the XAM book that i condemened in an earlier post is not all bad, but it should definitely not be used on its own, as it contains errors and provides incomplete information about the test
question:
would you rather have a couch in your kitchen, a “kitchen couch,” that annoyingly gets in the way as often as it convienently provides cozy and comfortable seating
or
a long table and chairs?
…if i could paint the table and chairs i’d go for their more conventional and practical appeal
i am partial to the kitchen couch, however
i highly recommend that everyone avoid the XAM study guide to the CSET English exam.
that is all
Filed under: F Scott Fitzgerald, Living in Oblivion, my brother, nada, Tender is the Night
there are so many places i’d like to go, and so many people i’d like to be with
i watched living in oblivion (1995) tonight with my brother. it’s a great movie. the director’s a bit nuts. i suggest watching the interview in the special features if you get the dvd. a bowl of nuts.
this american life a couple weeks ago was just interviews in a mall. how appropriate.
i haven’t made it past alcott in that book of author’s, but i have been inspired to look into fitzgerald’s “other” novel, tender is the night.
[i forced this entry.] 
Filed under: "The Lottery", 100 Menacing Murder Stories, Agathie Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, Books, Characters, Crimen Perfecto, Doctor Watson, Gosford Park, Movies, Murder, Myspace, Netflix, Reading, Ryan Gosling, Shirlock Holmes, Short Stories, Spain, Stories to Read in the Dark, Stories to Read with the Lights Off, Sue Grafton, Tales from the Crypt, Without a Clue
i just watched the perfect crime. not the version with ryan gosling – though i have a friend who absolutely adores him and made a myspace page for him that she needed to desert because too many people kept unknowingly throwing their hearts at her, thinking she was him — it’s a spanish movie. a “hilarious caper” according to netflix.
it’s funny from begining to end. though, at some point i did get a bit impatient. the values are a tad rotten, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles.
the film is set in madrid. i miss madrid. in one scene i saw the “tio pepe” sign that we used to use to navigate around plaza mayor.
recently i’m all about the mystery. on christmas eve i read a couple short stories from an anthology titled, 100 menacing murder stories. they were terrible. i did not enjoy them. the stories were predictable and non-nonsensical at the same time. maybe i just missed a clue or something. sue grafton is nice. i read one of her letters series. i like agatha chrstie and poe. shirley jackson’s “the lottery” was good and eerie, but i like the quirks of a complicated library and too many characters and poison non-chalently thrown in with the clearning supplies bottles and the sugar cubes. i have another collection of short stories titled alfred hithchock presents: stories to read with the lights off. i’ll try that one next. i remember the stories to read in the dark from the tales from the crypt series. some of the books included stage direction for the reader — when to slow down, when to speed up or pause. very theatrical – as a true murder mystery should be.
recently i watched without a clue with my brother. it’s about sherlock holmes and doctor watson. it took a moment for me to suspend disbelief and get into the reality, but the film is definitely a part of the funny murder mystery genre that i so adore. the genre that the film clue encompasses. godsford park is a phenominal murder mystery film. hm…i sense a wealthy white people theme developing…
i think i’m going to read: the inn, by guy de maupassant
crimen perfecto:
ponderings:
fog – i think i’d like the fog if i didn’t have to drive in it. fog definitely adds mystery to life
picture taking at parties – i’d rather party
mustaches – jason says mustaches are men showing their masculinity. he also said that boys are always at least two inches taller than their mother.
tera’s house – is out of a fucking agatha christie novel. settees and everything. bookshelves with books that may actually be levers to enter a secret passage way that leads to…probably more books
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