Got Obliterated By The Nerdcore Flow.

[robanybody]

Had a great time last night, but I am still so tired, despite nine hours of sleep. Fun times are exhausting, you guys.

So here is my morning in pictorial form:

Eating

Comments

[blueocean80]

There's something vaguely creepy about the Laughing cow, but I can't figure out what it is. *chinhands* Maybe I'm just crazy.

Re: Dust. Oh! Zombie stories are not my thing, but that sounds like a totally different take on the subject and hmmm. *ponders whether to add it to the to-read list or not* I want to read Feed, though. Have you read that one?

[robanybody]

Ahahaha! We grew up on La vache qui rit when I was a kid in Kuwait, and I still have incredibly fond memories of the terrible ads for it. I even remember the jingle! I was in a full-blown nostalgic mood this morning.

I loved Dust a lot. The whole thing is told from the undead point of view and the story itself is so engrossing that I could not put it down until I was done reading. And God, the characters, they just broke my heart so much. I'd recommend it for anyone who likes well-written, interesting stories.

I have not read Feed, but it looks interesting!

[blueocean80]

You grew up in Kuwait? How was it, if you don't mind me asking?

I do like interesting stories, especially if they're well-written. As for characters, dude, I have a thing. If the characters click with me and they're fleshed out and complex, not just props to drive the story, I'll stick to anything you throw at me, even if the story itself is meh or passable. OTOH, if the story is awesomesauce but the characters don't click, there is just no way I'll get into the novel/movie/whatever.

[robanybody]

Well, we grew up there before the Gulf War, and it was a really good life. We lived in a really nice apartment, my parents threw a lot of parties for their friends and co-workers, we learned Arabic and made a lot of friends, we ate a lot of really amazing Arab food, and so on. We had to deal with a lot of censorship, though: our encyclopedias had blacked-out or torn-out pages for stuff that the government didn't agree with, movies had all the love scenes cut out of it, and when Ramadan came, there was no booze sold anywhere, so everyone we knew started making really terrible homemade wine for their parties.

But overall, it was a good life, and I miss it terribly some days. I cried a lot when the Gulf War started and I saw all the places I grew up in being bombed to shit. Sigh.

I'd recommend giving Dust a try then. Jessie is one of those characters that I just got when I first started reading the book, and her and Florian are still my favorites. I'm going to be re-reading it as many times as possible.

[blueocean80]

That sounds like a good life. After I asked the question, I panicked because it may have sounded like I was sticking my nose where it didn't belong. It's just that even though I traveled a bit, I've never moved out of my country and that's one of my dreams. So whenever I get to know people who live on foreign soil, I always ask too many questions. ^_^'

I will give it a try. Thanks for the rec!

[robanybody]

No worries! I didn't take any offense to that question. :)