Sellevision

It was better than I expected, although I didn't expect much. Mostly, I was entertained for an evening and now have a new found appreciation for QVC. If anyone's lookin' to buy me a present... J17613. Sapphire, please.

Catcher in the Rye

So, I've decided that books I should have read in high school are not the kinds of books I enjoy finally reading as an adult. It may be a horrible, unforgivable thing for an ex-language arts "teacher" to say, but it's the fucking truth. I had built this one up in my mind to be something much more spectacular than it turned out to be. It is kind of interesting to read Mark David Chapman's statement to the police in the 80's. It sounds much like that--colloquial, is it?--style Salinger uses.

The House on Mango Street

I should have gotten the chance to read this book around this time last year, when I had lesson plans for it GIVEN to me by teachers who KNEW what the FUCK they were talking about. I should have been able to order the 20 copies I needed for my 8th grade class. I should have been given the opportunity to use it to help them finally read a book with characters they could relate to. I SHOULD have bought one copy and xeroxed it 20 times…

It was a good one. Probably too easy of a read to count, but whatever.

Kitchen Confidential

So, in this post I was so very excited to read Kitchen Confidential. Sadly, I was let down. I think it was all the traveling in A Cooks Tour that kept my attention. The lack of a plot in KC and the overabundance of restaurant terminology that I, surprisingly, was already aware of made it a difficult read. That is, it was difficult for me to work up the desire to pick it up and read. I’m reluctant to say that I’m interested in reading some of his fiction, being afraid I’ll jinks it, but I think something like Bone in Throat may be a future pick.

Don't worry, I still love you Tony.