Just for the record,

In that last post, the middle picture always appears as the viewers (yours) default facebook profile picture, assuming that you are logged on. So there was no offense intended.

Hopefully everyone figured that out mind.....

Ugly people on facebook

Saw this on some forum, but its all a bit of fun. Its the 'Post ugly people you find on Facebook' game.

Post in comments the most ugly person and win.

Heres a few :

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...-ugly-face.jpg

http://www.facebook.com/badge.php?&i...ert&format=png


http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...s/ugly14nk.jpg

Burn.

Yeh well, I loled. Nintendo, wtf.

Less Than Zero Book Review

So I said I'd do a couple of book reviews. Here's the first

Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis

People are afraid to merge on the freeways in Los Angeles.
The opening line got my excited in the same manor that Palahnuik's Diary did with Just for the record, the weather today... - both are taken and used by bands for song lyrics, and, in Less Than Zero's case, Bloc Party dedicated an entire song to the book in the beginning of their 2007 album, Weekend in The City - Song for Clay (Disappear Here). Listening for the first time in a while it has a new meaning to me, and matches the tone of the book perfectly. Anyway this is a book review.

The novel, Ellis' début written at the age of 19, follows the protagonist Clay around LA during a Christmas break from his college, as he goes to various parties, doing drugs and having sex.

With a book such as this it is honestly hard to find meaningful compliments. The dialogue was sparse and rarely lead anywhere, none of the characters were particularly likeable and, crucially, there was nothing of a meaningful plot present in the entire story. I don't mean this in the way that nothing happened in Catcher in the Rye; a novel to which it is frequently compared - Catcher made up for it's lack of plot with the complex and confused feelings of the narrating Holden Caulfield which pervade the text. By contrast, Less than Zero's Clay is distanced from the reader and seems at times cold, emotionless. What is left is a nihilistic and at times shocking tale of a sex, money, and drug addled youth (One that I can't say I can relate too well to). But despite it's innumerable flaws, there is something curiously memorising, even hypnotic about the writing - the 'Disappear here' motif and the 'wonder is he's for sale?' foreshadowing - that really makes this novel stick in my mind.

I can see people really hating this, but it's well worth a try.

**** 4 Stars

This is too good...

Aaahahahaha what a DICK

Since this time last week I have:

- Finished one good book and one meh book. I think I'll do a book post next, once i finish my current one. Try and bring in the bookworms to this blog.

- Found out the (I think, now) final lineup of Reading 2008, as the last stage (new bands tent) was added. It's abit meh, considering that one of the only bands i'm interested in (Dan le Sac vs Scoobius Pip) clash with Rage Against the Machine AND Babyshambles. One of their songs below. It's fookin brilliant.


That said, Does it Offend You, Yeah? Have been added to the bill :D Which Im fuckin' psyched about.... they look mentally awesome live. Video below



- Decided that Jay Z actually isn't too bad, and was certainly the best headliner at a (pretty poor) Glastonbury festival. Not like I watched or anything, it was on TV.

- Finally buckled and started watching Skins from the start, season one.

- Had my first gay experience, which was interesting, but certainly not something id like to repeat.*

- Wasted alot of time on... ahh shit i've forgotten the name of the site. Fun games though. I'll edit this post when me friend reminds me of the address...

*I should point out at this point that it was to see two girls kiss, so it was worth it, probably.

Bonus Post 2.0

Wow, that last post was really quite immature

Bonus Post

Wow a blog post!!

Im not too sure what to do with this blog these days. Myeah.
It's been so long since the last post I think I'll give all the stuff I've been / done / seen / played / listened to / ect ect, with 3 words describing each. Actually theres a tonne more that I can't remember at the moment.

Juno
Quite Fun. Wizard!
8 / 10

Beck Mongolian Chop Squad
Greatful Sound Ftw
10 / 10

GTA IV
The Radio Rocks
9.5 / 10

Iron Man
IMDB Top250 WTF?
4 / 10

Lost Season 4
Return to Form
9 / 10

The Prestige
T'was vair Clever
9 / 10

And speaking of which, 2 important things i have learned
1 - People who don't turn the volume up enough with music or more importantly films annoy the hell out of me
2 - Never let a girl wear any of your clothes because she WILL keep them