you know the drill

lxxvii. the big necessity, rose george
very interesting investigation into poor sanitation around the world and the innovations people are coming up with to reduce disease and pollution, putting shit back into the environment! also many insights into how to convince people to change their habits.. money doesn't work.

lxxviii. the end of overeating, david kessler
hmm, in the end it all boils down to a genetically vicious cycle of sugar, fat and salt. eat and repeat. apparently you must set rules for yourself if you want to break the cycle. oh really?

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scanwiches has a book coming out?!? such a rort. if it isn't obvious i am feeling very cynical right now, exacerbated by my currently reading 'the black swan - the impact of the highly improbable' and being annoyed at the arrogant tone and the breaking-down of commonsense for the stupid people.

what does one do with the folded poster cover of mcsweeney's 13?

i want to walk around

i suck at words with friends

lxxv. blubberland - the dangers of happiness, elizabeth farrelly
written in the context of architecture, this was more a treatise on the monumental wastage behind what constitutes 'success' in western society, and the possible genetics and evolutionary reasons for it. very interesting.  a couple of pages encapsulated what amy chua tried to possibly satirise in the whole tiger mother debate.

lxxvi. the gathering, anne enright
possibly the most nebulous book that i've read that i would call an overall success.

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liii. picture me - very interesting documentary about the real world of modeling

liv. tangled - better than i expected

lv. never let me go - keira knightley looked positively skeletal in this

lvi. machete - sorry robert rodriguez, you are not as good as quentin tarantino. the social commentary on illegal immigration was a nice touch though

REMEMBER..

..THIS??!?!

and now raquel zimmermann is shoving the distal appendage of her upper limb into lady gaga in the 'born this way' video. FINGER ON THE PULSE, THAT'S ME.