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Post by g a b f r a b on May 3, 2015 22:30:30 GMT -5
Been on a Krakauer kick as of late. Re-read Into the Wild, did a first time through of Where Men Win Glory, and just checked out Missoula. I've decided that him and Ted Conover are my favorite authors, or at least the only two who interest me enough to read all their books.
I'm about halfway through Stiff, the Mary Roach book about all the uses for cadavers. Impact research on baby genitals! Hammering nails through sawed off arms to decipher how Jesus got did! Live animals having live bullets tested on them! I guess the bad guy in Beethoven was true to life. I've never read Roach before but will probably check out Bonk and I already have the audiobook of Packing for Mars. I'm a total dumbass when it comes to science and need someone like her to give me the layman's lens.
I took a break from my ASOIAF reread to check out "Quiet" by Susan Cain. It's gotten great reviews, but I'm about a quarter of the way through and it's not really clicking for me. I like psychology books and introversion is interesting, but it seems like so far she's relating EVERYTHING to situations in the workplace. CEO so-and-so was an introvert, he was alone when he thought of blah blah blah, extroverts can inadvertantly dominate groups in the workplace, etc. I'm getting kinda tired of it. =/
I'm about halfway through Stiff, the Mary Roach book about all the uses for cadavers. Impact research on baby genitals! Hammering nails through sawed off arms to decipher how Jesus got did! Live animals having live bullets tested on them! I guess the bad guy in Beethoven was true to life. I've never read Roach before but will probably check out Bonk and I already have the audiobook of Packing for Mars. I'm a total dumbass when it comes to science and need someone like her to give me the layman's lens.
stiff was great. i usually have a hard time staying interested in scientific books, but she made it funny and easy to read. so much information about things you'd never really consider, and i liked her insight on what she plans to do with her body when she passes.
According to Goodreads, I finished this book on May 22nd. Now here it is the first of July, and my room has not once been really "messy". And previously, my room was pretty much ALWAYS a mess, until the one or two times a month when I get fed up and cleaned it. When I first read the title I thought it must be pretty hyperbolic, but it really can be life-changing. Having a dirty room all the time was like having a to-do list over my head that never actually got completed, and I didn't realize how stressful this was until I was free from it. Sure, I still might accumulate a pile of stuff on my dresser now and again, but now instead of blending in with the rest of the clutter in my room, it just looks out of place and screams at me to take care of it. Except for when I arrived home from Roo, cleaning my room has never taken more than ten minutes or so. Since I know it's not going to be an hour(s)-long project, it's something I can do on the reg without any stress.
After doing the tidying the way she says to do it in this book, the only thing left to do is maintenance. For the first week or so it took me a little bit to remember to put things back in whatever space that I got them from (especially small daily items like combs or pens - which I sometimes literally just tossed in the air without looking because fuck it, everything else is on the floor anyway), but it quickly became an easy habit when I saw how much easier it made things in the long run. When you literally know where everything you own is and similar items are grouped together, finding things when you need them takes no mental effort, and there ceases to be a reason to just throw things in a pile or in a random drawer.
Oh and my dresser drawers! Gone are the days of all socks, undershirts, and underwear being thrown together and then rummaging through them in the morning. No more wrinkled-ass shirts that I pulled out from the depths of my dresser; I can tell what each shirt is just by opening the drawer and glancing at it - same goes for pants, socks, and underwear. I often even lay my clothes out the night before to make the mornings easier.
And no more feeling like a slob if someone randomly stops by. My room might not always be perfect, but at least now it's never something I'm ashamed of or trying to hide. That's pretty nice as well.
I know I might sound like a bit of a crazy person because not many people get excited about tidying, but this book really did change some lifelong bad habits into good ones very quickly. And it doesn't feel like other ventures (like eating healthily) where I'm super motivated for a few weeks and then fall back into old habits. This really feels like it's going to stick, simply because I don't need to be motivated to keep things tidy. It just makes sense to do because it's easier now and much more rewarding.
If you're a slob (or even if you're not), I highly suggest reading this book and just doing it, even if some of the things she says seem silly. It works.
According to Goodreads, I finished this book on May 22nd. Now here it is the first of July, and my room has not once been really "messy". And previously, my room was pretty much ALWAYS a mess, until the one or two times a month when I get fed up and cleaned it. When I first read the title I thought it must be pretty hyperbolic, but it really can be life-changing. Having a dirty room all the time was like having a to-do list over my head that never actually got completed, and I didn't realize how stressful this was until I was free from it. Sure, I still might accumulate a pile of stuff on my dresser now and again, but now instead of blending in with the rest of the clutter in my room, it just looks out of place and screams at me to take care of it. Except for when I arrived home from Roo, cleaning my room has never taken more than ten minutes or so. Since I know it's not going to be an hour(s)-long project, it's something I can do on the reg without any stress.
After doing the tidying the way she says to do it in this book, the only thing left to do is maintenance. For the first week or so it took me a little bit to remember to put things back in whatever space that I got them from (especially small daily items like combs or pens - which I sometimes literally just tossed in the air without looking because fuck it, everything else is on the floor anyway), but it quickly became an easy habit when I saw how much easier it made things in the long run. When you literally know where everything you own is and similar items are grouped together, finding things when you need them takes no mental effort, and there ceases to be a reason to just throw things in a pile or in a random drawer.
Oh and my dresser drawers! Gone are the days of all socks, undershirts, and underwear being thrown together and then rummaging through them in the morning. No more wrinkled-ass shirts that I pulled out from the depths of my dresser; I can tell what each shirt is just by opening the drawer and glancing at it - same goes for pants, socks, and underwear. I often even lay my clothes out the night before to make the mornings easier.
And no more feeling like a slob if someone randomly stops by. My room might not always be perfect, but at least now it's never something I'm ashamed of or trying to hide. That's pretty nice as well.
I know I might sound like a bit of a crazy person because not many people get excited about tidying, but this book really did change some lifelong bad habits into good ones very quickly. And it doesn't feel like other ventures (like eating healthily) where I'm super motivated for a few weeks and then fall back into old habits. This really feels like it's going to stick, simply because I don't need to be motivated to keep things tidy. It just makes sense to do because it's easier now and much more rewarding.
If you're a slob (or even if you're not), I highly suggest reading this book and just doing it, even if some of the things she says seem silly. It works.
Be right back, gonna go tidy up!
Well that certainly is a ringing endorsement, will definitely have to check it out.
Post by monkybunney on Jul 1, 2015 20:46:35 GMT -5
Cool! I was thinking of this thread earlier today. About a week ago I finally went and got a library card. Just finished & I can not believe I have not read this book until now! Currently working on Neuromancer by William Gibson. I love it so far. Some really crazy prescient Sci-Fi for a book written in 1985. The Matrix? OK Wachowski's very original idea you had there.
Cool! I was thinking of this thread earlier today. About a week ago I finally went and got a library card. Just finished & I can not believe I have not read this book until now! Currently working on Neuromancer by William Gibson. I love it so far. Some really crazy prescient Sci-Fi for a book written in 1985. The Matrix? OK Wachowski's very original idea you had there.
EDIT: forgot 1 is a girl! Duhhh
A library card is one of the most valuable things you'll ever own. Good job. If I'm not mistaken Neuromancer has had a huge influence on many artists. I tried reading it but it wasn't my thing. I also might've been too young when I attempted. Anyway, I've read some good books lately but I need to highlight two incredible ones:
These are two of the best books I've ever read. Missoula goes so deep into the way rape survivors are treated by both police and their community. It does an incredible job of giving the survivor's psyche and perspective. As for Going Clear, it's an in depth version of the doc. I read the book first so when I watched the HBO special I was kind of disappointed. It's essentially just an outline of the book. Read the book! It gives a lot more depth and context. The L. Ron Hubbard section is nonstop insane shit and when I got to the Sea Org members I felt sick reading how they're punished. It's fascinating shit.
Based on nothing more than aesthetics, title and font choice alone I can tell this is one of those books that may probably irritate the shit out of me due to *my perceived* gullibility of it's target demographic. Of course it's not at the library so I can't check it out myself and I refuse to spend a penny on another person giving me their trip report reduced to accolades and jingoistic enlightenment aphorisms of pop consciousness expansion that are as deep as a recently spilled puddle of coca-cola on a black top. Please let me know if that is not the case. I WANT to believe, but right now I'm still siding with HST
That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed around America selling "consciousness expansion" without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait for all the people who took him seriously... All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding for three bucks a hit. But their loss and failure is ours too. What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole life-style that he helped create... a generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers, who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the Acid Culture: the desperate assumption that somebody... or at least some force - is tending the light at the end of the tunnel.” ~Hunter S. Thompson
Based on nothing more than aesthetics, title and font choice alone I can tell this is one of those books that may probably irritate the shit out of me due to *my perceived* gullibility of it's target demographic. Of course it's not at the library so I can't check it out myself and I refuse to spend a penny on another person giving me their trip report reduced to accolades and jingoistic enlightenment aphorisms of pop consciousness expansion that are as deep as a recently spilled puddle of coca-cola on a black top. Please let me know if that is not the case. I WANT to believe, but right now I'm still siding with HST
Are you familiar with Rick Strassman's work?? I thought DMT: The Spirit Molecule was incredibly well done (both the book and documentary). I picked this up solely because his name is attached to it.
Are you familiar with Rick Strassman's work?? I thought DMT: The Spirit Molecule was incredibly well done (both the book and documentary). I picked this up solely because his name is attached to it.
To be honest yes I am familiar with the doc but not the book. I didn't put the name together. And the doc is pretty damn compelling without getting into to too much "cosmic debris". I really do want to believe but the evidence is simply not there yet and/or we haven't figured out the right way to measure it. I can believe (and I do without any rational explanation, call it faith I guess) that every living thing on this planet is part of a connected consciousness on a level not yet quantifiable by the scientific method but that still doesn't make it any more real. It's still ethereal. It's an emotional speculation. That's what sticks in my craw about most self proclaimed breakthroughs presented in the mystical mumbo-jumbo of books that come out addressing this subject.
How is it? I just listened to his interview on Freakonomics Radio. I've never really had a strong opinion on him one way or the other, but I really enjoyed the interview, and the book sounded pretty interesting.
Post by actually @fortyfive33 now on Jul 28, 2015 17:27:57 GMT -5
So...just got my reading list for my Ancient World class.
It's your basic Greek & Roman lit:
The Iliad - Homer Symposium & Five Dialogues - Plato Medea - Euripides On Justice Power & Human Nature: Selections from the History of the Peleponnesian War - Thucydides Oedipus Tyrannus - Sophocles Introductory Readings - Aristotle The Aeneid - Virgil The Golden Ass - Apuleius
My personal reading list:
Game of Thrones (series) - GRR Martin Armada - Ernest Cline (that signed copy has to be read) The Martian - Andy Weir Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
How is it? I just listened to his interview on Freakonomics Radio. I've never really had a strong opinion on him one way or the other, but I really enjoyed the interview, and the book sounded pretty interesting.
[/p][/quote] i really liked it. he made it really funny and interesting, and of course his stories are great.
I've read Fight Club, Survivor, Invisible Monsters, Rant, Choke & Lullaby. Someone bought this for my birthday. It's understandably dark, it's brutal, it's funny, but goddamn it takes awhile to understand the newfangled syntax. I'm about halfway through, I'm enjoying it. I finished it. Here are my thoughts on the ending. Spoiled for reasons.
I guess I don't know why I expected it to end another way, but the second I fully understood what Operation Havoc was, I wanted him to succeed and kill millions of Americans. The self-sacrificing terrorist scheme to lace cash with a deadly, noxious substance and then erupt and spray cash everywhere in a heavily populated area and then let capitalism and greed and perpetual desire for consumption do what it does so well and just let America kill itself was too beautiful of a self-destruction for me to let that go. I suppose it makes sense in this Palahniuk reality though. The whole book is just so playfully disturbing and brought me into empathizing with this one-track minded pseudo-drone so I guess having it end with him rerouting only makes sense. Fuck. Fine. It's smart.
I'm trying to better myself and keep my brain occupied and properly stimulated more hours out of the day than I historically have, so I've been reading more. Persistence. I'm absolutely loving this book so far, by the way.
Post by billypilgrim on Aug 17, 2015 13:05:50 GMT -5
This is an amazing read. It's in the form of an extended letter from an African-American father to his son about being black in America at the present time. It forced me to think about race from some very different perspectives than what I'm used to/comfortable with. I recommend it highly.
This is an amazing read. It's in the form of an extended letter from an African-American father to his son about being black in America at the present time. It forced me to think about race from some very different perspectives than what I'm used to/comfortable with. I recommend it highly.
I will second this. I read it this weekend.
ed: I feel I should add this is the best book I have read this year.
There you go then. 2 out of 2 billys recommend this book.
So...just got my reading list for my Ancient World class.
It's your basic Greek & Roman lit:
The Iliad - Homer Symposium & Five Dialogues - Plato Medea - Euripides On Justice Power & Human Nature: Selections from the History of the Peleponnesian War - Thucydides Oedipus Tyrannus - Sophocles Introductory Readings - Aristotle The Aeneid - Virgil The Golden Ass - Apuleius
My personal reading list:
Game of Thrones (series) - GRR Martin Armada - Ernest Cline (that signed copy has to be read) The Martian - Andy Weir Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
Only because I want to see The End of the Tour.
Just got to the top of the library list for Armada! Starting it today!
So...just got my reading list for my Ancient World class.
It's your basic Greek & Roman lit:
The Iliad - Homer Symposium & Five Dialogues - Plato Medea - Euripides On Justice Power & Human Nature: Selections from the History of the Peleponnesian War - Thucydides Oedipus Tyrannus - Sophocles Introductory Readings - Aristotle The Aeneid - Virgil The Golden Ass - Apuleius
My personal reading list:
Game of Thrones (series) - GRR Martin Armada - Ernest Cline (that signed copy has to be read) The Martian - Andy Weir Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
Only because I want to see The End of the Tour.
Just got to the top of the library list for Armada! Starting it today!
I have to read the first half of the Iliad by Friday.
Fuucccckkkk I might just do it all today. I have the ebook so I can just refer back to it in class if I forget anything.
