Rambling + me spending more money.

[stillonmystring]

I just found out a film adaptation is being made of An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender, which is a very good book, and this should be exciting news except... it is starring Jessica Alba. This scares me. A lot. I did not picture Jessica Alba while I was reading this book, okay? Hopefully, the movie is alright regardless of her acting... or some miracle happens and she is suddenly an amazing actress. I am just really baffled by this casting choice.

Anyway, guess who went to Barnes & Noble on Saturday? Me! Finally. It kind of pains me to spend such a ridiculous amount of cash on books and CDs when I could get them a lot cheaper used, or hell, even brand new, on Amazon or something but... I just love the feeling of going to the store and seeing all these things and picking them up and evaluating them and deciding to buy them. It's just not the same when you buy stuff online. Anyhow, I spent, like, $100 (shameful! I vow to spend the rest of my Christmas money very thriftily) and this is what I ended up getting:

Oh, and also Filter with Elvis Costello and Jenny Lewis on the cover because I've been meaning to get that forever and I live in such a ridiculously tiny, middle-of-nowhere place that the closest store that stocks it is, like, an hour and a half away.

Anyway, I really really just want to work on my story right now but I have more important things that I have been putting off for way too long and should probably finish right this moment. I also still have to finish my 2008 albums list - because God knows when I say I'm going to write a "brief paragraph" regarding each that I really mean "a massive, tl;dr paragraph" and it ends up taking way longer than I meant it to. *sigh* I also think I am still changing the order a bit... I don't know why. No matter what I do, I'll never be completely happy but alas... I at least want to be happier with it than I was with my last year's. Anyway. Yeah. Onto important things. Hopefully.

P.S. I never updated with its progress but my Zune does work again, thank God. I can't decide whether the whole situation was insanely hilarious or totally infuriating. But anyway. It was interesting, definitely...
 

Comments

[redtofade.livejournal.com]

I haven't ever read An Invisible Sign of My Own, but it looks interesting. I'll have to agree with you, Jessica Alba is never a good casting choice unless you want your movie to be horrible.

[stillonmystring.livejournal.com]

If you're interested in the book, it is good, but I'd more highly recommend one of her short story collections - she has two and I've only read The Girl with the Flammable Skirt, but I found its stories very charming and whimsical. I think she's a very good writer but in An Invisible Sign of My Own, the plot seems a bit too... simplistic, unsubstantial... to be stretched over an entire novel. It's definitely worth the time, though, since its still rather short.

[sstarss.livejournal.com]

who knows? sometimes people are really surprising. i mean, i just saw rachel getting married and i thought anne hathaway was terrific, despite her being in some really awful movies before. she was also pretty good in brokeback mountain, but she had such a small part it was hard to judge...

[sstarss.livejournal.com]

and you should have gotten high fidelity :(

[stillonmystring.livejournal.com]

Anne Hathaway has been in some awful movies but from what I've seen, I've never thought she was a terrible actress. But anyway, it's less the acting and just more Jessica Alba in general that is weird to me because she is basically the complete opposite of how I pictured the character in the book. But anyway, you are right, it could be good, and I will not prematurely judge it.

Also, I would have gotten it, but I actually went a few days ago, I just have been too lazy to mention it until now, and it was totally not on my mind then. But I am probably going to buy more books soon - because one can never have enough, of course - and I will for sure get that one. I promise!