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Read books, read magazines, read food lables if you find it entertaining. Seeing as I have nothing better to do, I've compiled a list of good books, the astarisked ones are from school:
*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Anything by Scott Adams
A maximum of five (5) V.C. Andrews books. She has some good work, but the down side is most of her books are the same story with differnt names and occasionally hair colors for various charicters. The only one that doens't really follow this pattern is My Sweet Audrina which is twisted enough in it's own way. She writes books in series of four, each one about a different family except for the aforementioned book. Each book is about four hundred pages long and it's worth reading one series, or even two, but don't be disappointed when they're suspiciously similar.
Anything by Dave Barry
*Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury This may be my favorite book. It's about censorship, and fighting the evil monster of Status Quo.
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Takes place at an all-boys, Catholic prep-school (I know, you're thinking "Eww.." but keep reading). Every year this school has a chocolate sale. This one year, a freshman named Jerry Renault refuses to sell the chocolates. (The students have a choice, but it's pretty unheard of to refuse.) Everyone pressures him to sell the chocolates, including a private "club" called the Vigils, but he still doesn't do it. It's really good! (Recommended by Shannon Kelsey)
Beyond the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Obviously, the sequal to the aforementioned book. It hardly focuses on Renault, but instead the president of the Vigils, Archie Castello, and his stooge, Obe. I think it's even better then the first one!! (Also recommended by Shannon Kelsey. I've never read either one)
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors by Roddy Doyle
Or Not To Be: A Collection Of Suicide Notes by Mark Etkind I think it's kinda dumb that there's an "author" to this. It would be more appropriet to just have an editor or something. I guess it's OK because he does analize each letter, even if most of his analyses are bullshit. In any event, I have this weird fascination with suicide and mental illness, which is probably why I liked this book so much. I found the notes included to be honest and poetic.
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding When I found out this book was fiction I wanted my money back. I'm not a big fiction fan. Anyway, this book is about the exploits of some random trendy person, and I liked it because it vivdly reminded me why I wasn't trendy. In this way it was sort of sadistically uplifting. I'm not sure if anyone else in the world would like it, but it's worth a try.
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen this book is about the author's stay in a nut house. I don't remember the details, or how she eventually gets out, or even if she does, but I liked it, but I like most things pertaining to mental illness, so I guess I should have seen that coming. The back cover is BS by the way. It's a movie now. I haven't seen it, but I've heard good things about it.
*A Seperate Peace by John KnowlesThis was the first school related book I did not absolutely dispise. We had to analize this, but I didn't get much out of that, so I recommend it if for nothing else the surface story alone.
Alpine: History Of A Mountain Settlement by Bea LaForce I like this book for odvious reasons:
1.) I practiacally lived in Alpine before we sold the Ranch, it was my home away from home.
2.) The author is an old friend of my Grandma's
3.) The ranch, my grandma, and her kids, and one of her grandkids (no, not me) are all mentioned/pictured in the book.
I've never actually read it, but that is because I'm familiar with the history of Alpine, and have probably heard most of it spoken by my Grandma, and her kids, if not the author herself.
The Devil's Notebook by Anton LaVeyBy everyone's favorite Satanist, the founder of the Church Of Satan himself, Anton Lavey. This is a book of assorted essays and thoughts of his. The first couple are kind of like "Hey, look at me, I'm a big bad Satanist". That goes away fairly quickly. I recommend it to both Christians and Satanists.
Cutting by Steven Levenkron This is a book about the psychology of the self-mutilater. Having known several, I decided to look for a book about it. This is the only one I found, although since then I've heard of several others. But most of them are about other disorders in addition to self mutilation. Anyway, I found it informative, although I don't agree with everything he says, and at the end aquires sort of a snooty "I'm-perfectly-healthy-everyone-should-aspire-to-be-like-me" tone.
Satan Is Alive And Well On Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey This guy has a lot of funny stuff. Granted, it's not *supposed* to be funny, it is. He's really Christian, and the book in question is the sequel to his book The Late Great Planet Earth, which I've never read. I'm starting the one about SATAN, and will share the index with you:
A few years ago I came face to face with a complete reveral in the academic community. An unusual change came over many who had denied any belief in the power of a supernatural God. The indifferent, the scofferes, the proud agnostics in the Age of Rationalism began to turn to another form of the supernatural. They became involved with psychic research, parapsychology, ESP, mystic philosophies, and Eastern religions. Recently, there has been an upsurge in all forms of the occult!
There's more, but that's the best of it. I should probably be deeply offended by this man's ignorance, but find it really amusing. And it only gets better in the rest of the book. I am only on page 13 (as of 3/10/00), but I think everyone who knows anything about "weird rites and rituals" should read it.
Witchcraft and Satan worship spread throughout campuses and cities. In America, a so-called civilized country, people are involved in weird rites and rituals
Green Witchcraft by Ann Moura. This author also also wrote under the name Aoumiel, previously. This was defenately one of, if not, the best new age book I've ever read. It's very historical and openminded. What annoyed me about it is after chapter eight, they're all the same, with maybe two or three words different. If you read it, it may be worthwhile reading one of the last eight chapters, but not more than two.
Almost anything by Christopher Pike After I finished Creature, by John Saul I started reading Christopher Pike. Most of his books are good, and I have yet to predict the ending to one before it is revealed, which is rare. Dispite this, after reading x number of his books it gets a little old becuase they're all sort of sci-fi-ish, and most of them involve some love stricken teen(s) saving the world and occasionally (but not always) getting the girl. Not that there's anything wrong with sci-fi, it's just that there are only so many ways to take it when you have that staple I mentioned previously to deal with. I liked his Final Friends Series, dispite the cheezy title. I was really pissed when I finished the third book, because I didn't want to be done with the Series. His other series are pretty good, ie Remember Me and The Last Vampire.
Remember Me probably would have been better if he'd just left it with the original book, because I honestly don't even remember any of the ones after it. There was one about a mexican chick, which I liked, but the first one was so good, that any book following after it bearing it's name was doomed to suck in compison. The Last Vampire is good. The first few I don't even remember, but at the end of the 4th or 5th one there is just this one really cool scene, and that made it all worth while. There are six volumes, which is his longest series to my knowlage. In any event, most if not all of his books are worth the effort to read.
Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins I inhereted this book from my dad, and read it largely because it was available to me. I don't want to tell you what it's about because the author specifically avoids telling you about the storyline anywhere outside of the actual story. I think it might spoil it if you knew what you were getting into, but I liked and reccomend it.
Whispers From The Grave by Lestlie Rule My friend read this book and she said it was really really really good. I read it and I don't remember what I thought. Anyway, worth trying.
Creature by John Saul I read this when I was in 5th or 6th grade, so I don't really remember anything about how it starts out, except that it involves some short kid named Mark and his over-grown ex-jock football star father. It doesn't sound like something I'd like, but I vividly remember the ending scene, which was really cool. If went out and read it tomorrow for the first time I'm honestly not sure if I would like it or not. It's about four hundred pages long, and it was the first book I'd ever read over about 120. It took me forever to finish, but I read the last 200 pages all at once, and I liked it so much I stayed up all night re-reading it over and over again. That was, by the way, the first time I ever stayed up all night.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULD YOU READ *The Cross And The Switchblade by David Wilkerson. Sit down and watch Melrose Place if you have to, but avoid this book.
Also Avoid:
*The Hound Of The Baskervilles (a Shirlock Holms book) by Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle
*Cold Mountain by Charles Fraizer
*Old Man And The Sea by Hemmingway
Abortion And The Conscience Of The Nataion by Ronald Reagan
*One Day In The Life Of Ivan Dennisiovitch by Alexander "I-Have-An-Impossable-To-Spell-Last Name" Solzhenitsyn
*The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
*The Bible (misc authors)
Write anything. It's better than reading
This is the greatest movie ever made. Aesthetically I really like it. No, not because of all the nudity (although that helps). I can't really get specific without giving away pieces of the plot, but one I can talk about is the church scene. The priest is talking, and it's kinda in the backgound, and there's all this holy music, and it shows all the stained glass windows. If you actually listen to the priest, what he's saying is cool too, if you take it out of the ownership of a perticular religion. Also, the speech Milton gives about this Eddie Barzoon guy is almost half the reason I liked the movie. The other half is after this guy is leaving this hospital. Like the way that was shot, the premise, and the music of that scene were just like the best they could have been. In one part this chick is talking, and it slows down what she's saying, and I thought that was neat. It sounds dumb, but given the context it was really cool. Just the entire movie is beautifully done.
In DreamsThis is one of my favorite movies, because it has a weird feeling to it. I don't know if anyone else in the world would pick up on it, but I did. Aesthetically, it appealed to me also.
The LabrynthI like this becaues it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I don't think I'd like it if I saw it today for the first time, it's kind of a kiddy movie. I saw it once when I was little, and then again in Ohio at Eric Myers' house. I like it because it has a surrealistic feel, even though the plot is kind of difficult to buy into. Josh Stewart asked me to add that it has David Bowie in it.
Lady In WhiteI watched this several times when I was no older than nine years. I'm not sure if it's still any good, but I liked it then. I have no idea what it's about.
Primary ColorsOne of my favorites. I like it mainly because of this one cool charicter. Also, the main charicter I can relate to, as he is fed up with politics. There's a scene where he's explaining it which is a really cool scene, but then he says the world "bullshit" and it's just really funny the way he says it. I don't think it was intended to be, but it was. One thing that annoys me is how there's unnessicary sex. Like you don't see it, but it's implied, and that just annoys me.
Make movies
Or try to sell people walking down the street on your religion. The more bizarre the better.