Friday, November 30, 2007

New Year's Resolution Part 2

This is the list I've compiled so far(number of pages in parenthesis), I think I have a good mix of tough reads, easy reads, and a few re-reads:

1. Walden by Thoreau (336)

2. Civil Disobedience by Thoreau(384)

3. The call of the wild by London(160)

4. The Sea Wolf by London (244)

5. Meditations of John Muir by John Muir(144)

6. Stickeen by John Muir (84)

7. In Our Time by Hemingway(160)

8. The Naked and the Dead by Mailer(736)

9. Good Dog, Stay by Quindlen(96)

10. The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow(608)

11. Blood Meridian by McCarthy (337)

12. Catch 22 by Heller (464)

13. Anti-Christ by Moses(396)

14. Neuromancer by Gibson (288)

15. Ragtime by Doctorow(288)

16. Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard (163)

17. A Piece of Blue Sky: L. Ron Exposed by Atack, Miller (428)

18. Hatchet by Paulsen (one in series of 5) (192)

19. Zan-Gah by Shickman(160)

20. Outlander by Gabaldon(850)

21. Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle (224)

22. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bryson(560)

23. Quartzsite Trip by Hogon(322)

24. The Testament of Gideon Mack by Robertson (400)

25. The God Delusion by Dawkins (416)

26. White Noise by DeLillo(336)

27. The Waste Land by TS Eliot(120)

28. As I Lay Dying by Faulkner(267)

29. Secret Agent by Conrad (197)

30. The Godfather by Puzo (496)

31. The Sicilian by Puzo(416)

32. The Godfather Returns by Puzo (648)

33. The Last Don by Puzo(502)

34. Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Bach (112)

35. Illusions by Bach(192)

36. There’s No Such Place as Faraway by Bach(48)

37. Jitterbug Perfume by Robbins(352)

38. Another Roadside Attraction by Robbins(352)

39. Galapagos by Vonnegut(336)

40. God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Vonnegut (80)

41. Less than Zero by Ellis(208)

42. Thus spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche(352)

43. A Spot of Bother by Haddon(354)

44. 100 Years of Solitude by Marquez (448)

45. Hell’s Angels by Thompson(273)

46. The Idiot by Dostoevsky (608)

47. Anti-Christ by Nietzsche (91)

48. The Selfish Gene by Dawkins (360)

49. A Brief History of Time by Hawking (224)

50. Blaming the Brain by Valenstein (292)

51. Breaking the Spell by Dennett (464)

52. Tuva or Bust! By Feyman (256)

53. Steppenwolf by Hesse (224)

54. Laughing Boy by La Farge (208)

55. Arrow of God by Achebe (230)

56. No Longer at Ease by Achebe (194)

57. Electric Kool Aid Acid Test by Wolfe (416)

58. The Reivers by Faulkner (320)

59. Harvest Poems by Sandburg (128)

60. Captain Pamphile by Dumas (200)

61. Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas (634)

62. Lonesome Traveler by Kerouac (192)

63. Into the Forest by Hegland (241)

64. Population Bomb by Ehrlich (201)

65. Monkey Wrench by Levi (176)

66. The Teachings of Buddha (250)

67. Holy Bible (803)

68. The Koran (528)

69. Ficciones by Borges (176)

70. Panic Rising by Nunn (232)

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

New Years Resolution

I've decided that my new years resolution is to try and read 100 books in a year. I actually tried this about 3 years ago and only got to 70 before I got burnt out. So anywho I need some book suggestions and I'm open to all genres.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Tit for...

Got a tat on my right shoulder-ish. It's the numbers 930 in block letters and mushed together. The numbers signify Dee and Sean's shared birthday: September Thirty.

The tat was inked in San Diego at a place called Church of Steel by a portly German named Marcel, with a mixed rockabilly/goth style. While I was there another artist got a call, and the secretary said "Hey, remember that dude whose face you tattooed yesterday? Well, he's coming in and he's pissed!" I missed the confrontation unfortunately.

Adding to the experience, I saw a screaming load of girls crowded around these guys.