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Sunday, April 18, 2004
Article reading and essay writing. Don't like it at all... But yeah, I've done a bit of work (the headache caused by the sanbuca I had last night didn't help - erm), not enough, but a bit. Tomorrow I am getting up well early, making myself a good cup of coffee and working properly. Let's hope for the best... How I hate not having any willpower at all. X(
London yesterday was lovely; as I walked to the bus stop to go to Kirsty's place the sun was going down, the sky was blue and the clouds white, it was breezy and slightly cold, but not too much. As I walked in the little streets around here, with all the cute houses and Jewish people, I understood how much I like this area. I'll definitely miss it next year. Yeserday, once again, I regretted not being a good photographer, because everything was so beautiful to my eyes, all the little details of a London spring day... I can't believe the second year is almost over, already, but for once, I don't wanna be negative and think about like this. I want to enjoy every moment of it without worrying. Time goes quickly, and it sucks, but I can't change it, so I better enjoy it. I want to be more positive, you know, because... Well, it's worth it. I want to better myself, have more positive energy, take every chance... The problem is that I never trust myself, I don't have a very good opinion of my capabilities and I have to change this. And I will. In a bit more than a year I'll be finished with uni, and I'll have to start making a good life for myself, an interesting job, make my dreams real, build something. I want to be a better person, and I will try and try until I get where I want. Because I know that I can.
Enough positive thinking for now, lol. I have sort of a date on wednesday (it's weird - I'll tell you how it goes, but it's a weird thing, and I'm not too sure... We'll see) to see Kill Bill 2 (can't wait!), and Kirsty is having a party on friday, and it's going to be fun... I'll bring my bottle of wine and drink someone else's vodka, and hopefully 'someone' will be there, so we'll see for that as well.
This post has been good for me. I like how I start writing about something and go on to something else - maybe I write too much sometimes, but it helps me, it gives me strenght and confidence, and that's what I need at the moment.
Anyway, something else... If you're reading this, I'd like you to do something for me. Comment on this post and tell me the titles of three books you think everyone should read, just books you think are really good. I want some new ideas for books (I already have loads, but the more the better) and I think this is the best way to get them! Cheers. ;)
Posted by Vanina | 22:35 | Comments (9)
9 Comment(s)
Amaranta said:
I recommend One Hundred Years of Solitude (a bit heavy but a good read) and Love in Time of Cholera (so great!) both by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I also like 'She's come undone', but I forgot who its by, and also 'Memoirs of a Geisha' don't know who its by either... I just started 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and its trippy. (literally haha)

Hikaru said:
Penso che sia inutile consigliarti LOTR o lo Hobbit... Per cui passo a titoli forse meno conosciuti, ma che io ho amato molto. ^^ Magari li hai gia' letti, ma vabbe'. ^_- Il primo e' "memorie di una geisha" ("memoirs of a Geisha") di Arthur Golden, e' un libro davvero coinvolgente. Un'altro bello e' "Shogun" di Clavell (e' un classico, ma a me e' piaciuto un sacco) Per ultimo "I mille modi dell'amore" ("One hundred and one ways") di Mako Yoshikawa. Questo libro e' scritto davvero benissimo secondo me, e mi ha davvero colpita, tanto e' che lo ho fatto leggere ad un sacco di amici. ^^ Se sceglierai di leggerli, fammi sapere se ti sono piaciuti o se ti hanno fatto schifo, ok?

Lucio said:
Mmm... La Chimera - Sebastiano Vassalli, e gli altri non so, mi sa che li hai già letti tutti anche tu. Intendo quelli di Sophie Kinsella (I love shopping etc.), HP, LOTR e simili. Boh, io adoro così tanto il fantasy che ti consiglierei solo libri di questo genere ^^;; Cmq la Chimera di Vassalli è imperdibili. E poi va beh, La Casa degli Spiriti dell'Allende, ma mi sa che anche questo l'hai letto. Ah! Il Circolo di Dante, non so l'autore, ma è fantastico!

katy-chan said:
Ah, probabilmente l'avrai letto, ma il terzo e' The body di Stephen King (quello da cui han tratto Stand by me). ^^

katy-chan said:
"Do androids dream of electric sheep" Philip K. Dick, dato che citavi Salinger direi "Nove racconti"(credo tu abbia gia' letto Il giovane holden), ma non so se sia stato pubblicato in questo modo solo in Italia o cosa. Il terzo libro non so proportelo perche' ,mi vengono in mente solo cose che potresti aver letto (tipo della Yoshimoto) o libri strani che cmq non rientrano tra i tre che tutti dovrebbero leggere... Cmq in generale a me quelli di Dick piacciono, tenendo conto che sono di fantascienza quindi se non ti piace il genere.. :)

Jana said:
Anais Nin's diary opened my eyes for life. Kundera is good. but i don't see any difference between Unbearable Lightness Of, and any other of his books. so read them all. and then maybe Dubravka Ugresic. she got translated to lots of languages, and it would be fun if you'd read her. then you, Rene and i could discuss ex-Yugoslavia the next time we see each other. she's good. ah. and then some philosophy. Slavoj Zizek, copyleft manifestos, Sadie Plant on drugs, such.

podge said:
The Alexandria Quartet, by Lawrence Durrell. Only Forward, by Michael Marshall Smith. White Lightning, by Justin Cartwright... All good !

AMe said:
Fun books (that are reasonably short, slightly dark comedies): Death and the Penguin, by Andrey Kurkov (translated from Russian into English by George Bird) - Kurkov's books are excellent! All Quiet on the Orient Express, The Restraint of Beasts, Three to See the King, all by Magnus Mills

Doug said:
Hi, Comment: - I think everyone who is stuck, or has been stuck, with impending exams is in the same boat as you are. "Work is not sooo bad, and think how great it will be if I get the best results I am capable of, then go on to make the world a better place... but, isn't bed sooo warm and isn't it nice to wander round the park just as summer is on its way for real and isn't it nice to hook up with chums for coffee and more” - aaarrrrgggghhh... you will be fine. I liked reading this entry; more than any I've read in the last month or so (since I found your site (via Donnie Darko)) Just the one book for you: - The Unbearable Lightness of Being [Milan Kundera] Good luck on Wednesday, I am Doug

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