Reading Pleasures

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

This is a great book, and so different from most other books I've read. The book is narrarated by Susie, a young girl who, as we find out in the first chapter, has been brutally murdered. She narrarates from Heaven, looking down below at the world she has left. She watches over the lives of the people she has left behind - the father who will not stop until he finds Susie's murderer, her sister who closes herself from any emotion, the boy who loved Susie, and even her murderer. Susie knows who her murderer is, as does the reader, but the people in her life have no idea, and Susie has no way of telling them. She's up in her heaven, staying the same as the people left behind her grieve and move on and grow old, but never forgetting her in an unending search for closure.

The story is beautifully written, and it's haunting watching the lives of the people Susie knew each deal in their own way with their grief. Sebold pulls no punches, walking us through the horrific way that Susie dies, and how everyone grieves in their own way. I couldn't read this book fast enough, it's definitely something I would recommend!

song stuck in my head

'Milkshake' - Kelis

"My milk shake brings all the boys to the yard, And they're like, it's better than yours, Damn right its better than yours, I can teach you, but I have to charge!" How could you not love this song? It hardly makes any sense, but it's got a hot beat. *shakes her ass* Finally, I've found out what it is that brings all those boys to my yard every day. It's my milkshake, baby! Shake, shake shake it like a polaroid picture. I know, wrong song. Those Neptunes know how to work magic, baby!

Here's what a Milkshake is, if you're looking...

at the movies

Mulholland Drive

I rented Mulholland Drive several months ago, but only got about halfway since the DVD was scratched up. So last week I finally rented it again. And in a way, I think I was better off with just watching half the movie because at the end of the movie, only one thought rang through my head - 'What the fuck was that?' I was confused. Two-thirds of the way through the movie, it completely changes and you're questioning everything you had seen previous to that. I admit, though, I liked the movie. Only David Lynch can have me love something as disjointed, quirky and trippy as this, but then again, I watched all of the 'Twin Peaks' episodes and bought the sound track. Yes, I can even play the song on the piano. Anyway, once I searched the internet a bit for some enlightenment and to answer the questions that raged in my head, everything made almost perfect sense. Not. But at least it answered some questions. And Naomi Watts had an excellent performance, which is even better once you realize what's going on. And yes, Dave appreciated the lesbian scenes. As a matter of fact, those were the only scenes he watched during the movie.

comic you should be reading

Aspen #1

I may have mentioned this comic before, but it's FINALLY out in stores. I think it's selling like hotcakes, so make sure to get a copy. Aspen #1 is Michael Turner's last Fathom arc before Talent Caldwell takes the helm. Hopefully there will be some answers about Aspen's past. There's also some great sketch previews of upcoming Aspen MLT books Ekos and Soulfire, as well as interviews. I already have a couple copies of #1 from the Chicago convention (and #2) so I'm really anticipating Aspen #3. The rest of the Aspen books will be out within the next few months, so buy them!

yummy for my tummy

Ho-Ho's

Oh heavenly chocolatey cream filled rolls of cakey sweetness, I love you so!

addiction

Picture Gallery

I've been trying to get my picture galleries reformatted because since the bog blog change, the galleries look like crap. So within the next couple weeks, you'll see some fun changes in the picture gallery. Hopefully.

New Links

Aaron - Even Uppity Negroes need love, too.
Luna - Didn't know that this girl was as ghetto as she was til I read her blog!
Pat - Comic book geeks unite! Pat rocks!
Rosie - Co-Coordinator of the worst PSA dance scene ever! But we had lots of fun not working on it!
Stephani - She's good at helping me out with drunk people!

Posted by Yano at November 18, 2003 08:11 PM

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