I was in London some years back and I not only fell in love with the city but with this football team. London is everything a good man should be: sexy, intelligent, beautiful - but not too cocky. Its football team, however, should be a real beast and that's definitely Manchester United.


Watch the English FA Cup and don't forget to shout, "GO RED DEVILS!"

Daft Punk

There are certain musicians that can do no wrong. They release an album or a song and you instantly go out and buy it because it's them. It's their name, their work and you want it. No matter what.

Although this album is not new, Tron: Legacy still remains supreme and I find myself coming back to it time and time again. Cook, clean, cry, yell, stretch, kiss or punch somebody in the face - it really doesn't matter. Just listen to it.

( Some kind and generous soul has taken the liberty to upload the entire album on Youtube. Click the link below!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LadRcupWDuI

Read: February

What am I reading this month?

Moby Dick - Herman Melville
A College Book of Modern Verse - Robinson & Rideout
Narrative of Sojourner Truth - Truth
Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children - Jonathan Kellerman
Galileo's Daughter - Dava Sobel

Comments:
-Ah, the classics. I just started Moby and I'm really excited because I've been meaning to read this since...forever. It has a lot of meaty verbiage and I find myself being roped into the pictures of the deep blue sea.
- I'm a sucker for old textbooks and old books in general. So when I saw Modern Verse at an estate sale (for $1 no less AND it's a first edition!) I had to scoop it up. Edith Sitwell, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, and the master himself - D.H. Lawrence are just a few of the names that grace these pages.
- Sojourner. Oh, man. One of the great luminaries of our time and her story is one that everyone should read regardless of color or sex. She is a testament to the human spirit and how it can never be broken despite repeated attempts of assassination. Although I don't face half as many trials and tribulations as she did in her time, her story still resinates. Ms. Truth was a lover and a fighter and she undoubtedly made the world a better place for you and I to live in.
- Savage Spawn attracts me for two reasons: 1) my degree in Psychology and 2) my childhood. No, I don't claim to have been a "savaged spawn" (how I do hate the title) or a psychopath, but unfortunately I can relate to its allure once upon a time.
- I saw a documentary once on physics that talked about Galileo and his contributions to the sciences. Since then I've wanted to know as much information about him as humanly possible. Daughter is just another peek into Galileo's world. Aside from being a physicist, philosopher, astronomer and prisoner of war, he was also just a dad that loved his daughter.

Why I read

In college you learn to read as many textbooks as fast as you can, consecutively, so you can hurry up and pass exams and get a diploma.  Ask any college student, past or present, and they will tell you that the constant volleying of one scholastic tome to the next is a normal practice whilst in school. But what if you've always been this way? Well, that's me. Looking back on my childhood,  I can distinctively remember my nose preferring the company of a paper gutter over anything else. Books were my refuge that provided a warm and safe respite from an outside world that seemed to be dark and merciless. With books I not only had friends, but ones that accepted me for who I was - without conditions.

To simply say that I was or still am a "bookworm" would be a complete understatement. To say that I am a fan, is laughable. No, my love for these bound pieces of parchment runs deeper than the Mariana Trench. Doesn't matter what subject or genre, I love them...and you should too.

Read entries are my little panaceas for the worm that still resides inside and is perfectly fine with never ever being cured.