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book read, you are dumb.
"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Put a line through the books you HATE.
5) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them"
i'm ignoring all but the bold cause i'm lazy, but gees.
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible (I've read a lot of this, but not all)
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (most)
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne (I'm pretty sure I had this read to me)
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell (
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (Another of my top ten)
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (unabridged and its awesome)
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville (A glorified adventure novel; his short stories were better)
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
A lot of the unread are on my list.
i thought this was cool...
This is one girl's class project, posted on craftgrrl...
"Cyberfeminism is about action and participation...
so people, act and participate!
http://cyberfeminism.blogspot.com/ "
this is the end, my only friend, the end
i am officially done with graduate school. all papers, finals, and exams have been turned in. i'm waiting on the grade to one class, but otherwise everything is there. i graduate at 2pm on friday, leave for VT on sat., get to cooperstown by 4pm on sunday, start work at Glimmerglass at 9am monday.
i need to get packing.
interview at 1pm.
yar.
(Meant to be completed by those out of high school)
1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
Internet probably. it's so overpriced.
2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
i don't know. fondue? we've had some nice dinners but not gone out of the way to make them seem overly romantic...
3. Last time you puked from drinking?
St. Patrick's day. It had been a really long time. I can only think of a few times i've actually been sick.
4. When is the last time you got drunk and danced on a bar?
never have.
6. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Driving to vermont. or rather, being in vermont.
7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
usually a teacher. a jockey. an archiologist/egyptologist.
9. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
I was trying to look nice/cute today to make myself feel better.
10. GAS PRICES?
ridiculous.
11. If you could move anywhere and take someone with you?
Britain somewhere with colin.
12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
"snooze."
13. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
don't remember.
14. Favorite style of underwear?
something that doesn't pinch.
15. Favorite style of underwear for the opposite sex?
heh? probably boxers, as long as they aren't the big bunchy kind you can see under pants.
16. What errand/chore do you despise?
Dishes. Sweeping/dusting. It kills my allergies.
17. If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer?
Most likely yes.
18. Get up early or sleep in?
usually sleep. but as long as i'm well-rested, i don't like to waste the day either
20. Favorite NON sexual thing to do at night with a girl/guy?
watch a good movie, talk about it. cuddle. that doesn't have to be sexual. talk to the edge of sleep.
21. Have you found real love yet?
A couple times.
22. When did you first start feeling old?
this year.
23. Favorite 80's movie?
Love Potion #9
24. Your favorite lunch meat?
ick. sushi.
26. Beach or lake?
Both. But i think i like the beach a little more. waves and
27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
No.
28. How many people do you stalk on Myspace?
one
29. Favorite guilty pleasure?
good food
30. Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about?
I like all kinds of bad movies.. but i can't think of one specifically
31. What's your drink?
red wine
36. Norm or Cliff?
eh.
37. The Cosby Show or the Simpson's?
simpsons.
38. Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back?
oh gees. lets not go there
39. Do you like the person who sits directly across from you at work?
much.
40. If you could get away with it, who would you kill?
I don't think I could kill anyone. but i've thought of a few...
41. What famous person(s) would you like to have dinner with?
Julie Taymor. maybe Robin Williams
42. What famous person would you like to sleep with?
Ralph Fiennes
43. Have you ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
No. Safety modules don't count.
44. Last book you read for real?
Can't remember. I love to read, just never have a chance. Tale of Two Cities maybe? i read all the Harry Potters last summer
45. Do you have a teddy bear?
somewhere.
46. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
Nepal.
47. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
anywhere California
48. Do you go to church?
No.
49. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
ugh. neither.
50. If you could go back and do it all over again with the knowledge you have now, would you?
See, that's tempting but which way do you go. I'd like to sit down with a choose your own adventure book, only its me, and be able to see what happened if i did this or that and then pick the best outcome... sliding doors?
something about birthdays as you get older. completely uneventful and unexciting. we did make a steak and shake run with a dimwitted waitress, and a manager who didn't know about the birthday special and brought out the wrong dessert... tech went better. and now i'm old.
oh, and don't feed bums. they're ungrateful and just want more. you'd think if you bought someone dinner, they'd be happy enough. hell, i like when people buy me dinner! but i don't then ask them for champagne.... and a cookie.... and some gold-plated kidneys.
ugggggggggggghhhhhhh. i just got up for an 8am production meeting i didn't have. i got the date wrong.
need coffee.
Merry christmas one and all.
i am quite sure you should not write christmas cards when you are sleep deprived. you end up making jokes that aren't funny. i'm afraid i may have either written something exponentially stupid or just offended someone. however, i don't remember.
colin and i spent a couple of days with my dad and sister, which was really nice. we hadn't seen him in two years, and hadn't been to maine in longer. tuesday we spent the day in portland. went to the comic book store and out and about with colin's old roomie greg. tuesday night we met up with my friend nick from hs (and his fiance), who is getting married on christmas eve, and whom i hadn't seen in close to five years. laurie is really cool and i wish we lived closer by so we could all hang out often. we had sushi, and crashed on his futon (comfiest futon ever) then drove the next day. we checked out UNE by driving around (stupid town has no SIGNS telling where the college is), had the worst breakfast ever, stopped by the NH liquor store, and made it here in time for chicken wings. we'll be in NY through xmas.
OK. whoever called me at 2am last night needs to fess up. i was asleep. phone rings, disoriented, i pick it up. "hello?" silence, then they say "are you there?" i say, "yes." they say, "i'll call back." now, wait a minute. you've already woken me up. at least start talking to make it worth my while. mysteriously, the phone says "no number" so i couldn't dial back in the morning. and while the voice seemed male, i couldn't place it in my sleep-state. colin says it was probably a wrong number, but i'm not so sure. so, yeah. tell me now or face the laser beams of doom.
i've been having migraines lately and discovering new allergies. i think i'm developing a nut allergy, starting with hazelnut, maybe creeping to peanuts. which would be really sad b/c i love thai peanut sauce. and i found out i'm allergic to jasmine when i tried drinking tea the other day. and something in bath and body works made my fingers swell like sausages. i figured if it didn't make my eyes water it was ok. this simply isn't fair. i think i'm going to try to get the school doctor to recommend i see an allergist and get testing done. i swear allergy doctors are sadomasocists. they get paid to repeatedly stab people with needles. you PAY them to inflict pain and send you into hypershock... and if you're really in bad shape, they get to stab you with an epi-pen to make you feel better. who gets the real deal there? but, headaches and diet could theoretically be interrelated. although i found out my sister is on migraine meds. its funny when you prefer to have your head float ten feet above your body than a normal headache. sometimes i just feel disoriented and like i'm going to fall over/pass out. or dizzy with little light specs in the air. other times its like someone is crushing my skull. i'm thinking both of these things are bad. and that it could be a possible explanation for the incoherecncy and misspelling in this entry.
goodnight all.
most publicized show ever
those of you who occassionally stop by facebook, i have put a few photos of my show up.
This is my favorite from dress rehearsal though. Photo call tomorrow night.
"sold. sooooold. sooo-old. to the man from the circus"
in an interesting turn of events, Laura's set and my costumes for Seussical have been sold upon completion of our run. this means when they remount the show there will be credit given to the two of us, something in the vein of "designs originally conceived by" and we will have our bios in their programs. a lot more people will see our show. i'm suddenly feeling grown up and professional.
halloween in about an hour, i put together a little red riding hood costume. i had the hood from when colin and i dressed up about 3 yrs ago. white corset w/under blouse, red skirt, petticoat, hood...it went well. although trent laced me in entirely too tight. i had several people comment on "my girls," but if you can't wear a corset and be busty on halloween, when can you? i don't think i was snapped in any pictures. watched corpse bride and were-rabbit. no trick-or-treaters. puzzle pirated. overall, uneventful, but pretty good.
seussical opens next thursday so until then i am busy, busy, busy. it's coming together though??
this is halloween, this is halloween, haloween halloween halloween
per usual i'm too busy making other people's costumes to come up with a decent one of my own. into the closet we go. even if its the standby ren faire gear. we should be able to do something ok. i have an hour or two this morning before teaching.
i'm sad this year. i have carved no pumpkins and have attended halloween parties in the number of 0. next year i need to make ammends.
BUT the day is not over. it could improve. perhaps there is a remedy... in any case, enjoy one of the most glorious days of the year. happy halloween!
and i, who am dumb, have lost my ATM card and license. this has been waiting to happen for like the last three days. i'm scatterbrained and probably took it out of my pocket and set it in a bin of fabric or something like that. stress. this time at least i noticed right away and have cancelled the card. so, for 5-7 days i'll be financially retarded. suck.
on to charleston this weekend, even tho i have a pile of homework.
in other news, talked to colin about babies last night. he brought it up. there have been a lot of times i see pregnant mommies or little kids and i've been like, "ohhhh...babies." wistful. but talking about going off of bc and all that stuff. hyperventilate. oh god, not ready. i can't imagine having a little person sometime in the next year or so. i think there is more waiting involved. at least until i can do a job search and get started and all that jazz. finances. insurance. yeah.
but its good he's thinking of it more immediately.
nice to know you're loved by your friends
too busy
macbeth opening party was rather fun, though i spent most of it trying to make baskets with plastic eyeballs and jen's shirt. this weekend/the next few days promise to be busy. 8am meeting tomorrow, more work in shop. angel's reception and macbeth show tomorrow night, super saturday and painting with laura with all the kiddies on (guess) saturday, sunday evening talking about designs with seussical cast. somewhere in there i need to work on autocad. and tues. i need to drive to roanoke to pick up things from the theatre there for our show. and at some point i need to schedule a cat vet trip for annual shots. i still owe kelly a vitae, need to fill out scholarship forms. ho hum. where do all the hours in a day go?
going to go sleep a few away.
sometimes i wish you'd show a shred of remorse.
and we're off.
its two pages of writing. i'm doing everything in my power not to write this screening report. part of it is, we're discussing well-known issues and points made in movies. i'm intelligent enough to recognize the themes, but feel the freudian mother issue has been beaten to death (with good reason) in discussions of Psycho. i can't just say, "oh by the by, i noticed that norman bates seemed a little preoccupied by his mother. do you think his insecurities had anything to do with freudian theories and led to his psychotic disposition?" i don't feel we're digging at anything new and exciting. sure, lets talk about the obvious things, but also give me a pearl of insight. excite me, i'm bored.
it is only this year that i have started to feel relatively "old." and only because i've been teaching, really. the other day in class i got three incredulous questions: "you're on facebook?! you have myspace?! you're married?! i wanted to say, hey, i'm not much older than you guys! then i realized that some of the kids are 17. i'm starting to approach a decade on some of these kids. crazy.
and today i got a big kick out of one of them. it goes something like this. of my gap long sleeve orange stripe cotton comfy shirt and dk blue jeans, in front of the class during the middle of the old age demonstration: "i'm not trying to hit on you or anything, but i just wanted to let you know you're outfit is really hot today. what? i'm serious." later, he feels he has to qualify this. "the orange goes well with your skin, and the lighter stripes go nice with the blue jeans. you gave me a weird look."i reply, "i thought this was my frumpy outfit today." a girl says, "s. stop sucking up. you're not going to get a better grade. i thought it was cute too, i just wasn't going to say anything." thanks guys. they crack me up. a lot. they give me a bit of a hard time, but i've actually been enjoying the class. i hope when they switch up second half of the semester that the other group is a good bunch too. heh.
i did indeed go to violent femmes saturday night and they were awesome. however, it was a bit like watching 40-yr old +- men masturbate. at that age, something about singing about preteen angst and borrowing dad's car keys is wrong. at that point, they're the dad... still, they were great live. sounded just like the cd. and played all the favorites. but they had this crazy looking guest guy in the back, balding, playing a banjo...
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