Reading and watching...
A week before the next exam, and no Uni activities yet, so I've had a little free time.
Finally finished Perditio Street Station, and read through The Great Gatsby; the latter book really got through to me. It lost a bit of focus in places, but had all the famous sense of place, and the most satisfying tragedy. I guess tragedy appeals because bad things happen for a reason in it. I read this classic Sci-Fi novel called Mockingbird just today that I'd never even heard of, pretty much Brave New World after the machines start breaking down. And where looking anybody in the eye is an obcesene invasion of privacy.
On the Anime front, I've finally bought Wolf's Rain, because not owning my favourite series was getting stupid. And I managed to watch Gunslinger Girl as well; not as good or bad as the best or worse reports, but certainly a solid, appealling, outrageously short series. Next I want to watch a Samurai anime...and I'd like to invite some people to the Alpha course at Church, despite nearly everyone I know seeming to be Christian or Atheist, with no fence sitters to be seen.
Organisation? None around here, mate...and hello to Almie again, missing you Exeter guys!
Finally finished Perditio Street Station, and read through The Great Gatsby; the latter book really got through to me. It lost a bit of focus in places, but had all the famous sense of place, and the most satisfying tragedy. I guess tragedy appeals because bad things happen for a reason in it. I read this classic Sci-Fi novel called Mockingbird just today that I'd never even heard of, pretty much Brave New World after the machines start breaking down. And where looking anybody in the eye is an obcesene invasion of privacy.
On the Anime front, I've finally bought Wolf's Rain, because not owning my favourite series was getting stupid. And I managed to watch Gunslinger Girl as well; not as good or bad as the best or worse reports, but certainly a solid, appealling, outrageously short series. Next I want to watch a Samurai anime...and I'd like to invite some people to the Alpha course at Church, despite nearly everyone I know seeming to be Christian or Atheist, with no fence sitters to be seen.
Organisation? None around here, mate...and hello to Almie again, missing you Exeter guys!