I did it! It was more enjoyable than reading anything by Dickens, but not near as fun as Les Miserables. Initially "war" was far more fun than "peace," what with peace being meaningless balls and oddball snooty conversations (and really, I can get that shit at home)...but once the soap opera kicked in and you started rooting for all those crazy kids to make it, thee peace became a good time indeed.
What I did not enjoy was the horribly out of date historiography--which can't be helped, the guy was, after all, writing in the 19th century, but whatever, it was still boring.
I think I'll take a break from the Russians now--actually I'm swinging fully into pop lit and reading Eragon--yay stocking stuffers!
1.19.2007
1.08.2007
top 20 people who should be in the rock'n'roll hall of fame, but aren't (and the dates they became eligible)
first: i should clearly win an award for that mammoth title, no?
1. carole king (1984)
2. chubby checker (1985)
3. mary wells (1986)
4. the hollies (1989)
5. the moody blues (1989)
6. donovan (1990)
7. the guess who (1990)
8. t rex (1993)
9. jethro tull (1993)
10. blood sweat & tears (1993)
11. the steve miller band (1993)
12. genesis (1993)
13. steppenwolf (1993)
14. alice cooper (1994)
15. kool & the gang (1994)
16. chicago (1994)
17. derek & the dominoes (1995)
18. the doobie brothers (1996)
19. rush (1998)
20. KISS (1999)
okay--and there's more than 20...so 1 for every year since 2000:
2000: journey
2001: heart
2002: cheap trick (but really? xtc)
2003: dire straits (or maybe, oh, the cure)
2004: def leppard
2005: the gogos AND joan jett--what a cool year that could've been
2006: depeche mode (though my heart screams: duran duran! simon's so hot!...yes, my heart is still an 11 year old girl).
and just to make myself feel old--some of the people who became eligible this year:
10000 maniacs
the beastie boys (ack!)
big country
culture club
madonna
metallica
sonic youth
sting (solo sting already? ack, again!)
although i guess i can be consoled in the simple fact that they are all much, much older
1. carole king (1984)
2. chubby checker (1985)
3. mary wells (1986)
4. the hollies (1989)
5. the moody blues (1989)
6. donovan (1990)
7. the guess who (1990)
8. t rex (1993)
9. jethro tull (1993)
10. blood sweat & tears (1993)
11. the steve miller band (1993)
12. genesis (1993)
13. steppenwolf (1993)
14. alice cooper (1994)
15. kool & the gang (1994)
16. chicago (1994)
17. derek & the dominoes (1995)
18. the doobie brothers (1996)
19. rush (1998)
20. KISS (1999)
okay--and there's more than 20...so 1 for every year since 2000:
2000: journey
2001: heart
2002: cheap trick (but really? xtc)
2003: dire straits (or maybe, oh, the cure)
2004: def leppard
2005: the gogos AND joan jett--what a cool year that could've been
2006: depeche mode (though my heart screams: duran duran! simon's so hot!...yes, my heart is still an 11 year old girl).
and just to make myself feel old--some of the people who became eligible this year:
10000 maniacs
the beastie boys (ack!)
big country
culture club
madonna
metallica
sonic youth
sting (solo sting already? ack, again!)
although i guess i can be consoled in the simple fact that they are all much, much older
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