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Hi babies. WC final was today. Certainly what I'd call a mediocre game except for the last 15 minutes. Too many fouls given to the Oranje and too many ignored fouls by Spain IMHO. Germany was my team all the way this time 'round, though there were lulz aplenty from all the teams. I'm really happy with Muller getting the Golden Boot award and Forlan getting Golden Ball, as well as Sexy St. Iker getting the Golden Glove. I will not miss vuvuzelas. Friends were over and we watched it together; they made it more fun than the little men running around the screen, fossho.
For my birthday I posted a request for book recommendations on my facebook wall, and boy did my friends deliver! In case anyone out there in livejournal land wants to see the list, I've compiled it since facebook isn't very good at archiving things. If you have any recommendations feel free to leave 'em in comments! If you've read any mentioned here and want to comment, do that too!
White Teeth, by Zadie Smith (Emily L.)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Paul)
Purge by Sofie Oksanen
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett (Gabrielle)
Freedom Writer's Diary by Erin Gruwell (Dave)
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (Jill)
Economics In One Lesson - Henry Hazlitt (Whit)
Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease by Gary Greenberg (Michael S.)
The End of Order: Versailles 1919 by Charles L. Mees (Awal)
The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant (Nagler)
MOAR DUNE (Joe, haha)
The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver (Emily H.)
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (Stefani)
The Big Short by Michael Lewis (Willemain)
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (Simran)
The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie (Danish)
World War Z by Max Brooks (Danish and Doug)
Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody (Rana)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (Kelly)
Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-e-Tabrizi by William Chittick
Conference of the Books by Khaled M. Abou El Fadl (Ali)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ruchi)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Katie)
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (Cher)
Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance (sexy lady aka ebeda )
Paul is Undead by Alan Goldsher (another sexy lady aka auditrice )
The Southern Vampire Series by Charlaine Harris (Jen)
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin (smexy Sarah)
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (Kristina)
Stiff by Mary Roach (Andrew)
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (Uma)
The Pact by Jodi Picoult (Farhana)
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Anna)
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Brett)
American Rust by Philip Meyer (Dara)
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk (Liz)
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (Fauzia)
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Mara Rilke (Jennie Jennie Jennie)
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper (Chris)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (Jenny)
For my birthday I posted a request for book recommendations on my facebook wall, and boy did my friends deliver! In case anyone out there in livejournal land wants to see the list, I've compiled it since facebook isn't very good at archiving things. If you have any recommendations feel free to leave 'em in comments! If you've read any mentioned here and want to comment, do that too!
White Teeth, by Zadie Smith (Emily L.)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Paul)
Purge by Sofie Oksanen
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett (Gabrielle)
Freedom Writer's Diary by Erin Gruwell (Dave)
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (Jill)
Economics In One Lesson - Henry Hazlitt (Whit)
Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease by Gary Greenberg (Michael S.)
The End of Order: Versailles 1919 by Charles L. Mees (Awal)
The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant (Nagler)
MOAR DUNE (Joe, haha)
The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver (Emily H.)
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (Stefani)
The Big Short by Michael Lewis (Willemain)
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (Simran)
The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie (Danish)
World War Z by Max Brooks (Danish and Doug)
Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody (Rana)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (Kelly)
Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-e-Tabrizi by William Chittick
Conference of the Books by Khaled M. Abou El Fadl (Ali)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ruchi)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Katie)
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (Cher)
Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance (sexy lady aka ebeda )
Paul is Undead by Alan Goldsher (another sexy lady aka auditrice )
The Southern Vampire Series by Charlaine Harris (Jen)
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin (smexy Sarah)
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (Kristina)
Stiff by Mary Roach (Andrew)
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (Uma)
The Pact by Jodi Picoult (Farhana)
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Anna)
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Brett)
American Rust by Philip Meyer (Dara)
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk (Liz)
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (Fauzia)
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Mara Rilke (Jennie Jennie Jennie)
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper (Chris)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (Jenny)