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1/17/02

These are things I've experienced that you ought to take a look at, too! It's amazing stuff!

To Read
To See
To Hear

to read

The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Stephen Chbosky	Probably the best book I've ever read. One year of Charlie's life, as told by him in letters.
A Medicine for Melancholy	Ray Bradbury	A collection of realistic short stories that examine different aspects of society, and how things might end up.
Someplace to Be Flying	Charles de Lint	A sci-fi/fantasy type book about urban folklore. Charles de Lint writes good stuff.
The Giver	Lois Lowry	The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who lives in another time and place, in a very well-ordered community, and the beginning of his adulthood. (I don't want to give it away!)
Fight Club and Invisible Monsters	Chuck Palahniuk	Read anything by Chuck Palahniuk. It's all wunnerful. You've probably heard about Fight Club; Invisible Monsters is about a model who gets her jaw shot off and goes on a road trip with a woman named Brandy Alexander.
The Prophet	Kahlil Gibran	Poetic philosophical musings. Read it.

to see

Requiem for a Dream	The story of 4 people and their experience with drugs. The most powerful, shocking thing I've ever seen; it's amazing.
Empire Records	The employees of a record store have to fight to save the Empire... if you haven't seen this, GO RENT IT!
girl	Coming-of-age type deal... but it's not your stereotypical story. It's hilarious.
The Fifth Element	Camp(but great) sci-fi type thing. Bruce Willis is great... I don't know, the movie is just so cute! And funny as hell.
Princess Mononoke	Amazing animation - it's about man's exploitation of the forest, and the forest spirits' fight to save themselves and their home.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	One word: BEAUTIFUL. Prettypretty Chinese movie, with beautiful effects and a very traditional Chinese feeling. The fighting scenes are SO well choreographed and executed.
Chocolat	Just a feel-good movie about a chocolaterie, set in France(ooh!). It's about a very conservative town during Lent and their reaction to the opening of this chocolaterie.
Amélie	YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE. It's about a girl named Amélie, and it's the best movie ever. She decides to help people out, and that's all I'm gonna tell you, because you have to watch it for yourself. :)

to hear

Album Title	Artist	Sound
Mer de Noms	A Perfect Circle	Maynard has the most beautiful voice... the mood goes from mournful to angry, but it's really good music all the way through.
(any!)	Incubus	Incubus has their own sound. They go from techno-ish to almost hardcore. All of their albums are a good mix.
Becoming X	Sneaker Pimps	Techno - great lyrics and vocals.
Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack	Clint Mansell, the Kronos Quartet	I guess this classifies as... techno? Trance? I don't know. It's all the incidental music from the movie. I can't listen to it enough. It goes from violins over digital effects to sounds of waves with people screaming in the background(which is better than it sounds here).
Bring Your Own Stereo	Jimmie's Chicken Shack	Good waking up music... peppy, singable-to, etc. And... they're local!
Godsmack	Godsmack	Good hardcore with nifty sound bytes.
The White Pony	the Deftones	Fantastic hardcore... the deftones are just... the deftones. They do their own thing. This album is great.
Bleed American	Jimmy Eat World	I think that they actually changed the name of the album after September 11, so I don't know what it's called now. But it's great pop-rock, accessible for anyone, and it's got energy and emotion behind it.