found some poetry readings. this one is one of my favorites.
Allen Ginsberg - A Supermarket in California
Has anyone ever actually felt better from listening to Bright Eyes?
i feel a little ridiculous right now because listening to bright eyes almost always makes me feel better. am i alone here?
(Source: obscuretitlehere, via crispyrealisation)
Day 1: Top 10 Fav Books of All Time
In no particular order:
1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
3. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
4. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
5. Anthem by Ayn Rand
6. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (I’m sorry, universe, but it’s true!)
7. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
8. E. E. Cummings: Complete Poems, 1904-1962
9. Song of Solomon by Toni Morisson
10. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
30 Day Book and Literature Challenge
a few people on my dash have been doing this so i looked into it. think i’ll try it.
1. Your 10 favourite books of all time.
2. Your 5 least favourite books of all time.
3. Your favourite characters and which books they’re from.
4. Characters you hate and which books they’re from.
5. If you were stranded on a desert island, what five books would you take with you? Include one reason for each.
6. The best book you’ve read in the last year.
7. The worst book you’ve read in the last year.
8. Your favourite quotes from books.
9. Your favourite quotes about books.
10. Name five absolutely great film adaptations of books.
11. Name three absolutely awful film adaptations of books.
12. Your favourite authors.
13. Your favourite book from childhood
14. A book you regret not having read sooner
15. A book you haven’t read but is on your “will read” list.
16. A book you haven’t read and have no intention of ever reading,
17. A book you want to like, but can’t get into for whatever reason. Why can’t you get into it?
18. A book that you think is highly overrated.
19. A book that you think is woefully underrated
20. The environment you most enjoy reading in
21. The most disturbing book you’ve ever read
22. A book you once loved, but don’t anymore. What changed?
23. A book you once hated, but now love. What changed?
24. Your favourite series
25. The nerdiest book you’ve ever read.
26. Your favourite type of nonfiction book
27. Your favourite genre
28. The first book you can remember reading on your own
29. An author you wish was more well-known
30. The book you’re reading right now.
the true american drinking game
this is something that needs to be played. takers?
Game prep:
Arrange the cans of beer around the bottle of rum. The cans are Pawns of the Secret Order, the rum is the King, and the arrangement is called the Castle.
Decide on 4 Zones, and arrange platforms ( chairs, buckets, anything ) in patterns through them. The 5th Zone is the Zone with the castle. You must follow the chair path through the zones.
You can do team play or free for all play. If you choose free for all, chanting is then done in a set layer rotation. If you choose team play, only one person on your team has to reach the finish. Chanting in teams is done team rotation, with team members swapping the chant.
To choose teams, count down from 3, and on 0 raise your right hand to your forehead, displaying a number from 1 to 5. Anyone with the same number is on your team.
To start, someone shotguns a beer. This person chants first.
Gameplay:
Someone yells “1, 2, 3, 4 JFK”. Everyone else yells “FDR”, drinks, and gets off the floor. The floor is now lava. Stepping into it causes you to lose. You can start at the beginning of the Zone you are in, or choose to sit out. If you choose to sit out, you start over from Zone 1 if you decide to rejoin.
If everyone is standing, no one is drinking or moving, the player who is next to chant may chant the name of 2 presidents. If you know something in common between the 2, you may chant it back and drink ( an example would be chanting “Abe Lincoln, George Washington” and having everyone yell back “Cherry tree”. Anyone who yelled back can now drink ). If you don’t know anything in common, you don’t get to drink. The chanter always drinks.
Players can also chant “1, 2, 3”. If this happens, do the number selection again. If your number is alone, you get to drink and move forward. If your number has partners, you don’t drink or move.
The third option is chanting “JFK” and everyone else chants “FDR” and drinks. No moving forward, unless you finish your drink.
You also get to move forward when you finish your drink.
Empty cans are all tossed to the same Zone. This is to keep the area somewhat clean. If someone throws a can into the wrong Zone, go back to the beginning of the Zone that player is in. You can use a bin as a target. Cans do NOT have to go in.
If you reach the King, you have to take a drink from the King to win. If you can’t, go back to the beginning of your Zone.
If you don’t know presidents well, you can any two things.
If you move or drink when you’re not supposed to, you go back to the beginning of the Zone you’re in.
Players are encouraged to lie to each other. Good luck and have fun.
(Source: geekerprise.com)
