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The Temerarious Theologian
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| Class schedule... |
[Apr. 22nd, 2008|09:42 pm] |
I got my classes for next semester, and it looks like it will be fun. I have class six days a week, but only one class a day, except on Tuesdays when I have two.
International Media...12:40-1:40 MWF
Intro to Film...10:00-11:30 TR
Screen Writing... 12:40-3:30 T
Independent Study in Film Studies: Crime Dramas... ARR
Scuba Diving...8:00-12:00 Sat.
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[Mar. 8th, 2008|10:05 am] |
Jake has purchased his first game platform in the history of ever.
Nintendo DS.
I got Professor Layton and the Complete Lego Star Wars. I'm becoming a huge fan of the portability and complete lack of cords and wires.
I also got Wilco's "Being There," which sounds a lot like "Sky Blue Sky." It's been an okay weekend, eh? |
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| BIRFDAY! |
[Nov. 25th, 2007|09:01 pm] |
I have the greatest friends and family ever. EVER. Sarah's other gifts turned out to be eight 22 oz beer glasses, and I Christened them with a Sam Adams Cream Stout. And in other news...
...my grandparents, parents, sister and her husband all pitched in and bought me a kilt. From Scotland. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given and it's my prize possession. I love my parents and grandparents and sister and her husband. They're amazing, and they really like me.
Pictures coming sometime soon. |
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[Nov. 23rd, 2007|02:43 pm] |
The DMV will be taking a short six day vacation and will reopen on Tuesday. If my old, fucking license doesn't work at the bars tomorrow night, I swear to God I will drive my car through the DMV wall and run each of the employees over. Ironic? I think so. Necessary? Doubly so.
Here are some important November 23rd birthdays to remember: Chuck Shumer, Billy the Kid, Harpo Marx, Boris Karlof.
Deaths: Roald Dahl.
Score. |
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| Irony 101 |
[Nov. 22nd, 2007|07:37 pm] |
Point of interest, one of my parents' chihuahuas got their other chihuahua pregnant. Solution? Abortion. They got their dog an abortion. Tomorrow is my birthday. So far Sarah has given me a gift every day since Tuesday.
Tuesday: flannel pajama pants
Wednesday: Christpher Hitchen's God is Not Great
Thursday: bottle opener and two reusable corks
Friday: ? There are still two left. |
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| Birthday |
[Nov. 21st, 2007|09:58 am] |
As my birthday approaches and I gear up for my first trip to a bar, I want to remind everyone out there to have a fun, yet safe weekend.
Just kidding, I'm gonna get drunk.
In other news, today is also Voltair's birthday. I'm happy to share the same birthday week with one of my favorite Enlightenment thinkers.
More on birthday's to come, and let us always remember: "Let us read and let us dance — two amusements that will never do any harm to the world." |
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| En nomine patris... |
[Aug. 8th, 2007|10:16 am] |
One of our two cats, Ivan, went missing a few days ago. He'd been sick for awhile, unable to use the restroom, vomited a lot. Last night I smelled something dead around our deck, and this morning it was even worse. I peered through the lattice work around our porch and there he was. I dug a hole, crawled into the narrow space provided and fished him out. It was pretty rough. Most animals of which I've had to dispose were fairly fresh, recently discovered. But the past few days, with heat indexes over 100 degrees sped along the decay. This makes three animals in a year, with Leon (another cat) dying of old age last winter, Billy (our dog) being put to sleep because of old age back in June, and now Ivan.
We are, however, going to be fostering a mother and daughter chihuahua very soon (a condition of adoption was taking the pair), with hopes of keeping them. It just depends on whether or not they're amiable creatures. We'll be taking them home a week from Sunday. One will be mine, the other my mother's, and hopefully by the time I'm ready to move they'll be separable. |
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| Creation Museum... |
[Aug. 6th, 2007|10:44 am] |
...or perhaps the Cretin museum, yes, as in a Neanderthal or perhaps a Philistine. I won't venture into too much detail, sufficed to say that this trip was worth my $24.95, three hour trek, and five hour round trip. I also won't venture to call it a museum; I think those are shrines built in honor of didacticism. This was simply a large building with some shiny apparati and congenial smiles. If one wishes to know what went on there, what I saw on my trip, what made me break down crying and gnashing my teeth in an almost biblical way, then one need only ask.
I will say this--THOSE PEOPLE ARE FUCKING CRAZY! I have never seen a more open and unabashed display of stupidity and rejection of common sense in my life.
The best part of the trip was the fact that I saw Dr. Valerie Ziegler and her husband (whose name escapes me). They were video recording/still photographing every poster and movie, etc. |
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[Aug. 3rd, 2007|08:07 am] |
1. What MySpace friend knows the REAL you best?
MySpace is TEH SUCK!
2. Describe a typical Monday for you?
I go to DePauw, fucktards, I don't have typical days.
3. Any odd routines you follow when you wake up?
Orange juice. I must drink orange juice...and monkey blood.
4. If alcohol was banned worldwide, what would your reaction be?
I'd join the Irish mafia as muscle for the bootlegging market.
5. When was the last time you cried?
Crying is for women.
6. Do you believe world peace is possible?
No. Further more, it is bad for the economy.
7. Name one thing about the OPPOSITE sex that automatically turns you off:
Being less intelligent than myself.
8. What do you think of Brokeback Mountain?
It made me want to beat someone do death. Mostly rednecks.
9. What popular word do you find to be incredibly annoying?
Anything that Dan Burke says.
10. Leatherface is in the kitchen. Will you fight to victory, or hide?
I will shoot him in the face.
11. Do you feel that people underestimate you?
Haha.
12. Was it just me, or did Mariah lip-synch half her performance at the Grammys?
Who? What? What kind of dumb fuck are you to think up these questions?
13. Honestly, do you talk about MySpace in real life?
No, and I urinated on those who do.
14. Have you met someone from online in person?
No.
15. Do you believe minimum wage should be raised?
Yes. And it is.
16. Pretend you're 15 deep in beers. Describe what you would be doing now:
Fifteen beers would kill me. Would you want that on your conscience?
17. Sometimes people get depressed. Are you the one they turn to?
That would be idiotic. I hate dealing with sad people.
18. Describe your "style".
Better than yours.
19. Describe what your "type" is:
Times New Roman.
20. Love and Sex go together. Would you have sex if no love was involved?
Yes. Yes I would.
21. Does everyone in your life know the real you?
No.
22. What is something you're afraid of:
Being used as a couch by a fat person.
23. What makeup do you wear on a daily basis?
I'm not emo, you ass.
24. Is your AIM away message on?
I think it says something about you being a total cockup.
25. If you could eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
At that point, a bullet.
26. What curse word do you use the most?
Goldernet!
27. Do you own an ipod?
Yes.
28. Who on your Myspace "top 8 " do you talk to the most?
Once again, I hate you.
29. What time is your alarm clock set for?
Haven't used it all summer.
30. Have you ever bid for something on eBay?
All the goldern time!
31. Do you wear flip-flops even when its cold outside?
Usually only in the shower.
32. Where do you buy your groceries from?
Kroger.
33. Would you rather take the picture or be in the picture?
Be in.
34. What was the last movie you watched?
The Simpsons Movie.
35. Do any of your friends have children?
No.
36. If you won the lottery, what's the first thing you would buy?
I'd probably pay off some debts.
37. Has anyone ever called you lazy?
No. That's absurd.
38. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep faster?
Yes.
39. What CD is currently in your CD player?
Well, on my iPod I'm listening to the new Alkaline Trio B-side album.
40. Do you prefer regular or chocolate milk?
2%
41. Has anyone told you a secret this week?
No.
42. When was the last time someone hit on you?
Never...
43. What did you have for dinner?
I haven't had it yet.
44. What's your favorite holiday?
My birthday.
45. What color is your car?
Black.
46. Can you whistle?
Yes
47. What is your favorite Christmas movie?
The Hebrew Hammer.
48. Do you make your own jewelry?
No.
49. Have you ever participated in a protest?
No, but I make fun of them all the time.
50. Who was the last person to call you?
Dunno.
51. What is your favorite ride at an amusement park?
Something big and fast.
52. What is something you must do everyday?
Read.
53. Have you ever dated one of your best friends?
Maybe.
54. What area code are you in right now?
I refuse to post that sort of information here.
55. Did you watch cartoons as a child?
Yes.
56. How big is your local mall?
I live in a corn field. Thanks for reminding me of my deadend life.
57. What is your job title?
Technical Coordinator.
58. What do you miss most?
This will seem weird, but Zac.
59. Would you ever sky dive?
No, but I'll push your ass out a plane.
60. What are you allergic to?
Stupidity.
61. What is your biggest regret?
This meme.
62. Have you ever had Jamba Juice?
I don't play Pokemon.
63. When was the last time you laughed so hard your sides hurt?
Years.
64. Do you own any band t-shirts?
Five or so.
65. When was your last plane ride?
May.
66. Do you crack your knuckles?
Yes.
67. What is your favorite salad dressing?
Depends on the salad. I clearly can't slather a waldorf in ranch.
68. Do you read for fun?
Mostly for self-edification.
69. Can you speak any languages other than English?
A little Spanish.
70. What color is your bedroom painted?
At home, green, at school, gray.
71. Are your parents divorced?
After 30 years, surprisingly no.
72. Have you ever cried in public?
For a play.
73. Which do you make: wishes or plans?
I make dreams come true.
74. Are you always trying to learn new things?
Yes.
75. Do you currently want any piercing or tattoos?
I've thought about a tattoo.
76. Do you believe that the guy should pay on the first date?
Depends on if he wants sex.
77. Can you skip rocks?
Sometimes.
78. Have you ever been to Jamaica?
No.
79. Who was your favorite teacher
Was? I still have them.
80. What is the weather like?
Hotter than a jackrabbit in July.
81. Would you ever date someone covered in tattoos?
I'd have to see her naked in order to decide.
82. Did you ever play Capture the Flag in school?
No.
83. What was your favorite class in high school?
Band.
84. Have you ever been attracted to someone physically unattractive?
No. Ugly people are the scourge of society.
85. When was the last time you slept on the floor?
Last night, after your mom had enough.
86. What is your favorite alcoholic drink?
Right now, New Castle Brown Ale.
87. If you were born the opposite sex, what would your name have been?
Something dumb, I'm sure.
88. Do you like your living arrangement?
Yes.
89. What is your mother and father's hometowns?
My dad was born on an Air Force base in Alaska, my mom in Jacksonville.
90. How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
Three or four.
91. How much is gas where you live right now?
$2.65.
92. Do you own a Playstation?
No.
93. How many times have you brushed your teeth today?
Once.
94. What album did you buy last?
Alkaline Trio, "Remains."
95. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
A dozen or so. I don't wear most of them.
96. Are your days full and fast-paced?
They will be in a few weeks.
97. Did you ever get in trouble for talking in class?
My voice carries like a monkey with AIDS.
98. Were you a " planned " child?
Yes.
99. What is your mom's name?
Better than yours.
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| "Hogwarts Revisted:" Why Harry Potter is More Insignificant than those Who Read Him. |
[Jul. 27th, 2007|04:02 pm] |
If you don't know what inspired the title of this post you're one of the fucktards at whom this is aimed.
With all the hype surrounding Harry Potter (and his stones and fancy cups and psychedelic, possibly dangerous combustible birds) I feel the need to express an adamant and captious opinion about it all. My fraternity brother, Derek, has been rereading the books, trying to reenlighten (much like huffing paint fumes enlightens one) himself as to the intricacies of the Harryverse. He is being prodded by a co-worker, not the douchy one, who will not relent on the all too germane point that Harry Potter is a poorly devised character and J.K. Rowlings does not even begin to hit upon what it means to be a writer.
I've recently tried to push literature upon the Philistines and not just books, but no one will have any of it. I'll explain the difference. Literature is a form of art. Not all that glitters is gold and not all that's penned is literature. For example James Joyce's Ulysses is literature, while Dan Brown's Deception Point is not. Literature must touch, edify, create growth and provoke thought. It's more than a story, it's a statement about the author and his audience. I'll touch again on Dan Brown, laud him even, so stay tuned.
This co-worker of Derek's has made the audacious claim that the Harry Potter books are better, somehow more amenable to the human mind, than literature. This claim is commensurate to the claim that being anally raped with a Bic ballpoint pen is preferable to tender love making (and I don't mean anal sex, if that suits you, I literally mean rape in the carnal, legal, and unnerving sense). I call shenanigans because Harry Potter is pulp. Easy to swallow, palpable, any idiot can read it, pulp. Some pulp is good, some is bad. I place Micheal Chrichton in the category of pulp, but I still enjoy his work. While it is thought provoking it is still intended for mass consumption, and not a true piece of literature. Pulp can never rise above literature because it will always be thought of as a consumer product and not a work of art. This co-worker then went on to make the statement, as spurious a flame as there ever was, that Harry Potter was better than the great F. Scott Fitzgerald. That J.K. Rowlings could write a better book. That "just because a book is written better, doesn't make it a better book." I would tend to argue this statement on the grounds that writing is, for all intents and purposes, the essence of any novel.
The argument has been made that the Harry Potter series holds a very interesting story--personally I wouldn't know (I'll admit it), I read the first seventeen pages of book one at the tender age of sixteen and decided my time would be better spent counting the leaves on the silver maple in the backyard. At least then I wouldn't be killing brain cells. As a writer I have a few notions on the "story" portion of a novel. In literature, true literature, the story is about as important one's appendix. If it were to deliquesce the novel would still be plenary in every sense.
In writing classes we are taught to work on characterization, structure, dialogue ( I want to take a moment here to point at that the word 'dialogue' is not in Live Journal's database of correctly spelled words, and maybe now you get a sense of the sorry state of education in America), and voice. Story is secondary. If your characters are complex, your language colorful, your structure impeccable, and your voice believable then the story will fall into place. Granted we're dealing with fantasy-fiction here, but just because it's fantastical doesn't mean it has to have the verbal consistency of a third grade phonics test.
It's true that good writing doesn't always sell books--J.K. Rowlings and Dan Brown are my two favorite and most renowned examples of this, but they differ greatly. I, for one, would read Dan Brown of J.K. Rowlings any day. Here's the reason: Dan Brown, while just as facile, just as insipid, just as elipses-happy and comma-splicing and adverbesque as J.K. Rowlings, his intentions are clear, his audience never betrayed. (By the way, look for the eighth book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Over-fucking-Abundance off Adverbs) J.K. Rowlings, according to fans with whom I have spoken, began writing children's books, but then "matured" (became money grubbing) and switched gears. Dan Brown set out with the intention of writing pulp for money, but he didn't start in one demographic and then decide he could make more money by switching to another. While I believe the first few Harry Potter books had the intention of being children's novels, and maybe the entire series, I don't think J.K. Rowlings expected their popularity to encompass age groups and audiences that have the mental capacity (one would hope) to move beyond See Spot Run. As the books took off, Rowlings knew she had to keep those older audiences, and then betrayed the children she first imagined she would entertain. They still read, but now the books are 900 pages and people are dying and having sex because--
--J.K. Rowlings is a money hungry whore who gets paid by the word. She like Robert-fucking-Jordan who realizes people are buying what she's selling, so why not sell some more. Why? Because long doesn't equal good. If an author cannot accomplish their story in three books--THREE FUCKING BOOKS--then they are entirely too prolix. They have yet to osculate story telling and story writing, and they must look to Hemingway for that "economy of words." I, for one, don't have the patience to wade through seven monstrous books, nor would I want to, unless we're talking about some remarkable work of literature that, if I do not read, will send me straight to Hell because it turns out Jesus hates pulp as much as I do. He also hates unoriginality as much as I do, and also calls shenanigans.
There is a writer out there by the name of Ursula K. LeGuin who wrote a book called A Wizard of Earthsea (1968). Sit tight as I recap the novel, intended for younger audiences. A boy discovers he has magical powers and comes from a magical lineage and is sent to--A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WIZARDS--where he grows up, learns about the hardships of life, has friends, and must fight--AN ANCIENT EVIL--and, after--MANY BATTLES--finally defeats it and saves the fucking Earthsea. Harry Potter isn't an exact copy, but J.K. Rowlings is, for lack of a better simile, about as original as J.K. Rowings. See how much unoriginality sucks balls? Also, check this website for another, more total rip off: http://www.geocities.com/sayswamp/worst.htm.
Apparently J.K. Rowlings took most everything she wrote from "The Worst Witch," by Jill Murphy, published in 1974.
Here's the gist--J.K. Rowlings is unoriginal, banal, wordy, and caters to whomever will give her money. She'll reap the benefits of her plagiarism for years to come, and will continue suing anyone who even thinks of writing another story about a child at a wizard school (she already has, a few times). I'm happy to debate J.K. Rowling's faults at any time, but remember:
I am more pretentious than you can ever hope to be.
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[Jul. 27th, 2007|07:52 am] |
J.K. Rowlings as an author is a lot like Hillary Clinton as a politician. Everybody's buying into the garbage, but those who aren't cannot for the life of themselves figure out why.
More to come, when I have time, and feel like haranguing.
En guarde! |
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[Jul. 23rd, 2007|01:04 pm] |
1. Wheres your #1 on your top 8 at the moment?
I have no idea what that even means.
2. What is your favorite possession?
My car.
3. Do you own a gun?
A gun? I own several guns.
4. If you could tell your last ex something what would you say?
I would probably just spit on her or something obscene.
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
No.
6. What do you think of hot dogs?
Pass the relish.
7. What's your favorite Christmas song?
I'm a Jew, you ass hat.
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Orange juice.
9. Can you do push ups?
A few.
10. Is your bathroom clean?
Yes.
11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry?
My only piece, my watch.
12. Do you take painkillers?
Only when I feel the hankering.
13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the other sex?
My hair.
14. Do you have A.D.D.? [Attention Deficit Disorder]?
I'd tell you, but then I'd have to--Oo, shiny, red ball!
15. Your name?
Jacob
16. Middle Name(s)
Matthew
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment:
1. J.K. Rowlings is a poor excuse for a writer.
2. I am awesome.
3. I want to brush my hair.
18. Name 3 things you enjoy doing:
1. Singing.
2. Reading.
3. Spending time with friends.
19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink:
1. Water.
2. Apple Juice
3. Orange Juice.
20. Last movie watched?
In theaters--Transformers. On DVD--Scoop.
21. All money aside, where would you go and what would you do if you had the choice of anything?
Cost not an option? I'm going to fucking Pluto to reclaim it as Jaketopia.
22. Current worry?
The play.
23. Current hate?
J.K. Rowlings.
24. Favorite place to be?
My room at Sigma Nu.
25. How did you bring in the New Year?
I went to be early.
26. What are your plans for this weekend?
Derek's 21st.
27. Do you own slippers?
Do you?
28. Any music playing at the moment?
No.
29. Got something you can't stop thinking about?
Not really.
30. Favorite color(s)?
Green and gray.
31. Would you be a pirate?
I hate boats.
32. Are you tired?
No.
33. Do you sing in the shower?
Always.
34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
A man in a lion costume.
35. Current cravings?
None.
36. Superman, Spiderman, or Batman?
Spiderman.
37. Best bed sheets as a child?
Never had patterned sheets.
38. Worst injury you've ever had??
My two herniated discs.
39. What is your job?
Technical Coordinator, CTEP.
40. Who's the most important person in the world right now?
Myself.
41. Who is your loudest friend?
Ryanne.
42. Who is your most silent friend?
Sarah.
43. Do you like anyone right now?
Humanity is a scourge on this earth.
44. Do u wish on shooting stars?
Do you always use the letter 'u' in substitution for real possessive pronouns?
45. What is your favorite book?
This Side of Paradise- F. Scott Fitzgerald.
46. Favorite candy?
Something schocolate.
47. What song do you want played at your wedding?
Weddings are the suck.
48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
"The Tain" - The Decemberists
49. What were you doing @ 12 AM last night?
Sleeping.
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
"I'm awesome."
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| Vox... |
[Jul. 11th, 2007|09:41 am] |
Last night at Fantasticks rehearsal I did something weird. I hit (and held) a high F. Not, mind you, the real high F, but F above middle C. Anyone who has heard me sing has some idea of my vocal quality once I get above the bass clef. Last night, on a scalar ascension I moved from D (fairly easy for me) to E (sort of hard to hold, but I did it), and then held an F for eight counts before my voice cracked. I wasn't sure I could do it, and if my mind had been in it, I might have held it for longer. All I really did was hit the pitch in my head and then sail up and sit on top of it.
Just proud of myself, I guess, though if you're not a vocal geek, you might not appreciate how AMAZING it felt to hit that note, especially since the day before the music director just told me to drop the entire line (D to E to F) down an octave. |
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[Jun. 19th, 2007|09:44 am] |
I haven't posted a real post in a long time, I kind of want to start again. Not much goes on about which I care to write, but this past week has a few events that deserve mention.
Last Friday was a really difficult day, but we all got through it together. The vet gave Billy a sedative so he would go to sleep before the big needle, which was really big. The vet was impersonal, and lacked any cogent sense of bedside manner. I wanted to punch him. It was nothing personal, but he did just kill my dog. My grandpa, dad, and cousin had dug the hole the day before, so we could get it all over with. We buried him, put an old wooden gate atop the grave so the cows wouldn't disturb him and left it at that.
Mom's talking about getting a chihuahua, which is great. We're friends with a woman in town that raises them, and she has some really well behaved dogs. We're going to get a puppy after the Feast of Tabernacles, since our condo down there isn't pet friendly. It'll be nice to have a baby animal around, and especially nice to have a dog again. Billy lived out at my grandparents for the past six years, so I didn't get to see him all that often. Plus the chihuahua will be significantly smaller than Billy was, and we can take it on trips. I just hope it gets along with the cats, which are outdoors, but still, we'll probably build a little fenced in area for it to get exercise.
On a lighter note, I got a role in the PCP production of The Fantasticks. I'm playing The Boy (Matt), the romantic lead and protagonist of the tale. I wanted to be the narrator (who sings "Try to Remember," a song some may know), but the director was looking for a man over 25. I sang the song near perfect, but no one else came out for the role of the boy, so I got it. I'm happy. Mom is playing the Mute, who also acts as furniture and scenery, and my dad is playing my father. Sarah will be backstage crewing, so the whole gang is involved. |
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[Jun. 13th, 2007|10:41 am] |
Banned Books--
I haven't read most of these, but some of them are kind of wordy and boring.
#1 The Bible
#2 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
#3 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
#4 The Koran
#5 Arabian Nights
#6 Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
#7 Gulliver's Travel by Jonathan Swift
#8 Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
#9 Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
#10 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
#11 Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
#12 Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
#13 Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
#14 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
#15 Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
#16 Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (
#17 Dracula by Bram Stoker
#18 Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin
#19 Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
#20 Essays by Michel de Montaigne
#21 Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
#22 History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
#23 Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
#24 Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
#25 Ulysses by James Joyce
#26 Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
#27 Animal Farm by George Orwell
#28 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
#29 Candide by Voltaire
#30 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
#31 Analects by Confucius
#32 Dubliners by James Joyce
#33 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
#34 Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
#35 Red and the Black by Stendhal
#36 Das Kapital by Karl Marx
#37 Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire
#38 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
#39 Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
#40 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
#41 Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
#42 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
#43 Jungle by Upton Sinclair
#44 All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
#45 Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
#46 Lord of the Flies by William Golding
#47 Diary by Samuel Pepys
#48 Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
#49 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
#50 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
#51 Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
#52 Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
#53 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
#54 Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
#55 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
#56 Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
#57 Color Purple by Alice Walker
#58 Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
#59 Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke
#60 Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
#61 Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
#62 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#63 East of Eden by John Steinbeck
#64 Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
#65 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
#66 Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau
#67 Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
#68 Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
#69 The Talmud
#70 Social Contract by Jean Jacques Rousseau
#71 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
#72 Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
#73 American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
#74 Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
#75 Separate Peace by John Knowles
#76 Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
#77 Red Pony by John Steinbeck
#78 Popol Vuh
#79 Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith
#80 Satyricon by Petronius
#81 James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
#82 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
#83 Black Boy by Richard Wright
#84 Spirit of the Laws by Charles de Secondat Baron de Montesquieu
#85 Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
#86 Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
#87 Metaphysics by Aristotle
#88 Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
#89 Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin
#90 Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
#91 Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
#92 Sanctuary by William Faulkner
#93 As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
#94 Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
#95 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
#96 Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
#97 General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
#98 Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
#99 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Alexander Brown
#100 Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
#101 Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines
#102 Émile Jean by Jacques Rousseau
#103 Nana by Émile Zola
#104 Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
#105 Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
#106 Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#107 Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
#108 Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck
#109 Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van TilburgClark
#110 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes |
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[May. 4th, 2007|07:43 pm] |
| What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works.
It's okay. I understand. | | Musician | | | Drama Nerd | | | Social Nerd | | | Gamer/Computer Nerd | | | Artistic Nerd | | | Anime Nerd | | | Science/Math Nerd | | What Be Your Nerd Type?
Quizzes for MySpace |
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[May. 3rd, 2007|08:25 am] |
Your results:
You are Geordi LaForge
| Geordi LaForge |
| 80% |
| Uhura |
| 70% |
| Jean-Luc Picard |
| 70% |
| An Expendable Character (Redshirt) |
| 60% |
| Deanna Troi |
| 50% |
| James T. Kirk (Captain) |
| 50% |
| Worf |
| 45% |
| Spock |
| 45% |
| Will Riker |
| 45% |
| Chekov |
| 40% |
| Data |
| 35% |
| Leonard McCoy (Bones) |
| 35% |
| Mr. Scott |
| 30% |
| Mr. Sulu |
| 25% |
| Beverly Crusher |
| 5% |
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You work well with others and often
fix problems quickly. Your romantic
relationships are often bungled.
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Click here to take the "Which Star Trek character am I?" quiz...
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| I'm 34 years old... |
[Apr. 8th, 2007|10:25 pm] |
[ ] I know how to make a pot of coffee.
[x] I keep track of dates using a calendar.
[ ] I own more than one credit card.
[x] I know how to change the oil in my car.
[x] I do my own laundry.
[x] I vote in every election.
[x] I can cook for myself.
[x] I think politics are exciting.
[x] balance my checkbook.(online.. i'm not that old..)
total: 7
[x] I show up for school/college/work every day early.
[x] I always carry a pen in my pocket/purse.
[x] I've never gotten a detention.
[ ] I have never smoked a cigar.
[ ] I have never gotten completely trashed.
[ ] I have forgotten my own birthday at least once.
[x] I like to take walks by myself.
[x] I've watched talk shows.
[x] I know what 'credibility' means without looking it up.
[ ] I drink coffee at least once a week.
total: 6
[x] I know how to do the dishes.
[x] I can count to 10 in another language.
[x] When I say I'm going to do something I do it.
[x] My parents trust me.
[x] I can mow the lawn.
[X] I can make adults laugh without being stupid.
[x] I remember to water the plants.
[X] I study when I have to.
[X] I pay attention at school/college.
[x] I remember to feed my pets.
total: 10
[x] I can spell 'experience' without looking it up
[x] I work out on a regular basis.
[x] I clean up my own mess.
[ ] The people at Starbucks know me by name.
[ ] my favorite kind of food is take out.
[ ] I have gained weight since high school.
[ ] The first thing I do when I wake up is get caffeine.
[ ] I cant go to the store without getting something I don't need.
[x] I understand political jokes the first time they are said.
[x] I can type quickly.
total: 5
[X] I have realized that the weather forecast changes every hour.
[ ] My only friends are from my place of employment.
[ ] I have been to a tupperware party.
[x] I have realized that no one will take you seriously unless you are over the age of 25 and have a job.
[ ] I have more bills than I can pay.
[ ] All my friends are older than I am.
[x] I can say no to staying out all night.
[x] I use the internet every day.
[x] My wardrobe hasn't changed in a while.
[x] I can read a book and actually finish it.
Grand Total: 34 |
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