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Now I am reading the 'Tale of two cities" and "the red pony'. I took "Angela's Ashes" from the library, but I can't make myself to read it. If I don't like a book from the first look, I wouldn't be able to read it. So, I am going to give it back to the library.
I just finished If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!--that was very good. Now I'm reading Floor Sample--a memoir by Julia Cameron, the lady who wrote the Artist's Way series.
Randomanthony wrote: "Ok, I'm struggling with The Savage Detectives...on page, oh, 150 or so. I'm not sure I give a flying f--k what Mexican poets think of Octavio Paz or each other, and beyond a couple funny parts and..."Anthony, David warned me that he hated it. I'm still plugging away, though. I just don't care about any of the characters yet. Is this going to have a plot? Or is it just going to be this kid hanging around with these poets all the time?
Some plot, but oddly delivered. I think this may be a love it or hate it book. Rebel that I am, I was just indifferent.
i am just into Gates Of Fire by Steven Pressfield. yes it is novel about something that may or may not have even happened anyway but i am enjoying it. i read a couple non-fiction books and then follow with an easier fiction read to "cleanse the palate" so to speak. this is about the battle of Thermopylae which the movie 300 was loosely based on. so far, enjoyable
Sarah and, uh, Sarah...I'm with you both on this. There are passages I genuinely like...but...yes, if there is a plot, I can't see it yet. I guess the first book was kind of a coming of age thing...but now in book 2 I can't keep anyone straight...maybe I'm just in a bitchy mood. I'll give it a couple more days.
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Say what you will, I like Eminem.
I like Eminem too. Usually. I don't know how you read so many books at one time, Sally. I used to do that, I guess, but I'm usually book-monogamous now.
I just finished Candyfreak and I'm well into Bourdain's A Cook's Tour. I'm on a bit of a non-fiction kick now.
By the way, when I requested A Cook's Tour from the library I didn't realize I was requesting the "large print" edition. Reading large print books feels a bit weird. I hold the print way far away from my face.
i think Eminem is one of the most clever rappers out there. Lose Yourself is almost hypnotic to me.what am i reading? last night i finished When March Went Mad by Seth Davis. it was about the NCAA final game (and season leading up to it) in 1979 when Magic and Bird met. a very good sports book.
then i began reading another Steven Pressfield book called Tides Of War even though i recently finished my third Pressfield book called Last Of The Amazons that i had a tough time with. so far he is 2 out of 3 with me so i am giving him another chance. this one is about the Peloponnesian War during the Hellenic Age. historical fiction.
I actually like "Lose Yourself", but I was shocked, SHOCKED! that it won the Oscar for best song that year. Is Eminem still recording? I haven't seen him around much the last few years.I'm reading Nina Kiriki Hoffman's Common Threads. I really love her magical realism. One of her other books A Fistful Of Sky is one of my personal favorites, although I think it's a book for women.
Common Threads is set in the northwest, which makes it fun for me.
His new video is great....it's got Star Trek in it, Jacks!
Randomanthony wrote: "His new video is great....it's got Star Trek in it, Jacks!"Oooh!
:::runs to YouTube to look:::
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I love him as Spock. But who is Dre? Captain Kirk?
I guess he's Kirk, since Eminem is Spock. They do the Pon Farr scene, which is Classic Trek, although they're wearing the uniforms from Next Generation. and "Dre" looks more like Captain Sisko than Kirk or Picard. It's all a mish-mash, really.
Love the Jail House Rock Elvis part!
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Sally wrote: "Can someone tell me who the big-bootied green dress lady is supposed to be? I'm guessing Rhianna but I don't know."
I thought they said Kim Kardashian, but I've been wrong before.
I thought they said Kim Kardashian, but I've been wrong before.
And who's the woman singer?
I guess he's Kirk, since Eminem is Spock. They do the Pon Farr scene, which is Classic Trek, although they're wearing the uniforms from Next Generation. and "Dre" looks more like Captain Sisko than Kirk or Picard.It's all a mish-mash, really.
You see, Jackie? These are the posts that remind me you were the Vice-President of your Star Trek, uh, club.
Now, if there were a Buffy scene...
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Yeah, a Buffy scene would have been great! Eminem could have dressed up like Buffy and staked Amy Winehouse as she rose from the dead. Hee!
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But I now know that if your office has a candy bowl, you are an extrovert. And that a pair of stiletto heels in a room with sports posters does NOT indicate that the owner of the room is a woman.