Twice in such a short space of time...
So Rebekah hit me with this... and I responded.
Then Tescosuicide got me... and once again I honour my duties... Cheers dude :)
Then Tescosuicide got me... and once again I honour my duties... Cheers dude :)
- NUMBER OF BOOKS OWNED: Hmm... No idea... there's fiction, reference, technical manuals, old magazines, stuff that was bought but never got round to... not including the mags there's hundreds of books... maybe over a thousand at a guess... dunno, anyone wanna help me count 'em? Or maybe some o' them need to go on eBay...
- LAST BOOK BOUGHT: Ummm... "the mind gym: wake up your mind"... bought it and stashed it on the shelf for a later date... basically too busy to read it right now...
- LAST BOOK READ: Still hacking my way through "Joe Strummer and the Legend of the Clash by Kris Needs. Excellent book and makes you realise how much you miss something when it's gone... He's definately risen in the personal list of all time heroes.
- FIVE BOOKS THAT MEAN A LOT TO ME:
1) Obviously JRR Tolkiens's "Lord of the Rings" is a top tome - No matter how good Peter Jackson's films were/are nothing will ever beat what Tolkien's words do for stirring a youngsters imagination... so I'll squeeze in "The Hobbit" here too...
2) "The Devil in the White City" is an interesting choice because I haven't yet read it... but this book means a lot to me because of who bought it for me :) For that reason it is straight on this special list ;)
3) "The Good Beer Guide" is essential reading for travelling Brit land. Next time you go out somewhere in Britain, have a copy of this with you... it's got all the real gems of British pub life in it and the ones that serve decent pints of pukka ale... proper pubs not these trendy places where the guys aswell as the girls are drinking alcopops...
4) Back on the fantasy trail I'd recommend anything by Michael Moorcock... His Elric of Melnibone series is great as is his Corum series... And somebody says there's to be an Elric film...
5) Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" is the original book of strategic wisdom dating back some 2500 years... The bookmark for this ever present manual of clear thinking is, quite apropriately, the postcard/invite from the premiere of the film Hero...
Blue Skies thinking @ 7/09/2005 08:10:00 AM
26 Comments:
At Sat Jul 09, 11:44:00 PM,
rebekah said…
that's neat. i havent been hit with this one yet ... more books to look at ... can i come over and peruse your bookshelves? i'd probably go into shock ... the good kind ... :)
At Sun Jul 10, 05:17:00 AM,
BeckyBumbleFuck said…
The Clash. *smile...* Finish reading it so you can tell me about it while I wrap my arms around you, K?
And the rest of your post exposes your geeky, romantic, liquor-lovin' inner-you, babes. Just sayin'
Hey Rebekah-fancy meeting such a lovely girl, here. *wink*
At Sun Jul 10, 11:19:00 AM,
RahX said…
I played! I won't put others through the pain i suffered though :p
At Sun Jul 10, 02:22:00 PM,
rebekah said…
yeah, beck, 'cause i dont spend nearly enough time here ... :P
At Mon Jul 11, 01:49:00 AM,
tescosuicide said…
*soory dude*
At Mon Jul 11, 07:05:00 AM,
davinian said…
Bugger! Level, I will have to go and drink a few strong one to think about this tagging malarky... umm, and it's only 8 am (monday)...
At Mon Jul 11, 03:26:00 PM,
Lever said…
Rebekah: Course ya can come over... but the shelves are kinda non existent... the main reads sit on the window sill and there's assorted manuals scattered around cupboards and stuff... the rest are boxed and in the attic... They need to go into a library room one day, I'd say study but I wanna library...
My BBFK: Aw... yeah, I'll finish it soon babe, and then get onto the next one :) I was gonna plonk myself in the garden and read in the sun but it's been mega busy (as you can imagine !!!)
Thx, honey, you think that's a decent exposé de moi? Or should I have thrown the Giger, Escher and Frank LLoyd Wright books in there to demo one's arty side too? xxx
RahX: LOL Sorry dude, I wanted to see what books you were into whilst setting you this mission - you did well man, providing me with some great recommended reading... :)
Tescosuicide: Absolutely no problem at all dude, I actually enjoyed doing that, trying ot to repaet mself from the previous book mission... and did OK I think. Cheers man :)
Davinian: LOL, OK, you do that... ;) And have a beer for me too huh? If you haven't eBay'd 'em all, then there should be some interesting ones in your collection, I just know it... :)
At Tue Jul 12, 12:24:00 AM,
Keeefer said…
Im with you on the good beer guide.
Tolkein, great story but his writing style bores me senseless.
And thanks for the tag....now im gonna have to blog again!
At Tue Jul 12, 12:45:00 AM,
Jay said…
Ironic, no, that the mind gym has been shelved. Is it safe to say your mind is still fast asleep? Should we be worried about you driving or operating heavy machinery?
At Tue Jul 12, 09:43:00 AM,
superfan said…
in lord of the rings, doesn't he spend like, 3 pages on a description of a horse? i'm just sayin....
ive read all three books, by the way. reading wise, i'm rather covered.
At Tue Jul 12, 01:02:00 PM,
[-o-] said…
You mention LOTR and The Hobbit, but not The Silmarillion? Forshame! And you call yourself a Tolkien buff!
Seriously though, The Silmarillion is epic. "In the beginning there was Eru, The One, who in Arda is called Illúvatar, and he made first the Ainur, The Holy Ones, and they were with him before aught else was made". And that's just from memory.
At Tue Jul 12, 03:59:00 PM,
rebekah said…
so uh, update already Lever. tell me a story. tell me how pretty i am (lie to me, in other words) ... something, anything ... i've read this entry six times ...
At Tue Jul 12, 08:05:00 PM,
Red said…
Tagged? Hope its not like being 'branded' that would be a bit uncomfortable ;-)
To quote RahX... I played !
At Wed Jul 13, 12:34:00 PM,
piniyini said…
Am I the only one who doesnt read books? I think I'm missing out
At Wed Jul 13, 04:36:00 PM,
jonny ragel said…
lol. what does 'the good beer guide' say about PBR and budweiser? heh.
LOTR is so money. it's so good. led zeppelin can't be wrong.
you get meme'd alot, dude. popularity has a price- eh?
At Fri Jul 15, 12:41:00 AM,
RahX said…
LOL red! I feel so.......quoted!
Check my 2nd thursday post, I'm proud of it, even thought its kind average......I'm still very proud!
Peace to all levers crows, and good weekend to ALL!
At Sat Jul 16, 09:11:00 PM,
RahX said…
OKAY enough playing around, post again already.
At Sun Jul 17, 01:01:00 AM,
rebekah said…
:: taps foot impatiently :: Lever. dont make me whine ... get your butt back
At Mon Jul 18, 11:28:00 AM,
Brom said…
reb:... Methinks the old Lever is closer to you than me at the moment... say no more ;-)
At Mon Jul 18, 01:34:00 PM,
rebekah said…
brom: :O
did i miss something? why didnt i know this ??
is he coming to my house? i hope so. ..
At Tue Jul 19, 03:28:00 PM,
superfan said…
wow, is lever going to propose to rebekah? how awesome.
At Tue Jul 19, 03:28:00 PM,
superfan said…
tehe. trying to spread gossip :P
At Tue Jul 19, 07:14:00 PM,
Lever said…
Keefer: Shame you don't like his style, though it's than Unfinished Tales or The Silmarilion... now those are hard work by comparison...
I'll be over to see your tag result soon Keeefer, LOL, that got ya working again... Cheers dude :)
Jay: LOL Erm... nope :) 50 reps on the mental barbells and all that looking in the mental mirror made me feel like the sort of loser poseurs that hang out down gyms anyway, so I quit before I became one myself... ;)
Seffy: *tsk* I don't remember him doing that... personally I thought he was a rather romantic, old-school wordsmith old JRR...
[-0-] : Ah, Silmarillion is hardcore Tolkien... more notes and ramblings for his Middle Earth construction and not quite as accessible as LOTR and Le Hobbit... I read that and Unfinished Tales and UT2 too... but hey, they were OK :) Personally I remember very little of them...
Rebekah: LOL, OK Rebekah, sorry to have neglected you girl :) I was kinda... um... busy, you know ;) You *are* pretty, our blogging Texan Belle :D
Red: LOL, sorry dude, thought you might enjoy the challenge (plus I wanted to see if you listed any tech manuals... I was gonna put SAMS HTML 4.0 down as that was an indespensible guide once upon a time... I'll be over to see watchya done in a mo :)
Piniyini: You *are* kidding me right? You gotta read books, man... well, OK, if you can download all of LOTR in 9 hours of film footage, then it does save time over reading, but you can't beat the literary experience of a damn good novel :)
Johnny Crash: Erm, nothing about PBR (Premium white trash beer, right?) and Budweiser... pfft... Only good British ales get into our Good Beer Guide... so none of our Carling crap, Harp horrors or your Budweiser bullshit LOL
Yeah, the Zeps had it... what has inspired such good music since...? Oh wait... Aqua did the Barbie Song... LOL
Getting tagged? Popularity? I'd rather be the quiet kid in the corner... ;)
RahX: Hey dude, you got credits :)
Yeah, be over in a mo... just getting re-acclimatised to blog world again...
And a belated good weekend to ya too, dude :)
Rebekah: butt's back... LOL or shall we wait and liiisten.... LOL
Brom-man: Indeed, correct side of the pond, just wrong end of the country...
Rebekah: We were gonna drop you a card from er... wherever we went, but it was a bit busy and we didn't quite manage it... OK, we gotta send aid... and work out how to get to Tx some time...
Seffy: Oi you, you're such a stirrer :p
At Wed Jul 20, 12:05:00 AM,
rebekah said…
:D
i am happy. and content. and all that good stuff.
you can get to texas anyway you like. just dont walk. it's kind of far ...
At Wed Jul 20, 03:03:00 AM,
RahX said…
Come on DUDE, ten days........TEN!?!?!
At Wed Jul 20, 12:33:00 PM,
Lever said…
Rebekah: Well good to know you're alright, and cheers for the "Don't Walk" tip... with New York state being an 8 hour car journey east-to-west, I now realise just how huge that US of A really is now...
RahX: Sorry, dude, I posted for ya :) I must get me a decent laptop and all the tech-toy gubbins to go with it, then next time I'll keep it all up-to-date as I should ;)
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