I have been neglecting my updating of books and such. To be honest, I've been all over the place with my reading, where usually I would become a bit peeved with my inability to finish a book. I do not feel this way at all, although I can't say that I have been 'hooked' with any one book.

Others in the pile,

• Status Anxiety by Alan de Botton
• Social Animal by David Brooks
• various art reference...

I have been hooked on reading the classics//more so contemporary than old, but this one proved to be sarcastically humorous, yet wretched. The once aristocratic are sold as slaves, but through it all infatuation, love seems to be the only hope for Candide. Throughout he asks if the world is capable of producing good


After drooling over East of Eden, I finally had the guts to ride with the Joads to California. It's been a grim, but invigorating because Steinbeck is gold. At first I was a bit shy about reading this..like I should have had it under my belt in high school, but no its beautiful and I'm damn proud.