hmm. so i haven't been on here in a while. but in a desperate attempt to avoid doing homework on a sunday night, here i am. so here's the list of books i borrowed from the library (aka the books i wish i was reading):  1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy -- sophie let me borrow it at a speech tournament and i wasn't bored reading it. of course, it's possible that i was in so desperate a need for entertainment at the aforementioned tournament that i remembered it as exciting because the prep room is so dull. but i'm pretty sure that i actually liked it....
 2. The Complete John Steinbeck (or something to that effect, i'm too lazy to actually go upstairs and look at the title, but it's a compilation of his short stories) by John Steinbeck -- short stories are good for when you don't feel like reading really insanely long books (see above) or if you need a break from them. from my glancing at it at the library i think it had some good irony potential too.
 3. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes -- it's always sounded very interesting to me. from what i can remember it's about a guy who has a very low IQ, then gets genius-smart from a miracle drug/treatment or something and then ends up dying from the miracle drug/treatment at the end. so i've wanted to read it.
 4. Death of a Salesmen by Arthur Miller -- we were watching the movie in class and i was APPALED that the teacher didn't even attempt to have us read the play first. hello, this IS enlish class people! i thought english teachers were supposed to be the kind of person who always read the book (or in this case, play) before the movie. everyone hated the movie, but i thought it was okay. i was out of class most of last week collecting change for the uganda fund. from what i could gather from the movie though, it sounded interesting. i just think it'd be even more interesting if i could read the stage directions to know what's actually going on, and read the diologue so i can understand what everyone is saying when they're all screaming at each other.
 and the book i SHOULD have read is the Natural by Bernard Malamud
my teacher said "don't worry girls, the whole thing isn't about baseball" which is insulting on so many levels FIRST, it implies that all girls don't like baseball, which i'm sure is not true. i mean i don't follow it or anything, but i like it better than most sports; and going to a baseball game is fun. SECOND, it implies that all boys like baseball, which i'm also sure is not true. THIRD, she never "apologized" to the guys in our class for having to read all of those inane stories about romantic relationships. she never apologized to me either, and all the "relationship" stories this were stupid. every single one of them had a love triangle in it. as far as i can tell, the Natural does too. -_- FOURTH, the whole thing was about baseball! yes, okay there were other subplots there was irony and romance in some parts but the main storyline was baseball. she shouldn't have said that it wasn't all about baseball if it, in fact, was all about baseball. then again, i've only read up to page 80 and then the end, so what do i know? ugh. tired, knees hurt, too much to do, must sleep. good night  | 
