Digs

 

Reading (I DIG READING!!!)

At the Moment:

• The Inheritance of Loss- Kiran Desai
• The Beauty Myth- Naomi Wolf

What’s Next:

• The God of Small Things- Arundhati Roy
• Love in the Time of Cholera- G.G. Marquez
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
• The Romantic-by Barbara Gowdy

The Last Three Months (all recommended):

• The Alchemist- Paulo Coehlho..soooo good!  I compare it to Le Petit Prince. 
• After Dark-Haruki Murakami…Very Murakami…haha.  What more can you say?  Great book, set in downtown Tokyo over a period of 12 hours. 
• A Spot of Bother- Mark Haddon… I zipped through this book!  the characters were awesome, the story was highly entertaining and Haddon has a great way of making the reader truly understand what the characters are going through.
• White Teeth- Zadie Smith.. I liked On Beauty better, but this was a great story with wonderful characters.
• Everything is Illuminated- Jonathan Safran Foer… absolutely amazing.  incredible. halfway through I wanted to restart so that it wouldn’t end.  EVERYONE should read this book.
• The Time Traveller’s Wife- Audrey Niffenegger…surprisingly beautiful and heartbreaking love story.

• Sweetness in the Belly-Camilla Gibb…beautiful story about africa and the difficulties of immigrating.
• Collapse- Jared Diamond… unbiased information on the state of the environment, how normal people and companies can help, before we collapse!

Authors I Dig

E.B White                           Douglas Coupland                 John Steinbeck

Vikram Seth                     Rohinton Mistry                    Gill Courtmarche

Harper Lee                       J.K Rowling                              John Irving

Anita Diamant                Margaret Atwood                  Loranne Brown

DBC Pierre                       Zadie Smith                              Haruki Murakami

Nick Hornby                  Micheal Ondaajte                   Will Fergusson

Kazuo Ishiguro             Dave Eggers                               MG Vassanji

Jonathan Franzen        Nicole Krauss                           Gabriel Garcia Marques

Jose Saramago              William Faulkner                     Sylvia Plath          Wally Lamb

Music I Dig

(subject to change once I get internet back and can search the web again)

Listening to Now

(I admit, I have been lazy in the music scene over the last four months, or really, the last year.  I blame Asia; and Scotts proximity to me.  I thank Ashleigh who has been helpful and Leah and Toms Ipods for the refresher) :

• Ash showed me this website: http://daytrotter.com/
• Dariusz and Seiji (both blogs are links on this blog) have been suggesting some interesting Hip Hop.  Check out their sites if you are interested.
• The Bicycles
• The Cool Kids
• Caribou
• Shout out out out out
• BoysNoize
• Nite Jewel
• Envelopes
• new Bloc Party
• new Animal Collective
• new Gang Gang Dance
• the Black Kids
• Crystal Castles

Favourites:

The Arcade Fire                      Hawnay Troof                        The Shins

Modest Mouse                         M.I.A                                         The Stars

Broken Social Scene              Tin                                              Elton John

Micheal Jackson                     Kids on TV                              A-Trak

No Doubt                                  Explosions in the Sky          The Roots

Dizzee Rascal                          TV on The Radio                    Paul Simon

Polyphonic Spree                  Girl Talk                                   Jay-Z

Tegan and Sara                        Feist                                         The Knife

The Beach Boys                      Postal Service                       Death From Above

The Beatles                              Sigur Ros                                  Cat Power

the go! team                            Final Fantasy                          Ratatat

Bright Eyes                              Snoop Dog                                Sublime

Vampire Weekend                Kate Nash                                 Belle and Sebastien

Phil Collins                               Hop Along, Queen Ansleis

Activities that I Dig

• Travelling - I want to go everywhere and see everything.  With my backpack.
• Longboarding-its been a while, but ain’t nothin like cruisin on my Arbor
• Running- I always turn to it.
• Reading- why it’s the first thing on this page.
• Meeting New People- I like friends.
• Talking- good conversations make my world go round.
• Drinking Coffee- I consider myself a connoisseur.
• Dancing- probably since the womb.  Later, Jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, hip hop.  Though not at a school of dance anymore, if a songs on, i’m movin’.
• Attending Parties- any kind, thank you!
• Learning – I highly enjoyed my time at the University of Guelph.  I love to obsorb any information, even if I have trouble remembering everything. I especially enjoy learning about:  Psychology, the Environment, societies and cultures around the world, Evolution, Criminology, Political Science, Art, History, Languages (especially Japanese), dance and whatever Scott and Clinton have to say.
• Teaching- I aspire to be a great teacher
• Being Active Outdoors- If I can physically do it, and enjoy it, I’ll try it.
• Writting- one day: a book.
• Shopping- it’s true.  I’ll have you know, I find great deals and never buy anything that’s too expensive.  Unless I really really like it.  I even enjoy shopping for other people.
• Riding a bicycle- almost as good as running and can be done more often.
• Sending post cards: watch your mail box.