Friday, May 11, 2007
Current mood: Crazy Optimistic!
Category: Life
Life is feeling better these days. I think I've turned a corner. The birthday angst has subsided, and has been replaced by a feeling of optimism. I have to be careful, though--I've gotten comfortable with feelings like this before, only to have harsh reality slap me in the face. I need to "keep things in perspective." (That's the secret phrase for the week, for those of you keeping track at home.)
I just finished an amazing novel called "Remainder," by Tom McCarthy. It's told from the point of view of an "unreliable narrator," who had suffered some sort of accident that he can't remember. Very interesting. He becomes obsessed with "re-enacting" things he remembers, and this behavior escalates. Some of the details he goes into get a bit tedious, but you're right inside the narrator's head, so that's the way he thinks. Anyway, it's very beautifully written, and I say check it out. It's unlike anything I've read before. And I have to say that I can identify with some of the obsessiveness of the guy's personality.... Next book on my list is: "Then We Came to the End," by Joshua Ferris.
That's it for today--everybody have a great weekend and enjoy life!
Currently listening : Brianstorm By Arctic Monkeys Release date: By 17 April, 2007
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