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[darkelf105]

I despair of ever finishing "The Count of Monte Cristo". It has been about three weeks since I started this wonderful novel, and I am only on page seven hundred. The Count has consumed my life, however, every time I sit down to read a sizable chunk of the novel and newer and glossier book calls my name.  Take this weekend, I read only about one hundred pages of COMT but read three novels by Bentley Little because Stephen King recommended them for summer, beachy reads. And they were quite good, given that I am a sucker for cheesy over the top horror. So sue me. And then last night, I went to bed with the intention of reading COMT, but the damn books is so thick, it makes this difficult, so instead I read Michael Dirda's slim-little volume "Book by Book" and I was wholly enthralled, because Dirda's passion for reading and the way he writes about readings' impact on life is mesmerizing.  And besides, Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize winner from Ohio, more importantly from Lorain Ohio, so I had to have some hometown pride. So needless to say I have whole other list of books to read and check out as well as two new volumes "Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader" and "Ruined By Books". The poor count must ::le sigh:: wait, for I am in non-fiction mode.  Also, I regret limiting my one hundred books projects to novels, because a shiny new edition of the annotated edition of "Paradise Lost" and "The Poem of the CId", both of which are veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerry tempting, but I have too much to read and do to pick them up. Also Harold Bloom's critique of Lucifer as a character in literature came in and I wanna read it now, but no.....COMT, must finish.......just easily distracted.

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[rayechu.livejournal.com]

Finish it, finish it! You are getting too far behind. Well I guess I can't say anything, as I haven't read anymore of my book, but I am not on a schedule! Did the Farthest Shore come in yet? I'm bored can you tell? What do you want for your birthday? What are you doing for your birthday? BORED BORED BORED

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

I don't know what I want. I tend to buy whatever I want, which would be why I have no money. I wasn't planning on doing anything, mainly because rokk_lobster is broke (and I don't think he particularly feels like celebrating my birthday) and I don't want to bring it up and I used to have friends, but apparently now I am really boring, and no one but you wants to hang out with me and since I will probably already be hanging out with you around my birthday, I didn't feel like making any plans, because then they would be ruined, or I would ruin them because I have been in such a foul, depressive funk, so in conclusion, I don't really wanna think about my b-day cuz it is boring, lame, and a little sad, as well as ho-hum. Also, sorry you are bored :(. I unfortunately feel like shit, so I can't hang out tonight. I gotta get some sleep and finish cleaning my room....because if that is clean, you can come over tomorrow night and swim and hang out :). Which would be happiness.

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

Ah. I'm sorry. I totally understand where you are coming from though. I will attempt not to mention it again. Since it's a Tuesday I didn't think you would be able to hang out tongiht anyways, so that is no big deal. I do want to talk to you about some school stuff though tomorrow. Want to go to Mindy's directly after work? Mindy might be home for the summer.