I seem to enjoy missing self-set deadlines a bit

So, the title says a lot... Yeah, I know, I know. Today's Tuesday... so celebrate! (And forgot its not Monday! Which is the day I promised the new blog posting! I'm sorry! I just, you know, have a life... sort of... beyond the internet, which includes friends, and lakes, and boating, and inner tubing, and Disney movies, and guitar playing. Oh! And hottubing with friends. So, needless to say, Monday was busy. Especially because of the whole Memorial day, its a holiday thing...) Maybe I should start telling myself I should post the day before I tell you guys that I'll post, that way when I finally get around to it, it all lines up and comes out on time*ish. Perhaps that might work. But even then I have my doubts.

So, moving on slightly, I would like to tell you guys about a book I've just started reading, got about 130 pages read through this morning/noon/afternoon (I kid, its just been the afternoon). Its called the House of Leaves... and it's an intense book. Its about a guy, who's reading and correcting a book written by a blind man about a movie that was supposedly made that never existed, but what he's reading and whats happening in the book and the movie is affecting and being reflected in the first guy's own life. And so theres the first person narrative of the guy who's currently being affected through discovery and reading and alterations to the book, theres the old blind man who you come to know about through the notes he had in the margins of the book he was writing and through the different people the main character comes into contact with who knew the old man before he died, and then theres the narrative of the movie, which is told through the book, about the family who lived in the house where all the funky stuff was going on, and how it all played out for them. So, its pretty insanely complex and layered. And it's about 700 pages long. And it genuinely is a crazy awesome read if you're down for a creepy spine tingling read that'll keep you entertained for a while. I must say though, that you should probably buy the actual paper version, as using a kindle or something like that might make it a bit difficult to switch rapidly through the book to verify and reference what's going on. It's quite literally and adventure reading it, and you feel accomplished after reading a bit, just because you have so many chances and opportunities to delve deeper then just the book about the movie and go into the two other storylines, and to go further even then to make your own connections with what pops up and go back and tie everything together on your own. It's definitely not just a casual pick up and then put down book. It will grab you if you give it the chance, and suck you in. So, just be warned, it is an adventure to read it, and if it sounds like something you may enjoy, definitely go get a copy. 


Here is the wikipedia link, just because it does a much better job describing it, and it will do a better job of helping you figure out if its something you would want to read or not. I'm only on page 100, so I can't really give you guys a review of it fully, but I will say I am thoroughly enjoying it.


House of Leaves - Wikilink


And further here is the amazon.com link to go to if you think you'll enjoy it.. I wouldn't recommend getting this one from the library. 


House of Leaves - Amazon.com

So here's what the cover looks like...

  

And what some of the more.. interesting... pages look like

And so yeah, its awesome. Go look into it. (P.S., its only like 10 bucks or so for this huge tome-like thing of awesomeness, so I would look into getting it. Just sayin')

So, a little about yesterday. Since obviously I didn't post, I musta have been busy, right? Of course! Why else wouldn't I put the half hour to an hour I use for randomly typing up my thoughts for your viewing pleasure to it's usual use? (Don't answer that.. I'm not sure I want to know what you guys would say to that.) So what was I doing? Well, I was first helping Kelsey write yet another paper (Not that much got done. We ended up having to go shopping real quick, and then we had to go outside for a little bit to do some cleaning up round the place, and then we left for the party. But we did get an outline done! Yay!) and then after the little extended bit that I just went through was over, we left to go out to a church party at a nearby lake. We got there just a little late, but we managed to snag food, so it wasn't to horrible. Kelsey, Josh, and I all decided we wanted to go jump on the trampoline, so we did that for a bit, but first, I have to tell you this looked like the trampoline hadn't been used in years, and that the last time it had been used, it was by either a Polynesian or a Samoan (not being racist, they just happen to be usually bigger and bulkier (In a good way, not the fat way)) because there were two or three holes in it, where springs had decided to go for a vacation or something, I don't know what, but they simply weren't there. Apparently, whatever they decided to go do, it was better then holding a trampoline up. Hence, we had to be a little bit more careful on the trampoline. 

Which meant, of course, that we didn't exactly do that. We almost lost Kelsey to the giant hole in the corner... Josh jumped up pretty high, and when he came down, he almost hip-planted (Is that a term? Does that make sense to all of you? If it doesn't I could draw a picture, but I'm pretty sure its self explanatory. At least, I think it is) Kelsey, who dived out of the way. 

Out of the way = Into giant hole created because springs decided to go on a vacation somewhere warm and sunny. 

Thankfully, she managed to land just short of falling into it, and Josh and I pulled her up, but it was close. We were all laughing and started jumping a few minutes later again though, so its not like any deep trauma occurred which would require months of shock therapy and counseling. Even though I would sorta expect counseling to be needed if you almost got hip-planted to the face by Josh, but thats just my take. To each their own I suppose...

Oh! So, the game Curses. Pretty much the stupidest, inane source of fun disguised as a game ever invented. I am not sure who came up with that game, but they must of been pretty .. uh... gifted (?) .. to come up with it. Either that or they went to Evergreen College... (Yes, I just made fun of Evergreen again. Muwahahaha) But regardless, it was fun. Even if it is insipid. (Insipid fits, doesn't it? I'm looking for a fancy word thats semi-fun to say here...) Emily got two curses placed in a row on her that I thought was a particularly devious combination. The first one is where whenever you speak, you have to bite the tip of your tongue. Now, try that. It's not exactly the easiest to do, and it definitely sounds funny. Second one she got was whenever she spoke, she had to start off by clapping her hands twice and saying "Attention Class!". Now, try doing that. With the whole biting the tip of the tongue thing. Now imagine doing that everytime you had to talk. It was a thing of beauty. Anyways, moving on... To innertubing! So, yes, its not June yet even, and it was cloudy, and chilly over here in the Pacific Northwest, but we Washingtonians are made of stronger stuff (Or perhaps we're just that much more foolish), and so we decided to go in the lake! And we got out the boat and the innertube, and boy, that was a blast. Emily and I both fell off the tube, and while Kelsey didn't fall off, she got soaked when Emily did. And she sorta hit my shoulder with her face (She had a problem with her face and hitting things yesterday I'm starting to notice. But we love her still, so its all good) and then told everyone (and by everyone I really just mean like two or three people we were sitting with after we dried off and got out of the lake) that I was a horribly abusive person who beat her up. Thank heavens my oreo-slinging, teammate-mance pal Josh was there to stand up for me. It was quite funny... Kelsey made him eat an oreo. And then tried chucking one at me... it missed, thank heavens. It hit the wall hard enough to leave crumbled oreo behind  it stuck to the wall.

After that we hung out a bit more, played some more games, jumped on the trampoline, and then Josh, Emily, Kelsey, and I all headed off to go home and then meet at Emily's. On the way though, Kelsey and I pulled off to search for the fastest way there, and there happened to be a little trail leading off of the parking lot we were stopped in. Soooo... Of course we jumped out of the car and ran to investigate the little trail. Well, skipped. We were both a little (lot) tired, and so reasonable thought wasn't exactly an option. Turns out it just went from the next parking lot over to the one we were in, but still, it was an adventure. Lots of green, and fun just walking (Still skipping actually) around the little meanderings the path took. And then we went back to the car, and headed off to Emily's. We all got there, and after jumping on the trampoline there (This one giant-Kelsey-eating-holes free) we decided to pop into the hot tub, where Josh and I ended up talking about coding and video games and college stuff while the girls talked about (Kelsey, Emily, don't read this next bit) .. well... something. I don't remember, I wasn't paying them too much attention, other then to tease them a bit. (Ok, Kelsey and Emily, you can start reading again) Although I do remember we all talked about how tools are to guys what shoes are to girls, except tools end up being actually useful whereas you can only have so many shoes before its pointless (that probably wasn't too smart to say was it? I know for a fact that my four official followers and then three unofficial followers are all female. Hmm) 

After that, I broke out Emily's little brother's (Coulter's) Guitar, and tuned it, and then played around a bit on it. It's a pretty nice little Yamaha guitar, just a little doodler acoustic to play around with. Sadly, I didn't have a pick with me, so I was stuck with finger picking, so it was mostly folk type music that I played, although I did the best I could do from memory for Canon in D (Pachelbel) and Always (Panic at the Disco), so that was fun. And then we went and watched Tangled at Kelsey's house (And for the record, that may be one of the most amazing movies of all time. Just sayin') after which we all made our separate ways home eventually. 

Hence why I didn't get home until really late, and not having the time to keep you updated on stuff. But look at it this way... if I had written this all down Monday morning, it wouldn't of had the whole awesome adventures in it! Just sayin'. 

Oh, and my friend Adam finally read my blog. And while he does say firstly can be fun to say, the word that really brings a smile to his face is "bubbles". So try saying it! Also, just comment and tell me what word you say that can always (or mostly) bring a smile to your face! I want to know what you guys say! And I think that I'll probably end this here. Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed! See you either tomorrow or Thursday!