Good Advice, Bad Advice and Nostalgia for Nostalgia's Sake.

(Reading back over this, it's basically an accidental English dork rant. Shut up.)

That is one damn funny word. Nostalgia, I mean. Words that end in vowels other than y often are.

I hate advice. I really do. Not the word, even though it has "vice" right in there, so that should tell you something, right? Lots of commas. No, I hate advice and the practice of giving it and getting it.

Wait, that's a lie. Giving advice is okay. It can be fun, depending on whether or not the situation is, I don't know, life-threatening or whatever. And I am always running around asking for a new opinion on stuff just to get all my thoughts out of my head. But, I don't know...advice is such a volatile thing. You give it, and people don't listen. Or they do listen, and it turns out that you were totally wrong and now are to blame for some huge disaster. People give it to you, and sometimes you're naiive enough to beleive that they know what is best for you. Then things blow up in your face, and you're left reeling because you followed what they told you to follow. Or maybe that's not everyone. Maybe that's just me, because I've figured out that I am accidentally predisposed to follow bad advice. ROAR. Anyways.

The Weird Shit I'm Reading/Listening To:

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink: I haven't seen the movie yet, but the book is really good. It actually sounds like someone remembering his past, with that slightly fuzzy, hazy feel to even the important memories. Lots of sex at the beginning (very German, i.e. straight to the point and a bit blunt) but by the end, it's all about the Holocaust. It's not, like, a feel-good read or anything, but it's pretty well-written and entertaining if you can concentrate on it hard enough.

Next to Normal Cast Recording: AHHHH MUSICALS? This album is fucking amazing. I don't even think I can talk about it enough. Basically, the show is about a manic-depressive mom and her family. Better than Rent but not as good as Spring Awakening (because what is, really?). If you listen to one song, make it Superboy and the Invisible Girl.