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I've been using this old computer, and dialing up to a text-based service called InfoTrac; it's an online database containing articles from hundreds of magazines, newspapers, and reference books. I've been using it to research whatever topic I'm interested in at any particular moment.
I'm reading DEFYING GRAVITY by JENNIFER WYNNE WEBBER. The main character of that novel is quite similar to its author whom I've met. I'm taking the book slowly, and it's quite interesting. It's the book equivalent to a "chick flick" and thus it's an acquired taste.
I'm Reading SCREENPLAY By: Syd Field. This is a really good book. It teaches you tricks for writting and every thing. You can probably find it at a local book store cuase i did.
SYD FIELDs book was interesting. I've read it. Whenever I find a book about screenwriting, I soak it up in a day or two. I've read enough theory to teach a dozen courses, but that info's meaningless until I'm produced.
Today, I began reading THE GREAT GATSBY; I'm half-way through it already, and it's a nice, tight little book. So far, it's about this small town dude who moves near a big city and rents a shack for eighty dollars a month. The shack's nearly invisible in his rich neighbourhood, and his upper-crust next-door neighbour is the mysterious Jay Gatsby who throws wild parties frequently. Our main character subserviantly meets the care-free free-spirits of a social circle in a cozy rich New England macrocosm. The main character floats like a sponge in a sea, picking up on how these people live their lives, and learning what he can from them. At the end of chapter three, he's just met Gatsby. So now I'm going to continue reading, to find out what's so great about this dude Gatsby.
Ok, I just finished a book called "kissing the Rain" which was good but it's one of those books that end with out finishing the story. I personally dont like that bexcause its like paying for something that isnt finished. if Im out for breakfast I wouldnt pay for a quiche that hasnt breencooked, you know? itwas pretty good though.
Does it have to just be books? I will admit to reading through the librettos for Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung...again. Also read the Saga of the Volsungs. Just finished the Silmarillion by Tolkien. It was...informative if you like The Lord of the Rings.
I've just finished a book called Flicker, which is like the Da Vinci code (secret cults, coded messages, church conspiracys) but good, and about films.
I haven't been reading anything lately, I just don't want to finish some books because once they're done what's next? I guess i should getback to reading my DS9 novels and buy the rest of the series where the Defiant gets a new commander and than finally the last DS9 novel where Ben returns.