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so in a fit of boredom i was checking out ff.net's absurdly informative statistics page, and discovered a hit from a country i did not know existed before today. :0
Oh yes. the Ignorant American stereotype is being fulfilled RIGHT HERE.
(other stupid american moment: "Holy crap, i didn't know [insert country here] had internet access!" i am ashamed to admit this happened multiple times.)
i guess it's a good thing i ended up not majoring in International Politics, duuuuuuuur.
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speaking of countries i don't knowanything much about, i finished The Dark Side of Love Friday. it's easily the best book i've read this year and is quite possibly the best book i've read since Murakami's Kafka on the Shore.
...i've sat here in front of my computer screen for eighteen minutes, trying to organize my thoughts about the book, and i just can't do it. it's one of those cases when you have so much you want to say you, but end up saying nothing, because your mind just can't process all that you're thinking into something intelligible. D:
also it's like 2am and i've been up since 7am. i uh, will probably try to compose a genuine review at some point and leave it on Shelfari as there does not seem to be one for this book! this makes me a sad panda. :(
oh! maybe more than anything, The Dark Side of Love makes me want to read lots and lots of Arabian literature now, if only so i can better understand/spot all of the allusions in the book. i've only read a few selections from The Thousand and One Nights and the Fitzgerald translation of the Rubaiyat. it also makes me want to dive into French literature again, because out of the many references to French authors and novels i had only read two of them.
and now i am going to crawl under a huge pile of blankets and try not to freeze in this 30~40 F weather.
Oh yes. the Ignorant American stereotype is being fulfilled RIGHT HERE.
(other stupid american moment: "Holy crap, i didn't know [insert country here] had internet access!" i am ashamed to admit this happened multiple times.)
i guess it's a good thing i ended up not majoring in International Politics, duuuuuuuur.
speaking of countries i don't know
...i've sat here in front of my computer screen for eighteen minutes, trying to organize my thoughts about the book, and i just can't do it. it's one of those cases when you have so much you want to say you, but end up saying nothing, because your mind just can't process all that you're thinking into something intelligible. D:
also it's like 2am and i've been up since 7am. i uh, will probably try to compose a genuine review at some point and leave it on Shelfari as there does not seem to be one for this book! this makes me a sad panda. :(
oh! maybe more than anything, The Dark Side of Love makes me want to read lots and lots of Arabian literature now, if only so i can better understand/spot all of the allusions in the book. i've only read a few selections from The Thousand and One Nights and the Fitzgerald translation of the Rubaiyat. it also makes me want to dive into French literature again, because out of the many references to French authors and novels i had only read two of them.
and now i am going to crawl under a huge pile of blankets and try not to freeze in this 30~40 F weather.
