We all struggle with forward motion...

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This is a conversation I had with my little brother last week. He is 17 and was wearing a Lego Indiana Jones t-shirt at the time. (That's important.) Him: What book is that? / Me: Mansfield Park. / Him: Who's it by? Can I read it? / Me: Jane Austen. No, I haven't read it yet. / Him: What's that one? / Me: Persuasion, also by Jane Austen. / Him: Can I read that one? / Me: No, I haven't read it yet either. / Him: But I wanna read it. / Me: I will cry if my 17 year old brother reads a Jane Austen before me. / Him: But I wanna read Persuasion! / Me: Here, have Pride & Prejudice. / Him: This isn't Persuasion. I wanna read Persuasion! / Me: ... / Him: Wait, will my English teacher be impressed if I read this? / Me: If your English teacher is a woman. / Him: Awesome! Wait, will my friends beat me up? / Me: ...erm, possibly.

He might be even weirder than I am. It's a running joke between me and my friends that my youngest brother must be adopted or something because he's the only one of us that's normal.

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001-013: Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
014-016: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
017-029: Speed Racer (2008)
030-034: Star Trek (2009)
035-039: The Queen's Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
040: Howl's Moving Castle, by Dianna Wynne Jones
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Wallpaper: Speed Racer (2008)



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Oops! Almost forgot: Speed Racer wallpaper.

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