Scott. 18 years old. Male. Capricorn. 12/30/1987. Class of 2006. Georgia, USA. Honest. Sarcastic. Liberal. Interests: journalism, tennis, webdesign, message boards. Music: The All-American Rejects, Jack's Mannequin, Something Corporate, Sugarcult. Movies: Donnie Darko, Garden State, Mean Girls, Saved!, The Breakfast Club. More?
Remixx
Remixx.net is generously hosted for free by Magicomm.net.d May 24, 2003, this domain serves as my personal site with a blog and web-related tutorials. More? Layout by Toney.
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Books: Welcome
What is this page? It's my booklog: a chronological list of the books I've recently read. Some are required for school, and some are for my personal reading. For each book, I will provide the publisher's description and my review/rating. Hopefully you can check out some of my favorites!
Brave New World
Title: Brave New World
Author: Aldous Huxley
Description: Huxley's vision of the future in his astonishing 1931 novel Brave New World -- a world of tomorrow in which capitalist civilization has been reconstituted through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, where the people are genetically designed to be passive, consistently useful to the ruling class.
Review: N/A
Rating: N/A
Read: 07/27/05 - N/A
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Title: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Author: Chuck Klosterman
Description: Countless writers and artists have spoken for a generation, but no one has done it quite like Chuck Klosterman. With an exhaustive knowledge of popular culture and an almost effortless ability to spin brilliant prose out of unlikely subject matter, Klosterman attacks the entire spectrum of postmodern America: reality TV, Internet porn, Pamela Anderson, literary Jesus freaks, and the real difference between apples and oranges (of which there is none). And don't even get him started on his love life and the whole Harry-Met-Sally situation. Whether deconstructing Saved by the Bell episodes or the artistic legacy of Billy Joel, the symbolic importance of The Empire Strikes Back or the Celtics/Lakers rivalry, Chuck will make you think, he'll make you laugh, and he'll drive you insane -- usually all at once. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is ostensibly about art, entertainment, infotainment, sports, politics, and kittens, but -- really -- it's about us. All of us. As Klosterman realizes late at night, in the moment before he falls asleep, "In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever 'in and of itself.'" Read to believe.
Review: This collection of essays is an easy and enjoyable read. Being born in 1987 instead of 1977 hindered my ability to understand a few chapters (namely all the talk about Generation X), but the rest was very amusing. Many things in this book reminded me of quirky little things I've silently thought to myself throughout my life, and it's rather reassuring to read it from someone else. I aspire to someday be as witty and intelligent as Chuck Klosterman.
Rating: 4/5 stars
Read: 07/12/05 - 07/26/05
Scott. 18 years old. Male. Capricorn. 12/30/1987. Class of 2006. Georgia, USA. Honest. Sarcastic. Liberal. Interests: journalism, tennis, webdesign, message boards. Music: The All-American Rejects, Jack's Mannequin, Something Corporate, Sugarcult. Movies: Donnie Darko, Garden State, Mean Girls, Saved!, The Breakfast Club. More?
Title: Brave New World