Thoughts on writing and stereotyping

http://angelsparrow.blogspot.com/2008/04/sunday-dribs-and-drabs.html

It's kinda all over the place, because I'm still thinking on this

Meme-sheep, baaa

"What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish. Here's the twist: add (*) beside the ones you liked and would (or did) read again or recommend. Even if you read 'em for school in the first place."
( For a Lit major, I suck )

Gaylactic Spectrum & Shameless Begging

http://www.spectrumawards.org/nomform.htm
The Gaylactic Spectrum awards are open for Nominations until the 30th.

If you've read anything of mine that particularly moved you, please nominate!
Eligible works, all short stories:

"Serpents" from Shifting Back
"Outfoxed" from Torqued Tales
Tuition Fees
Ain't no easy run
Miskatonic Mistletoe

Books up to 13

13) Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz. Ordinarily, I don't like Dean Koontz, but I decided to give him a try. His style is very annoying. Odd Thomas is a 20 year old fry cook who sees dead people. He is in a race to stop a calamity from happening on August 15. our story opens on the 14. Rambling and nerve-wracking, but very entertaining. (audio)

12) Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas. Jack Kerouac vs.Cthulhu. This was a weird book that would have made a lot more sense if I'd read On the Road. Jack, and his pals Neal Cassaday and William Burroughs make a bleak pilgrimage across a United States where the Old Ones hold sway.

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movies

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14) Howl's Moving Castle. Anime. Very interesting piece about a wizard, a girl and all sorts of complications. Billy Crystal is pretty good as the fire demon. (p)

15) Godspell. Musical. Actually, we saw this at Easter. The Gospel as musical. More stylized and less grim than Jesus Christ Superstar. We IMDB'd the cast. Three are dead. Victor Garber is still working. And the rest did nothing else. Wonderful piece full of early 70's Jesus people zeitgeist. My favorite bit "It says 'rejoice'!"/"It says Keds." (hard to tell, no conversations, really)