1) Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
2) Eccentric Glamour by Simon Doonan
3) Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
4) Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
5) Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire by Derek Landy
6) Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
7) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
8 ) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
9) The Spartans by Paul Cartledge
10) The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
11) Emma by Jane Austen
12) I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
13) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
14) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
15) Tides of War by Steven Pressfield
16) Where White Men Fear to Tread by Russel Means
17) Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
18 ) A War Like No Other by Victor Davis Hanson
19) Silas Marner by George Eliot
20) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
21) The Godfather by Mario Puzo
22) Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
23) Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
24) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
25) Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
26) David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
27) The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
28 ) The Histories by Herodotus
29) Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
30) Life of Pi by Yann Martel
31) House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
32) The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
33) The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
34) Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
35) Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
36) The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
37) The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
38 ) Animal Farm by George Orwell
39) Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
40) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
41) The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
42) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
43) Justine by the Marquis de Sade
44) Candide by Voltaire
45) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
46) 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
47) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
48 ) Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
49) Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
50) The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
Updated Reading List June 20, 2008
Summer Reading List June 15, 2008
So, I decided that I was going to read 50 books this summer because I can. LOL. I’ve already read 10 and am in the middle of the 11th book which means I have 39 and a half to go. Here’s the kick-ass list:
1) Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
2) Eccentric Glamour by Simon Doonan
3) Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
4) Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
5) Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire by Derek Landy
6) Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
7) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
8 ) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
9) The Spartans by Paul Cartledge
10) The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
11) Emma by Jane Austen
12) I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
13) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
14) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
15) Tides of War by Steven Pressfield
16) Where White Men Fear to Tread by Russel Means
17) Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
18 ) A War Like No Other by Victor Davis Hanson
19) Silas Marner by George Eliot
20) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
21) The Godfather by Mario Puzo
22) Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
23) Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
24) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
25) Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
26) David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
27) The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
28 ) The Histories by Herodotus
29) Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
30) Life of Pi by Yann Martel
31) House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
32) The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
33) The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
34) Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
35) Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
36) The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
37) The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
38 ) Animal Farm by George Orwell
39) Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
40) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
41) The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
42) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
43) Justine by the Marquis de Sade
44) Candide by Voltaire
45) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
46) 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
47) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
48 ) Pnin by Boris Pasternak
49) Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
50) The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
I’m so excited!!!
And I’m such a nerd. 
PMS Anyone? June 8, 2008
So sometimes I disgust myself. And not in that “I just looked in the mirror and found a pimple” way. I mean in the “did I actually just do that?” way. So what, you may ask, did I do this time? I ate an entire bag of Peanut Butter Chex Mix in one sitting. Yes. An entire bag. And while I think PMS is a justifiable reason, that doesn’t mean that I’m not any less disappointed in myself. I’ve recently gotten into this really great place where I like myself and who I am and (with a few minor objections) how I look and now I go and do something like this. I mean, am I trying to gain a hundred pounds????
Anyway, I just thought I’d share. Plus, I figure if anyone reads this they can chastise me for deplorable behavior and maybe somehow convince me not to do the same thing again. Any takers?
Favorite Quotes of the Year June 1, 2008
Finally! Finally I get around to doing this post.
My favorite quotes of Junior year in no particular order are:
-”You are a well-dressed pedophile.”- Ting talking about Andy’s costume for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
-”Caution: May contain zombie weasels.”- Written by Andy on one of the costume shop boxes which contained a bunch of weasel-like fur coats (Seriously…these things had eyes.)
-Jaye: Jeez! I have to fuck you with a water bottle and a Power Bar.
-Jeff: (after I’ve taken a pecan off of his plate) Now seriously, that was just rude. I mean, a man’s nuts…you don’t just take them.
-Jeff: This is the phone I want. They didn’t have a picture…so I drew it.
-Carolyn 2: I have a new life ambition.
Me: What’s that?
Carolyn 2: To become Carmen Sandiego. It sounds like fun…except for the jail part.
-Shannon: So, I just tasted the lake that this fish came from.
-Mike: Snape, the lesbian vampire. (In reference to what my favorite TV show would be)
-Claire: Cow’s will do nothing to protect you in a violent situation.
-Emily: (while watching Leon: The Professional) Leon: The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn.
Emily: But soon I will go forward and learn spoon!
-Candide: “When life gives you lemons, make marmalade.”
-Maya: (during a toast) “I raise the nacho.”
-Dr. Fisher: I love maps. And you’re probably going to think I’m an asshole because of how much I love maps.
-Carolyn 2: So I’m worried that if Korth asks about how the rodents got to South America I’m going to write “On a boat: they were Vikings and the extinct rodent with the horns on its nose was their leader.”
-Mer: Rasputin was, like, the original bad ass. They tried to do everything to him. But no! He was Lord Voldemort. He spliced his soul into Horcruxes. That’s why it took so many tries to kill him….You could write a whole paper on it.
-Claire: (on the titles of Plato’s dialogues) They’re basically the names of the people who got pwned.
-“The first motor car to be seen in Siberia, the property of a Danish agriculturalist, was also the cause of Siberia’s first traffic accident–when an old woman who saw it took it for the chariot of Antichrist and died of a heart attack.” (from The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin by Alex DeJonge)
-Professor Morris: And I’m telling you right now, when I retire, the last class I ever teach at this school? Germany’s going to win World War I. A whole generation of people are going to go out into the world thinking that the Germans won World War I.
The Llama Conversation:
-Diane: Llamas are kind of weird.
-Me: Are you kidding me? Llamas are freaking amazing!
-Claire: Yeah. They’re like the cows of South America.
-Me: No! They’re better than cows because you can shave them.
-Diane:…You can shave a cow.
-Me: No one shaves cows. What would be the purpose?
-Claire: Llamas are the cows of South America.
-Me: No! They’re a cow and a sheep put together!
-Claire: Yeah! They’re sh-ows.
-Diane: Sh-ows?
-Claire: Yeah…or ca-sheeps!
So I’m sure there are a billion more that could be added that I have written down somewhere so there may be a part two to this if I ever get around to locating them.
…Maybe.
