]]>We've set ourselves a goal that in 1 month we'll have finished reading the same book Not Wanted on the Voyage and will then meet up to discuss. A one on one book club so to speak.
First impressions: a surreal fantastical world where common expectations of familiar Biblical stories are re-shaped. For example: Timothy has introduced a talking Unicorn into this magical-realist landscape, and yet we learn that Unicorns are only slightly larger than a dog. The characters are rich, particularly Mrs. Noyes, Noah's wife. She is a drunk who has issues when it comes to Dr. Noah Noyes religious obsession. And Yaweh is an old cantankerous curmudgeon who with his angels travels under the guise of a circus. My favourite character though would be Motyll, an elderly cat through which much of the story seems to be interpreted. An interesting choice to view the world of Noah through the eyes of various creatures and mythical beasts. Quite bizarre and delightful all at once.
Speaking of delightful things: my good friend Karen is visiting right now from New Hampshire and I am loving every second of it. We've mostly been sitting around and catching up. As I told her yesterday, we're attempting to cram everything we would be doing if we lived in the same city, into a 4 day visit: getting drunk, dinner, movies, bad-tv marathons. We only knew each other for a year but we managed to create a very strong friendship. It is nice knowing that even though we have not seen each other in two years, that we can just fall right back into a friendship and pick up where we left off. The internet and telephone help some but nothing beats sitting down next to your friend and giggling over The Golden Girls.
Alice in Wonderland later today. I am sure a review will go up shortly. Cheers.
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Things That are Not so Good
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Joanna Newsom is an artist I struggled with early on. Her voice is something you have to grow into, (rather high on the vocal scale) someone you come to love after repeated listens. Unlike my friend Paul (thanks for turning me onto her), I found her first album The Milk-Eyed Mender to be better than her second Ys. That is not to say that Ys is a bad album, not by any stretch. I just found TMEM to be more accessible. Having listened to her new release, I would still recommend that new comers to her work start with TMEM. Ys is similar to viewing and listening to an opera, it requires an extended & repeated listening to enjoy.
If you know me and are willing or open to trying some new music, ask me for her work and I'd be more than willing to share her discography. Oh and I've recently sought out her work on-line and legally paid for her work. Some artists are worth giving their dues and she is definitely one of them.
]]>Something about things that look, taste, & smell disgusting that mothers feel the need to apply to their children when they are under the weather. I refused treatment and suffered until I passed out. There are some things I refuse to put on my face.
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I get daily comic strips e-mailed to me every day. Some times you come across one that just makes you smile. I was having a fairly crappy day/week and this particular comic made me smile. I love Peanuts.
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]]>I could not help but laugh at myself. It is interesting how much may change in the course of a few years. I wonder what 2007 Gaurav would tell 2010 Gaurav, or maybe I should reverse that, after all hindsight is 20/20.
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