bedside reading / books into movies
the annoying bitch (helenak@geocities.com)
Sat, 12 Jul 1997 00:53:34 +0100
FOUND MY COPY OF NINE STORIES!!!!!! (it has been in my brother's room.
the bastard, he denied all knowledge of stealing it.)
i'm going under the general anasthetic on monday, not just for wisdom
teeth but other major oral surgery, and according to my oral surgeon i'm
probably going to be bedridden (i love that word!?) for at least a
week... so, i hit the book shop. i got american psycho by bret easton
ellis, and a book of poems by pat ingoldsby. but that's not particulary
inspired, so i'm looking for bedside reading ideas. i already *didn't*
buy l'etranger and the bell jar on purpose coz they're just too
depressing, so any inspiration on relatively cheery books for the
convalescent???
regarding di caprio and leto, they're JUST TOO GOOD LOOKING. rememeber
both seymour and buddy are painfully funny looking ('i just LOVE your
yellow teeth!') and holden is the kind of guy who, in yearbook photos,
looks like his nose is too big or his ears stick out. either of them
could manage zooey, or indeed lane (is that his name?). but i think
that they're both too ridiculously photogenic, and handsome as hell, to
pull off holden OR seymour OR buddy.
(susan- i saw _the last of the high kings_ and thought it was very good.
I KNOW THAT FEELING - just done the leaving cert. leto did a very
passable irish accent, better than tom cruise anyway, and my favourite
bit was when the mother (who had a very phony irish accent) got the
whole family up on the neighbour's wall and started shouting 'up the
republic!'. that scene was done with just the right amount of humour, i
wonder who directed...)
:helena
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