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Better luck next time.
Such wondrous luck getting it like that, Than!
_J_ Back to the spoiler
I guess by enjoy I meant do you really fucking like reading some baller ass shit about dudes doing a thing. Outside of you know. . science fiction.
Just curious because we are quite divergent.
I call shenanigans!!!!
but hey it was still almost a surprise.
I need to read that chapter again.
I'm totally up for reading some baller ass shit. The problem is that, often, that which is maintained to be "baller ass shit" is sometimes just fucking lame. So rather than read something new I'll just read Hitchhiker's Guide or Harry Potter again.
I'm not too keen on trying new things.
edit: god look at me. talking about books. with art for a sig/avatar.
it's all over man. i may as well turn in my street cred and start wearing loafers.
I think the only thing I've gone out of my way to read were Star Wars novels in high school. Other than that your usual nerd fare of Hitchhikers, Dirk Gently, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, Catcher in the Rye, etc.
I've never gone out of my way to find literature to read. If someone hands me something and says "read this" and I don't have anything else to do I will read it. But usually when I think "Man, i need to read something" I go to my pile of philosophy texts and find something in there.
I think I would say that I enjoy literature in the same way that I enjoy wine. If someone gives it to me I'll enjoy it and fixate on it while I have it. But left to my own devices I will probably not obtain anything new.
Jarmusch. one of many things I got recently from Criterion but it's the first I'm watching. Waits as expected, Roberto Benigni.
This girl who I really want to fuck took me to a Goodwill and I discovered that one can get books for $1.
I bought one of Al Franken's books for $1. it was spectacular.
We are so different. It's fantastic!
Arch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k
Were you worried for a moment?
"Dear God, what if _J_ and I have the same taste in literature?"
I have seen it. It's pretty good.
I would recap some of my favorite moments, but they would be spoilers.
Airlines are not self-conscious enough to plan things like that.
A Rose For Emily, Catch-22, or All My Sons
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them is pretty great.
Or just read Catcher in the Rye until you kill yourself.
I wish the library here didn't suck and then get flooded.
Pick up Catch-22. It's engaging and hilarious. Then follow it up with Fate is The Hunter.
Every original Sherlock Holmes story ever. That should keep you busy for a couple days at least.
they just crossed the river and found a house. enjoying the hell out of it.
He used to visit Kansas City a lot in the mid-80s, and hang out in Westport (the hipster area). My mom used to point him out to me when he was walking down the sidewalk sometimes.
Catcher in the Rye is fantastic if your mental development ended at around 18 years old when you come to the realization that you have to live the rest of your life without getting to do what you truly desire to do.
It's also pretty good if you like The Cure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32UXiOfH7UY
I ain't want to say this but the Holmes TV show does all of the books justice. Give that a watch.
I figured they did it specifically for tourist. In a sorta patronizing way. The way I assume the planes in hawaii give people lei's when they get there. ( I really dont know if they do that, i just base that knowledge off of the brady bunch movie).
Arch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k
The same cannot be said for the new moving coming out wherein Iron Man plays Holmes.
It's like a Lowes in the back of a van.
It's beautiful.
I once had a professor tell me, "Holden Caulfield is a fuck. You're not Holden Caulfield."
It is entirely possible that, on this issue, they were mistaken.
I think Catcher in the Rye is worth reading at least once. Or, really, just commit to reading the first chapter. Your reaction to that will indicate what you'll think of the rest of the book.
I love The Cure.
I hate catcher in the rye. There's no substance. The protagonist (if you dare call him that) is lacking in every respect and he's intended to be the driving force of the novel. Salinger went into seclusion for a reason and it's because he's knows god damn well what he did and regrets that it can not be undone.
Your professor was correct.
I love when they're singing in the jail cell and dancing around. Also when they go back for Benigni in the swamp. The ending is also quite good. The whole thing plays out like a much more interesting Stranger Than Paradise.
Plus it got me into Rain Dogs.
Heh, neat.
"Mommy, who is that deadpan white-haired man?"
I'm awesome.