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Monday, June 30th, 2008
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10:05 am - I was bored...
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The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've only read 6 and force books upon them.
1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible - God
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. 1984- George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare (I haven't finished them all yet, but I'm working through them.)
15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot
21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34. Emma - Jane Austen
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal - Emile Zola
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80. Possession - AS Byatt
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
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| Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
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12:54 pm - Hahahaa! More amusement!
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| Monday, May 5th, 2008
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1:01 pm - Mr. K is making me finish my Minorities final...
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But in the meantime, to help take my mind off of all the stress and drama surrounding graduation and my personal life, I thought I'd do something here that I don't believe I have before, but I've seen on some of my f-list journals. It's the Anonymous Meme.
Anything you want to say, go for it: spill out your heart, confess your deepest desires, tell me what you had for lunch. IP Logging off.
So go for it. Just remember to post anonymously...I'm probably going to regret this.
current mood:  stressed
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| Thursday, November 15th, 2007
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10:45 am - Free Rice!
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You guys should do this. It's a fun little vocabulary thing, and for every one you get right, they donate ten grains of rice in an effort to alleviate hunger in the world. I've already hit 7000 and am still playing when I get free time. I know at least Adrian will have fun with it. It doesn't take long. You don't have to sign up for anything. Just click the link.
http://www.freerice.com/index.php
current mood:  geeky
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| Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
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9:42 pm
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Ok, people, we're having a hell of a storm here. There's a tornado coming through. I'll check in when it's over if I'm able. This shit is kind of scary...
current mood:  a little scared
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| Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
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6:53 pm
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| Friday, April 20th, 2007
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7:26 pm - Bushisms...
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Ok, I had to share this little gem. My suitemate has a little calendar with a George W. Bush quote on each page. She just showed me the one from yesterday, and it's so damn good I just had to share.
"I want to thank my friend, Senator Bill Frist, for joining us today....He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me."
-George W. Bush
Nashville, Tennessee; May 27, 2004
*bwahahahaaaa!!!*
current mood:  amused
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| Thursday, April 5th, 2007
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11:03 am - Wow...
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| Thursday, February 15th, 2007
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9:28 pm - Heehee, one step away from genius!
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Mastermind, hmm...
current music: "Framed in Blood" by The 69 Eyes
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| Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
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4:53 pm
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| In 1984 (the year you were born) | 
Ronald Reagan is president of the US
On a Challenger mission, two astronauts become the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft
An Union Carbide insecticide plant in Bhopal, India seeps toxic gas killing over 2,000
Penthouse magazine publishes nude photographs of Miss America Vanessa Williams
The Soviet Union boycotts the Los Angeles Summer Olympics
Richard Stallman starts developing GNU
"Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's airs for the first time
The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a computer mouse and GUI interface, is introduced by Apple
Ethiopian famine begins
Mandy Moore and Avril Lavigne are born
Detroit Tigers win the World Series
Los Angeles Raiders win Superbowl XVIII
Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup
Ghost Busters, Beverly Hills Cop, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and The Karate Kid are top grossing films
"When Doves Cry" by Prince and the Revolution spends the most time at the top of US charts
Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial
The Cosby Show, Punky Brewster, and Who's the Boss? premiere |
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| Monday, November 20th, 2006
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11:00 am
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Ok, I'm about to head home for Thanksgiving break. I won't be back on until Sunday. So until then, everyone have a great turkey day (Adey, I hope you have a good time with your folks visiting), and I will talk to you when I get back.
current mood:  hungry
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| Saturday, November 18th, 2006
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1:17 am - Hahahahaa!
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"Yeah, Mr. H. Frankie says 'relax.'" ~Blue, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
I love this show.
current mood: amused
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| Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
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3:30 pm
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| Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
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6:45 pm
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| What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Northeast Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak. | | Philadelphia | | | The Inland North | | | The Midland | | | Boston | | | The South | | | The West | | | North Central | | | What American accent do you have? |
That's really odd...considering where I come from, most people seem to consider it part of the south.
current mood: hungry
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3:25 am
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| Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
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10:58 pm - Hee!
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11:26 am
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Happy Samhain to everyone!Hope you have a fun and spooky Halloween.
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| Monday, October 23rd, 2006
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10:09 pm - Bleh!
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What the hell is up with this snow-in-OCTOBER bullshit?! This is the second year in a row! It's not supposed to fucking snow on HALLOWEEN! What the HELL?! >_< *RAGE*
current mood:  RAGE
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| Monday, October 16th, 2006
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1:45 am
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Ok, for those of you who couldn’t figure them out, prepare to kick yourselves.
#1 was “Framed in Blood” by The 69 Eyes
#4 was “Run to the Hills (live)” by Iron Maiden
#5 was “Bittersweet” by Apocalyptica w/Ville Valo from HIM and Lauri Ylonen from The Rasmus
#6 was “One Winged Angel” from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
#12 was “The Man Who Sold the World” by David Bowie
#13 was “Beast of Blood” by Malice Mizer
#16 was “Gypsy” by Fleetwood Mac
#17 was “Dead Cell” by Papa Roach
#19 was “Razorblade Kiss” by HIM
#20 was “The King of Rock and Roll” by Daniel Lioneye
And now, since it’s just that much fun…let’s do it again!
Rules
Step 1: Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 20 songs that play, not matter how embarassing.
Step 4: Bold out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING! (And I'll know, because some will probably be obscure :P)
Note: If I can't make out what the lyircs are, I'm skipping that song cause I don't want you guys to not be able to guess a song based on my not having the actual lyrics up here.
1. “From the day that I met you girl…”
2. “I have climbed the highest mountains…” -- "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2
3. “Sometimes I feel I’ve got to…”
4. “Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom…” -- "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac
5. “I guess this time you’re really leaving…” -- "I'll Be There For You" by Bon Jovi
6. “Took a look down a westbound road…”
7. “Kelly, can you handle this?” -- "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child
8. “We were standing all alone you were leaning in to speak to me…” -- "Chained to You" by Savage Garden
9. “I just saw you, tooi heya de kimi ni atta yo…”
10. “I want you to know, that I’m happy for you…” -- "You Oughtta Know" by Alanis Morissette.
11. “The world was on fire, no one could save me but you…”
12. “Well the night’s begun and you want some fun…”
13. “Among the many muted faces…”
14. “Baby, please try to forgive me…” -- "Shape of My Heart" by BSB
15. “Sittin’ in the morning’ sun…”
16. “Love…devotion…feeling…emotion…”
17. “I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind..." -- "Kryptonite" by Three Doors Down
18. “Drop ya glasses, shake ya asses…”
19. “Liberate your mind, you motherfucker, you’re so narrow-minded…”
20. “Tell your mama, tell your pa…”
current mood:  exhausted
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| Thursday, October 12th, 2006
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7:09 pm
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in awe
intrigued
DEATH. 
WillParry gave you AUsedSyringe. 
LoisLane gave you AHerring.
JuliusCaesar gave you ADuck.
SeverusSnape gave you UsedChewingGum.
gave you a free ticket on Oceanic Airlines.