Alternative title: What I am doing with my life outside schoolwork and band.
Lots of blogs review stuff, and I’m bored, so I will review various things.
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Books:
Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter. I think I mentioned one of the short novels in it earlier, “Old Mortality”. The other two, “Noon Wine” and the title story “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” are not bad either. “Noon Wine” is fascinating, and “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” is rather pungent poignant.
“What else besides them did I have in the world? Nothing. Nothing is mine, I have only nothing but it is enough, it is beautiful and it is all mine. Do I even walk about in my own skin or is it something I have borrowed to spare my modesty? Now what horse shall I borrow for this journey I do not mean to take…” (180)
That is not my favorite quote of them all by the way. But it’s nice.
Compared to the other Katherine Anne Porter book in the Library, Flowering Judas and Other Stories, I liked this one a lot better. The only stories I clearly remember still make little sense to me. But my perspective on this book and my new experience on interpreting short stories (Thank you, Mr. Rath) might convince me to read it again.
If you’re sick of short stories and such, then my other suggestion is 1984 by George Orwell. It’s considered a classic, I think, and for good measure. I think you’ll find how much of a good writer Orwell is and how much of that is frightening.
I’m not in the mood of reading newer, contemporary books right now. So sorry if you wanted recommendations on that.
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Music:
I have lately started listening to French music, by a certain Coeur de Pirate. She’s from Montreal and she speaks English and French fluently. :O
… You know, I’m not sure if I remember Mr. Gales ever speaking in fluent French. An unrelated thought anyways.
The credit of this artist discovery actually goes to Grace. She introduced me to a song by Coeur de Pirate and I went on to listen to her other songs. I don’t think these help me in French anyways (I can hardly keep up with what she’s singing) and when I looked up a French-English translation the song’s difficulty was hard. Lol. But the music is still nice.
Here is Ensemble:
There are also cute boys in this video. Except they cheat.
Le gasp. I just found out she did a cover of “Tous les garcons et les filles”. Wow. This song. XD Mr. Gales chose something kind of well-known.
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Movies
Um, I’m not exactly sure what to recommend. I though the first Sherlock Holmes movie wasn’t too bad. I mean I couldn’t hear half of it because if terrible airplane headphones, but still. Witty stuffs.
Also as to what NOT to watch: I really didn’t like Crazy, Stupid, Love. Or was it Stupid, Crazy, Love? Ok it’s Crazy, Stupid, Love. I just looked it up to check. Anyhow, I don’t get the point of that movie.
I think the themes of the movie are: “It’s a small world”. Or “People have trouble making decisions.” Or “Teenagers these days are really creepy.” Or “Don’t sleep with psychotic 8th-grade teachers.” Or “Sappy, cheesy lines will get you places.”
And this movie is also not my preferred kind of comedy, or romance, which probably accounts for my dislike and boredom of this romantic comedy.
Next up is the “Shtuff” that is mentioned in the title. I feel like Marius whenever I come up with pretty words to write when I’m on a walk. Lol.
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It’s been months since I’ve seen you.
My gaze inadvertently turned to you. And you smiled in a way I hadn’t known I had missed.
I’m aware of our situation but the thought of this fortuitous meeting makes me a tiny bit euphoric inside.
I wonder if the moon and sun ever have these thoughts during an eclipse.
As I was walking, the setting sky seemed different, though I’ve ambled underneath it so many times. The sky wasn’t a brilliant red and orange, and neither was it a stunning gradient of blue. The various sunset colors were muted and soft. I found it lovely all the same.
But tonight, the evening didn’t have to be enchanting; you had made it so.
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More Shtuff.
Rath: [assigning genocide project groups] Ooh look. Krishna and Krishna. Two Krishna’s in a group is an automatic A! I think.
Krishna: I’m going to hold you to that.
Rath: Heh.
[Guess which Krishna it is! It's probably obvious...]
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[Thursday]
Mr. Hui: Guess what temperature it is in here, guys? 58 degrees!
Us: What. o__o
Hr. Hui: I think it went up a degree because now there are all these bodies in here.
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Well the odd bits of stress that have been accumulating in the clogs of my brain here and there are now starting to give me a headache. I’m going to sleep.
Good night.
