Comments on: Feasting on Angsty Books

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My Visual Bookshelf | TaintedSong v11 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:47:30 +0000

[...] added this app around the time I was reading The Virgin Suicides, which was 4 months ago. I intended to update my Visual Bookshelf regularly so when I was done with [...]

By: Joni

Joni — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:51:11 +0000

Kris: I’m sure it’s just a phase. Lol! jk

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:36:34 +0000

I prefer those to the overly (and ludicrously) optimistic The Secrets by Rhonda Byrnes.

Haha I sound like a misanthropist these days.

By: Joni

Joni — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:22:49 +0000

Sasha: You’re welcome! Pero warning lang, nakakalungkot ang mga books na yan. They’re not necessarily “nice” if you know what I mean. :)

By: sasha

sasha — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:59:11 +0000

Thanks for sharing these books, Joni. I am looking for new books to read and gusto ko yung nabasa na ng iba hehe para I know kung maganda o hindi…

Anyway, take care… rainy days na naman…

By: Joni

Joni — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:04:24 +0000

Kris: Now that you mention it, they did make “suicide” a trivial matter in that song. Tsk tsk. I’m sorry to hear about your friend who killed herself. It must have been a terrible experience. =[

I have an idea about the blogs you were referring to but I might be wrong. hehe! Yeah, the “blogosphere” (i know you hate that word) can be a cruel place. I hate that I have to watch my steps now to avoid being picked on by some blogger. hehe

By: Joni

Joni — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:55:46 +0000

Riz: Gurl, you’ve got nothing to be depressed about. :D

By: Riz

Riz — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:50:52 +0000

You’re soooo geeky joni. And I’m soooo depressed. Care to reach out to me more also? Hahaha. :P

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:28:59 +0000

Fight Club is never meant to be a pleasant watch. It’s more of a anti-social social commentary, about how insignificant people have become as the corporate world flourishes.

Personally, I like the book better.

Another movie with a similar theme is American Psycho. But don’t watch it if you’re easily scared, it’s too disturbing for most people. The same can be said of Battle Royale (which is actually one of my favorite flicks ever).

You know what pisses me off? All these whiny emo bastards making self-flagellations so trivial and vogue. And I also REALLY REALLY detest Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Love” song. :You had me suicidal, suicidal, suicidal…” Is suicide so trivial that one should commit it just because one is rejected by beautiful girls, huh?! Get away Sean Kingston and get your awful songs out of the radio. I have a friend who shot herself and died last year, and it’s so distressing that the current pop culture likes to celebrate suicide as though it’s a fashion statement. Do they even know how it really feels for a person to have a friend that killed herself?

Regarding that blog, I actually am mad at 2 blogs that are really popular. And, you may have noticed it, but I keep making one of them an example of what I don’t do on my blog. They’re both really popular, and so it’s quite controversial if I should disclose them on public. I’d rather not do that; I’ve far too many things to worry about than exposing myself to online bickering.

By: Joni

Joni — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:46:34 +0000

Marian: Napanood ko na ung movie. You’re right, pangit nga. hehe! and the forehead! pwede tumbling-an! lol.

Ano angsty books mo? peram! haha