Um, ouch?

So something bit my foot about 5 times last night. Seriously, what the fuck? Once is enough, maybe twice if you really hate me. But five freaking times on the same foot? Oh, great, and there's one on my other foot too. I am not tasty or nutritious! Stop trying to eat me! Probably a spider. Ew. (PROTIP: Tinnerz has arachnophobia.)

ANYWAY. This summer I've been reading a lot. So it's time for book reviews! Da da da DAAAA!

Jeffrey Eugenides: Middlesex
Okay, this book is the perfect book to read when I'm PMSing. It has love, family, self-discovery, everything a hormonal lady such as myself could want. It tells the story of the Stephanides family, narrated by Cal, who is a hermaphrodite and used to be known as Callie. It covers three generations of the family and explains how he came to be who he is now, and it's just absolutely beautiful. I was crying, laughing, scared, surprised...I think I went through every human emotion while reading this book. No wonder it won a Pulitzer Prize, it's fucking amazing. Easily one of the best books I've ever read, and quite possibly my new favorite.

Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner
Another new favorite. It's about Amir, an Afghani who grew up wealthy, and his friendship with his servant, Hassan. The story, told over a quarter century, is so powerful that after I finished reading I could only sit there, staring at the wall and thinking to myself, "Motherfucker that was a good ass book." And I don't think that very often. I expected the political aspect of this book to get preachy (with the Taliban and the invading Russian forces and whatnot) but I was pleasantly surprised that it took a backseat to the real story, that of an undying friendship and redemption. Fucking excellent book.

Anyway.

I fixed an old laptop this week, GO ME. I fixed it really ghetto-like with scotch tape and cursing, but fixed it is. Basically I just wanted to get my SimCity 3000 disc out of it and read some of the hilarious Harry Potter fan fiction I had stored on there. It's awesomely bad. However, no one else will ever see that shit, because its just embarrassing. My stories are much better nowadays. Mostly because it's not Harry Potter fan fic. LOL. I can forgive myself though, I was only about 13.

Let's also talk about how Jeff Buckley is God. Call me blasphemous if you please, but Mr. Buckley was fucking awesome. How can you deny the brilliance of "So Real" or "Lover, You Should've Come Over" or "Grace" or his version of "Hallelujiah?" YOU CAN'T. BECAUSE HE'S GOD. If he were still alive today I'd be a total fantard. Hell, he'd probably rule over the known universe. He's that great.

Anyway. I'm going to finish eating my artery-clogging meal from Wendy's and play with people on VFTW. Adios.

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Now playing: Jeff Buckley - Je n'en connais pas la fin
via FoxyTunes

Holy God I'm a nerd.

YES! Live long and prosper, motherfuckers. Just because I know the symbol for Manganese, sometimes do homework on Fridays, and know my current IP address doesn't mean I'm a nerd. /denial
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Now playing: Jeff Buckley - Alligator Wine
via FoxyTunes

New TREOS CD!!!!!!!

So...I got back from my tax-free shopping (THANKS, VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE!) yesterday to find that I had a package sitting on my desk. What was it? The brand new CD by The Receiving End of Sirens, my favorite band EVAR, three whole days before it actually is released. SCORE. So here is my review, and feel free to listen on their Myspace, since they put the whole album up there.

The Receiving End of Sirens: The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Well, I must first state that I have an emotional attachment to their first album, Between the Heart and the Synapse, because it is my musical Xanax. So it's hard to live up to that, and I'm not sure at the moment that I like this one as much as BTHATS. Regardless, it's a solid album, and sorta reminds me of Circa Survive and Saosin. They still have that TREOS sound, but it's only vaguely there, probably because Casey left and has his own band (The Dear Hunter) now. I think at the moment I'm still expecting to hear Casey's voice somewhere, but I just have to listen to TDH now. :( Anyway, I do like the sequencing on this album a lot. Also they use glockenspiels. Like, holy shit. Fuck the cowbell, MOAR GLOCKENSPIEL. Favorite songs so far are "Swallow People Whole," "The Salesman, The Husband, The Lover," "Saturnus" (which I had on my iPod and used to know as "Hemi"), "Wanderers," "The Heir of Empty Breath," and "Pale Blue Dot." Okay, so that's most of the album. So fuck it, I like this shit. LOL. GO BUY IT NOW. Or when it comes out on Tuesday.

And now, photographic love of this CD. Please ignore the Leopard Gecko who refused to move out of the way because he is a camera hog and for some reason likes TREOS.




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Now playing: Alexisonfire - A Dagger Through the Heart of St. Angeles
via FoxyTunes