tsubame | wonder boy

See, you can say that money doesn't matter all you want when you're not worrying about how you're going to afford tomorrow's trip to the supermarket. I'm actually doing fairly well for someone my age, but I definately want to start moving on some of the suggestions in this article. My knowledge of economics is disgustingly small, but fortunately I have wiser heads at my disposal. But one always has to take the first step onesself.

The number of things I have to do to prepare for the future is . . . severely daunting, so much so that I sit around and do nothing. This needs to change. I have a thousand plans, but that means nothing unless I work to make them reality. Starting today. Right now, in fact.

. . . if I can manage to tear myself away from this book I bought . . . the Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova. Unlike the last bestseller that I read (the Da Vinci Code), this one actually has awesome writing and excellent, fully-realized characterization to justify its status. Not to mention the complex plot and page-turning cliffhangers (I just finished chapter four and I'm already saying this).

Livejournal, stop adding more userpics and start adding more mood-adjectives! The current choices are inadequate!

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I'm currently a little over halfway through The DaVinci Code. I'm not impressed ... *and* I found a glaring inaccuracy in his research. Bad Dan Brown. No cookie.

There's an interesting article in Newsweek regarding the whole Mary Magdalene thing which points out some inaccuracies in his research; I'm not certain which one you're referring to. I wasn't impressed by it either. I will give it page-turner, but it wasn't well-written and the characters were rather lacking in a way that would garner them Mary Sue accusations in the fandom world (if that makes sense-- what I mean is that they were lacking in humanity but were rich in inhuman virtues).

I have Angels & Demons sitting on the floor of my apartment, but I'm not sure if I want to devote the time to reading it when I have so many better things to do. I'm sure someone around here would be willing to take it off my hands . . . since that was how it fell into my hands in the first place . . .

My issue, actually, had to do with his portrayal of the witch hunts; don't know enough about the base subject to catch the other. And I know exactly what you mean. They're a cauldron of good attributes rather than "real" people.

Another thing that really annoyed me about the book was the fact that I had almost all the puzzles and mysteries figured out well before the main characters did. And I'm neither a Harvard-trained symbologist or a professional cryptologist on the French police force-- I'm just a run-of-the-line geek with a somewhat-more-than-casual interest in religion and history. So part of the page-turner for me was waiting to see when the main characters would figure things out so that we could move on . . .

Oh good lord, don't bother reading it. :p The Da Vinci Code just flipped everybody out because it was, like you said, a "page turner" and had a plot that infuriated half the population and vindicated the other half. His characters are utterly lacking and the only thing holding the book together is the plot. It's like a better version of James Patterson.

A good friend of mine wrote an amusing review on it here, maybe you'd like it.^^

And thanks for that article! I am a little daunted by the part that talks about investing, but the other stuff, I can do! I am kinda already living like a poor college student anyway. :p

Thankee much for the link in return, as I have now added another friend to my list. ::frowns at said list:: I'm going to have to weed out my friends list one of these days, it's starting to get silly. I used to be a great deal more ruthless about parring it down; I should probably return to those days . . .

Livejournal, stop adding more userpics and start adding more mood-adjectives! The current choices are inadequate!

You can add your own mood, actually :) Just enter a mood like you always do, and type in whatever you want in the blank box next to it!

I know, and I do, but then I don't get a little grey kitten to sit at the top of my entry . . .

You have to pick a mood first, and then rename it. ;) If you get what I mean. You can't just enter the name in there.

Huzzah, I do! Thanks much for that. I am no longer limited by Livejournal adjectives, and I still get my little grey kitten!

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