solitudine.

Before the Year Ends

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:56:18 GMT

I have exactly a week before it's my birthday, which means that there are only 85 days left in the year. I have so many things to do and I've seriously been reconsidering renewing my paid subscription because I don't use my LJ as often as I should anymore. Thus, I have officially two weeks to decide whether I want to keep it or not since I bought it as a belated birthday present to myself last year. Added to that the fact that I am dirt poor. :|

Nevertheless, it is time to make my list of things to accomplish before the year is over!

TEN THINGS I'D LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE 01-01-2010

1) Read at least four more new books.
2) Actually start posting on the Alpha Omega Mu blog.
3) Have at least $500 in my bank account by year-end (after rent is paid for January).
4) Get out of SoCal.
5) Get at least 7 hours of sleep for an entire week.
6) Wear at least one of my pairs of stilettos somewhere.
7) Go through my room, clean it and PART with unnecessary debris.
8) Volunteer at least one more time at the OC Rescue Mission.
9) Put myself through water therapy for a week. Eat only vegetables for a week.
10) Kiss.

Rahm Emanuel will cut a bitch.

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:47:15 GMT

He is my new political idol. Furrealz. Move over Dick Cheney, Rahm-bo's got my attention now.

(lame.)

In other other news, however, I would like to inform my entire F-list and more that I am still alive. I know I haven't been around lately and several of you have informed me that you thought I had disappeared off the face of the Earth. No, still here (you're not getting off that easily). I am settled into my new room and my new apartment and, so far, I haven't killed Oliver so we're looking at smooth sailing for a while at least.

I have stories to tell you from four successive party nights to my first day at work to Relay for Life tomorrow but those will have to wait for a while as I have dishes in the sink to do, a room to clean up, a closet to re-re-organize, a bathroom to clean, a kitchen to scrub down, lettuce to prep for tomorrow, vacuuming, laundry, remembrance ribbons, living room to clean and more!

So....see you in a bit, F-list. Just letting you all know I'm alive and happy and that y'all need to donate to Relay for Life before I start yelling. YES, I'm looking at you working people AND all you people in Europe where the currency conversion is on your side. FIVE DOLLARS IS ALL I'M ASKING. REALLY. FIVE DOLLARS.

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Mememememememememememe

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:48:00 GMT

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

invalidreality assigned me the letter '4'. (I know, she isn't very smart.XD)

1. 4 A.M. Forever - Lostprophets
2. 4 Minutes - Madonna
3. 4 in the Morning - Gwen Stefani
4. 4 A.M. - Our Lady Peace
5. 4 Seasons of Loneliness - Boyz II Men

HAH. TAKE THAT, LALYNN.

Book Meme

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:06:31 GMT

20/1001
[But I thought I was well-read.D:]

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: Bold the books you've read; italicize the ones you have and/or intend to read in the near future.

2000s
1. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Saturday – Ian McEwan
3. On Beauty – Zadie Smith
4. Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee
5. Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson
6. The Sea – John Banville
7. The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble
8. The Plot Against America – Philip Roth
9. The Master – Colm Tóibín
10. Vanishing Point – David Markson
11. The Lambs of London – Peter Ackroyd
12. Dining on Stones – Iain Sinclair
13. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
14. Drop City – T. Coraghessan Boyle
15. The Colour – Rose Tremain
16. Thursbitch – Alan Garner
17. The Light of Day – Graham Swift
18. What I Loved – Siri Hustvedt
19. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
20. Islands – Dan Sleigh
21. Elizabeth Costello – J.M. Coetzee
22. London Orbital – Iain Sinclair
23. Family Matters – Rohinton Mistry
24. Fingersmith – Sarah Waters
25. The Double – José Saramago
26. Everything is Illuminated – Jonathan Safran Foer
27. Unless – Carol Shields
28. Kafka on the Shore – Haruki Murakami
29. The Story of Lucy Gault – William Trevor
30. That They May Face the Rising Sun – John McGahern
31. In the Forest – Edna O’Brien
32. Shroud – John Banville
33. Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
34. Youth – J.M. Coetzee
35. Dead Air – Iain Banks
36. Nowhere Man – Aleksandar Hemon
37. The Book of Illusions – Paul Auster
38. Gabriel’s Gift – Hanif Kureishi
39. Austerlitz – W.G. Sebald
40. Platform – Michael Houellebecq
41. Schooling – Heather McGowan
42. Atonement – Ian McEwan
43. The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen
44. Don’t Move – Margaret Mazzantini
45. The Body Artist – Don DeLillo
46. Fury – Salman Rushdie
47. At Swim, Two Boys – Jamie O’Neill
48. Choke – Chuck Palahniuk
49. Life of Pi – Yann Martel
50. The Feast of the Goat – Mario Vargos Llosa
51. An Obedient Father – Akhil Sharma
52. The Devil and Miss Prym – Paulo Coelho
53. Spring Flowers, Spring Frost – Ismail Kadare
54. White Teeth – Zadie Smith
55. The Heart of Redness – Zakes Mda
56. Under the Skin – Michel Faber
57. Ignorance – Milan Kundera
58. Nineteen Seventy Seven – David Peace
59. Celestial Harmonies – Péter Esterházy
60. City of God – E.L. Doctorow
61. How the Dead Live – Will Self
62. The Human Stain – Philip Roth
63. The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood
64. After the Quake – Haruki Murakami
65. Small Remedies – Shashi Deshpande
66. Super-Cannes – J.G. Ballard
67. House of Leaves – Mark Z. Danielewski
68. Blonde – Joyce Carol Oates
69. Pastoralia – George Saunders

1900s
70. Timbuktu – Paul Auster
71. The Romantics – Pankaj Mishra
72. Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
73. As If I Am Not There – Slavenka Drakuli?
74. Everything You Need – A.L. Kennedy
75. Fear and Trembling – Amélie Nothomb
76. The Ground Beneath Her Feet – Salman Rushdie
77. Disgrace – J.M. Coetzee
78. Sputnik Sweetheart – Haruki Murakami
79. Elementary Particles – Michel Houellebecq
80. Intimacy – Hanif Kureishi
81. Amsterdam – Ian McEwan
82. Cloudsplitter – Russell Banks
83. All Souls Day – Cees Nooteboom
84. The Talk of the Town – Ardal O’Hanlon
85. Tipping the Velvet – Sarah Waters
86. The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
87. Glamorama – Bret Easton Ellis
88. Another World – Pat Barker
89. The Hours – Michael Cunningham
90. Veronika Decides to Die – Paulo Coelho
91. Mason & Dixon – Thomas Pynchon
92. The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
93. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
94. Great Apes – Will Self
95. Enduring Love – Ian McEwan
96. Underworld – Don DeLillo
97. Jack Maggs – Peter Carey
98. The Life of Insects – Victor Pelevin
99. American Pastoral – Philip Roth
100. The Untouchable – John Banville
101. Silk – Alessandro Baricco
102. Cocaine Nights – J.G. Ballard
103. Hallucinating Foucault – Patricia Duncker
104. Fugitive Pieces – Anne Michaels
105. The Ghost Road – Pat Barker
106. Forever a Stranger – Hella Haasse
107. Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace
108. The Clay Machine-Gun – Victor Pelevin
109. Alias Grace – Margaret Atwood
110. The Unconsoled – Kazuo Ishiguro
111. Morvern Callar – Alan Warner
112. The Information – Martin Amis
113. The Moor’s Last Sigh – Salman Rushdie
114. Sabbath’s Theater – Philip Roth
115. The Rings of Saturn – W.G. Sebald
116. The Reader – Bernhard Schlink
117. A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
118. Love’s Work – Gillian Rose
119. The End of the Story – Lydia Davis
120. Mr. Vertigo – Paul Auster
121. The Folding Star – Alan Hollinghurst
122. Whatever – Michel Houellebecq
123. Land – Park Kyong-ni
124. The Master of Petersburg – J.M. Coetzee
125. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami
126. Pereira Declares: A Testimony – Antonio Tabucchi
127. City Sister Silver – Jàchym Topol
128. How Late It Was, How Late – James Kelman
129. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernieres (Intend to. Don't know when.)
130. Felicia’s Journey – William Trevor
131. Disappearance – David Dabydeen
132. The Invention of Curried Sausage – Uwe Timm
133. The Shipping News – E. Annie Proulx
134. Trainspotting – Irvine Welsh
135. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
136. Looking for the Possible Dance – A.L. Kennedy
137. Operation Shylock – Philip Roth
138. Complicity – Iain Banks
139. On Love – Alain de Botton
140. What a Carve Up! – Jonathan Coe
141. A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
142. The Stone Diaries – Carol Shields
143. The Virgin Suicides – Jeffrey Eugenides
144. The House of Doctor Dee – Peter Ackroyd
145. The Robber Bride – Margaret Atwood
146. The Emigrants – W.G. Sebald
147. The Secret History – Donna Tartt
148. Life is a Caravanserai – Emine Özdamar
149. The Discovery of Heaven – Harry Mulisch
150. A Heart So White – Javier Marias
151. Possessing the Secret of Joy – Alice Walker
152. Indigo – Marina Warner
153. The Crow Road – Iain Banks
154. Written on the Body – Jeanette Winterson
155. Jazz – Toni Morrison
156. The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje
157. Smilla’s Sense of Snow – Peter Høeg
158. The Butcher Boy – Patrick McCabe
159. Black Water – Joyce Carol Oates
160. The Heather Blazing – Colm Tóibín
161. Asphodel – H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)
162. Black Dogs – Ian McEwan
163. Hideous Kinky – Esther Freud
164. Arcadia – Jim Crace
165. Wild Swans – Jung Chang
166. American Psycho – Bret Easton Ellis
167. Time’s Arrow – Martin Amis
168. Mao II – Don DeLillo
169. Typical – Padgett Powell
170. Regeneration – Pat Barker
171. Downriver – Iain Sinclair
172. Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord – Louis de Bernieres
173. Wise Children – Angela Carter
174. Get Shorty – Elmore Leonard
175. Amongst Women – John McGahern
176. Vineland – Thomas Pynchon
177. Vertigo – W.G. Sebald
178. Stone Junction – Jim Dodge
179. The Music of Chance – Paul Auster
180. The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
181. A Home at the End of the World – Michael Cunningham
182. Like Life – Lorrie Moore
183. Possession – A.S. Byatt
184. The Buddha of Suburbia – Hanif Kureishi
185. The Midnight Examiner – William Kotzwinkle
186. A Disaffection – James Kelman
187. Sexing the Cherry – Jeanette Winterson
188. Moon Palace – Paul Auster
189. Billy Bathgate – E.L. Doctorow
190. Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
191. The Melancholy of Resistance – László Krasznahorkai
192. The Temple of My Familiar – Alice Walker
193. The Trick is to Keep Breathing – Janice Galloway
194. The History of the Siege of Lisbon – José Saramago
195. Like Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquivel
196. A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
197. London Fields – Martin Amis
198. The Book of Evidence – John Banville
199. Cat’s Eye – Margaret Atwood
200. Foucault’s Pendulum – Umberto Eco
201. The Beautiful Room is Empty – Edmund White
202. Wittgenstein’s Mistress – David Markson
203. The Satanic Verses – Salman Rushdie
204. The Swimming-Pool Library – Alan Hollinghurst
205. Oscar and Lucinda – Peter Carey
206. Libra – Don DeLillo
207. The Player of Games – Iain M. Banks
208. Nervous Conditions – Tsitsi Dangarembga
209. The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul – Douglas Adams
210. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams
211. The Radiant Way – Margaret Drabble
212. The Afternoon of a Writer – Peter Handke
213. The Black Dahlia – James Ellroy
214. The Passion – Jeanette Winterson
215. The Pigeon – Patrick Süskind
216. The Child in Time – Ian McEwan
217. Cigarettes – Harry Mathews
218. The Bonfire of the Vanities – Tom Wolfe
219. The New York Trilogy – Paul Auster
220. World’s End – T. Coraghessan Boyle
221. Enigma of Arrival – V.S. Naipaul
222. The Taebek Mountains – Jo Jung-rae
223. Beloved – Toni Morrison
224. Anagrams – Lorrie Moore
225. Matigari – Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
226. Marya – Joyce Carol Oates
227. Watchmen – Alan Moore & David Gibbons
228. The Old Devils – Kingsley Amis
229. Lost Language of Cranes – David Leavitt
230. An Artist of the Floating World – Kazuo Ishiguro
231. Extinction – Thomas Bernhard
232. Foe – J.M. Coetzee
233. The Drowned and the Saved – Primo Levi
234. Reasons to Live – Amy Hempel
235. The Parable of the Blind – Gert Hofmann
236. Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel García Márquez (Want to. Don't know when.)
237. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit – Jeanette Winterson
238. The Cider House Rules – John Irving
239. A Maggot – John Fowles
240. Less Than Zero – Bret Easton Ellis
241. Contact – Carl Sagan
242. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
243. Perfume – Patrick Süskind (I NEED A COPY. AND THE MOVIE, TOO)
244. Old Masters – Thomas Bernhard
245. White Noise – Don DeLillo
246. Queer – William Burroughs
247. Hawksmoor – Peter Ackroyd
248. Legend – David Gemmell
249. Dictionary of the Khazars – Milorad Pavi?
250. The Bus Conductor Hines – James Kelman
251. The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis – José Saramago
252. The Lover – Marguerite Duras
253. Empire of the Sun – J.G. Ballard
254. The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
255. Nights at the Circus – Angela Carter
256. The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera (Loved this book.)
257. Blood and Guts in High School – Kathy Acker
258. Neuromancer – William Gibson
259. Flaubert’s Parrot – Julian Barnes
260. Money: A Suicide Note – Martin Amis
261. Shame – Salman Rushdie
262. Worstward Ho – Samuel Beckett
263. Fools of Fortune – William Trevor
264. La Brava – Elmore Leonard
265. Waterland – Graham Swift
266. The Life and Times of Michael K – J.M. Coetzee
267. The Diary of Jane Somers – Doris Lessing
268. The Piano Teacher – Elfriede Jelinek
269. The Sorrow of Belgium – Hugo Claus
270. If Not Now, When? – Primo Levi
271. A Boy’s Own Story – Edmund White
272. The Color Purple – Alice Walker
273. Wittgenstein’s Nephew – Thomas Bernhard
274. A Pale View of Hills – Kazuo Ishiguro
275. Schindler’s Ark – Thomas Keneally
276. The House of the Spirits – Isabel Allende
277. The Newton Letter – John Banville
278. On the Black Hill – Bruce Chatwin
279. Concrete – Thomas Bernhard
280. The Names – Don DeLillo
281. Rabbit is Rich – John Updike
282. Lanark: A Life in Four Books – Alasdair Gray
283. The Comfort of Strangers – Ian McEwan
284. July’s People – Nadine Gordimer
285. Summer in Baden-Baden – Leonid Tsypkin
286. Broken April – Ismail Kadare
287. Waiting for the Barbarians – J.M. Coetzee
288. Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
289. Rites of Passage – William Golding
290. Rituals – Cees Nooteboom
291. Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
292. City Primeval – Elmore Leonard
293. The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco
294. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting – Milan Kundera
295. Smiley’s People – John Le Carré
296. Shikasta – Doris Lessing
297. A Bend in the River – V.S. Naipaul
298. Burger’s Daughter - Nadine Gordimer
299. The Safety Net – Heinrich Böll
300. If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler – Italo Calvino
301. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams (Saw the movie. Want the book.)
302. The Cement Garden – Ian McEwan
303. The World According to Garp – John Irving (Want to read.)
304. Life: A User’s Manual – Georges Perec
305. The Sea, The Sea – Iris Murdoch
306. The Singapore Grip – J.G. Farrell
307. Yes – Thomas Bernhard
308. The Virgin in the Garden – A.S. Byatt
309. In the Heart of the Country – J.M. Coetzee
310. The Passion of New Eve – Angela Carter
311. Delta of Venus – Anaïs Nin
312. The Shining – Stephen King
313. Dispatches – Michael Herr
314. Petals of Blood – Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
315. Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison (Sounds familiar. Not sure.)
316. The Hour of the Star – Clarice Lispector
317. The Left-Handed Woman – Peter Handke
318. Ratner’s Star – Don DeLillo
319. The Public Burning – Robert Coover
320. Interview With the Vampire – Anne Rice (OMG. How did this make it here?)
321. Cutter and Bone – Newton Thornburg
322. Amateurs – Donald Barthelme
323. Patterns of Childhood – Christa Wolf
324. Autumn of the Patriarch – Gabriel García Márquez
325. W, or the Memory of Childhood – Georges Perec
326. A Dance to the Music of Time – Anthony Powell
327. Grimus – Salman Rushdie
328. The Dead Father – Donald Barthelme
329. Fateless – Imre Kertész
330. Willard and His Bowling Trophies – Richard Brautigan
331. High Rise – J.G. Ballard
332. Humboldt’s Gift – Saul Bellow
333. Dead Babies – Martin Amis
334. Correction – Thomas Bernhard
335. Ragtime – E.L. Doctorow
336. The Fan Man – William Kotzwinkle
337. Dusklands – J.M. Coetzee
338. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum – Heinrich Böll
339. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – John Le Carré
340. Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
341. Fear of Flying – Erica Jong
342. A Question of Power – Bessie Head
343. The Siege of Krishnapur – J.G. Farrell
344. The Castle of Crossed Destinies – Italo Calvino
345. Crash – J.G. Ballard
346. The Honorary Consul – Graham Greene
347. Gravity’s Rainbow – Thomas Pynchon
348. The Black Prince – Iris Murdoch
349. Sula – Toni Morrison
350. Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino
351. The Breast – Philip Roth
352. The Summer Book – Tove Jansson
353. G – John Berger
354. Surfacing – Margaret Atwood
355. House Mother Normal – B.S. Johnson
356. In A Free State – V.S. Naipaul
357. The Book of Daniel – E.L. Doctorow
358. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S. Thompson
359. Group Portrait With Lady – Heinrich Böll
360. The Wild Boys – William Burroughs
361. Rabbit Redux – John Updike
362. The Sea of Fertility – Yukio Mishima
363. The Driver’s Seat – Muriel Spark
364. The Ogre – Michael Tournier
365. The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
366. Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick – Peter Handke
367. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
368. Mercier et Camier – Samuel Beckett
369. Troubles – J.G. Farrell
370. Jahrestage – Uwe Johnson
371. The Atrocity Exhibition – J.G. Ballard
372. Tent of Miracles – Jorge Amado
373. Pricksongs and Descants – Robert Coover
374. Blind Man With a Pistol – Chester Hines
375. Slaughterhouse-five – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
376. The French Lieutenant’s Woman – John Fowles
377. The Green Man – Kingsley Amis
378. Portnoy’s Complaint – Philip Roth
379. The Godfather – Mario Puzo (I really should, I guess.)
380. Ada – Vladimir Nabokov
381. Them – Joyce Carol Oates
382. A Void/Avoid – Georges Perec
383. Eva Trout – Elizabeth Bowen
384. Myra Breckinridge – Gore Vidal
385. The Nice and the Good – Iris Murdoch
386. Belle du Seigneur – Albert Cohen
387. Cancer Ward – Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
388. The First Circle – Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
389. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke (I had a copy. Where is it?)
390. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick (Want to.)
391. Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid – Malcolm Lowry
392. The German Lesson – Siegfried Lenz
393. In Watermelon Sugar – Richard Brautigan
394. A Kestrel for a Knave – Barry Hines
395. The Quest for Christa T. – Christa Wolf
396. Chocky – John Wyndham
397. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – Tom Wolfe
398. The Cubs and Other Stories – Mario Vargas Llosa
399. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
400. The Master and Margarita – Mikhail Bulgakov
401. Pilgrimage – Dorothy Richardson
402. The Joke – Milan Kundera
403. No Laughing Matter – Angus Wilson
404. The Third Policeman – Flann O’Brien
405. A Man Asleep – Georges Perec
406. The Birds Fall Down – Rebecca West
407. Trawl – B.S. Johnson
408. In Cold Blood – Truman Capote
409. The Magus – John Fowles
410. The Vice-Consul – Marguerite Duras
411. Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys (Recommended by my Lit. professor.)
412. Giles Goat-Boy – John Barth
413. The Crying of Lot 49 – Thomas Pynchon
414. Things – Georges Perec
415. The River Between – Ngugi wa Thiong’o
416. August is a Wicked Month – Edna O’Brien
417. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater – Kurt Vonnegut
418. Everything That Rises Must Converge – Flannery O’Connor
419. The Passion According to G.H. – Clarice Lispector
420. Sometimes a Great Notion – Ken Kesey
421. Come Back, Dr. Caligari – Donald Bartholme
422. Albert Angelo – B.S. Johnson
423. Arrow of God – Chinua Achebe
424. The Ravishing of Lol V. Stein – Marguerite Duras
425. Herzog – Saul Bellow
426. V. – Thomas Pynchon
427. Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
428. The Graduate – Charles Webb
429. Manon des Sources – Marcel Pagnol
430. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John Le Carré
431. The Girls of Slender Means – Muriel Spark
432. Inside Mr. Enderby – Anthony Burgess
433. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
434. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
435. The Collector – John Fowles
436. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
437. A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess (I really should, shouldn't I?)
438. Pale Fire – Vladimir Nabokov
439. The Drowned World – J.G. Ballard
440. The Golden Notebook – Doris Lessing
441. Labyrinths – Jorg Luis Borges
442. Girl With Green Eyes – Edna O’Brien
443. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – Giorgio Bassani
444. Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein
445. Franny and Zooey – J.D. Salinger
446. A Severed Head – Iris Murdoch
447. Faces in the Water – Janet Frame
448. Solaris – Stanislaw Lem
449. Cat and Mouse – Günter Grass
450. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Spark
451. Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
452. The Violent Bear it Away – Flannery O’Connor
453. How It Is – Samuel Beckett
454. Our Ancestors – Italo Calvino
455. The Country Girls – Edna O’Brien
456. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (I should, too.)
457. Rabbit, Run – John Updike
458. Promise at Dawn – Romain Gary
459. Cider With Rosie – Laurie Lee
460. Billy Liar – Keith Waterhouse
461. Naked Lunch – William Burroughs
462. The Tin Drum – Günter Grass
463. Absolute Beginners – Colin MacInnes
464. Henderson the Rain King – Saul Bellow
465. Memento Mori – Muriel Spark
466. Billiards at Half-Past Nine – Heinrich Böll
467. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote (I can't find a copy.)
468. The Leopard – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
469. Pluck the Bud and Destroy the Offspring – Kenzaburo Oe
470. A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
471. The Bitter Glass – Eilís Dillon
472. Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe (I should read this.)
473. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – Alan Sillitoe
474. Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris – Paul Gallico
475. Borstal Boy – Brendan Behan
476. The End of the Road – John Barth
477. The Once and Future King – T.H. White
478. The Bell – Iris Murdoch
479. Jealousy – Alain Robbe-Grillet
480. Voss – Patrick White
481. The Midwich Cuckoos – John Wyndham
482. Blue Noon – Georges Bataille
483. Homo Faber – Max Frisch
484. On the Road – Jack Kerouac
485. Pnin – Vladimir Nabokov
486. Doctor Zhivago – Boris Pasternak (This is a book?)
487. The Wonderful “O” – James Thurber
488. Justine – Lawrence Durrell
489. Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin
490. The Lonely Londoners – Sam Selvon
491. The Roots of Heaven – Romain Gary
492. Seize the Day – Saul Bellow
493. The Floating Opera – John Barth
494. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
495. The Talented Mr. Ripley – Patricia Highsmith (When I find a copy.)
496. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov (Perhaps.)
497. A World of Love – Elizabeth Bowen
498. The Trusting and the Maimed – James Plunkett
499. The Quiet American – Graham Greene
500. The Last Temptation of Christ – Nikos Kazantzákis (Heard about it. Undecided.)
501. The Recognitions – William Gaddis
502. The Ragazzi – Pier Paulo Pasolini
503. Bonjour Tristesse – Françoise Sagan
504. I’m Not Stiller – Max Frisch
505. Self Condemned – Wyndham Lewis
506. The Story of O – Pauline Réage
507. A Ghost at Noon – Alberto Moravia
508. Lord of the Flies – William Golding (I should.)
509. Under the Net – Iris Murdoch
510. The Go-Between – L.P. Hartley
511. The Long Goodbye – Raymond Chandler
512. The Unnamable – Samuel Beckett
513. Watt – Samuel Beckett
514. Lucky Jim – Kingsley Amis
515. Junkie – William Burroughs
516. The Adventures of Augie March – Saul Bellow
517. Go Tell It on the Mountain – James Baldwin
518. Casino Royale – Ian Fleming
519. The Judge and His Hangman – Friedrich Dürrenmatt
520. Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison
521. The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway (Comm 2.)
522. Wise Blood – Flannery O’Connor
523. The Killer Inside Me – Jim Thompson
524. Memoirs of Hadrian – Marguerite Yourcenar
525. Malone Dies – Samuel Beckett
526. Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham
527. Foundation – Isaac Asimov
528. The Opposing Shore – Julien Gracq
529. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
530. The Rebel – Albert Camus
531. Molloy – Samuel Beckett
532. The End of the Affair – Graham Greene
533. The Abbot C – Georges Bataille
534. The Labyrinth of Solitude – Octavio Paz
535. The Third Man – Graham Greene
536. The 13 Clocks – James Thurber
537. Gormenghast – Mervyn Peake
538. The Grass is Singing – Doris Lessing
539. I, Robot – Isaac Asimov
540. The Moon and the Bonfires – Cesare Pavese
541. The Garden Where the Brass Band Played – Simon Vestdijk
542. Love in a Cold Climate – Nancy Mitford
543. The Case of Comrade Tulayev – Victor Serge
544. The Heat of the Day – Elizabeth Bowen
545. Kingdom of This World – Alejo Carpentier
546. The Man With the Golden Arm – Nelson Algren
547. Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell
548. All About H. Hatterr – G.V. Desani
549. Disobedience – Alberto Moravia
550. Death Sentence – Maurice Blanchot
551. The Heart of the Matter – Graham Greene
552. Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
553. Doctor Faustus – Thomas Mann (I read the play. Does that count?XD)
554. The Victim – Saul Bellow
555. Exercises in Style – Raymond Queneau
556. If This Is a Man – Primo Levi
557. Under the Volcano – Malcolm Lowry
558. The Path to the Nest of Spiders – Italo Calvino
559. The Plague – Albert Camus (CAMUUUUUS.)
560. Back – Henry Green
561. Titus Groan – Mervyn Peake
562. The Bridge on the Drina – Ivo Andri?
563. Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
564. Animal Farm – George Orwell
565. Cannery Row – John Steinbeck
566. The Pursuit of Love – Nancy Mitford
567. Loving – Henry Green
568. Arcanum 17 – André Breton
569. Christ Stopped at Eboli – Carlo Levi
570. The Razor’s Edge – William Somerset Maugham
571. Transit – Anna Seghers
572. Ficciones – Jorge Luis Borges
573. Dangling Man – Saul Bellow
574. The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
575. Caught – Henry Green
576. The Glass Bead Game – Herman Hesse
577. Embers – Sandor Marai
578. Go Down, Moses – William Faulkner
579. The Stranger – Albert Camus (CAMUUUUUS. x2)
580. In Sicily – Elio Vittorini
581. The Poor Mouth – Flann O’Brien
582. The Living and the Dead – Patrick White
583. Hangover Square – Patrick Hamilton
584. Between the Acts – Virginia Woolf
585. The Hamlet – William Faulkner
586. Farewell My Lovely – Raymond Chandler
587. For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway
588. Native Son – Richard Wright
589. The Power and the Glory – Graham Greene
590. The Tartar Steppe – Dino Buzzati
591. Party Going – Henry Green
592. The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck (I had the chance to but didn't.)
593. Finnegans Wake – James Joyce
594. At Swim-Two-Birds – Flann O’Brien
595. Coming Up for Air – George Orwell
596. Goodbye to Berlin – Christopher Isherwood
597. Tropic of Capricorn – Henry Miller
598. Good Morning, Midnight – Jean Rhys
599. The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler
600. After the Death of Don Juan – Sylvie Townsend Warner
601. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day – Winifred Watson
602. Nausea – Jean-Paul Sartre
603. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
604. Cause for Alarm – Eric Ambler
605. Brighton Rock – Graham Greene
606. U.S.A. – John Dos Passos
607. Murphy – Samuel Beckett
608. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck (Once again, had the chance to, didn't. Regretted it.)
609. Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
610. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
611. The Years – Virginia Woolf
612. In Parenthesis – David Jones
613. The Revenge for Love – Wyndham Lewis
614. Out of Africa – Isak Dineson (Karen Blixen)
615. To Have and Have Not – Ernest Hemingway
616. Summer Will Show – Sylvia Townsend Warner
617. Eyeless in Gaza – Aldous Huxley
618. The Thinking Reed – Rebecca West
619. Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (Movie.)
620. Keep the Aspidistra Flying – George Orwell
621. Wild Harbour – Ian MacPherson
622. Absalom, Absalom! – William Faulkner
623. At the Mountains of Madness – H.P. Lovecraft
624. Nightwood – Djuna Barnes
625. Independent People – Halldór Laxness
626. Auto-da-Fé – Elias Canetti
627. The Last of Mr. Norris – Christopher Isherwood
628. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? – Horace McCoy
629. The House in Paris – Elizabeth Bowen
630. England Made Me – Graham Greene
631. Burmese Days – George Orwell
632. The Nine Tailors – Dorothy L. Sayers
633. Threepenny Novel – Bertolt Brecht
634. Novel With Cocaine – M. Ageyev
635. The Postman Always Rings Twice – James M. Cain
636. Tropic of Cancer – Henry Miller
637. A Handful of Dust – Evelyn Waugh
638. Tender is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald
639. Thank You, Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse
640. Call it Sleep – Henry Roth
641. Miss Lonelyhearts – Nathanael West
642. Murder Must Advertise – Dorothy L. Sayers
643. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas – Gertrude Stein
644. Testament of Youth – Vera Brittain
645. A Day Off – Storm Jameson
646. The Man Without Qualities – Robert Musil
647. A Scots Quair (Sunset Song) – Lewis Grassic Gibbon
648. Journey to the End of the Night – Louis-Ferdinand Céline
649. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
650. Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
651. To the North – Elizabeth Bowen
652. The Thin Man – Dashiell Hammett
653. The Radetzky March – Joseph Roth
654. The Waves – Virginia Woolf
655. The Glass Key – Dashiell Hammett
656. Cakes and Ale – W. Somerset Maugham
657. The Apes of God – Wyndham Lewis
658. Her Privates We – Frederic Manning
659. Vile Bodies – Evelyn Waugh
660. The Maltese Falcon – Dashiell Hammett
661. Hebdomeros – Giorgio de Chirico
662. Passing – Nella Larsen
663. A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway
664. Red Harvest – Dashiell Hammett
665. Living – Henry Green
666. The Time of Indifference – Alberto Moravia
667. All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
668. Berlin Alexanderplatz – Alfred Döblin
669. The Last September – Elizabeth Bowen
670. Harriet Hume – Rebecca West
671. The Sound and the Fury – William Faulkner
672. Les Enfants Terribles – Jean Cocteau
673. Look Homeward, Angel – Thomas Wolfe
674. Story of the Eye – Georges Bataille
675. Orlando – Virginia Woolf
676. Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D.H. Lawrence
677. The Well of Loneliness – Radclyffe Hall
678. The Childermass – Wyndham Lewis
679. Quartet – Jean Rhys
680. Decline and Fall – Evelyn Waugh
681. Quicksand – Nella Larsen
682. Parade’s End – Ford Madox Ford
683. Nadja – André Breton
684. Steppenwolf – Herman Hesse
685. Remembrance of Things Past – Marcel Proust
686. To The Lighthouse – Virginia Woolf
687. Tarka the Otter – Henry Williamson
688. Amerika – Franz Kafka
689. The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway
690. Blindness – Henry Green
691. The Castle – Franz Kafka
692. The Good Soldier Švejk – Jaroslav Hašek
693. The Plumed Serpent – D.H. Lawrence
694. One, None and a Hundred Thousand – Luigi Pirandello
695. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie
696. The Making of Americans – Gertrude Stein
697. Manhattan Transfer – John Dos Passos
698. Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Woolf
699. The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald (When my cousin is done with it for class.)
700. The Counterfeiters – André Gide
701. The Trial – Franz Kafka
702. The Artamonov Business – Maxim Gorky
703. The Professor’s House – Willa Cather
704. Billy Budd, Foretopman – Herman Melville
705. The Green Hat – Michael Arlen
706. The Magic Mountain – Thomas Mann
707. We – Yevgeny Zamyatin
708. A Passage to India – E.M. Forster
709. The Devil in the Flesh – Raymond Radiguet
710. Zeno’s Conscience – Italo Svevo
711. Cane – Jean Toomer
712. Antic Hay – Aldous Huxley
713. Amok – Stefan Zweig
714. The Garden Party – Katherine Mansfield
715. The Enormous Room – E.E. Cummings
716. Jacob’s Room – Virginia Woolf
717. Siddhartha – Herman Hesse
718. The Glimpses of the Moon – Edith Wharton
719. Life and Death of Harriett Frean – May Sinclair
720. The Last Days of Humanity – Karl Kraus
721. Aaron’s Rod – D.H. Lawrence
722. Babbitt – Sinclair Lewis
723. Ulysses – James Joyce
724. The Fox – D.H. Lawrence
725. Crome Yellow – Aldous Huxley
726. The Age of Innocence – Edith Wharton
727. Main Street – Sinclair Lewis
728. Women in Love – D.H. Lawrence
729. Night and Day – Virginia Woolf
730. Tarr – Wyndham Lewis
731. The Return of the Soldier – Rebecca West
732. The Shadow Line – Joseph Conrad
733. Summer – Edith Wharton
734. Growth of the Soil – Knut Hamsen
735. Bunner Sisters – Edith Wharton
736. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James Joyce (Play.)
737. Under Fire – Henri Barbusse
738. Rashomon – Akutagawa Ryunosuke
739. The Good Soldier – Ford Madox Ford
740. The Voyage Out – Virginia Woolf
741. Of Human Bondage – William Somerset Maugham
742. The Rainbow – D.H. Lawrence
743. The Thirty-Nine Steps – John Buchan
744. Kokoro – Natsume Soseki
745. Locus Solus – Raymond Roussel
746. Rosshalde – Herman Hesse
747. Tarzan of the Apes – Edgar Rice Burroughs
748. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – Robert Tressell
749. Sons and Lovers – D.H. Lawrence
750. Death in Venice – Thomas Mann
751. The Charwoman’s Daughter – James Stephens
752. Ethan Frome – Edith Wharton
753. Fantômas – Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre
754. Howards End – E.M. Forster
755. Impressions of Africa – Raymond Roussel
756. Three Lives – Gertrude Stein
757. Martin Eden – Jack London
758. Strait is the Gate – André Gide
759. Tono-Bungay – H.G. Wells
760. The Inferno – Henri Barbusse
761. A Room With a View – E.M. Forster
762. The Iron Heel – Jack London
763. The Old Wives’ Tale – Arnold Bennett
764. The House on the Borderland – William Hope Hodgson
765. Mother – Maxim Gorky
766. The Secret Agent – Joseph Conrad
767. The Jungle – Upton Sinclair
768. Young Törless – Robert Musil
769. The Forsyte Sage – John Galsworthy
770. The House of Mirth – Edith Wharton
771. Professor Unrat – Heinrich Mann
772. Where Angels Fear to Tread – E.M. Forster
773. Nostromo – Joseph Conrad
774. Hadrian the Seventh – Frederick Rolfe
775. The Golden Bowl – Henry James
776. The Ambassadors – Henry James
777. The Riddle of the Sands – Erskine Childers
778. The Immoralist – André Gide
779. The Wings of the Dove – Henry James
780. Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad (Didn't like it the first time.)
781. The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
782. Buddenbrooks – Thomas Mann
783. Kim – Rudyard Kipling
784. Sister Carrie – Theodore Dreiser
785. Lord Jim – Joseph Conrad

1800s
786. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. – Somerville and Ross
787. The Stechlin – Theodore Fontane
788. The Awakening – Kate Chopin
789. The Turn of the Screw – Henry James
790. The War of the Worlds – H.G. Wells
791. The Invisible Man – H.G. Wells
792. What Maisie Knew – Henry James
793. Fruits of the Earth – André Gide
794. Dracula – Bram Stoker (Surprisingly, I don't think I have.)
795. Quo Vadis – Henryk Sienkiewicz
796. The Island of Dr. Moreau – H.G. Wells
797. The Time Machine – H.G. Wells
798. Effi Briest – Theodore Fontane
799. Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
800. The Real Charlotte – Somerville and Ross
801. The Yellow Wallpaper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman
802. Born in Exile – George Gissing
803. Diary of a Nobody – George & Weedon Grossmith
804. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Some of it.)
805. News from Nowhere – William Morris
806. New Grub Street – George Gissing
807. Gösta Berling’s Saga – Selma Lagerlöf
808. Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
809. The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde (I'm going to read this someday, I swear.)
810. The Kreutzer Sonata – Leo Tolstoy
811. La Bête Humaine – Émile Zola
812. By the Open Sea – August Strindberg
813. Hunger – Knut Hamsun
814. The Master of Ballantrae – Robert Louis Stevenson
815. Pierre and Jean – Guy de Maupassant
816. Fortunata and Jacinta – Benito Pérez Galdés
817. The People of Hemsö – August Strindberg
818. The Woodlanders – Thomas Hardy
819. She – H. Rider Haggard
820. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
821. The Mayor of Casterbridge – Thomas Hardy
822. Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stevenson
823. King Solomon’s Mines – H. Rider Haggard
824. Germinal – Émile Zola
825. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain (Read it for school.)
826. Bel-Ami – Guy de Maupassant
827. Marius the Epicurean – Walter Pater
828. Against the Grain – Joris-Karl Huysmans
829. The Death of Ivan Ilyich – Leo Tolstoy
830. A Woman’s Life – Guy de Maupassant
831. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
832. The House by the Medlar Tree – Giovanni Verga
833. The Portrait of a Lady – Henry James
834. Bouvard and Pécuchet – Gustave Flaubert
835. Ben-Hur – Lew Wallace
836. Nana – Émile Zola
837. The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoevsky
838. The Red Room – August Strindberg
839. Return of the Native – Thomas Hardy
840. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy (I will, someday.)
841. Drunkard – Émile Zola
842. Virgin Soil – Ivan Turgenev
843. Daniel Deronda – George Eliot (TV has made me lazy. Someday.)
844. The Hand of Ethelberta – Thomas Hardy
845. The Temptation of Saint Anthony – Gustave Flaubert
846. Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
847. The Enchanted Wanderer – Nicolai Leskov
848. Around the World in Eighty Days – Jules Verne
849. In a Glass Darkly – Sheridan Le Fanu
850. The Devils – Fyodor Dostoevsky
851. Erewhon – Samuel Butler
852. Spring Torrents – Ivan Turgenev
853. Middlemarch – George Eliot
854. Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There – Lewis Carroll
855. King Lear of the Steppes – Ivan Turgenev
856. He Knew He Was Right – Anthony Trollope
857. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy (Have it back home. Someday.)
858. Sentimental Education – Gustave Flaubert
859. Phineas Finn – Anthony Trollope
860. Maldoror – Comte de Lautréaumont
861. The Idiot – Fyodor Dostoevsky
862. The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins
863. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
864. Thérèse Raquin – Émile Zola
865. The Last Chronicle of Barset – Anthony Trollope
866. Journey to the Centre of the Earth – Jules Verne
867. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky
868. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
869. Our Mutual Friend – Charles Dickens
870. Uncle Silas – Sheridan Le Fanu
871. Notes from the Underground – Fyodor Dostoevsky
872. The Water-Babies – Charles Kingsley
873. Les Misérables – Victor Hugo
874. Fathers and Sons – Ivan Turgenev
875. Silas Marner – George Eliot
876. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens (Undecided on whether I like it or not.)
877. On the Eve – Ivan Turgenev
878. Castle Richmond – Anthony Trollope
879. The Mill on the Floss – George Eliot
880. The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
881. The Marble Faun – Nathaniel Hawthorne
882. Max Havelaar – Multatuli
883. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
884. Oblomovka – Ivan Goncharov
885. Adam Bede – George Eliot
886. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert (I have it. I'll get to it.)
887. North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell
888. Hard Times – Charles Dickens
889. Walden – Henry David Thoreau
890. Bleak House – Charles Dickens
891. Villette – Charlotte Brontë
892. Cranford – Elizabeth Gaskell
893. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lonely – Harriet Beecher Stowe
894. The Blithedale Romance – Nathaniel Hawthorne
895. The House of the Seven Gables – Nathaniel Hawthorne (Also have it. I don't know why I haven't finished it.)
896. Moby-Dick – Herman Melville
897. The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
898. David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
899. Shirley – Charlotte Brontë
900. Mary Barton – Elizabeth Gaskell
901. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – Anne Brontë
902. Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
903. Agnes Grey – Anne Brontë
904. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
905. Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
906. The Count of Monte-Cristo – Alexandre Dumas (Abridged version.)
907. La Reine Margot – Alexandre Dumas
908. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
909. The Purloined Letter – Edgar Allan Poe (I may have. I can't remember the story, so I'll not.)
910. Martin Chuzzlewit – Charles Dickens
911. The Pit and the Pendulum – Edgar Allan Poe (May have. Once again, must have been a long time ago.)
912. Lost Illusions – Honoré de Balzac
913. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens (Performed it for radio theater, too.)
914. Dead Souls – Nikolay Gogol
915. The Charterhouse of Parma – Stendhal
916. The Fall of the House of Usher – Edgar Allan Poe
917. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby – Charles Dickens
918. Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
919. The Nose – Nikolay Gogol
920. Le Père Goriot – Honoré de Balzac
921. Eugénie Grandet – Honoré de Balzac
922. The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Victor Hugo
923. The Red and the Black – Stendhal
924. The Betrothed – Alessandro Manzoni
925. Last of the Mohicans – James Fenimore Cooper
926. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner – James Hogg
927. The Albigenses – Charles Robert Maturin
928. Melmoth the Wanderer – Charles Robert Maturin
929. The Monastery – Sir Walter Scott
930. Ivanhoe – Sir Walter Scott
931. Frankenstein – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
932. Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen (I will.)
933. Persuasion – Jane Austen (I will.)
934. Ormond – Maria Edgeworth
935. Rob Roy – Sir Walter Scott
936. Emma – Jane Austen
937. Mansfield Park – Jane Austen
938. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
939. The Absentee – Maria Edgeworth
940. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
941. Elective Affinities – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
942. Castle Rackrent – Maria Edgeworth

1700s
943. Hyperion – Friedrich Hölderlin
944. The Nun – Denis Diderot
945. Camilla – Fanny Burney
946. The Monk – M.G. Lewis
947. Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
948. The Mysteries of Udolpho – Ann Radcliffe
949. The Interesting Narrative – Olaudah Equiano
950. The Adventures of Caleb Williams – William Godwin
951. Justine – Marquis de Sade
952. Vathek – William Beckford
953. The 120 Days of Sodom – Marquis de Sade (Probably won't.)
954. Cecilia – Fanny Burney
955. Confessions – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
956. Dangerous Liaisons – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
957. Reveries of a Solitary Walker – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
958. Evelina – Fanny Burney
959. The Sorrows of Young Werther – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
960. Humphrey Clinker – Tobias George Smollett
961. The Man of Feeling – Henry Mackenzie
962. A Sentimental Journey – Laurence Sterne
963. Tristram Shandy – Laurence Sterne
964. The Vicar of Wakefield – Oliver Goldsmith
965. The Castle of Otranto – Horace Walpole
966. Émile; or, On Education – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
967. Rameau’s Nephew – Denis Diderot
968. Julie; or, the New Eloise – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
969. Rasselas – Samuel Johnson
970. Candide – Voltaire
971. The Female Quixote – Charlotte Lennox
972. Amelia – Henry Fielding
973. Peregrine Pickle – Tobias George Smollett
974. Fanny Hill – John Cleland
975. Tom Jones – Henry Fielding
976. Roderick Random – Tobias George Smollett
977. Clarissa – Samuel Richardson
978. Pamela – Samuel Richardson
979. Jacques the Fatalist – Denis Diderot
980. Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus – J. Arbuthnot, J. Gay, T. Parnell, A. Pope, J. Swift
981. Joseph Andrews – Henry Fielding
982. A Modest Proposal – Jonathan Swift
983. Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift
984. Roxana – Daniel Defoe
985. Moll Flanders – Daniel Defoe
986. Love in Excess – Eliza Haywood
987. Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe (For college. Hated it.)
988. A Tale of a Tub – Jonathan Swift

Pre-1700
989. Oroonoko – Aphra Behn
990. The Princess of Clèves – Marie-Madelaine Pioche de Lavergne, Comtesse de La Fayette
991. The Pilgrim’s Progress – John Bunyan (Someday.)
992. Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (I will.)
993. The Unfortunate Traveller – Thomas Nashe
994. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit – John Lyly
995. Gargantua and Pantagruel – Françoise Rabelais
996. The Thousand and One Nights – Anonymous
997. The Golden Ass – Lucius Apuleius
998. Aithiopika – Heliodorus
999. Chaireas and Kallirhoe – Chariton
1000. Metamorphoses – Ovid (Someday.)
1001. Aesop’s Fables – Aesopus

It looks like a cool list to try and get through.

Writer's Block: Nature Gone Wild

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:26:56 GMT

Field mice always sleep facing northwest. Kangaroos can't walk backwards. Female hyenas have penises. Let's face it, nature is weird. What's the strangest thing you know about the animal kingdom?

Submitted By kaley_93

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The male anglerfish latches on to a female near her stomach area. He fuses his mouth to her body and proceeds to atrophy into a pair of gonads. During ovulating season, the gonads ejects sperm into the female. To stay alive, the male anglerfish feeds off what the female eats. Gives a whole new meaning to the word leech.

Also, flatworms engage in penis-fencing. Since flatworms are hermaphrodites, come mating season, they engage in a battle and the first to get pierced is actually turned into the female for the season. Battle of the sexes, anyone?

Song Meme!

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:35:16 GMT

Put your ~~iTunes~~ music player on shuffle/random and answer each question with the song that plays.

Your wedding song: It's a Miracle (Barry Manilow)
[OMG.XD]
Your boyfriend/girlfriend song: All I Ask of You (OST POTO)
[Aww, sweeet.]
The Song That best describes your life: Constant Change (Jose Mari Chan)
[How true.]
The Song describes your first kiss: Bring Me To Life (Evanescence)
[WTF?]
The Song That will be played at your funeral: Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Remember the Titans
[That's an awesome funeral song. Srsly.]
The Song That Best Describes your Childhood: Back Here (BBMak)
[That's...sad.]
The Song You Listen to When You're Mad: The Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix)
[Old school, of course.]
When You're Sad: Leaving on a Jet Plane (OST Armageddon)
[That is sad.:(]
When Your Happy: Teenagers (MCR)
[Okay, it's starting to get weird.XD]
When Your Excited: Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
When Your Stressed: Dance, Dance (Fall Out Boy)
[Definitely!]
The Song you listen to when your in love with someone: Your Song (Ewan McGregor)
[Awww!]
The First Day Of School: So In Love (Jose Mari Chan)
The Last Day Of School: Honey, Honey (ABBA)
Fight Song: How Did You Know? (Gary Valenciano)
[Err....?]
Before The Big Game: It Ends Tonight (All-American Rejects)
[Hee.]
When You See Your Crush: Killing Me Softly (The Carpenters)
[Hahahahahaha.]
Song That Describes Your School: Forever (Vertical Horizon)
[Oh no. Please no.]
Song that Describes Your Town: Dirty Little Secret (All-American Rejects)
[Lols. Awesome.XD]
Song That Describes how you feel when your sick: She Will Be Loved (Maroon 5)
[Aww! And you guys did make me feel that way when I was sick a few days ago. *grouphug*]
The Song That Goes Through Your Head When Your Getting A Haircut: The Ghost of You (MCR)
Song That Describes Your Favorite Teacher: The Prayer (Josh Groban/Charlotte Church)
[Indeed. Favorite but I need a prayer to pass class.XD]
The Song That You Air Guitar To: Hanging By A Moment (Lifehouse)
[Sure.]
The Song You Dance To: Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
[XD]
The Song You Mosh To: Iris (Goo Goo Dolls)
The Song That Describes Your First date: Bed of Roses (Jon Bon Jovi)
[XDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!]
Song You Think of When You wake up: View from Heaven (Yellowcard)
[That's...oddly depressing.:(]
Song You Think of Before You Go To Sleep: Emotion (Destiny's Child)

That was an amusing waste of 20 minutes.XD

Song Meme. Coz it's fun.

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:06:40 GMT

Step 1: Put your iTunes player on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 32 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Let everyone guess what song and artist the lines come from. Try for as many as you know.
Step 4: Bold the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

1. "Of all the years that I've known you, baby, I can't figure out why lately you've been acting so cold."

2. "I never said I lie and wait forever."
Ghost of You - My Chemical Romance

3. "Moon so bright, night so fine, keep your heart here with mine."

4. "Well I took a stroll on the old long walk of a day I-ay I-ay."

5. "Girl you know we belong together."

6. "Day after day, time passed away and I just can't get you off my mind."

7. "There was a boy, a very strange enchanted boy."
Nature Boy - Nat King Cole

8. "From this moment, life has begun."

9. "Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick, and think of you."
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

10. "Six o'clock already, I was just in the middle of a dream."

. "Tommy used to work on the docks."
Living On A Prayer - Jon Bon Jovi

12. "It won't be easy, you'll think it strange when I try to explain how I feel."
Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Madonna

13. "Leave me alone to my third world devices, I don't need your technology."

14. "Just a smile and the rain is gone."

15. "I've gotta be honest: I think you know I'm covered in lies."
You're A God - Vertical Horizon

16. "They told him don't you ever come around here."

17. "All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go."
Leaving on a Jet Plane - OST Armageddon (though I have the Justin Timberlake version)

18. "There's a place for us, somewhere a place for us."

19. "After all the jacks are in their boxes and the clowns have all gone to bed."

20. "Machi chuu doko demo uso bakari Hyaku nen mae kara shouchi da yo."

21. "I talk to the trees but they don't listen to me."
I Talk To The Trees - Tony Bavaar (though I have the Jose Mari Chan version)

22. "Baby, I know the story."

23. "Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take, I'll be watching you."
Every Breath You Take/I'll Be Watching You - Sting & The Police

24. "Heto na ang gabi na ikaw ay aalis."

25. "Why...why...why...There you are in a darkened room and you're all alone, looking out a window."

26. "I may not always love you but as long as there are stars above you, you never need to doubt it."

27. [spoken] "This thing right here is letting all the ladies know what guys talk about."
[sung] "Ooh that dress so scandalous."

28. "We were as one, babe, for a moment in time."

29. "I hear you're taking the town again, having a good time with all your good time friends."
I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me - Bellefire

30. "Wash away the thoughts inside that keep my mind away from you."
Remember When It Rained - Josh Groban

31. "I come home in the morning light, my mother says 'When you gonna live your life right?'"
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

32. "She's out of my life."
She's Out of My Life - Josh Groban

Churbee.

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:47:49 GMT

Stolen from Lalynn invalidreality on paranoiasurveys, who took it from somewhere else.

It's harder than it looks! Use the first letter of your LAST name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things... nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same first initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. Famous artist/band/musician:
John Mayer. (o.o and of all the people)

2. Five-letter word:
Jewel.

3. US state:
Jersey.

4. Boy name:
Jacob.

5. Girl name:
Jasmine.

6. Occupation:
Job consultant!

7. Something you wear:
Juice!

8. Celebrity:
Jensen Ackles.

9. Something found in a kitchen:
more Juice!XDD

10. Reason for being late:
Just woke up? Jam, traffic?

11. Something you shout:
JUUUSTIIIIICE!!!

12. Body part:
Joints.

Writer's Block: Tax Day

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:44:51 GMT

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If you're getting one, how are you planning to spend your tax refund?

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Answer: I'm not getting a tax refund. I'm sure of it. Know why? I don't pay taxes.

Random. I'm going to post a really lengthly REAL journal entry soon so, yeah, I'd watch out for that if I were you.:p

Carry on, my dears.

And so we tried to pass the time...

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:43:22 GMT

This isn't a meme but it could become one.
My friend encouraged me to try a couple of writing exercises last night. Note that this was at around 2 in the morning and my brain was sort of malfunctioning. Anyway, the writing exercise started out like this:
Choose ten people, preferably those who have impacted your life, and list them in no particular order.

So I chose the following people because I was sleepy and couldn't think any faster:
1) Annie (my mom)
2) Nathaniel (my uncle)
3) Gene (me daddy)
4) Jan Paule (me best friend)
5) Tara (me other best friend)
6) Dylan
7) Serge
8) Kevin
9) Benito (my school principal XD)
10) Christian (my mentor)

Then came this rule:
Now, write titles for them - such as those that may be placed below their name on a calling card. The catch is that the title must either (a) contain the exact same number of words as their number order OR (b) twice the number of syllables. For example, the person you placed in number one must have ONLY one word or ONLY two syllables in their title. Good luck.

And so, instead of going to sleep like I should have, I spent two hours trying to cram a bunch of words onto paper. The results range from the mundane to the hilarious. Oh yeah, one more thing: Each title must contain at least the same number of letters in your chosen person's full name. This means that the title of the person in slot 1 must contain at least 1 letter of that person's name. The title of the person in slot 2 must contain at least 2 letters of his/her name and so on. Repeating letters will not count such as in John Doe Smith, 'o' will only count once. Note: Contractions will count as two words.

Lastly, they must at least hold a little truth in them.

Oh yeah, I was in for a world full of hurt.

1) GENIUS
2) WORLD'S BEST UNCLE
3) A NEGLIGENT FATHER (sorry, I was sleepy)
4) PART-TIME BOOTYLICIOUS MALE MODEL (originally SEXIEST BEST FRIEND EVER but I lacked letters)
5) BEST BESTFRIEND IN THE WORLD
6) JUDE LAW'S 'THE ISLAND' EYE CLONE
7) TALL, DARK AND SEXY BEST DAD AWARDEE
8) ARABIAN AUSTRALIAN INDIAN FILIPINO SWEDISH SWISS LOVE MACHINE
9) BEST PRINCIPAL OF THE AMAZING MARIA MONTESSORI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
10) JACKIE'S FORMER MENTOR NOW IN MARYLAND, WHICH IS IN AMERICA

So that's it. I hope you enjoyed my list. If you feel like making one, comment in this journal linking me to yours so that I can laugh along with you. Happy summer!!!

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:09:28 GMT

Here's another meme. This time it's from my bispwin chocoholic_0721 . The basic idea is that if you comment on this journal entry, I'll give you a letter and you name ten things that you love that start with the given letter. Tara gave me the letter...drum roll please...

J

Jesus Christ - On the very, very top of my list is my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I respect all religious views but I've accepted Jesus as my personal Lord. Is there a reason not to love him?
Jacqueline - Next on my list is my own name for the mere fact that it's my name. It's a pretty name and I've always loved it. I was named after Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, a strong and beautiful woman.
Johnny Depp - Come on. He's been a crazy maniac with scissors for hands/fingers. He's been a skeptical doctor who meets the Headless Horseman. He's been a psychotic writer who ends up using his wife as corn fertilizer. He's been a happy man with a pale face who owns a chocolate factory. He's been JACK SPARROW. Of course he belongs on this list!
Jack Sparrow - Okay, so he and Johnny Depp are still the same person. Jack Sparrow deserves a special mention because he is the third sexiest male pirate I can think of a this moment. (The first and second being Christian de Luca and Giuseppe, respectively.)
Jewels and Jewelry - Diamonds are a girl's best friend? I love jewelry. I have a particular addiction to earrings and diamonds. I also like the occasional rhinestone-encrusted shirt/dress/pair of shoes.
Justforkix - Anyone who's a fan of the Asterix series and has played the self-adventure book will know Justforkix. He's a stupid blond boy but he's got his heart in the right place. And I'm running out of J words without having to turn to putting "Justice" down. Besides, he screams "these Norsemen must be crazy!" in the middle of a hostage situation and has dreams of singing at Woadstock (spelled that way).
Journalism - I've been a journalist of sorts for seven years running. I'm in love with hard-hitting news and spicy editorials. I don't really care if I'm editor-in-chief, the photojournalist or even one of the newswriters. The newsroom excites me. I love it.
Jane Austen - It can't be denied I love this woman and I love her work. And most of all, I am madly in love with Fitzwilliam Darcy. He's still and always will be my ideal man. *sigh*
Juice - I like juice. :D
Jan - A lot of the boys I love had the first name Jan. Starting, of course, with Jan Paule, my darling best friend who never asks for anything in return but just gives and gives. Then, my "first love" (lawl), Jan Dean. Then, my dear adoptive brother Jan Edward. Jed makes me want to squee. All the time.^^
...and then there's my other best friend Jan Tara.XD

Thus the list ends.

Hence, I commission you all to comment and ask for a letter (though you may comment and decline a letter, FINE). Haha. Happy Summer, everyone!

more memes of doom

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:15:27 GMT

Stolen from Krizia who stole it from Laura.^ ^

Cinderella:
[ ] One of your parents is dead (but he might as well be)
[ ] You are expected to do a lot of chores
[x] You love to dress up
[x] You love animals
[ ] You are waiting patiently for your Prince Charming
[x] Your mom is really strict (but not like the stepmother - she's not strict; she's evil)
[ ] You have sisters who seem kind of jealous of you
[ ] You're afraid to speak your mind sometimes
[ ] You have left your shoes at a friend's house before
[ ] You have blonde hair
TOTAL: 3

Belle:
[x] You've fallen in love with someone your friends didn't like (love? maybe not. but my friends didn't like my boyfriend so I'll count him in)
[ ] You've been lost in the forest
[x] You love to read
[x] You are not shy at all, and not afraid to speak your mind
[x] One of your family members is a bit weird (me!)
[x] You have done volunteer work
[x] You have a wild imagination
[ ] You love to take care of people in need
[ ] You've had guys like you only because they think you're pretty
[x] You've rejected at least one person when they've asked you out
TOTAL: 7

Jasmine:
[ ] Your dad is very rich/important
[x] You are very clever
[x] You've fallen in love with someone way different from you
[x] You're unique and different from everyone else
[ ] You'd never marry someone just because they were rich
[x] You have set a lot of goals for yourself
[ ] You don't have a lot of friends
[x] You're independent
[ ] You have a very nice house
[ ] Your parents try to control your life
TOTAL: 5

Ariel;
[x] Your parents expect a lot from you
[x] You really try to follow the rules, but it's hard for you
[x] You're a bit of a trouble maker
[x] You're the youngest in your family (and the eldest and the middle)
[ ] You have a lot of sisters
[x] You collect something
[ ] You have long, red hair
[ ] You have a pet fish
[x] You're extremely curious (but not gossipy)
[] You believe everything people tell you/you're a bit gullible
TOTAL: 6

Snow White:
[x] You know that you're beautiful (lol)
[ ] Sometimes it seems like your mom is jealous of you
[ ] You've almost been killed
[x] You have at least seven good friends
[ ] You've had food poisoning
[ ] You have short brown hair
[ ] You get along with everyone
[x] All of your friends are different
[x] You love to have a good time (who doesnt?)
[ ] You're happier when you're out of the house than in
TOTAL: 4

Mulan:
[x] You're a tomboy (a bit)
[ ] Everyone wishes you could be a bit more girly
[x] You've pretended to be someone you're not (situation required a little undercover work)
[x] You've had a physical fight with someone
[ ] You have/had considered running away from home
[ ] Your parents try to plan your life out
[x] Most of your friends are boys (close friends)
[x] You sometimes find yourself in bad situations
[x] You love your family so much that you'd do anything to protect them
[x] You are proud that you're different
TOTAL: 7

Aurora (Sleeping Beauty):
[ ] You live with someone other than your parents (about to)
[ ] You were almost killed at a very young age
[ ] You are gentle, loving, and/or thoughtful
[ ] You have a beautiful voice
[x] You like to sleep in late on the weekends
[ ] You spend most of your time outside
[ ] You're adopted
[x] You have long hair
[x] You're very romantic
[x] Pink is one of your favorite colors (what can i say? i like baby colours)
TOTAL: 4

Pocahontas:
[x] You love to walk around and explore your city
[x] You are more spiritual than religious
[x] You've been in an interracial relationship
[ ] One of your siblings is dead
[x] Your parents are very protective of you
[x] Someone you know has been in war
[x] You love nature
[x] You have black hair
[x] You would love to move somewhere exotic and beautiful
[ ] You're very adventurous
TOTAL: 8

I was gearing towards the weirdness of being Belle's and Mulan's love child but ended up as the Native American Princess.XD

Getting Hooked On Manga

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:23:30 GMT

I've been getting back to my roots and re-acquainting myself with anime. Since my ex-favorite anime channel hasn't shown anime in six years and doesn't seem like it's about to start showing them again anytime soon, I've started with manga. So here's my manga list. Feel free to add suggestions for my to-read list by commenting! I would also love to hear your own reviews on any of these.^ ^

(I'll also be starting a book list for those who would like suggestions for this summer. Look out for that...)

THE LIST:
LEGEND:
G: - genre.
A: - author/artist
// - recommended by a friend
|| - i saw the anime version
{#} - total number of chapters, if applicable.
[#] - manga is still ongoing, number of available chapters
***** - for "finished" manga, my personal rating (1-5 stars, 5 being excellent - remember, these are according to my tastes and completely subjective)
(!#) - for "in progress" manga, meaning the Chapter-Page last read
?? - for recommended "on list" manga, meaning I have never heard of it and would like to know.

FINISHED:
(I'm done with these)

`1/3 No Kareshi **** G: romance, shoujo   A: Ako Shimaki/Ako Shimaki
     Kogure Yuuya takes an embarassing picture of Fukada Rei. In exchange for not spreading it, Yuuya requests that she meet him again. Secrets are told but one is kept. It's the kept secret that might just alter everything for the two. {1 - one-shot}
     Damn. This was sweet. It was incredibly touching. It made me giggle a lot and it was very entertaining. I had my suspicions the first time she saw him in his native environment (if you read it, you'll understand) but I didn't really know until it was revealed for sure. Sweeeeeet.~
     I realize I'm a sucker for the "I've loved you for so long" types. Snape. Snape. Always. Wah!
     Yuuya, of course. He's such a darling...and it doesn't hurt that he's goodlooking, haha. It's a one-shot so there's only one chapter...best line was Rei going "I've never had a boyfriend" and some random guy answering "I hope I don't end up like her". Wahaha. What do you mean, boy? That you'll never have a boyfriend?XD I have a weird sense of humor.

`Baby Pop ***** G: comedy, drama, josei   A: Ogawa Yayoi/Ogawa Yayoi
     Nagisa is forced to live with her stepfather Ryunosuke after her mother dies in an accident. {11}
     I really enjoyed this manga. As one who has never had a functional father-daughter relationship, I found this really sweet. Chapter 11 was a little out of place but it was a pretty decent ender for the series. I would've loved to see exactly what happened to them afterwards but I suppose the way she ended it was better than making a stupid ending like ZK (see below).
     I am still against long-distance relationships.
     Kyunosuke is made of win because of his innate goodness and shonen eyes, haha. I certainly recommend Chapter 10 - especially to romantics like me.

`Bloody Kiss **** G: fantasy, supernatural, romance, shoujo   A: Furumiya Kazuko/Furumiya Kazuko
     Katsuragi Kiyo inherits a mansion from her late grandmother. Little does she know the mansion comes with a few...undead inhabitants. {6}
     Everyone who knows me knows I have a vampire thing. It even says so on my FOB. In fact, that FOB comes from this manga. It was mildly entertaining, a little boring at some parts, I have to admit. Overall, a pretty decent read. I think I'm completely biased due to the vampire thing.^ ^
     Kuroboshi may join the ranks of Lestat and Jean-Claude in my book.
     Kuroboshi has got to be the love for sexy fingers. I would have to reread it to recommend a certain chapter. I suppose I recommend the entire series.

`Zettai Kareshi ** G: comedy, romance, sci-fi, shoujo   A: Watase Yuu/Watase Yuu
     Riiko Izawa is sick of constant rejection from men so when she meets a guy who tricks her into ordering the perfect boyfriend, she takes the opportunity. It turns out that the peddler was selling "figures" (think Haley Joel Osment from A.I. except way hotter and more human) and one is delivered right to Riiko's doorstep. Together with Asamoto Soushi, Riiko and "Night" go through a crazy adventure involving more figures, forbidden love, powerful children and an alternate universe (reminds you of anything? *cough*~~fushigiyuugi~~*cough*) {33}
     The basic storyline is fine though I wouldn't give it too high marks. Art is fine and clean. I personally don't like Riiko's character that much because she's one of those silly girls whose lives seem to revolve around having a boyfriend. I've had a boyfriend. It's nothing to rave about.=p (you know i love you, d)
     It's an entertaining manga and I have to give Watase points for the plot twist in Chapter Seven. However, after a little thought best friend betrayals are stereotypical of her. I seriously think the stars began dropping in Chapter 29 when (spoiler alert) she chooses the figure over the human -- ew? -- then I rather resent Soushi for returning to her -- if you ask my opinion, I wouldn't return to the girl who rejected me and chose a robot over me. I fail to understand "love", I suppose.
     Of the main characters, Soushi takes the cake but I have a particular love for Gaku Namikiri. But overall, my favorite character would have to be Asamoto Masaki (Soushi's younger brother) because he's the least angsty among all the characters. I recommend...Chapter 22 because up until that point, I still believed that Soushi had a brain. Then all goes downhill after that.:D And I just love leaving chapters (gasp. now you know someone's leaving).

IN PROGRESS:
(I'm still muddling through these)

~ [Bitter Virgin] ***.5   G: drama, mature, romance, seinen   A: Kusunoki Kei/Kusunoki Kei
     Not as suggestive as the title suggests. Rather touching. [24]
     (!24)

~ //Death Note// ** G: anime, drama, mystery, shounen, supernatural   A: Ohba Tsugumi/Obata Takeshi
     Certainly not as entertaining as I hoped it would be. I'm pretty bored with it. I will try to finish soon. {111}
     (!5-19)

~ //[Elfen Lied]// **.5 G: action, anime, drama, ecchi, mature, romance, seinen, supernatural
          A: Okamoto Lynn/Okamoto Lynn
     Dylan, I will get you back for this. Team Men = Pig/Hedwig. My delicate innocent sensibilities (or what's left of them)!!! They burn! Well, I just chowed down all the available volumes and I'll be on stand-by for the next batch. On to Ouran! [84]
     (!84)

~ //Ouran High School Host Club// G: comedy, high school life, shoujo   A: Hatori Bisco/Hatori Bisco
     This comes highly recommended. I don't have a rating yet as I'm just about to start.:D

ON LIST:
(I will get to these someday)

* //Ai Kora// ??
* Anatolia Story
* ||Ayashi No Ceres||
* Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
* Black Cat
* //Chibi Vampire//
* //Desire Climax// ??
* //Detective Conan//
* ||Flame of Recca||
* Fruits Basket
* Kisu Yori mo Hayaku
* ||HunterXHunter||
* //Ichigo100%// ??
* Inuyasha
* //Kingdom Hearts// (all three)
* //My Girl//
* ||Rurouni Kenshin||
* //Shinigami Lovers//
* //To-LOVE-Ru// ??
* //Ultimate! Hentai Kamen// ?? (I know what one word means and I feel a sense of foreboding)
* //Vagabond//
* //Vampire Knight//
* //xxxHolic//
* //You're My Girlfriend//
* ||Yu Yu Hakusho||

*bows*

script...steph.

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:58:52 GMT

THE AMERICAN PERIOD

NARRATOR: And so the Spanish era ended with the Mock Battle in Manila Bay. We rejoiced because we were finally out of the hands of the Spanish, who had terrorized us for so long. However, the joy was short-lived as we soon came to realize that colonial grip on our country had not ended – it had just changed hands.

After the autocratic Spanish left, the seemingly more diplomatic Americans came to change our way of life. It all began with the exile of our great war heroes, such as Apolinario Mabini and Tandang Sora. They also declared Dr. Jose Rizal as our national hero, choosing him over Andres Bonifacio and General Emilio Aguinaldo. The Americans clearly pushed for the intelligent and pro-peace illustrado over the revolutionary and the military general.

BEA’S TRANSFORMATION

[Setting: Anywhere, preferably house or street.]

ISAY: Ano ba ‘yang sinusuot mo?

BEA: Oh, that Maria Clara look is so out na. This is what’s in ngayon. It’s new and just came in from the States, don’t you like?

ISAY: Mukhang kang *snort* ewan. Akala mo kung sino, pa ingles-ingles pa. Nakalimutan na yata na Pilipino siya, my golly me.

THE MISEDUCATION OF GUBA

[Setting: Classroom? Vien sits on a chair while Steph, Guba & Jackie sit on the floor around him.]

VIEN: Okay. This is…

TRIO: Ah.

VIEN: No, this is ey (A). Can anyone tell me something that begins with the letter A? / Yes, you. What’s your name?

GUBA: Maria Leonora Teresa Magbuwaya.

VIEN: My, that’s a difficult name. I will call you Eleanor. Eleanor, what starts with the letter A?

GUBA: Arroz caldo.

VIEN: No, no. Apple.

GUBA: Epol.

VIEN: Apple.

GUBA: Epol.

VIEN: Ah-Pl.

GUBA: Epol, mansanas, pareho lang yan. Kinakain pa rin.

MISEDUCATION OF SALUD, AHEM, SALLY

VIEN: Yes? And you are?

STEPH: Salud Kayumanggi.

VIEN: What?

STEPH: Salud Kayumanggi,

VIEN: Uhm, yes. Sally.

STEPH: Haha? Sinong Sally?

VIEN: I will call you Sally Brown because it’s a much prettier name.

STEPH: Ah, sige na nga. Senor, ano po ba ang ginagawa ninyo dito sa Pilipinas?

VIEN: You can call me We’re here to educate your men on the democratic practices that we use in our country, the United States of America so that when we leave your country, you will be able to carry on as a democratic nation, completely independent.

(CUT SCENE)

[Setting: Office, if possible.]

VIEN: Come on, my friend, sign it.

VIEN: This Parity Ammendment and the provisions of the Laurel-Langley agreement look questionable. Equal rights to our natural resources? Military bases?

VIEN: Would I lie to you? It’s for the benefit of your country.

VIEN: Uh..sige na nga…I trust you.

VIEN: Thank you! (on phone or whatever they used before) General, it’s a go. The Filipinos have signed the papers. Begin construction of our bases and start harvesting those natural resources.

JAO: Ako, gusto kong maging presidente ng Pilipinas. Hinahangaan ko talaga sina Gabriela Silang at Gregoria de Jesus.

VIEN: Ah, but they got themselves killed, didn’t they? You’re a lady. Why don’t you just stay at home and take care of the babies? I’m sure you’d make a lovely housewife.

NARRATOR: Despite the American brainwashing, it was still during their time that women were given the vote. It was a long, arduous task that demanded a lot of sacrifice from all the women who were involved. After the bill was sent to Congress, they required that it be ratified by 300,000 women. It took nearly 20 years…but through the persistence of our great female ancestors aided by Western female activists, women were given the right to vote in 1937 when 447,725 women ratified the suffragette movement.

Our women also fought in the struggles for independence against the Americans. They fought and they died bravely. It caused one American general to remark, “The greatest men in the Philippines are its women.” Filipinas have shown their courage and strength since the beginning of time and they continue to show it to this day.

December 8, 1941 – the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and sparked the Second World War. It was then that all hell broke loose and the Philippines, being an American colony, suffered as well.

More memes

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:34:54 GMT

Pictures Meme
"Make me take pictures. Ask me to take a picture of whatever you want, from my favorite spot in the house to the mug I usually drink my coffee from, blah di blah. You can ask me to photograph as many things you want, the more the better."

~~ Prod me into work, fellas.

You Make My Day
Pick 10 people on LJ and give them the "You Make My Day" award. If you're picked, you are charged with picking 10 of your own (please don't feel the need to add me to your list if you do it).

~~ chocoholic_0721 (of course you make my day, love)
~~ aisha_addict
~~ chartre
~~ dreofjustice
~~ genie_tragique
~~ groovy_guava
~~ hecticity
~~ psychoe
~~ shotgundivorce
~~ troublems03

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:27:49 GMT

In honor of today's festivities, I've decided to share with you the worst pick-up lines my ears have ever heard. These come in no particular order as they're all REALLY, REALLY horrific.
(If a line comes in pink, then the object of the pick-up line is to reply as thus)

1. Did it hurt?
     Did what hurt?
     When you fell from heaven.

2. Do you have a mirror in your pockets?
     What? Why?
     'Cause I can see myself in them.

3. If I said you had a nice bod, would you hold it against me?

4. Hey baby, I'm like a Rubix Cube. The more you play with me, the harder I get.

5. I lost my teddy beart -- can I sleep with you instead?

6. I seem to have lost my phone number, can I have yours?

7. If your right leg is Thanksgiving and your left leg is Christmas, can I visit you in between holidays?

8. Do you believe in love at first sight or should I just walk by again?

9. "WHEEWOOWHEEWOO"
     What's that?
     An ambulance. Coz baby, the sight of you just stopped my heart.

10. Is your daddy a terrorist? Coz you're the bomb.

11. You're like a switch; you turn me on.

12. Are you a speeding ticket? Coz you got fine written all over you.

13. Is your daddy a baker? Coz those are some nice buns.

14. You must be tired. Coz you've been running around in my mind all day.

15. Can't think of anything to do? Why don't you sit down on my lap and see what pops up?

16. Is there an airport around here? Coz my heart's taking off.

17. Screw me if I'm wrong, but haven't we met each other before?

18. I have a pretty good sense of direction but I keep getting lost in your eyes.

19. I'm a thief and I'm here to steal your heart [...sounds like a Lupin line to me...XD]

and the weirdest I've had in a while:

20. You must be a pokemon trainer; coz you've captured my heart.

Wahaha. Hope this put a smile (or a look of disgust) on your faces today. I love you all, Happy Valentine's Day.
Feel free to add your own by commenting!:D

(Valentine's Day is just another opportunity to pour lemon juice over the paper hearts of the unattached.
--I don't believe that for one second. There's so much love to give, not just to a lover.)

.:.it's not you -- maybe.:.

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:48:50 GMT

Quit worrying if it's you. Chances are, it's not.
1. List some things you want to say to 20 different people but you know you never will.
2. Don't say who they are.
3. Feel free to comment, but don't confirm or answer anything.

1.) I love you. Sometimes, I get so mad at you, my blood literally boils. Sometimes I think you're terribly unfair and that sometimes you never see my side. Sometimes you annoy to me no end and I feel like just telling you exactly what is on my mind but I never can. But somehow, through all this, I love you.
2.) I think that if we tried, we could've made it last. I think that if we put a little more effort into it, we could've made it work. Unfortunately, I was too immature and you weren't ready to put up with me just yet. I don't think we should ever give it another chance because we're just too different now and the moment has passed us by. I do want you to know that I did love you and that all the feelings were real. And I never, ever lied to you about loving you. Ever.
3.) You are a total hypocrite. I don't understand you at all. I thought you were my best friend but you went and stabbed me in the back. I think I can forgive you if that's what you want but I am not going to ask forgiveness from you. Yes, it may be the pride talking, but until you have the balls to stand in front of me and tell me to my face that I did something wrong and you explain exactly what that is, I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE because I didn't do anything to you. And if the rumors are true, I just want to tell you that you are so shallow, I am shocked I ever called you a friend.
4.) I miss you. I miss you so badly that I can't even stand in a room that smells like you. I miss you so much to the point that when I think of you, tears just suddenly well up in my eyes and I can't help it. You were so unfair to leave me like that. You were supposed to walk down the aisle with me but you left before you could. I miss you, I love you and I wish things went differently. But they didn't.
5.) You're a really good friend. But to tell you the truth, I don't think she and you will make a good couple. I just can't see it...I don't know. Maybe you two will be happy together if it ever happens but for now, I just can't see it. I'm sorry to say that but it's the truth. I will still support you 100% though. And I hope that you will forgive me for this.
6.) I used to have the biggest crush on you. I used to think you were extremely good-looking and very, very...what's the word...desirable? Perhaps. But now, I've got to tell you...though indeed, you are good-looking and wouldn't mind having your children (lol - no, I don't mean I want to bed you), I think you're just a good friend.
7.) You take advantage of me. You may think I don't notice but you do. You're good at manipulating people, yes. But if you think you're manipulating me, think again. I will never, ever, ever give you that satisfaction. If sometimes I play dumb, it's to feed your ego. Because I care for you. Also, you disappoint me with your so-called "ideals of love". Don't defend yourself or him, because whether or not you're telling the truth now, you've already lied to me.
8.) You're my best friend. I've always, always thought you were my best friend. And everytime you say otherwise or pretend that we're not that close, hurts me. It's like a dagger to the heart. I take it lightly and pretend you never said it. I know I've hurt you before. I know I've made a lot of mistakes. I know that throughout our friendship you've always, always been the better friend. But I really hope that you can give me another chance. I'm trying to change for you.
9.) If sometimes I seem extremely over-the-top, it's because I want to impress you. I know that sounds a little pathetic but it's because I look up to you. You are my mentor and I've learned so much from you. I don't really "like" it when you call me "princess" but it always makes me feel better and it makes me feel loved. When I don't get letters from you, I feel sad. I miss you. You take care.
10.) I'm sorry. Your boyfriend tried to leave you for me. I know that sounds like I'm bragging but I really want to apologize. Nothing happened, I promised I didn't let it once I knew you were involved. I wish I could be open with you about it because everytime we talk, it's like a weight at the back of my mind. I know that it would be better if I never say anything and that's why I choose not to. I just wish I could tell you because I feel that you should know exactly what he did behind your back. But I just can't because you seem so in love.
11.) I really hate you right now. I mean, I can't believe you didn't ask me to come. You chose her instead. Her. Just because she won that award? Cripes, you guys really don't deserve the loyalty I give to you. So I'm seriously retracting my extreme fidelity to your fine institution. I will help, I will visit...but I am tired of defeding your honor when you don't even give me enough credit. And yes, I'm still steaming about your messed-up definition of a good journalist.
12.) You ruined my life. You manipulative b*tch. I can't believe how you played the cards I gave you. I respected you enough to risk my reputation for you. But you didn't even know how to return the respect I gave you. You used me. Openly, blatantly. But you know what the worst part is? First, you drag my friends into it. Then you pretend to defend her in front of the entire assembly after the damage was already dealt by your own hand. Then, to save her, you pointed your grimy finger at me. THAT'S where you lost my respect. You are a pathetic excuse for a peacemaker. Oh, and your attempts at fixing things? It just made matters worse.
13.) I think you're a great friend and I take you for granted. I want you to know that I probably wouldn't have survived Freshman year without you. I could never tell you this face-to-face (or in real life) but yes, you are far more important to me than her. Yes, she and I match on an intellectual level but you are my support. It's you I lean on. Everytime you leave me, I feel a little lost. You help boost my confidence. I'm really thankful to you for that.
14.) You're another person I couldn't have survived Freshman year without. Maybe not the same Freshman year but...yeah. You are so important to me, I can't even explain it. I know I have a temper, I promise I'm working on it. I thank you that we are still close even through all the hard times we went through. I do love you, bro. And thanks for being on my side.
15.) No, I haven't forgiven you yet. When I talk to you, I am not being plastic. I like you, I just haven't forgiven you. If that doesn't make any sense to you, then you don't know me at all. And that's just sad.
16.) I hate the fact that you didn't fight for me. That you didn't fight for us. I can't believe how apathetic you were. It's partially because of you that I miss him so much. It's because everything lacking in you, I found in him. So when I lost him, it was doubly difficult because you were extremely wanting. Though don't get me wrong, you still have my respect. And I like you. I just find you mildly incompetent.
17.) You disappointed me. Maybe I have no right to tell you that, but you disappointed me. I was surprised at how easily you could disregard love for money. Then again, you've never been the idealist. Always the harsh realist, you often gave me a dose of your bitter cynicism once in a while. However, I heartily wish you all the best (no, I'm not being sarcastic).
18.) I love you. You're imperfect in almost any way imaginable but I love you. I love you because you put up with me even when you don't really understand me. She dismisses me when I'm being difficult but you never do. I thank you for that. And that's beyond being relatives.
19.) I've had a crush on you for the longest time. I know you'll never see me the way I see you because you saw me grow up and you'll probably always think of me as your little sister. But I just want you to know that I've always really admired you. Sometimes your irrational decisions throw me off but over-all, I think you're a great person. I wish we could have been closer but I guess I'm just too juvenile for you. Maybe one day. But not right now.
20.) You and I...we could've have worked if I put my mind to it. Unfortunately, I didn't really want to. We're different you and I...and I've fully convinced myself that you and I don't belong to each other. You want to know the truth? I pushed you away to see if you were sincere. If you had just left her and come back to me with a clean slate and a fresh start, we would have had a chance. But you never did. You just seemed like one of those guys who never leave their present girlfriends until they're sure they have another one to replace the old one. I hate guys like that. Then again, maybe you did love her and find it that hard to leave her. If the second is true, it affirms my convictions even more. Stay with her. Let her have your babies. I don't want them. Seriously. Our genes will make for some ugly babies.

I TAG:

chocoholic_0721
aisha_addict
chartre
Why? Because I can.

Wounded Strings News

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:27:18 GMT

To Everyone Who Reads WS (meaning just Tara and Lalynn):

Once again, I'm on hiatus. There are currenty sixty-four chapters written and edited. Twenty-one have been released. However, I have discovered that since the story was written so far apart, my writing style has changed. So I'm going to be retracting my old stuff and rewriting them. Hopefully, they'll sound better.

I will not be removing the twenty-one chapters I've already posted and I'm thinking about releasing a few more but we'll have to see.

<3,
Jackie
(If I ever release properly, by Chapter 64, you'll have fallen head over heels for a certain geeky character, Tar.XD)

meme love

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:23:08 GMT

Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
People who are tagged need to write in their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

1. I tend to call people "darling", "sugar" and "honey". It doesn't really mean anything. I just do.
2. I have a problem dealing with long-term boy-girl commitments. I can't imagine being stuck with the same guy for a year at this point in my life.
3. I STILL can't get into R-18 movies. Ayala sux.
4. I swear a lot less now that I'm in U.P. Mildly shocking.
5. Bad boys are silly. Good boys are boring. So...what now? No, I'm not going gay.
6. People tell me I'm a... "bayot nga tomboy" which is really confusing and doesn't make any sense no matter how you think about it (GAY TOMBOY).
7. I have over 5 pink shirts.
8. My left foot is bigger than my right. My left hand is bigger than my right as well.

TAGGED (only because they're the only people I know on LJ):
A-che Laurianne
Chartre (why don't I know her real name yet?)
Dre
De-che Kaye
Kimimay Apo
Lalynn

A Spot of Fun

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:47:44 GMT

Okay, so as a grand thank you to everyone who follows the Wounded Strings series, I'd like to give this.

CLICK ME. CLICK ME. CLICK ME.

It's a quizilla quiz. Unfortunately, it's only males for now since I tried making the girls' but...I realized that I haven't posted that far yet so too many spoilers are involved. Anyway, since the avid readers are all girls, then please just pretend to switch everything around so that it can work for girls, haha. I love you guys. Take care.

Chapters 22-25 are on the editing block, they should be out soon. And once you get your results, POST THEM here. I'd love to know who you got. I tried taking the test. I got ROB.XD

Writer's Block: Warning: VOLATILE

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:29:50 GMT

If you came with a warning label, what would it say?

View 501 Answers

Okay, so I was terribly bored. If I came with a warning label...it would be...
WARNING: VOLATILE
or
WARNING: RESULTS MAY VARY
because I'm pretty unpredictable. And you can never really guess what's going to tick me off. So...yeah.

ANYWAY, I'm in Manila for three days (20 to the 23rd) then it's off to Bohol. @ Lalynn: Nyaha. I'm in MANILA. Haha, I know I'm mean. Sorry. Love you cuz. Please do get the Advent Calendar items, I just like having the collection even if they are pretty useless. And don't mind the snowballs. I'm waiting for someone to get them. In case a girl named espenasdawn tries to trade them off for jelly or a bagguss or something useless, give them to her. IF and ONLY IF it's espenasdawn. Please and thank you, ILU.

On the 23rd, I'll be on my way to Bohol. Yes, fantastic bohol. I love it there. I like the lack of pollution and the lack of traffic. And the peace and solitude is good for my stressed self.

Anyway, I'm on a borrowed computer so I'll just stop here. Luff yah guys, drop me a line. I'm still a little sick from the airplane ride. The downward drop gave me a bad headache.

Ravenclaw

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:43:26 GMT

Yes, you're looking at the newest member of lumos_sorting. And she has just been sorted into Ravenclaw. Yes. Here are the final tallies:

RAVENCLAW - 20 (because I am curious, creative and lack moral rigidity)
GRYFFINDOR - 9 (because I am like Hermione and not Luna...yes, tis true)
HUFFLEPUFF - 1 (because...indeed the application was a tad Puffy)
SLYTHERIN - 1 (because I approve of using the Avada Kedavra...XD)

So...I'm off to go vote on the newest application. Toodles!!^-^

meme love...again

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:38:00 GMT

Okay...so I was browsing LJ quite randomly for the first time ever...and I found these mildly interesting Harry Potter-related tests that dared everyone who came across them to try them out. So...here we go.

Find out your Harry Potter personality at LiquidGeneration!

Took it twice because I felt I lied a little on the first one...oops. Second one came out with a WEIRDER result than the first, so I was certain that the first made more sense. Tell me, what do YOU think?

Personally, the age difference is disconcerting. The BASIC idea is disconcerting. But...hey, I think it's better than getting...say...Ginny Weasley & Hagrid.

My Harry Potter Spoiler of Doom is:
Bellatrix Lestrange is killed by Lucius Malfoy with the help of a small zombie cat
Get your Harry Potter Spoiler of Doom

Well...er...go cat?

...no claw? (edited once)

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:50:46 GMT

Okay...I did not expect a Slytherclaw...coz I'm evil in real life but my application didn't have too much goth feelings in it...but maybe they'd read a little evilness or my love for Potions as Slytherin...but...not ONE Slytherin vote. Which is okay, I didn't really want to be in Slytherin either.

But...people are telling me that they're confused between putting me in Puff or Claw. Which is weird. I never thought I was Puffy but...okay, I don't mind. However, they usually see more Claw than Puff so they normally end up voting Ravenclaw, which makes me really happy as I WANT to be in Ravenclaw...

BUT BUT BUT!!! IT GETS WEIRDER!!!

Do you realize that I'M NOT A GRYFFINDOR? I mean I don't think I'd make a good Gryffindor as I'd prolly have kicked Harry's ass had we gone to school together? I mean he's insolent, he's obnoxious, he's just as conceited as his father!! Also, I'm not in the habit of saving lives! However....DO YOU KNOW THAT ITS A TIGHT-ish RACE BETWEEN RAVENCLAW AND GRYFFINDOR AT THE MOMENT????? It's frightening, it's creepy. It's weird.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind being put in Gryffindor. Because I do respect the values that Gryffindor stands for. Loyalty and courage...yes. But...I wanna be a Ravenclaw!!!

....wah.^^

I'm a Gryffinclaw. Wut?

EDIT: 120507:
My first Puff vote...from the prefect of Ravenclaw. What does that say to you?? What does that say??
*hyperventilates*

SATs and SICKness

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:45:56 GMT

So...I took SAT Subject Tests today and I was as sick as a horse...

Wait, let me move off topic for a moment...why do we say "as sick as a horse" and "as fit as a horse" and they both make sense? So...what ARE horses? The epitome of disease or the epitome of wellness?

Anyway...getting back on track, I took Math Level 1 and Physics. I'm not sure how I did because I couldn't really think straight as I was really really sick. I mean I had the colds, the cough, a slight fever...wah.

So...that's it. Wish me well!

*still nervous bout lumos_sorting- such a NERD*

What Is Your HP Threesome?
Name
You Will Shag	Sirius Black and Draco Malfoy