenosaga coming up then. Anyway, the game was OK. It really connected up some things from Xenosaga ( Read more... )

Santana - Abraxas - 6/10 - Some nice atmospheric pieces, decent rock songs, the Spanish songs are weak. Not bad, but nothing too great either. My favorite songs were Mother's Daughter and Hope You're Feeling Better.

Culture Club - Colour By Numbers - 1/10 - Terrible, simply awful. The only good song is the single Karma Chameleon. Absolutely ( Read more... )

dec 1 -

I went shopping for my holiday gifts from my mother to me, because I figured it would be easier than her trying to track everything down for me.

I picked up:

CDs:

Delta 5- Singles and Sessions, 1979-1981
Crass - Feeding of the 5000
Bush Tetras - Very Very Happy

DVD:

Where the Buffalo RoamI hunted throughout the Village for my stuff ( Read more... )