Yesterday was probably the best day I've had in a long time. With all the discomfort from my bone marrow biopsy and spinal tap behind me and an impossibly smooth chemo session on Monday, I'm feeling better than I have in weeks. I'm also starting to get back into the thick of things in terms of schoolwork, which I'm sure my parents and professors are happy about. My appetite is coming back as well. There was a period there of about a week where I barely ate a bowl of Ramen and a cup of yoghurt every day.
Oh, and because I have (and will) be spending a lot of time in hospitals doing nothing while getting infusions and whatnot, please recommend me any books, movies, music, or YouTube clips that you think I might like. Anything is really appreciated. Just leave a comment or something :-)
Things are definitely looking up. Big road trip to Miami of Ohio this weekend for Ryan's belated 21st and Cole's 22nd. Get ready Oxford.
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Movies to see:
ReplyDelete"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," and "Perfume" you'll either love them or hate them. No in between. Good selection by purchasing Rain Man the other day.
Book to read:
Blue Angel by Frances Prose and Ways of Seeing by John Berger
Take it easy man.
Brian
I've heard good things about Perfume, and I remember the previews looking good. I'll have to head to blockbuster to pick it up. Thanks dude.
ReplyDelete'Perfume' was really really good minus the ending. It was a little out there. Kind of ruined the movie for me unfortunately. But I would still recommend watching it.
ReplyDeleteAs for a book to read I highly recommend 'Phineas Poe' by Will Christopher Baer. It a collection of three novels (Kiss Me Judas, Penny Dreadful, Hell's Half Acre) and is probably my favorite book/series of books.
You can check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/Phineas-Poe-Judas-Penny-Dreadful/dp/159692151X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7783617-5560839?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194490039&sr=8-1
I apologize but I have no idea how to insert links so you'll just have to copy paste.
-doug
Drew if you haven't done so already READ HARRY POTTER!!! All of them. They each are like a million pages and will completely occupy your time... I feel like I could tell you this in person and chat about whether u have read them or not, but whatev... Ohhh I think your bike is at my house, that means we can chat about HP :)
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ReplyDeleteI tend to read books for fun that fall into six categories, three of which I'll talk about here: Sci-fi classics, fantasy, and really, really messed up fiction (the other three are scientific nonfiction [a manifestation of my engineering side], classical nonfiction [I figured I should read The Art of War, The Prince, etc in case they hold any secrets of the universe], and Rand novels [libertarian propaganda, basically, but I like reading it and seeing if her views are ever too much for me to swallow]--I figure those don't need much introduction; also, this is going to be long enough as it is). Disregard each section if you're totally disinterested in the genre, I'm writing here with the assumption that you aren't particularly into any of them yet, so I hope maybe one piques your interest without making myself sound like too much of a tool.
Sci-Fi classics:
Pretty much all of them are awesome. A great short-story sample of this type is here: http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html. If you like that and want to read more, a couple books I'd single out (with difficulty) are Childhood's End by Clarke (pretty short and one of the best) and I, Robot by Asimov (a collection of short stories tied together, really). If you want to dive right in to a great long Sci-fi read, try Dune by Herbert or Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein (Stranger is pretty well acknowledged as a classic beyond sci-fi, too, so you get the added bonus of being able to look down your nose at people who haven't read it like some kind of English major).
Fantasy:
I've been reading fantasy (not Harry Potter. Don't get me started on Harry.) since 6th grade thanks to good ol' Will Turner... can't say I get as much in as I used to, but it's still great fun. Anyway, there's no use in trying to test the waters, you're either in or you're out, and the only way to know is by trying the best: George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, beginning with A Game of Thrones. Yes, I know exactly how much of a nerd I look like by posting this here; it's worth it, because I've done a lot of reading in my day and those books are the most I've enjoyed reading anything ever. If you find yourself engaged, be prepared for sleepless nights and anti-social behavior as you cut out non-essentials in favor of reading another chapter until you catch up with the series. Kind of like heroin, in book form, and only addictive to some.
Finally, really, really messed up fiction:
Basically, if you liked Fight Club (movie), you'll probably like this kind of book. Naturally, a good starting point is the book version of said movie by Chuck Palahniuk; his other work is very similarly styled and good, but gets homogeneous after the third or fourth book of his you read. Alternatively, you might want to start with the absolute granddaddy of all messed-up fiction, American Psycho by B.E. Ellis, which alternatively made me laugh hysterically and physically nauseous. If you've seen the movie, you think you know, but you have no idea.
So, that's me writing way more than anyone is interested in reading. Can you tell I'm putting off a take-home test? Peace, hope you get something useful out of all that gibberish.
Book: Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
ReplyDeleteLemme know how those eyebrows are holding up
-Rosey