I've been trying to get into A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and every time I pick it up I get distracted, or remember homework I forgot I had, or realize I have five minutes to get ready for work. As a result, I'm only about forty pages in. It's disgusting and sad and eyeopening all at the same time. Dying of cancer really is an awful way to die. I think I'd rather just die quickly than know I'm sick and sit around waiting for the day when my family members don't have to worry about me. After all, they all know I'm not getting better.
I've read fifty pages of Angela's Ashes and I can't decide how I feel about it. It's so easy to forget that it's a true story, not a novel. It's written so calmly that I can't help but feel the person who wrote it never actually experienced any of the things happening. But he did. If I had ever lived the way the family in the book lived, I would write a book all about how horrible materialism and selfishness are.
Eating
My aunt bought me a sushi-rolling board last summer, and I just broke it out and made sushi a few nights ago. It took me several tries to make it worthwhile, but boy was it worth it. Delicious.
School
In AP Composition we read an article about Jonah Lehrer, the author who plagiarized and invented quotes for his book. I've been reading some of his articles he wrote before his validity was questioned this is my favorite. It's interesting because depression can be hereditary and several of my family members have been depressed at one point in their lives.
Music
One word: Oberhofer.
More than one word: That's a weird version of the song, but I can't find the album version.
History of Oberhofer: They're weird and sound that way. No one had ever really heard about them until they went on David Letterman...and people still don't really know how amazing they are. I always let people borrow their CD and I always tell them: listen to the entire album once. Hate it, I expect you to. Then listen to it again. Everyone so far has become obsessed after listening to the album for a second time.
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