seriously, on to more important things. i've decided i am at peace and will leave it in God's hands.

everyone's doing christmas wishlists. should i do one. yar ok i'll do one, purely material.

1. Free All Angels EP by Ash.
2. To Live To Tell The Tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3. Looking For Alibrandi VCD
4. All of Graham Greene's bios. i know this is unfair. there are three of them.
5. City of Rain by Alvin Pang
6. Goodbye Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson
7. Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
8. Complete Edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
9. Colin Firth, the person.
10. 1000 bucks for shopping at A|X [ha.ha.ha]

actually i only feel the need to own 2 and 8 [and 9!], because i'd be quite happy with people lending me the rest. i realize i haven't done what i really wanted these holidays. i still haven't signed up for oils and charcoal at NAFA and i haven't been reading all the books i'm supposed to complete. countless of them, COUNTLESS. includes stuff by em forster, winterson, susan orlean, greene, conrad - um anyway. i haven't been discussing books much lately, with jen because i realize all i've been talking about are either my problems or the posting problems. i really must prioritize.

i think i've somewhat outgrown Coelho. there's something about his writing that seems to leave a false aftertaste instead of the usual enlightenment it brought - or maybe it's just his latest offer eleven minutes; and i'm still thinking about it being such a disappointment despite having read it months ago during prelims.

as for my own personal writing? i haven't written a piece in.. months. or something. unless you count what i said about the tokyo subway.

graham greene is absolutely amazing. i bought End of The Affair and The Last Word And Other Stories. his short stories are breath-taking. i'm itching to describe them to you but i don't want to spoil it for any of you who are thinking of reading his books. read them, please. just read them if you know what's good for you. there's just this thing about certain writers. even though you know them in no way imaginable, you feel you have established a connection with their very soul after you have read and loved their writing. and because of that, you want the whole world to see it even if that means typing it out or writing it out by hand. writers should hire me as their publicist.

+ posted by M @ 6:20 PM