When did you get to meet like minded individuals?

[vindicatedxjin]

You guys are clown shoes.

[Apathy's_Child]

Originally Posted by OnyxBat

I'll remember that, please I can beat anybody in a coffee drinking competition.

Boy, these kids today sure know how to party...

[OnyxBat]

Of course we do! that’s how awesome we are!

[HumanePain]

So what books have you given good reviews about? Which ones critical reviews?
And which philosopher(s) are you currently reading or have read?
Welcome.


PS: If you buy your Starbucks at Albertsons and always use your Preferred Buyer card/number you get any free drink up to $5 every 10th drink. Grande Cafe Mocha, extra hot with an extra shot for me every morning.

[carakitty]

Wah. My closest Albertson's doesn't have a Starbucks in it. But there's an actual Starbucks coffeehouse in the same shopping center so... *shrug*

I like that Rewards Card thing Starbucks has going. I'm only 2 more visits away from officially getting my free stuff!

[Solumina]

I'm rather sad, my favorite coffee place has closed. It happened some time earlier this year (it was in the part of town that I used to live in, not exactly close to where I am now), a couple of weeks ago I went to get one of their amazing lemonades (they sweeten it with apple juice, which sounds weird but is actually spectacular) and the sign was gone. Now it has been converted into a Starbucks, as if having 4 within 10 minutes of the place wasn't enough.

Oh well, at least there are still some good coffee places in Williamsburg. Not that I hate Starbucks or anything, they just only seem to be able to do a good job with really sweet drinks, everything else not so much, and I don't like my mocha to taste like a coffee flavored hot chocolate.

[OnyxBat]

Originally Posted by HumanePain

So what books have you given good reviews about? Which ones critical reviews?
And which philosopher(s) are you currently reading or have read?
Welcome.


PS: If you buy your Starbucks at Albertsons and always use your Preferred Buyer card/number you get any free drink up to $5 every 10th drink. Grande Cafe Mocha, extra hot with an extra shot for me every morning.

Well I started reading Charles Dickens’s works and so far Great expectations is my favorite, the main character (Pip) needs to be more smarter an realize that he his getting played. Well I am not big on philosophy but I can say Elizabeth Cady Stanton is one.

Thanks!

[HumanePain]

Uh...I was talking to aspiring, haha!

[OnyxBat]

Sorry I thought it was for me!

[Alan]

Originally Posted by OnyxBat

the main character (Pip) needs to be more smarter

Oh godfucking christ

[OnyxBat]

WHAT! its true! that kid has a penut for a brain in the beginning!

[Solumina]

You may want to start checking your spelling and grammar if you are going to be calling anyone or anything stupid.

[Sinjob]

Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child

Boy, these kids today sure know how to party...

We sip our coffee lifting the RING finger, showing off the purity ring of course...

[Fruitbat]

Aspiring - I have yet to find a group of people with the same diverse range of interests as me, so I have a lot of different friends IRL.

Talk to people. You'll make a group of friends.

[aspiring]

Well it iiisss currently a modest list, but of classics/books I liked, I've read this compilation of short stories from Ray Bradbury (Not the best, but pretty darn amusing).
Tom sawyer by Mark Twain.
David Copperfield.
Bless Me Ultima by Rudolpho Anaya
I am 3/4 done with The Picture of Dorian Gray (by Oscar Wilde)
Started A Tale Of Two Cities.
I absolutely LOVE anything by Charles De Lint. They are admittedly just pure fiction, but I find them well written.

My opinions on The Picture of Dorian Gray are still being formed. If this book is meant to be some deep, enriching, philosophical book, then I find in very underwhelming. Much of the "Philosophy" that Lord Henry babbles about is just basic statements, smothered with big words. And Dorian is an absolute IDIOT! Who is... i don't think his age is specified. He is called a young man though. Anyway, who is an adult and is THAT easily influenced?

Tom Sawyer was pretty bad in my opinion. It felt like Mark Twain forgot the characters were supposed to have emotion, and periodically he would write long explanations on how the character felt. Which was usually an overly dramatic response... Aunt Polly cried over Tom leaving a note, made of bark? Really?

Bless Me Ultima was pretty good, the character seemed a bit to Naive, but i suppose his excuse is his youth. I did like it very much though.

I have read fragments of poems by Lord Byron, eh, they're ok.

I read An Interview With (A? The?) Vampire by Anne Rice. Pretty good, nothing spectacular.



Uh, for philosophy, I usually just read Greenhaven's Opposing viewpoints series. I've read 2, starting on my third. I guess they aren't quite philosophy, but the one on Suicide did include some at least.

Currently I am just reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, since It counts as a school-approved book, and I am very behind.

[aspiring]

Seeing as how modest that list is, I am always open to recommendations.

I have skimmed many more books, but half of them I just tend to find in the library of a house my Grandpa has.

I'm pretty sure I got like 100 pages into "The God Delusion"
"War and Peace"
and... something by what's his name... He is a very famous cripple, a genius. I can't remember his name though! Augh!

Uhh I think I read Moby Dick when I was way to stupid to appreciate it. Well I might still be, but anyway.
And Emily Bronte.... I read a book of hers. I cannot remember what. I had difficulty with it though, so I think I probably ended up not reading the last like 20 pages, which is what I always do with books I cannot understand. I give up after alll the effort I put into trudging through it.

[HumanePain]

Well I must say I am impressed with not only your books but your opinions of them too! I didn't read The Picture of Dorian Gray until I was 51 and then became amazed when I discovered that is where many popular idioms originated.
I am afraid I was a late bloomer in terms of classic literature, having spent most of my reading days (and nights) with technical documentation, hence my respect for you reading such books at a young age. I also love Ray Bradbury, have met him and have his autograph. I also have Issac Asimov's autograph.

As for philosophy reading, may I recommend my favorite:

The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton.

This is the most succinct tour of some prominent philosophers I have read. My favorite man of letters is Dr. Samuel Johnson.

Carry on!

[aspiring]

Oh, and while she isn't the best, I have read EVERY book EVER written by Jodi Picoult. Somewhat embarrassing to say really, but if you only read 1 book of hers she seems to be a VERY good author.
Unfortunately, nearly all of her books are near identical.

[aspiring]

Haha. I guess my grandfather has influenced me rather heavily. He pretty much gave me a book of his every time I went over. So did/does my grandma. But there is a slight difference between the two...
I believe the last book my grandpa gave me what Oliver Twist (have not started at all)
And the last book my grandma gave me was a "For Dummies" book on general science.

So their opinions on my reading do vary, haha.

[HumanePain]

Well since I too am a grandfather, let me at least recommend a good book to you since I cannot actually give you one: The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire. The Carcass is a memorable poem in that book.

[aspiring]

Thank you, I'll be sure to at least try it.

[Lady Sorrow]

i feel i first met a like minded individual in march of this year. i was wrong thought. he was way more amazing than me lol.

[KontanKarite]

That wouldn't be too hard, I don't think.