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it's not you, it's me. [08 Jan 2008|04:36am] huckfinns 2 comments|post comment

01 atonement [03 Jan 2008|04:38pm] when i get excited about something, i tend to get a little rambly. so im going to stick to the essentials when praising atonement. it is without doubt one of the greatest books ive ever read, if not the greatest. considering i usually only read beat poetry & prose, novels by authors i adore on account of familiarity, & classics that are thus necessary in order to be a well-versed literary maven, atonement doesnt really fit my books-to-read criterion. it's written by a modern, questionably prolific british author, ian mcewan. im very hesitant to engage in the works of writers who can produce more than 10 books in 10 years, especially within the last 10 years. im wary of untidy writing. ian mcewan is either a bright exception in a bleak sea of crap or i have been naively prejudice towards modern writers. he's wordy while narrowly avoiding to-a-fault; every single word is necessary & part of constructing a greater beauty. & it's readable, yr eager for all those words. it's really hard to sum up the plot as it's so expansive; it's about love, world wars, internal battles, self-forgiveness, fate. the catalyst for all of it is a dreamy little girl, briony, with a big imagination & big heart who confuses protecting her older sister with destroying her older sister's life. the mistake seems hard to make as the two objectives seem completely unrelated, but briony does it. the story itself is complete genius, im in awe that someone could come up with it. i think the book would have been just as good had another author written it with the same plot in his hand; ian mcewan's ability to stun with words is just a perk. the movie that just came out is really good too. working with such a story guarantees a solid movie, & the seriously incredible cinematography replaces ian mcewan's writing that cant be apparent on screen. i thought that the movie was just as good as the book when i first saw it because of how flawlessly, elegantly it translated. im realizing now that the book's ending is unlike anything ive read before, is worth the endings of all the other books ive ever read. it's a 350 page novel & the ending isnt there until the final page, on which you become more touched than yr imagination should allow. read this book ! it's responsible for reigniting my passion for reading, which has been on a sort of shameful hiatus. love, elizabeth 4 comments|post comment

william + sarah; [18 Dec 2007|12:36pm] this movie was not very good, at all. i just dont know how that happened. 4 comments|post comment

sook + buddy; [02 Dec 2007|12:48pm] this is my favorite book. i read it & weep. truman capote is mighty. 2 comments|post comment

natur; [06 Oct 2007|10:55am] my wisdumb teeth are killin me. ( neat ) 6 comments|post comment

wuuunder; [20 Sep 2007|09:55am] i just finished the greatest book, the greatest aw. the greatest book the hottest state written by ETHAN HAWKE. it wasnt really about texas, kind of about fort worth the town & the hot there. the boy william, who's story it is, is from texas & loves texas. he's mostly about new york the city though, & paris the city, & about being so lost in love he literally cant find love. which is really the hottest state of all. it's not sad though; it's honest & it's so unpretentious & so honest, i cant believe ethan the hawk wrote it tarzan kissing a girl : baby, baby, baby. 4 comments|post comment

elegant; [17 Sep 2007|06:58pm] "i move that mr john merrick be admitted to the hospital on a permanent basis, provided that the hospital receives a yearly sum equal to the cost of one bed." ("as far as im concerned, this creature has no business here. i for one am sick and tired of this freak-hunting by ambitious young doctors, trying to make names for themselves. to parade them about in front of the society is one thing, but to waste the committee's time with requests for shelter for these abominations of nature is quite another. you must be more careful! in the light of these facts, our course is clear: the question is not whether to accept this creature as a patient, but when will the rooms be vacated for the use of more deserving cases? i move that this Elephant Man be removed from the premises immediately.")

cred; [10 Sep 2007|06:43pm] i have to write about revenge of the lawn richard brautigan the bird artist howard norman the rum diary hunter thompson blue & red things laura solomon at some point. i will probably never write much about the rum diary. i didnt get to finish it. i left it on the bar at a lesbian nightclub one night last week. that night was really great, better than a lot most others, & i think i have to remember the book by remembering i left it in that night & remember that night in the book, cos it was a monumental book, monumental cos it was born the rum diary, monumental cos i started to love it a lot there was one part i remember & liked & dont need the book to remember & like. chenault said "dont order me around you goddamn puritan." she said that to her boyfriend. she was drunk & very serious. post comment

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backteeth; [24 Aug 2007|03:54pm] everything includes us the thought of her hands touching his hair makes me want to vomit. r. brautigan bach before we met, but when was that ? there are more of questions than of anything. i was born, yes. once i learned to play the piano. my mother was like a brick. there have been so many houses called home, days called today and then yesterday, i thought tomorrow i will -- something. the piano tuner will come and then again i will play. l. solomon post comment

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