Tagged

as requested by culculhen

1) Total number of books owned?
-Dunno, I probably own a hundred books back home

2) The last book I bought?
-The Last Confucian, a book American involvement in Vietnam written shortly after the fall of Saigon

3) The last book I read?
-John Steinbeck's The Moon is Down

4) 5 books that mean a lot to me?
-1. Paulo Coehlo's The Alchemist, a great book about realizing one's dreams
-2. Theodore Dreiser's American Tragedy. I wrote about this and Dreiser's other great work, Sister Carrie for my junior research paper in high school. They're actually kind of boring to read because Dreiser is very descriptive in his writing. The story stands out because the American Tragedy in 1925 is still an American Tragedy in 2005.
-3. Robotech: The Macross Saga, a collection of one of my favorite science fiction novelizations. I bought them for a friend who is currently serving in Iraq.
-4. some random Psychology textbook, mostly for helping me realize that people don't always say what they mean (when I was an eighth grader)
-5. KJV Bible, one given to me when I was a kid and that I still use to this day

5) Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their ljs:
let's try wldntulk2knwwho, kimmaline, flcodemonkey, happydog, cheesentoast

New apartment

Things I found out about moving into your first apartment:
-call the electric company to turn on power
-the light outside your window will be freaking bright if you don't get a curtain
-no matter how good your list is, you're bound to forget something (and Wal Mart shall profit because of it)
-cleaning sucks. a lot.

After one week in my apartment, I have to say that I like it. It's a rather new apartment, having been built only three or four years ago. My scheming roommate and I enjoy a nice two bedroom, two bathroom apartment on the third and highest floor of the building. My room has a nice view on the liberal arts building.

Ah, but I can already feel the novelty of my first apartment wearing off. Operation Hunger Satisfaction is quite a bit more draining than one would think.