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[windtossed]

Why, hello, neglected LiveJournal. I missed you. What, you're mad at me? Well, maybe if you stopped being lame and three-iconish, I'd update you more often. No, please, do not ask me where I was, LiveJournal, the events are still too close for me to discuss. :D

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[mi_nion]

and has anyone heard anything about My Own Private Idaho? Is it any good?
The movie? Yes I've seen it and like it. Only now when I watch it it makes me sad because you can see the potential that River Phoenix had to be something big and he threw it all away.

[windtossed]

Oh, okay. I saw the DVD set in a store, and was tempted to buy it, because I knew I wouldn't be able to find it in many places, but it was forty dollars. So is it worth it, do you think? It had a small book or something as well, and a second disc with a bunch of special features.

[mi_nion]

Doesn't sound like a bad price. I think the movie was recently released on DVD. I would check ebay to see what type prices people there are asking for. It's a great movie if you're a River/Keanu fan.

[itsjustkristen]

I am reading Me Talk Pretty One Day right now too - he is so funny! I just finished Dan Savage's The Kid. Are you familiar w/ Dan? He is hysterical! He actually has a newsletter here on LJ savagelove. You should check him out.

[windtossed]

I've heard of his column, but I haven't read any of his books. I'll check out The Kid; thanks so much!

[smartwomn1]

I listened to "Dress Your Family in Corderoy" (which is OBVIOUSLY spelled wrong) on CD. It was hilarious. And sad.

[windtossed]

Ooh, okay. I was planning on getting Naked and Dress Your Family..., so am definitely looking reading them both now.

[lucie_inthesky]

OMG HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN windtossed!!!!!!!!! All growed up...

Anyhoo, DAVID SEDARIS RULES ME OMG. And you should either read Naked or Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. Definitely. And as I've not read all of Dress, I'm going to have to run with Naked. But you def. need to read them all. Did you get that reading he did on NPR of his "Santaland Diaries"? OMG if you think his words are funny, you should hear him READ his words. Hilarious. He has the wee-est, gay-est little voice. It's fab. If you need it, I think I might be able to hook you up :->

It's no longer your birthday... how sad... but I hope you had a grand day full of confetti bombs and QAF.

[windtossed]

omg I have only heard of him from people on LJ who said he was hilarious, and then only got Me Talk Pretty because I told my friend to read the first page and tell me if it was good. It was, and I'm so glad I bought it. But anyway, the point is that I haven't listened to his stuff on NPR. A hook-up would be very cool.

And thank you, I had oodles of fun. :D

[lucie_inthesky]

*whistles along*

[windtossed]

omg he sounds so cute. :D

[parallactic]

Happy Birthday! Hope you got what you wanted.

Im also convinced the secret to QaF is a massive suspension of disbelief, and binge watching the eps so you don't get enough time to question the plot. Of course, it also highlights sudden character shifts, so...

What kind of stuff do you like to read? Mainstream lit, genre (sf/f, mystery, westerns, romance, etc), angst, or comedy?

[windtossed]

Thanks! And yeah, the QaF thing. Oh, I love QaF so much. :D

Um. Huh. I'm trying to read a bunch of the classics this summer. I like some fantasy, but only if it's very well-done. And comedic personal narrative books seem to be what I'm going to be getting a lot of on my next trip to a bookstore, so if you have any suggestions there, that'd be great.

[parallactic]

A funny classic is Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, although it does have some darkish humor. Dave Barry is also funny, but I'm not sure if it's your brand of funny. If you're familiar with classics, are a bibliophile, and found Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to be funny, you might want to try Jasper Fforde. The first book in his series is The Eyre Affair.