ALWAYS THERE IS A SCRIPT. BUT NOT ALWAYS KNOWN TO YOU.

Finished reading Lady Oracle two days ago, and decided to re-visit Joyce Carol Oates' Blonde. Stopped reading it back in December, but got back into it yesterday. It's so fucking amazing, what a fucking book! This is actually the first book I've read by Oates, unless you count her YA books back when I was 12-13, but Jesus Christ, it's good. My sister used to have an obsession with Marilyn Monroe and now I can see why. Can also see why all the critics loved it; it really does feel like you're in Marilyn Monroe's head.

PRESENCE OF MIND, FORESIGHT, THE TELLING OF WATERTIGHT LIES

"I planned my death carefully; unlike my life, which meandered along from one thing to another, despite my feeble attempts to control it. My life had a tendency to spread, to get flabby, to scroll and festoon like the frame of a baroque mirror, which came from following the line of least resistence. I wanted my death, by contrast, to be neat and simple (...) At first I thought I'd managed it."
- Lady oracle, Margaret Atwood

THEY SENTENCED ME TO TWENTY YEARS OF BOREDOM

So, I made another video and finally, I'm in it! Stina filmed it. It's a bit slow, but what can you do? Also, the light is awful. But again, what can ya do? Stina kept making faces to me while we were recording/filming this, in case you're wondering I keep laughing.

The song is In the sun by She & Him.

Mom bought me a book today, The book thief by Markus Zusak. Maybe that book will solve my crisis.

OK, so I finally joined Facebook; don't know why, maybe it was because of the excitement regarding getting in at Westminster University that I decided to just disregard all of my ideas about Facebook. But, turns out, that website does freak me out a bit. Did like Anders' comment on my Facebook-joining though; "They said this day would never come..." Haha.

I don't want to read Testimony. What's going on? I need to read something, anything. My self-obsession might drive me crazy otherwise.

By the way Tove, I'm so gonna drunk-mail you tonight because it's 90s! So I will get drunk and dance and then go home and still be drunk and e-mail you about ATC and Ace of Base. Deal?

THROWING OUT A BOOMERANG, WAITING FOR IT TO COME BACK TO ME

So, it looks like I will move to London in September and study at Westminster University. Three years in London sounds very good to me.

Other than that, I still can't decide what to read; not feeling Atonement. It's really annoying not having anything to read, because I just end up reading old issues of Q magazine and I've already read all of them a hundred times. Also, I always feel so disconnected from...oh, I don't know, myself probably, when I'm not reading anything real. Will really try to find something today.

UPDATE
OK, have decided to read Testimony by Anita Shreve, based on what I wrote about it back in January: "Bought two new books as well; Testimony by Anita Shreve, which seemed like one of those books that are good to read when you don't have anything to read..." Will read it, will not change my mind! Cross my heart and hope to die.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpHLEm9-0bg

(Copy that link and let the song soundtrack this post and you'll experience the same awesomeness that I'm currently experiencing)

God, I'm updating a lot but it's kinda nice. I'm reading Atonement, also nice. Other things: I'm listening to 90s music and honestly, is there anything better? If I had to choose between, say, Keane and The Knife or 90s music, I would easily choose the latter (I mean, obviously put this into a "if you had listen to the same music for you whole life, would you choose..." context). It's so fucking awesome and the lyrics are great, like: "Tarzan is handsome, Tarzan is strong, he's really cute and his hair is long." Like, totally! So true. Or Haddaway; "What is love? Baby, don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more." Deep and profound, because what is love, when you think about it? Blümchen is obviously great too: Heut' ist mein tag, heut' is mein tag, heut' ist mein tag!" 'Cause you know, today totally is my day! I always listen to that song on my birthday. The best place to hear these songs, though, is on a dancefloor at some club with all your friends, extremely drunk. You know, like when you're so drunk that smoking a cigarette makes your head spin even more and it's awesome, because that is sorta what you intended to happen all along?

This long rant probably has to do with me missing alcohol (have not been drunk in 3 months; it's almost like I've become revirginized, alcohol-wise), but I'm going out on Friday. Oh right, and books: I've been thinking about which books to buy when I go to London (have decided that I can easily spend £100 on books only), and have so far decided that I will buy The little stranger by Sarah Walters, The sea lady by Margaret Drabble and Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. I'm gonna be the flyest chick at Waterstone's.

UPDATE
Just started listening to Rhythm is a dancer by Snap!. It's so good.