author: Malcolm Gladwell

name: Steev

average rating: 3.67

book published: 2000

rating: 4

read at: 2005/11/01

date added: 2009/01/09

shelves: to-re-read

review:
This is one of those great "big idea" books.



The funny thing is that I read it in 2005 in one night passing through Flagstaff on a film tour. I think I read it so fast that I would benefit from reading it again.

Still no time to blog so i am posting tweets again.
Lots going on but can't bring myself to blog about it. why? hmm.

• 09:23 reading a report about digital initiatives in indpendent filmmaking, www.itvs.org/producers/digitalinitiative/fieldreport/index.html #
• 10:04 feeling overwhelmed. #
• 13:40 more good news. short version of my border film, Wild Vs. Wall, has been accepted 2 Sedona Film Fest. arizona.sierraclub.org/border #
• 14:37 putting my 2008-in-review letters in envelopes... #
• 15:24 thinking i might be overcaffinated. #
• 16:06 just applied for health insurance. yay. #
• 16:36 hating twitter marketeers #
• 16:47 Wondering if "Trying to Pretend" by MGMT is ironic and how many fans realize it. it fucking must be. brilliant really. #

• 09:38 checking email, just walked dog. cold out, too cold. #
• 09:48 trying again to figure out why Firefox is still wanting to connect to my old computer, and hanging/crashing when it can't find it. so stupid #
• 10:35 talking with FF support person on IRC. annoying cuz he doesnt seem to get it. #
• 11:21 still talking to this Firefox support guy. we've tried everything. dammit. #
• 17:32 omg, i think i finally figured out my stupid firefox problem i've been dealing with for 6 hours today and many more over the last 2 weeks. #
• 17:35 oops, i spoke to soon. Firefox still fucked. dammit. #
• 20:06 feeling persecuted by technology. all day today. #

author: Roberto Bolaño

name: Steev

average rating: 4.37

book published: 2006

rating: 5

read at: 2009/01/02

date added: 2009/01/02

shelves: novels

review:
Pretty amazing book. Bolaño is a first-rate novelist. I almost feel like "The Savage Detectives" was better though.

• 09:08 trying to figure out how to be more productive today than yesterday. and more productive next year than this. sigh. #
• 09:22 Listening to a hilarious mashup of Rick Astley and Nirvana (the 2 most famous songs of each) on WFMU.org.. ROTFL!!! #
• 11:40 editing editing, editing.... i think i need more coffee... #
• 15:29 reading mention of my border film in this week's Tucson Weakly: tinyurl.com/84vmr4 #