freezer burn / red queen / coraline
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shewhoi haven't been doing HUGE amounts of late. this summer (can we call it that yet?) finds me listless, and trying to claw my way back to being comfortably in the black again. hmmmm.
anyway! this means i have been doing other things, such as READING and, er, watching the telly.
freezer burn - joe r lansdale. a random choice plucked from declan's stash. a nice, easy, trashy read. total loser (mum dead and mouldering in bed, failed firework stand heist) ends up working for a freak show, boffing the boss's wife, and failing even further at attempted murder. i'm not sure what the overall thing was trying to say, maybe 'don't trust a woman you're sleeping with she's only up to no good', but it was fun to read. and i have a wonderful mental image of conrad the dog-man that may not go away very fast.
the red queen - margaret drabble. took this on my little holiday by the sea. was a xmas pressie AGES ago from dan's mum, i think, bought solely because of the title. a book of two halves, the first tells the story (researched and mostly accurate but fictionalised) of the red queen in the title. a crown princess in korea some centuries ago. court intrigue, pre-teen marriage, insanity, and rampaging murder. the second half is the story of the modern woman who 'discovers' the tale of the red queen, becomes obsessed by it, and propogates it. including, at the end, to, oh yes, margaret drabble. hmmm. apart from that, i loved it. absorbing. i may have to do some research into old skool korea.
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i have also seen:
coraline. hmmm. passed the time. probably more exciting with 3d glasses than on the telly.
quite a bit of 30 rock which is also so-so, why do people love tina fey so?
and breaking bad, which i only jumped into for the second series and regret not watching more. (chem teacher gets cancer, turns into meth king pin to provide for his family. what?)
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my decision today: to BLOW my 5 months of good work in not buying things and invest in some completely unnecessary shoes or not. well?
(actually i need to ruin my record anyway, for i must purchase some sunglasses and oh look i own no shorts.....)
anyway! this means i have been doing other things, such as READING and, er, watching the telly.
freezer burn - joe r lansdale. a random choice plucked from declan's stash. a nice, easy, trashy read. total loser (mum dead and mouldering in bed, failed firework stand heist) ends up working for a freak show, boffing the boss's wife, and failing even further at attempted murder. i'm not sure what the overall thing was trying to say, maybe 'don't trust a woman you're sleeping with she's only up to no good', but it was fun to read. and i have a wonderful mental image of conrad the dog-man that may not go away very fast.
the red queen - margaret drabble. took this on my little holiday by the sea. was a xmas pressie AGES ago from dan's mum, i think, bought solely because of the title. a book of two halves, the first tells the story (researched and mostly accurate but fictionalised) of the red queen in the title. a crown princess in korea some centuries ago. court intrigue, pre-teen marriage, insanity, and rampaging murder. the second half is the story of the modern woman who 'discovers' the tale of the red queen, becomes obsessed by it, and propogates it. including, at the end, to, oh yes, margaret drabble. hmmm. apart from that, i loved it. absorbing. i may have to do some research into old skool korea.
***
i have also seen:
coraline. hmmm. passed the time. probably more exciting with 3d glasses than on the telly.
quite a bit of 30 rock which is also so-so, why do people love tina fey so?
and breaking bad, which i only jumped into for the second series and regret not watching more. (chem teacher gets cancer, turns into meth king pin to provide for his family. what?)
***
my decision today: to BLOW my 5 months of good work in not buying things and invest in some completely unnecessary shoes or not. well?
(actually i need to ruin my record anyway, for i must purchase some sunglasses and oh look i own no shorts.....)
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Date: 2009-06-02 11:26 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-06-02 12:03 pm (UTC)I need them also.
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Date: 2009-06-02 11:38 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-06-02 12:39 pm (UTC)some episodes are lol and some episodes are what, who wrote this and why arent i being paid to watch it.
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Date: 2009-06-02 12:18 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-06-02 01:28 pm (UTC)Also, I really really love Tina Fey and 30 Rock. She does amazing "your mum" type jokes followed really quickly by very clever references followed very quickly by being a dick, which I aspire to myself. I think I loved it right away so if you don't like it, I won't bother advising you to persevere!
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Date: 2009-06-02 01:47 pm (UTC)i was impressed by a couple of your mum jokes last night, this is true. 30 rock gives me a little titter every now and then, but NOT ENOUGH.
/demanding.