-Life of Brian
Honestly, if this lending of books proceeds in a way anywhere close to its current rate, this will be a hell of a year. I've had two people give me books to read since school started. And not just give me the titles, which is fantastic enough; I mean actually hand over the volume with a return-whenever date affixed.
On the first day of school, Frances from my homeroom lent me Good Omens, which Alicia has been telling me to read for a year or two and I've been resisting because I like to pretend I don't like Neil Gaiman. I'm almost finished. I thought about saving it, but I've never had much in the way of self-control. I figure I'll wind up with my own copy eventually anyway.
Then, today, I was looking at a book on Orlando's desk. The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero. This, I said, must be the most amazing book in the world ever. (One of my dad's favourite phrases to use around me has always been, 'I've told you a million times not to exaggerate.') So she took the hint that I honestly wasn't really making and handed it over. (If the whole year of precal is spent talking about zeroes, infinity and math puns, I may actually learn to pay attention.)
My second driving lesson is coming up. I'm trying not to think about it. And for those who don't know I'm the worst driver in the history of the world, I am. I can't drive a car, I can barely steer a sailboat, and I'm just very happy that I've never hit anything worse than a mailman while biking. Hey, we should go biking soon.
EDIT: Oh, yeah, Sophia. What I actually wrote was: 'The powers of darkness. The void. The portal to a world of emptiness.'
What I should have written was: 'Zero is the mind-killer. Zero is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face zero. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when zero is gone past me I will turn to see zero's path. Where zero has gone there will be zero.'
(In other words: Wonderfully confusing Dune reference!)
And yeah, I'm super glad you're in those classes. I'm stoked. It'll make it so much more interesting.
NEW EDIT: xkcd is my favourite webcomic. Not that I read more than one. Definitely not AHAHAHA. But seriously. I've been following for awhile, and it's consistently amazing; check it out down the right. And don't give up on it if the first one you read is about weird fetishes. (Not that anyone honestly would. Quite the contrary, I believe.)
I could have kissed them.
4 comments:
You got Orlando to lend you a book?
That, Anne, is why you are possible the subtlely coolest person I know.
And the zeros? They just add to it.
(I don't understand anything of xkcd)
xkcd is quite possibly one of the most amazing things you've ever shown me, which is saying something, considering i love almost everything you show me.
the fact that you've FINALLY read good omens sends your level of coolness up, like, thiry million points. it's the best thing ever, and you and neil gaiman seriously need to kiss and make up.
He has a wife, you know. You know what she's called? She's called... 'Incontinentia'... Incontinentia Buttocks
He's a vewwy good fwend of mine.
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