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Had trouble deciding what to read after The 19th wife. Also, watched three seasons The shield of so didn't read much. However, have decided to get out of my The shield obsession (seriously, have to! I even dream about it) so I started reading A.M Homes' The end of Alice yesterday. It's really good, but horrifying. Disturbing as hell.

On another note; read my Swedish blog, every entry since January, and Jesus Christ, what a weird year it's been. I've changed from month to month, really. I've moved to two different places in under six months (Gothenburg and Cambridge), I've fallen in and out of love in just two months, I've danced the summer away in clubs and pubs and I've read more books than ever before. And I have improved my writing by leaps and bounds. Just one horrible CPE exam to go and then 2009 will be over, officially the funniest (not in the ha-ha way) year of my life. It's pretty much been like this expression which basically says "Huh?", "Hooch is crazy" and (Chandler Bing style) "Could I be any more confused?":

I am currently reading The 19th wife by David Ebershoff.

EVERYDAY'S AN ENDLESS STREAM OF CIGARETTES AND MAGAZINES

My Dad's been visiting over the weekend which was really nice; I miss my family a lot. A part of me sorta wish I could go home with him tomorrow, but at the same time I don't mind being here for another seven weeks. I think.

We went to Ely today which is so the place I'm gonna live in when I get old and have written a lot of awesome books and want to retire peacefully. Just wanted to mention it.

Anyway, bought some new books which my Dad paid for (thanks Dad):
Margaret Atwood - Cat's eye
Ian McEwan - Atonement
David Ebershoff - The 19th wife
Audrey Niffenegger - The time traveler's wife

A couple of days ago I bought The end of Alice by A.M. Homes and today, in this great bookstore in Ely, I finally bought The virgin in the garden by A.S. Byatt. Happy times. Happy times all over!

YET IN MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES PEOPLE WILL GET UP TO ONE OF TWO THINGS: NOTHING MUCH, AND NO GOOD.

Finished reading We need to talk about Kevin this afternoon. Truly disturbing book, extremely readable. I highly recommend it. Anyway, reading The accidental by Ali Smith now; bought that book, and Zoë Heller's Notes on a scandal, yesterday. Ali Smith actually lives in Cambridge; would be nice walking into her. Anyway, need to go do something productive now, like getting out of bed and get my Mars bar, so see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!

THE SCENT OF DRIED ROSES

Now I'm back from London. It was nice; I went to Westminster Abbey, Covent Garden and Hyde Park by myself; I was given a free cappuccino by some guys who worked at EAT. because, according to them, I was "so beautiful"; me and Palle went to The Enterprise in Camden and had some drinks, I sang along to Blondie's Atomic; and on Sunday we went to Brick Lane for a few hours and then I went home.

Bought two new books; The scent of dried roses by Tim Lott and Lionel Shriver's We need to talk about Kevin which I am currently reading; took a break from The little friend. I've read We need to talk about Kevin before, but I felt like giving it a re-read. I also bought The virgin in the garden by A.S. Byatt but returned it an hour later, simply because I needed to get those £10 back. But damn, do I want that book! Byatt is Margaret Drabble's sister. I mean, even if the book didn't seem awesome (which it does), that alone would make me want it. Anyway, maybe I'll buy it the next time I'm in London. If I can find it.

A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER

I'm going to London to visit one of my best friends, Palle, this weekend. It'll be nice; I have so much to talk about that I can really only talk about with a best friend. Tomorrow, however, she will be working all day, so I plan on visiting Waterstone's (read: Mecca) on Picadilly Circus. Maybe I'll go to Camden or Brick Lane as well. Hopefully she'll have some free time on Sunday though because, if the weather is nice, I wanna take her to Hampstead. It's such a lovely place.

I might write a bit too. I won't be able to bring my computer with me, but I have my little black book so it won't be a problem. You'll have to excuse the wild hair and the weird expression, which is due to the fact that a) I just got out of bed b) I just got out of the shower and c) it's a webcam and I don't really know how to work it. Anyway, fuck that, just check out the awesome notebook instead. Love of my life (well, at least until I get myself a Moleskine)! (There's an update, scroll down)

Haha OK, so I tried to take a new picture after I had fixed my hair, put on some make-up, whatnot. But, after having looked at these as well, I realised that the reason the pictures don't turn out well is not because of the webcam. It's because of me. I can't keep serious (but I mean, if you can keep serious when taking WEBCAM pictures of YOURSELF in an EMPTY ROOM, then be my guest). Anyhoo, I'm posting one of the new pictures too. If you don't admire the notebook after I've gone through all this trouble for you, then dude, I don't even know why you read my blog. Go to the mall.
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Finished Running with scissors yesterday, reading The little friend now.

OUR LIVES ARE ONE ENDLESS STRETCH OF MISERY PUNCTUATED BY PROCESSED FAST FOODS AND THE OCCASIONAL CRISIS OR AMUSING CURIOSITY.

Really sick, bad. Reading Augusten Burroughs' Running with scissors, good. Bought The little friend by Donna Tartt three days ago. I've always loved The secret history so I have high hopes for this one.

THERE ARE PATTERNS I MUST FOLLOW, JUST AS MUST BREATHE EACH BREATH

Today I reckon I will travel into town, sit down at Costa's, finish The blind assassin and work some more on The creativity of the mess we make. I'm a bit sick and I guess going out Friday night didn't really help, but I need to make time for my writing. Otherwise madness, sadness will happen. And I don't really feel like it. You know, Hooch is crazy as it is, don't need to make it worse!

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO NIGHTMARES I'VE HAD

In order to cheer myself up, (I keep having these horrible dreams), I went to Waterstone's and bought two new books; Villette by Charlotte Brontë and Alice's adventures in wonderland and Through the looking-glass by Lewis Carroll. I loved that book when I was a kid but haven't read it in English. Still reading The blind assassin though.