plaid

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:49:26 GMT

Read all of Stick Figure today. SUCH a good thing I didn't read that when I was an impressionable preteen. I don't think it would have made me less hungry, though. I was one hungry child and I remember always thinking about what I was eating and knowing I was a glutton, but that didn't stop me. I was ravenous. My brain finally took over my eyes, for the most part.

Also read The Widow's Broom once more before I return it, such a sweet sweet short short kid's book omg! I think I cried a little!

Attempted The Orphan's Tales: Into the Night Garden, but a combination of no time and trying to read it before bed and the fact that I wasn't really into it within the first 20 pages, it didn't happen. Maybe later, probably not.

Will TRY to finish Contact before it's due but that will be a major accomplishment. Also checked out Etta, but I have a feeling that will be a skimmer, if at all.

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:11:55 GMT

I'm not sure what's up next for a reading frenzy but O. M. G. I'm finally finally watching episodes of True Blood and loving this show. I'm pretty sure I would be completely annoyed with the books but the show itself is hilarious. I'm thinking Mystic River might be the next book, since people who reviewed Shutter Island seem to really hate Shutter Island but love Mystic River. Fine.

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:27:50 GMT

Finished Shutter Island. I was not expecting it to be the mindfuck it ended up being, and that's the exact reason I wanted to see the movie first. It's easier to back through two hours of a movie to examine the mindfuck than it is to go back through 300 pages of a book. Still. Maybe I will have forgotten the major plot points by February. And I'm sure half of them won't even be in the movie, and that will be distracting as all fuck, and that's another reason it should have movie first. Oh well. I did like the book, it was a page-turner even though it didn't seem to pick up a lot of steam until the very end. First half of the book I was thinking, if this wasn't getting turned into a movie I reeeeally wanted to see, I probably would have quit reading. Mystery bloody gunny governmenty novels are not my bag baby.

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:25:09 GMT

Super fast quick read: The Girl With The Silver Eyes, which I thought about recapping but then remembered I have no talent at writing down coherent thoughts much less recapping them. This was one of my favorite books as a kid, and before I found it again, what I remembered is that nothing much happened, and there were a lot of descriptions of food, and she sat around and read a lot. Basically my three favorite things as a child, and weirdly enough as an adult. The majority of the story I did not remember, besides for the slumber party with the Twinkies and hot dogs. MAN I loved that part. Besides for the lack of action, the food, and the reading, I'm not sure why I loved this book so much. THe main point is that the girl has telekinesis, which did not interest me in the slightest. What I liked reading about was the Twinkies and hot dogs. It's hard to believe I was not a porker.

Next up, even though I'm still in the middle of HP7 (and not digging it quite so much as I did the first time, because GINNY MUST DIE) is Shutter Island, since they fucked with my schedule and it's coming out next February instead of next month. I'm very particularly about books turned into movies, as far as what movies I want to see before I read the book, or the ones where I want to definitely read the book before I see the movie. Shutter Island was supposed to be movie first, book second, but I reeeally don't want to wait another six months to read it. So screw it.

forget days

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:27:38 GMT

I am so behind. I'm about 60 pages into Ray Bradbury's short stories and loving every single one of them. I've got a book on order from the library that I want to recap for no apparent reason, and add 20 hours of TV that must be watched on top of that. I'll sleep when I'm dead.

Day #9

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:12:17 GMT

I am effed in the A as far as my reading. It's 8:15 and that is all I plan on doing for the rest of the night. Ta.

ETA: Just finished The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury. Amazing. Love his writing sooo much. Going to read one of his short stories every day.

Day #7

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:25:27 GMT

Haven't read my chap yet but will before the night is up. No cardio, no stretching, no apple, how surprising. I think I might just chunk that goal because it's just not happening. On page 33 of HP7.

Day #6

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:24:14 GMT

On page 22 of HP7, I think that's already into chapter 2, so at least I've done my chap for the day.

Cardio today! No apple or stretching! Suckage!

Day #5

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:58:56 GMT

Finished Two Hearts, was not particularly impressed and don't really understand the point of it. It seemed hasty. And there was hardly a metaphor to be seen.

Starting HP7.

Day #4

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:17:09 GMT

Nothing today. Too much else to do. Sucks, I know.

Day #3

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:48:42 GMT

Finished The Last Unicorn, so I consider that my chapter for the day, and yesterday. Got all weepy at the same parts I get all weepy at in the movie. Reading the Two Hearts sequel, which I hadn't heard of and didn't even realize was included in this book. Maybe I'll finish that tonight.

No cardio, as my back is still pinchy and I've got a lump in my throat that I think is reflux? IDK, I have never had reflux in my life but this is what google is telling me.

Next book! My first Deathly Hallows re-read since I bought the paperback cheap this afternoon. This one was probably my 3rd favorite book, after OoTP and GoF. I doubt it'll take me 36 days to plow through it.

Day #2

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:06:59 GMT

Shit, I don't know when I'm going to read a chapter because I have to finish watching I Love You Man, but only after NYC Prep is over because this show is ridiculous and nasty and I cannot NOT watch the finale. No cardio either because my back is being a bitch. Apple - yes. Stretching - no.

25%. Ugh.

ETA: Finished I Love You Man. Did not love I Love You Man. Which makes me sad, because I really want to love Paul Rudd. He seems like an amazing terrific fantastic guy. He is adorable but he is not hilarious. Neither was the movie, except for the billboards, THEY were hilarious.

Back to reading, I WILL finish a chapter tonight so I'm at 50% for today. Suckage.

Day #1

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:09:43 GMT

This is as good a place as any to start my new project/goals. I thought about starting ANOTHER new journal, but I've got what seems like 20 or 30 or 40 that I never used, or used once and abandoned. So, this is my latest effort and we'll see if it lasts longer than two days.

NEW GOALS!

A chapter a day of one book, any book. Instead of wasting time playing (sorry if this is lame) Bejeweled, Bejeweled 2, or any of those other knock-off games that I am ridiculously addicted to, I'm going to start reading (at least) a chapter a day, on days when it's actually feasible that I could finish a chapter, not days when I'm getting home at 10 o'clock at night. I'm going to try to be dedicated but I'm not going to lose sleep, either. I read daily as it is, but usually when I'm exhausted and already in bed and my eyes are closed before I've read five pages. So this will be a concerted effort! Hopefully! Because, honestly, I am a slow reader, I like to really ~absorb what I'm reading, and my mind wanders a lot of the time, and then I have to re-read paragraphs. ADD problem? I have no idea. Even if I'm completely interested in what I'm reading, my mind will go other places and I'll have read an entire page and have no clue what I've just read.

For some sad reason I think a chapter a day might be pushing my limits, which sounds awful and pathetic and something I would roll my eyes at if anyone else said it. So, we'll see. I'm only thinking that because I'm planning on re-reading those books I was supposed to read in high school, which I don't really remember and don't think I ever finished, even though I was always in honors English classes. First up (after I finish what I'm reading now) is Great Expectations but damn, that book was hard. They were all difficult to my teenager-y self. And will they still be difficult? I don't know and I'm scared to find out, because I reeeeallly don't want them to be.

First up. Don't laugh. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. I adored the movie from the time I was at least 7. I got the book out of the library as a teenager and could not finish it (which is a very regular trend with me). It was not my cup of tea back then. I've already started the book and I'm on page 146, so my first goal is to finish the chapter I'm on by tonight.

My thoughts so far? Waaaay too many metaphors. They are everywhere, but they're generally beautiful and flowy and lovely, so it's okay. I can only picture the movie in my mind when I'm reading this, and it is an amazingly close adaptation. What I really loved was the intro of Schmedrick and his description. It was intimate and alive and real. I'm not sure why, I'd have to go back and re-read, but I loved it.

More to come. Finishing up at least chapter 11 tonight., which is ~~10 whole pages~~~. My favorite quote from this chapter so far - "A dream that returns so often is like to be a messenger, come to warn you of the future or to remind you of things ultimately forgotten." Love that.

OTHER MINOR GOALS!

Daily, besides my one chapter, I'd like to eat at least one apple, stretch for 10 minutes, and do cardio for 30 minutes. Cardio for 30 minutes is less than I usually do when I actually exercise, but daily for 30 minutes is better than one hour two or three times a week. At least I think it is.

ETA: Still working on chapter 11 but I have to say that some of his sentences are EPIC. A lot of these epic sentences are in the movie. Lady Amalthea and her unicorn dreams, love love love, simply epic.

ETA2: DONE with chapter 11. Moving on to chapter 12 later on. Epic, I tell you, EPIC.

ETA3: Chapter 12 done. I love all the book characters so much more than the movie characters.

Apple: 1
Chapter: 1-1/2
Cardio: 30 minutes
Stretching: 10 minutes

is majorly pleased

Mon, 11 May 2009 23:30:01 GMT

Finally I can stop lurking on other people's friends lists to get my wank fix! Thank you, thank you very much.