ihavebeenfloated

WHY GOD WHY GOD WHY GOD WHY?

You know, much like otaku (for the uninformed, otaku can refer to completely retarded groups of white people who are obsessed with Japanese culture, and not awesome Japanese culture, but retarded Japanese culture like miniature toy figures of anime characters and ridiculous anime shows with girls who have huge eyes and cry tears eight feet [...]

(Jeff Lindsay) I heard that the second Dexter novel was better than the first and in some ways Dearly Devoted Dexter is better than Darkly Dreaming Dexter, but in others, not so much. A lot of the things that happen in Dexter’s “fake life” in this book are amazing and made me put the book [...]

(Jeff Lindsay) Great book, great mood. The new show on Showtime captures the mood of it perfectly.

FYI, I’m going to just start blogging the books I read, not with huge reviews because I can’t review books well at all, but just with small lines about them so I can remember what I’ve read before.

Man, Raymond Chandler kicks ass. The Big Sleep hit me pretty hard and I loved it. Then Farewell, My Lovely came in and hit me just as hard but only within the first fifty pages. Way to go, Chandler, way to go, you made a fan outta me.

(Dashiell Hammett) I hope I spelled his name right. The Maltese Falcon might have been really clever but in retrospect, and in comparison to Chandler, it wasn’t satisfying at all and didn’t have any real teeth to it. Sam Spade is too clean, too flawless, and although Marlowe’s fits of talking to himself in Farewell, [...]

I’m a big fan of Philip K. Dick. I say this even though I have technically only read one of his books up this point. The man intrigues me, really, as he was so full of creativity and deep thoughts that the idea of containing so much imagination within myself actually makes me feel like [...]