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practicality) wrote2005-06-19 07:21 pm
practicality) wrote2005-06-19 07:21 pm
Bored.
Yes, finally, my first 'I'm bored' post of the summer. Mostly because everybody that I usually talk to is busy or not online or whatever, and I'm trying to save the two books I checked out for my massively long trip on Thursday and Friday.
So...book recs? Music recs? Fic recs? And any good old-and-thus-cheap-used game recs? I'm bringing the PSOne with me to North Carolina, and I probably won't have any internet access, so I'm not going to have much else to do - bringing FF8 and FF9, although FF8 is really only getting played because people have sworn to me that there is in fact something resembling plot later, and Squall develops more personality than a rock, although I'm skeptical, which is why I haven't touched it since last summer.
So...book recs? Music recs? Fic recs? And any good old-and-thus-cheap-used game recs? I'm bringing the PSOne with me to North Carolina, and I probably won't have any internet access, so I'm not going to have much else to do - bringing FF8 and FF9, although FF8 is really only getting played because people have sworn to me that there is in fact something resembling plot later, and Squall develops more personality than a rock, although I'm skeptical, which is why I haven't touched it since last summer.
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Non-Fiction Books: On Killing by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, and Evil by Roy F. Baumeister. (Hey, I liked it!) Just do what I do and wander around B&N until you find something cool. Reference books can also be surprisingly interesting. If you can find it and are interesting in this sort of thing, you could try The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology. (which isn't an occult book or anything) B&N also publishes a book called Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics by Chas S. Clifton that's kind of nifty.
Games: Probably doesn't for your trip help, but The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is like the best game I have ever played in my life. You can get it for PC and it should be pretty cheap.
Music Recs: Belle and Sebastian in general, Bad Religion in general ("The Empire Strikes First" in particular), Queens of the Stone Age's "Lullabies To Paralyze", Cake in general ("Comfort Eagle" in particular), Flogging Molly in general (though they are not for everyone, so get your feet wet before you commit to anything), and angst to Lisa Loeb.
Movie Recs: You didn't ask for them, but if you ever get bored and feel like going to Blockbuster... Secretary, because it is love. Latter Days. (< - hot gay Mormon alert!) Plata Quemada, since i'm pretty sure that your mom had mentioned she saw it, and if I am remembering correctly then she is the only person in the world who knows what I am talking about. (so you might be able to actually see it!) Umm...I'll say Snatch, but you've probably seen it, so go for 9 Dead Gay Guys. It's so the Gay!Snatch. Also, if you haven't seen it, check out Pi.
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We actually own Morrowind for the Xbox, I watched my brother play a lot of it ^^
Will see what I can dig up of those - I've heard Comfort Eagle, and it will always be a Wolfwood song to me XD;
Movies are good too - I actually haven't seen Snatch, although I've seen other stuff by the same director. And she probably has. I'll ask XD;
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We actually own Morrowind for the Xbox, I watched my brother play a lot of it
That's how I found out about Morrowind! (erm, from my brother, obviously XD) I wasn't sure if you had an Xbox or not. You should steal it from him and play it. It's so much fun!
And you haven't seen Snatch? FOR SHAME. That's a great movie. Rent Snatch and 9 Dead Gay Guys at the same time! *L*