Tuesday, 23 August 2005
Update
General update on various things:
- First draft of dissertation is done and under my supervisor's consideration. Fingers crossed that I won't have to change/rewrite/add much.
- Taking a break from the Discworld series to read His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. Most of the way through the first book now, and it's fab! Could those in the know please tell me how it compares to the Harry Potter series, which I've somehow avoided (in book and film form)?
- Picked up Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers and I Am Kloot's self-titled at Fopp today. Pleasant surprises all round: I hadn't realised that the latest New Pornographers album was out in the UK already, and it was only a tenner.
- The British music press seems to like Stars' Set Yourself On Fire. From the songs I know, I think I prefer Heart (2003), but hopefully they'll perform a mixture of old and new at their gig on 7/9.
- Made my first mix in over a year, and it seems to have got a great response -- which is nice!
- Started playing regular tennis again.
19:50 Posted in faff, listen, read, work | Permalink | Comments (2) | Email this
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Hey Homie,
I loved Northern Lights. It's an incredible book, deeply enthralling.
The Subtle Knife was a disappointment after that, although it was still worth reading.
I started the Amber Spyglass and got quite bored. The magic from the first book had completely disappeared.
Never read Harry Potter though.
Posted by: Plato | Saturday, 27 August 2005
I just noticed the 'read' in the last line is ambiguous. I meant it in the past tense, but you could usefully understand it as the indicative.
:-)
Posted by: Plato | Saturday, 27 August 2005
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