that's right, i'm back again. this time with another "top __ list" to amuse and/or inform you.
when i was younger, to punish me, my parents would take all of my books away from me, prohibiting me from reading. that's right, i'm one of those kids. i love to read. however, i haven't had a lot of time to read as of late, mostly due to college being a pain in the rear and sucking up all of my valuable eyes to paper time.
but lucky for you, i've read plenty before, so i'm honored to bring you
my 'four books you need to read before you die' list.
enjoy.
4. the girl who loved tom gordon [stephen king, 1999]
i'm not a huge fan of scary things. movies, pictures, thoughts, etc., i'd rather just not deal with it. however, a friend of mine from high school suggested that i read this one, and i'm glad he did. it's not as scary as other things, but still chilling enough for me to want to read with the lights on.
3. the catcher in the rye [j.d. salinger, 1951]
this book is one of the better required readings i've had to live through during my high school career. either it's salinger's writing style or holden caulfield's unbridled angst that makes it oddly irresistable. at any rate, it's worth reading at least once, especially when you feel like everyone around you is a phony. (haha)
2. the count of monte cristo [alexandre dumas (pere), 1844]
i'll admit right now that i think classical literature is overrated. however, the count of monte cristo is the one exception to that belief of mine. i'm fully convinced that this book, if anything, is highly underrated. complete with components of revenge, love, mystery, high society, and adventure, it really is a book that everyone can like, in some aspect. also, for the love of all that is good and holy DO NOT watch the movie and assume you know what the book is all about. the movie was awful.
1. invisible monsters [chuck palahniuk, 1999]
i'm a huge fan of mr. palaniuk's work, and i could honestly say that any one of his works is well worth reading, however, i'm particularily fond of this novel because it was the first palahniuk novel i had ever read, and it also inspired me to pursue my desire to become a writer. to describe this book is to give it all away, so all i can tell you is read it. i promise you won't be disappointed.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
soundtrack
1. jesus christ [brand new]
2. and i told them i invented times new roman [dance gavin dance]
3. sing [dresden dolls]
4. homesick at space camp [fall out boy]
5. fully alive [flyleaf]
6. note to self [from first to last]
7. lullaby [the spill canvas]
8. lives [modest mouse]
9. we are one [the matches]
10. northern downpour [panic at the disco]*
1 - There's a story behind every one of these songs. Every song, in some way, relates to an event or period of time in my life. I'll be honest, and admit that not all of the events and emotions attached to these songs are happy. In fact, there are at least two songs that remind me of very difficult times in my life, but those events, no matter how difficult, helped make me who i am today.
2 - I believe this mix makes me out to look like someone who doesn't listen to a ton of mainstream music, someone who most would probably label 'alternative'. I've been accused (haha) of being a part of the 'emo' and 'scene' subcultures, and my musical choices tend to support those accusations, even though I'm not too fond of being dumped into any stereotype.
3 - From this mix, I think people could only really learn what my tastes in music are. There isn't much you can learn by looking at ten songs that have no apparent meaning to any other person except myself. What they aren't going to learn about me is my personality, my likes and dislikes, basically everything about me, minus muscial tastes, of course.
4 - I think that my mix is broad enough that it shows that my tastes aren't confined to one style, and also that the varying topics of the songs show that I don't have a one-track mind, that there are, in fact, other things going through my head other than x or y emotion.
5 - I was fairly accurate when it came to my predictions. I, evidentially, was a year or two off, but I was on the right track. You can guess a lot about people from things like this, but not know. I had guessed that they didn't spend a lot of time finding new music to listen to, and that they were super involved or just really busy. However, I was wrong about how they were involved, saying that they might be in sports or clubs, while she was actually just busy with schoolwork and life in general.
*enjoy.
2. and i told them i invented times new roman [dance gavin dance]
3. sing [dresden dolls]
4. homesick at space camp [fall out boy]
5. fully alive [flyleaf]
6. note to self [from first to last]
7. lullaby [the spill canvas]
8. lives [modest mouse]
9. we are one [the matches]
10. northern downpour [panic at the disco]*
1 - There's a story behind every one of these songs. Every song, in some way, relates to an event or period of time in my life. I'll be honest, and admit that not all of the events and emotions attached to these songs are happy. In fact, there are at least two songs that remind me of very difficult times in my life, but those events, no matter how difficult, helped make me who i am today.
2 - I believe this mix makes me out to look like someone who doesn't listen to a ton of mainstream music, someone who most would probably label 'alternative'. I've been accused (haha) of being a part of the 'emo' and 'scene' subcultures, and my musical choices tend to support those accusations, even though I'm not too fond of being dumped into any stereotype.
3 - From this mix, I think people could only really learn what my tastes in music are. There isn't much you can learn by looking at ten songs that have no apparent meaning to any other person except myself. What they aren't going to learn about me is my personality, my likes and dislikes, basically everything about me, minus muscial tastes, of course.
4 - I think that my mix is broad enough that it shows that my tastes aren't confined to one style, and also that the varying topics of the songs show that I don't have a one-track mind, that there are, in fact, other things going through my head other than x or y emotion.
5 - I was fairly accurate when it came to my predictions. I, evidentially, was a year or two off, but I was on the right track. You can guess a lot about people from things like this, but not know. I had guessed that they didn't spend a lot of time finding new music to listen to, and that they were super involved or just really busy. However, I was wrong about how they were involved, saying that they might be in sports or clubs, while she was actually just busy with schoolwork and life in general.
*enjoy.
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