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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
6:12 pm	1. The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman 4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J. K. Rowling 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 7. Winnie the Pooh, A. A. Milne 8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell 9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë 11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller 12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë 13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier 15. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger 16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame 17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens 18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott 19. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres 20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy 21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell 22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, J. K. Rowling 23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, J. K. Rowling 24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, J. K. Rowling 25. The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien 26. Tess Of The D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy 27. Middlemarch, George Eliot 28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving 29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck 30. Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll 31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson 32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez 33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett 34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens 35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl 36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson 37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute 38. Persuasion, Jane Austen 39. Dune, Frank Herbert 40. Emma, Jane Austen 41. Anne Of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery 42. Watership Down, Richard Adams 43. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald 44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas 45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh 46. Animal Farm, George Orwell 47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens 48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy 49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian 50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher 51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett 52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck 53. The Stand, Stephen King 54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy 55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth 56. The BFG, Roald Dahl 57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome 58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell 59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer 60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky 61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman 62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden 63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens 64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough 65. Mort, Terry Pratchett 66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton 67. The Magus, John Fowles 68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett 70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding 71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind 72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell 73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett 74. Matilda, Roald Dahl 75. Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding 76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt 77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins 78. Ulysses, James Joyce 79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens 80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson 81. The Twits, Roald Dahl 82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith 83. Holes, Louis Sachar 84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake 85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy 86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson 87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley 88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons 89. Magician, Raymond E Feist 90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac 91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo 92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel 93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett 94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho 95. Katherine, Anya Seton 96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer 97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez 98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson 99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot 100. Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie 101. Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome 102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett 103. The Beach, Alex Garland 104. Dracula, Bram Stoker 105. Point Blanc, Anthony Horowitz 106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens 107. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz 108. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks 109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth 110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson 111. Jude The Obscure, Thomas Hardy 112. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾, Sue 113. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat 114. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo 115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy 116. The Dare Game, Jacqueline Wilson 117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson 118. The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde 119. Shogun, James Clavell 120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham 121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson 122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray 123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy 124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski 125. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver 126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett 127. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison 128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle 129. Possession, A. S. Byatt 130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov 131. The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood 132. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl 133. East Of Eden, John Steinbeck 134. George’s Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl 135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett 136. The Color Purple, Alice Walker 137. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett 138. The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan 139. Girls In Tears, Jacqueline Wilson 140. Sleepovers, Jacqueline Wilson 141. All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque 142. Behind The Scenes At The Museum, Kate Atkinson 143. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby 144. It, Stephen King 145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl 146. The Green Mile, Stephen King 147. Papillon, Henri Charriere 148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett 149. Master And Commander, Patrick O’Brian 150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz 151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett 152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett 153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett 154. Atonement, Ian McEwan 155. Secrets, Jacqueline Wilson 156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier 157. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey 158. Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad 159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling 160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon 161. Moby Dick, Herman Melville 162. River God, Wilbur Smith 163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon 164. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx 165. The World According To Garp, John Irving 166. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore 167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson 168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye 169. The Witches, Roald Dahl 170. Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White 171. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley 172. They Used To Play On Grass, Terry Venables and Gordon Williams 173. The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway 174. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco 175. Sophie’s World, Jostein Gaarder 176. Dustbin Baby, Jacqueline Wilson 177. Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl 178. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov 179. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach 180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupéry 181. The Suitcase Kid, Jacqueline Wilson 182. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens 183. The Power Of One, Bryce Courtenay 184. Silas Marner, George Eliot 185. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis 186. The Diary Of A Nobody, George and Weedon Grossmith 187. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh ( 188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine 189. Heidi, Johanna Spyri 190. Sons And Lovers, D. H. Lawrence 191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera 192. Man And Boy, Tony Parsons 193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett 194. The War Of The Worlds, H. G. Wells 195. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans 196. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry 197. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett 198. The Once And Future King, T. H. White 199. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle 200. Flowers In The Attic, Virginia Andrew (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 11th, 2006
8:42 pm	Lemurs are crazy drug addicted perverts! Click here to hear more (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
9:59 am	The beginning of the end? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rumsfeld_resigns Current Mood: shocked (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
7:36 am	It seems to run in the family You Are Scooter Brainy and knowledgable, you are the perfect sidekick. You're always willing to lend a helping hand. In any big event or party, you're the one who keeps things going. "15 seconds to showtime!" The Muppet Personality Test (Comment on this)
Monday, October 2nd, 2006
11:21 am	Best question of the weekend "What does it say about the world when Mick Jagger is knighted before Jane Goodall is damed?" This was posed to me by the little old asian lady sitting next to me after Dame Goodall was introduced, one upping my verbal wondering about how many of the parents with small children were there expecting a monkey show. I can't say I can come up with a good answer to my neighbor's, but I am certainly glad I got the opportunity to hear Dame Goodall speak. I just hope we didn't disturb the bats. Current Mood: contemplative (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
2:23 pm	Like this is a shocker Outcast Genius 82 % Nerd, 60% Geek, 60% Dork For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in all three, earning you the title of: Outcast Genius. Outcast geniuses usually are bright enough to understand what society wants of them, and they just don't care! They are highly intelligent and passionate about the things they know are *truly* important in the world. Typically, this does not include sports, cars or make-up, but it can on occassion (and if it does then they know more than all of their friends combined in that subject). Outcast geniuses can be very lonely, due to their being outcast from most normal groups and too smart for the room among many other types of dorks and geeks, but they can also be the types to eventually rule the world, ala Bill Gates, the prototypical Outcast Genius. Congratulations! Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in any of the following: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Professional Wrestling Love & Sexuality America/Politics Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on nerdiness You scored higher than 99% on geekosity You scored higher than 99% on dork points Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test Current Mood: amused (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 10th, 2006
8:36 am	I should probably be writing here about the reunion, the fun we had, and the misadventures we had towards the end of the trip. (Thanks again to my lovely wife thenay for all her help and understanding). But at the moment all I can really think about is a question. When are the adults going to be in charge again? Current Mood: distressed (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
8:15 am	This morning I have screwed up very badly. I have hurt the person that means the most to me. I wish I could be more helpful, and make things go away, or at least be more patient and understanding. My stubborn need to solve problems has hurt her and pushed her away. She feels like no one cares about her, and now I have made her pull away from the one person she should always be able to talk to and find support from. I don't know what to do, and to be honest, I don't really have anyone to talk to myself without her. I don't know what to do anymore. I want her to feel good about herself, about us, and about life. I want to see her happy, like I know she can be. Current Mood: distressed (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, January 27th, 2006
10:32 am	Special Announcement A very happy birthday to the love of my life thenay! Current Mood: content (Comment on this)
Monday, October 31st, 2005
8:37 pm	It looks like I will be changing my living arrangments soon. My roommate dustysutton moved out over the weekend. We knew it was coming, but we did not expect it to happen so quickly. Nothing bad, family stuff with him, a new chapter to his already interesting life. The trouble is that now I am a roommate short. $1500 a month for a three bedroom house with a garage may not seem like a lot to most of you city types, but it is quite a lot to me. Dad is still here half the time, and he pays me a few hundred a month, but it still leaves me with a very large rent bill every month. I am not very keen on playing the roommate lottery, but I am not sure I can find an apartment that won't cost me a lot more than I am used to. I need a few days to figure this out..... Current Mood: melancholy (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
5:39 pm	Because I value my brains! It has been a while since I have updated, mainly because I am a rather private person, but zombie_baby_ has threatened to eat my brains if I do not update, so here goes. Life has been progressing, as it is wont to do. Plans for the future are starting to form, which is a little unusual for me. I tend to look very broadly at things rather than deeply, but I now have a goal to work towards. Work has been busy since I am now scheduling and allocating almost all of the company's resources. It is an interesting gig with potential to be very educational. In other things big decisions are coming together and influencing each other as they seem to do. I expect to see big things happening in the next year. With more threats to the integrity of my skull I might even write about them here with some regularity. Hope springs eternal.... Current Mood: contemplative (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005
10:40 pm	Oh the irony So here's the deal. I own two cars. I have a 2003 Honda Element and a 1978 Triumph Spitfire. On the Fourth of July the air conditioning went out on the Honda. Figures, seeing as how I rolled past 50,000 miles on the first. Talk about your planned failures. I have been doing okay with just the Triumph, which I usually just use for fun jaunts around town, and occasionally head over to see thenay since she loves it as much as I do. It has seen me through several trips to her place, as well as back and forth to work, which is a pretty good trip. Anyway, it seems that I have annoyed the fickle diety of British autos by making one too many ironic comments of "My Honda is in the shop, so I have to drive the Triumph. Go figure." I got out to her place just fine tonight, and we took her car out to dinner for my celebration of my new lateral-transfer, new position thingy. Taking her car to dinner turned out to be an excellent idea, as I was just about home when the Spitfire died. It would seem that the engine seized one exit short of where I get off to get home. Fortunately I was able to call Dad since he is in town this week. He came and looked at it, and we used his little truck to tow it the few miles back home. That was something of an adventure in and of itself, but it worked. So now I have one car that runs great, save for the a/c, but is in the shop, and a fun convertible that doesn't run. Ah well, at least it's not my turn to drive the car pool tomorrow. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Wouldn't it be perfect to say "Isn't it Ironic?" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 15th, 2005
9:20 pm	I was tagged! 1. Nay (Trust me on this, will you sweetie?) 2. Scratch 3. Driving the Spitfire 4. The Blues (go figure....) 5. Going to Minor League Baseball Games in the Spring 6. Making Chocolate Chip Cookies 7. Eating said Chocolate Chip Cookies 8. Late-night tipsy philosophy with Dusty 9. Good stories 10. Elderly couples holding hands Now, let's see if I can scrape together five friends who have not yet been tagged.... dustysutton, karenlea, ugly_like_me_, laralei, mikeandcass. I feel like I have co-opted most of you, but since I like happiness I will happily ask you what makes you happy! If I have tagged you, please list ten things that make you happy, and tag five people, or as many as you feel you can muster! Current Mood: grateful Current Music: Rain! Well, really the sprinklers tonight...... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, August 14th, 2005
7:43 pm	I feel safer already! So thenay and I were in Baskin Robbins on Melrose today for a shake while shopping. After she ordered but while I was waiting we had an off-duty security guard push in front of us and order. This woman was a poster child for fetal alcohol syndrome. The look, the talk, the walk, it made me feel so incredibly secure! Forget large, muscular, bald shaven men with firearms, we need to replace our police forces with the mildly retarded! Of course, now I feel like I am going to hell for making this post.....Overall it was a pretty good weekend. In other events, we got the fabric for my halloween costume. It is a double top secret costume, but rest assured, between my flash of inspiration/plagarism, and thenay's seamstress skills it will be the best costume ever! Now all we need is a party or two to go to...... Current Mood: amused Current Music: The blues channel, waiting for the Simpsons (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005
9:14 pm	I need to put together a band I am looking to assemble a band in Southern California. Los Angeles or Inland Empire preferred. Jazz, Soul, Torch, and Lounge players prefered. I have a lead singer but need the rest. Organization and managment is covered. What I need is musicians to fill out at least a three piece, but the more the merrier. Interested parties should contact me at petebgardner@aol.com. Feel free to distribute this anywhere you think someone interested might read it. In fact, please distribute it. Lets add a little more happiness to the world. Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: Stevie Ray Vaughn (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, July 8th, 2005
9:18 pm	An unexpected discovery I finally got around to trying on my outfit for the Murder Mystery Party tomorrow night.....I probably should have done so sooner, in case anything didn't fit. Fortunately it all fit quite well. And I learned something new. I look good in a suit. I repeat, I look GOOOOOOD in a suit. Go figure. It improved my posture and everything. Maybe I should look into another line of work. This look is much more flattering than my shop jeans and tee shirt look..... Current Mood: impressed Current Music: Let It Be - Naked (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, June 24th, 2005
8:39 pm	Uh-oh Boy am I ever gonna be in trouble when she figures out that when I get restless, nervous, antsy, or bored I start spending money......she's only been gone two days and I've already spent over $90 at Barnes & Noble, $20 at REI, and tommorrow is going to be a long day of commerce to pass the time.......as if she doesn't already warn me about spoiling her Current Mood: restless (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 15th, 2005
7:15 pm	What an idea So as anyone who actually reads this knows by now, thenay is headed up to San Francisco for a week. She told me that when she used to fly back and forth to and from Philly her mother used to make her care packages for the plane. The catch was that she couldn't open them until she was in the air. This is a brilliant idea! So know I've got the ingredients and need to box them up. Same rules apply, no peeking until she's on the road. The one exception I will make is to prevent confusion. The magnet is for shadowcircus. It's from the savviest street vendor I've ever met. Tiny little girl from Sao Jose dos Campos, Brasil. So it's a genuine handmade trinket from Brasil. I hope it joins a great many other magnets on his fridge. Current Mood: pleased Current Music: The Dodger Game (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 12th, 2005
6:44 pm	For all my many friends ;-) baaaa I am sheep 01. Reply with your name and I will write something about you. 02. I will then tell what song(s) reminds me of you. 03. If I were to apply an o'clock to you, it would be... 04. I will try to name a single word that best describes you. 05. I'll tell you the most memorable moment I've had with you. 06. I will tell you what animal you remind me of. 07. I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you. 08. Put this in your journal. Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: More Randy Newman (2 Comments |Comment on this)
4:00 pm	A wonderful weekend This was the best weekend I had in a very long time. I'd forgotten how it felt to spend time with someone you care so much about. Since I first headed overseas almost four years ago I have always felt transient, like I was just passing through someone else's space. This weekend I felt like I was home. I don't think she understands how much she is helping me. Now if only I can figure out how to help her. If I could, I would hold her until the pain went away. For now, I just hope she can trust me with her heart..... Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: Randy Newman (2 Comments |Comment on this)