Annie slept the whole entire time that i was in the hospital tonight (and apparently slept all through the night without eating dinner). I hope she's just extra tired, and nothing else.
She won a competition today, and gave me the prize ~ a lizzy mCguire t-shirt (i love lizzy mcGuire!!)
So i spent tonight reading, a book i started reading a long time ago and never picked it up again due to lack of time (and also starting to read another book altogether.. haha so bad)
I got probably half way through the book because it was so good. 10 million times better then the movie (which stars heath ledger)
Like Trainspotting, Candy depicts heroin addicts in a British subculture, but it is set in Australia, not Scotland. "Candy" is the slang name of the unnamed narrator's two great loves: his girlfriend and heroin. He introduces her to the drug, and they descend from being high on life, love, and drugs, to being shamed through prostitution, crime, addiction, and recovery. With no character background, the book reads as a string of scams to score money and heroin: some hilarious, some desperate, and some both at once. One scam starts when they answer a ringing public phone that the caller mistakenly believes is a suicide prevention line. Candy and the narrator are ruthless but human; their likableness and the immediacy of their dramas make them sympathetic even when pathetic. The writing is lean and strong but offers no resolution. Although that reflects junkies' reality, sometimes the pacing is jarring as the characters take action long after the audience is ready. Still, the good writing, realistic portrayal, and affable characters plunge readers into the junkies' world, safely returning them with veins intact.
1 comment:
oh wow she won a competition :) i liked the lizzy shirt on you. it looked pretty cute :)
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