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MY DAD IS REALLY PISSED OFF WITH ME BECAUSE I KEEP CHANGING EVERYTHING (HIS DESKTOP BACKGROUND, ACCOUNT PICTURE, IPAD BACKGROUND, ETC) TO THIS
I NOW HAVE HIS PHONE. GUESS WHAT I’M CHANGING THE BACKGROUND TO.
he’s put passwords on all of his devices so ive just left this on his desk
Started Notes From The Underground. I've read this one before and rather enjoyed it. It's rather dense though, and the way the narrator goes back and forth can be trying at times. Overall it is an extremely interesting book with a lot of little quote gems, such as my favorite: "Not just wicked, no, I never even managed to become anything: neither wicked nor good, neither a scoundrel nor an honest man, neither hero nor insect. And now I am living out my life in my corner, taunting myself with the spiteful and utterly futile consolation that it is even impossible for an intelligent man seriously to become anything, and only fools become something". Notes is one of the few pieces that I feel an immense connection to. It might be my history of depression or my philosophical leanings, but I have always felt like the underground man. I have often felt that "it is in despair that the most burning pleasures occur, especially when one is all too highly conscious of the hopelessness of one's position". Anyways, I don't suggest this book if you're looking for action. Basically the entirety of the book is a man arguing with himself and getting angrier and angrier. There are genuinely funny moments too, which are nice little treats. As an aside, I'm reading the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of this and all the Dostoevsky works that I'll be reading. For Notes from the Underground, they decided to translate "злой" as "wicked", a split from most translators who make it "spiteful". I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this yet. It was distracting at first, but I'm getting used to it I think.
Finished The Double. The ending completely threw me off. I have no goddamn clue what happened, but overall it was a really interesting read. Goliadkin is obviously insane, and I love how the voice of the novella reflects this. I suggest it, but be prepared to not understand what's going on and feel like you're going insane.
I think I'm going to start live-blogging my Dostoevsky readings, because fuck you. To start, I'm over half-way done with The Double, and I can barely stand the main character: Yakov Petrovich Goliadkin. The way he talks makes me want to punch kittens in the face. Every conversation he has is completely void of meaning. That being said, it's actually an interesting novella and I highly suggest it.
Best thing.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/romney/slogan.asp I know people don't want to be running to this man's defense (I don't like him myself), but let's not spread misinformation. Romney never said "let's keep America American".
“I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything, that only a fool can become something.”
Dostoevsky
"When [Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov] was ten, his older sister Olga found him lying on his back looking at the clouds and asked him what he was doing. "I like to think and wonder," Alexei replied. Olga asked him what he liked to think about. 'Oh, so many things,' the boy responded. 'I enjoy the sun and the beauty of summer as long as I can. Who knows whether one of these days I shall not be prevented from doing it?'"
Heartbreakingly beautiful. Alexei was a genuinely kind, innocent, and intelligent person who was struck down before he was even 14.
It is my opinion that Fyodor Dostoevsky was and remains one of the best authors in all of history. I'm taking a course on his works this semester and it has already reminded me of why I love this man so much. Interestingly, I learned today that Dostoevsky's epilepsy may have been a major contributing factor to his work. It turns out that a side effect of the type of epilepsy that Dostoevsky suffered (temporal lobe epilepsy) is Hypergraphia, or an overwhelming urge to write.
Really cool prologue opening of the first season of Carnivale. I loved Michael J. Anderson in Twin Peaks and I love him in this show.
Carnivale is great and has an amazing opening sequence. Check it out (the credits and the show).
An atheist, but damn if religious music doesn't get to me. Dies Irae is one of my favorite pieces of music.
David Cross kick!
I cannot stand "Larry the Cable Guy". So, here is a video of David Cross tearing him apart. (I do think that Cross is a bit unfair to the south in general, but whatever). Part two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHWF0IBZ6xM&feature=endscreen&NR=1
I'm watching a Thai movie called Dynamite Warrior. It is amazing. This is the opening sequence. (Someone should make me a gif of him riding that rocket)
