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Old 04-05-2009, 05:36 PM   #1321 (permalink)
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I'm about to start reading the Twilight series because I want to fit in.
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Old 04-05-2009, 06:03 PM   #1322 (permalink)
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The Stranger- Albert Camus
It's taking me a second to get really interested in it, but that always happens. I can tell it's going to be a good book.
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Old 04-05-2009, 06:23 PM   #1323 (permalink)
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The Stranger- Albert Camus
It's taking me a second to get really interested in it, but that always happens. I can tell it's going to be a good book.
existentialism kinda depresses me
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Old 04-05-2009, 06:28 PM   #1324 (permalink)
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existentialism kinda depresses me
I feel you.
If I'm not in a good mood it depresses me too.
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Old 04-06-2009, 01:49 AM   #1325 (permalink)
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Currently the Alchemist for the 3rd time. Such a good book.

Oh and does anyone know if there's anything good that's come out recently?
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Old 04-06-2009, 10:08 AM   #1326 (permalink)
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speaking of depressing, i'm reading this right now:


(adorno-negative dialectics)

but this cheers me up:


(eckhart-selected works)
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Old 04-06-2009, 01:16 PM   #1327 (permalink)
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Old 04-06-2009, 01:38 PM   #1328 (permalink)
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Some light reading then?
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Old 04-06-2009, 01:43 PM   #1329 (permalink)
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Some light reading then?
Oh christ yeah it's heavy going and the flowery language sometimes just goes over my head but there is definite beauty in there even if it is laced with melancholia. It is uplifting in it's own unique way which was the point of his writings. I guess we will never truly understand the full nature of his words due to something being lost in the translation process.
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Old 04-06-2009, 02:07 PM   #1330 (permalink)
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hunter s thompson - the rum diary
plato - the republic (for uni)
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