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gmail really needs to have an option to take back emails because fuck, guys.

—mandee

was it worse than "up your nose with a rubber hose?"

—ZT-In

pookie plz put that noise in someone else's thread. we're talking about real issues here.

—mandee

done

—pookie

I'm reading a book right now that is blowing my fucking mind! It's a novel. It's creepy, and unique and scary and so FUCKING original! The author even mentioned Dr. Drew and Adam in it at one point, and I was like...whoa! (Not that that alone makes it a great novel or anything. I was getting really into the book and then the author mentioned them very briefly and it made me lqtm.) After I'm done reading this book, I'm going to make ZT read it (if he hasn't already). I want to know if he think's the author who wrote it is a jenkem huffing faggot or a genius. I'm not done with the book yet...I've got about 500 pages left...but I think this guy is a genius!

—acm

i read the first few words and then skimmed to look for the title. then i had to go back and read the whole post aaaaand NOTHING. fuck you too

—stefanie

Spoiler alert: Ayn Rand was female (I know it's hard to believe).

—ZT-In

Stef:

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

ZT:

You have to read this book!!! Have you read it? This book is messing with my head. I love it! If you have, no spoilers please. I'm almost halfway through.

—acm

awww pookie gurl u know i was playin

if someone says they like ur fb statuses that means they want 2 f u, yes?

—mandee

that's what i mean when *i* like your statii

—catloaf

and by "your" i mean "YOUR"

—catloaf

that's what i thought

—mandee

remember this drop?

—000

like and fuck and virtually synonymous

—ZT-In

Zeet, did you look up that book? Have you bought it yet?

—acm

is it supposed to make me love jesus?

—ZT-In

No! There's nothing "Christian" about it. Just a creepy, scary, totally original book. It's kind of like a story within a story. It's like nothing you've ever read.

Zeet, I need you to read this book and tell me what you think. I want your take. You're going to read this book if I have to buy the damn thing myself and mail it to Colorado.

—acm

and then bind you to a chair and tape your eyes open while the pages are projected onto a screen, Clockwork Orange-style

—catloaf

I looked it up and it actually looks really interesting. I'm gonna try to find it next time I'm at the bookstore if I remember.

—stellagold

Thank you, Stella.

ZT? Don't ignore me, bitch!

—acm

chuck palahniuk is doing that putting-the-book-next-to-a-mirror-to-read thing too with his Invisible Monster revamp.

I just finished jd salinger's Nine Stories. His writing is good good good. Gonna read william faulkner's sanctuary.

—HocusPocus

ACM -

—ZT-In

ZT:

Do you like to read?

Do you like disturbing stories?

Do you like stories that make you think?

Do you want to be entertained?

Do you have ten to fifteen dollars to spare on a book?

Do you not look forward to a big long, lengthy argument/debate/circle jerk over this book?

Are you honestly telling me you DO NOT want to argue with Stella over this book? She's planning on buying the book.

Do the following quotes mean nothing to you?

A rollicking Pynchonesque oddity, a Nabokovian linguistic obsession, and a Borgesian unreality. House of Leaves jumps and skips and plays with genre-wrecking abandon, postmodern panache, and an obsessively imaginative scope that absolutely shames most books on the market today. -San Francsisco Examiner and Chronicle

One of the most ambitious, complicated, and eagerly anticipated literary debuts of the year. House of Leaves is like no other novel you'll ever read. -Newsweek

[Its] chills spark vertigo, its erudition brings on dislocating giddiness, House of Leaves is dizzying in every respect... Entertainment Weekly

So you're going to purchase this book, yes?

—acm

Is there poop? I'll buy it if there's poop jokes, even if they're Nabokovian poop jokes.

—ZT-In

Page 270.

Also, this is his literally his sister. She's as hot as he is.

—acm

so my boss sent out an e-mail asking for volunteers to go work in "north central" for two weeks and everybody thought he meant north central valley in california. So i volunteered thinking it would only be a 3 hour drive tops. Today i find out that he meant north central part of the country. So now i have to book a flight and hotel in chicago.

—Margin Walker

now you can experience the joy of meeting mandee!

—pookie

*jellis*

—catloaf

house of leaves is one of my favorite books.

i finally got a full color hard cover for my birthday the other year.

i saw a guy on the tram reading it once and i spent the whole time trying to make eye contact so we could talk about it but had no luck.

—stefanie

ERMAGAWD!!!!!

Fuck, are there any books that even compare to this book?!?!?

I really loved "Under The Dome" by Stephen King, by the way. Great story and great ending. It's one of his best.

—acm

stef, next time, use your words. the words, "excuse me, i noticed you're reading my favorite book," come to mind.

—pookie

one time i was reading on the train and some guy was like 'oh i've read that book before' and i was like 'congratulations!' and then i got up and moved.

—mandee

—stellagold

Oh, Hilary! That was painful to watch.

—acm

YOU'RE painful to watch.

—Dusty TheHick

Acm, there's gonna be an earthquake

—L_to_the_A is back!

is there going to be an earthquake? WTF

—Kevin-U-in-Depression