As you probably might not have realised yet this blog has become my new skin testbed. Yeah.

Okay. So I've been away. Yeah, well, the electricity's not up yet, but well, I've been reading alot. Apart from 2 days spent at Pason's house mainly playing NFS:MW (which was quite fun, althought kind of mindless). Here's a quick summary.
John Steinbeck to Back (oh haha. pun) The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. Let's see. I've picked up the book on at least three occasions trying to read it. So let's say it isn't that engaging, but it was a nice book, and I finally finished it this time. Not bad at all, once you get into the hang of things (and have no other things to distract you). Steinbeck's really perceptive and it's thought-provoking if nothing else.
East of Eden. Oh my goodness, this is one of the best books I've ever read, really. It's so darned engaging, even though it's quite a hefty tome (at least the one I got - the Steinbeck centennial edition - was). Very, very, very, very good. Read, please, words defy me.
Vernon God Little - I sort of wrongly estimated this when I first read it. It's quite funny after all, and well, the action after the first half was quite exciting. And overall it was quite a good book, thoughtful, and humourous.
Everything is Illuminated, (same as TGoW, picked up for the third time) well, I didn't really like this book, it was kinda confusing. Bleh.
Now to wait til my electricity is back up.

The God of Small Things! This was a really good book. It starts out so innocently, with a slightly dark tone, but it once it gets on unfolding the mystery layer by layer, it seems that Roy can't be stopped. She really engages you until the end, when it gets really dark. It was awesome, and one of the best examples of Indina literature I've read in a while. Whoooo. Takes your breath away. Reading Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath now.
By the way, Intense City progress will be halted until further notice.

I've finished reading The Sea by John Banville. If you've been keeping up, it's this year's Booker Prize winner. It was an oddly disturbing experience, finishing the book. It's very tantalizing the way Banville writes - extremely detailed, unforgiving in his prose that makes it an adventure to read. Very moving, and dare I say, shocking. It tells Max Morden's tale of loss, rememberance and reconciliation in a evocative, quietly reflective but entirely absorbing way.

Notpr0n: Since the holidays started, I've done level 38 - 56 of notpr0n. That's quite an achievement. If you don't play notpr0n, you should, it keeps you quite busy for an inordinate amount of time. Much lateral thinking, and much much patience required. Have fun.

Nothing much, a holiday blog so as not to clutter up fiveless. Probably be posting some stuff I've been doing during the holidays. From my post on fiveless on the 31st of October, here's a list of frivolities that I would probably be updating you on:

1) Continue playing notpr0n
2) Win Wikifun
3) Read at least three more books
4) Finish up Intense City
5) 100word - this is tentative, I'm not sure what kind of rubbish I'll produce in the holidays. Oh well.