You're on my list

i have a list
of things i
like about
you

Tried to write a letter; In ink
I've got a piece of paper; But it's Empty

for the first time, i'd say "my beloved academy"

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

alright enough nostalgia. i've received complaints about laggy updates (makes me feel like a real journalist but i won't flatter myself :d), so let's get on with business. i've been wanting very much to update this but the claws of the academy simply gripped on me like a vice. not that i had forgotten to eat or sleep (those essentials can never be replaced xP) as a result, but i had a hard time extracting myself from it. so blame the author for making his novel so tantalising! HAHA. anyway, the academy is about a John Tyler High School becoming a charter school, and when it did so, strange things started to occur to the people who populated the school, teachers and students alike. the principal appeared to be like a cult leader, trying to pull as many people to become converts that worshipped the school (instead of the state). there were Tyler Scouts around that much resembled the Hitler Youth. it's the entire Orwellian utopia feel that created so much mystery and appealled so much to me, i guess. but the supernatural encounters kind of freaked me out a little, such that i dared not touch the book in the quiets of my room at night. maybe that was why i didn't forget to sleep, which is a good thing (: what i find most satisfying is that the plot ties in together very nicely. teacher, student, janitors, office clerks' experiences all served to explain what one another had observed and the writer incorporated historical elements of the school (i've always been fascinated by history because backgrounds add so much to the mystery that shrouded the school)! it's been ages since i've been so intrigued by a fiction book. i think it's the language that bentley little used, the way he allowed the the story to flow that drew me into it right from the first page. so go read! :D i swear i'll get down with one of his other books, maybe the vanishing (it's featured on the cover of the academy)? or even george orwell's 1984. haha this is exciting (: potential bookworm on her way B)

oh and some of you were asking me why i was so guai, i actually stayed home enough for 2 days to finish up 400 pages and some parts of i & i. wednesday is initally my only scheduled free day this week (i hardly get day-offs, and i fought really hard for it! :P). but my allergic reaction returned on tuesday morning. this time it's only two fingers and it's on my right hand. it boggles me, because i'm positive i haven't touched dichloromethane for the whole of monday. and since only 2 fingers are affected, i guess it rules out the possibility that i'm allergic to the new brand of gloves they're using. plus any chemical couldn't have only come in contact with 2 fingers (middle finger somemore LOL!). well, the last time it affected the part near my knuckles, this time it's the middle joints, maybe next time it'll attack my finger tips and the very next time it'll be gone! HAHAHA :D anyway, i'm not complaining cos i'm glad that it allowed me to stay home and completely indulge in my new-found love. i haven't felt so surreal in a long while (wasn't even supposed to feel so, since the novel is a horror one! but i guess it's the activity that counts!). it's a calmness that's pleasant, i didn't think it was possible to be so, given my fluctuation between crazy bounciness and emo pangs. i wonder how long it'll last, but i'll treasure it while it's still there :D

xinying ploughed through her empty list at 7:54 pm