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Ups and Downs
Apr. 30th, 2006 11:45 pmDowns first:
- I lost some papers I need for my exam in two weeks
- there is a leak in the roof above my room which means that my bank account will suffer and since yesterday rained the whole day...
- I awoke with the headache from hell today - ouchie!
Now the Ups:
- I finally received the books I ordered
- I just watched Matrix Reloaded and totally adored it (I like my heroes hurt! and Neo does hurt so good ;P)
- I started to read the wonderfully funny "Almost Like Being In Love" by Steve Kluger - there has never been such a adorably screwed up character like Travis Puckett before 8D
About Kluger's book...
If you like hilarious gay stories, then this one is just the book you were looking for. It's not written in the usual "book-ish" style, it's like looking into someone's life through their Post-It notes, emails, journal entries etc. It's new and totally refreshing but it takes some time to get used to.
And I haven never encountered two characters that would simply fit like Craig McKenna and Travis Puckett. Travis is the guy who counts his pop-corn and lines up the peas and asparagus on his plate and wants to write a book about "Alexander Hamilton and the Designated Hitter" (with the intent to prove that American baseball league was founded on the same set of rules that are outlined in The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton)... and who is hopelessly in love with one Craig McKenna. Or he had been in High School when he spent the most wonderful summer with him. But then, they went to college and chose separate ways... But now, twenty years later, Travis decides that Craig was THE ONE and nothing can stop a determined Puckett. Though there is a little problem... Craig has a boyfriend with whom he has lived for the last 12 years... A really really nice boyfriend.
Travis simply grows on you. Like a mold. He is so great that even the football players at the University look forward to his American History classes and he has this really big heart and everybody whom he meets obviously falls in love and has the happily ever after... He is the guy that would drive you completely crazy until you couldn't but kiss him senseless. A wonderful book!
And what does Craig think of the incredible Travis? "I was right. He knows everything. Like metaphors and nuclear reactors and Luke Skywalker's middle name and the ingredients of Cheerios. All in the same sentence!" or "According to Travis, I'm not allowed to eat lettuce or grapes (exploited migrant workers on the West Coast), canned salmon (lousy living conditions for Filipino packers in Alaska), or those little peas that look like green BBs (forced labor in central California - in 1930!). So far, no problem. I mean, he hasn't come down on Junior Mints yet, so I'm okay."
Yeah, that's Travis and Craig for you :)
- I lost some papers I need for my exam in two weeks
- there is a leak in the roof above my room which means that my bank account will suffer and since yesterday rained the whole day...
- I awoke with the headache from hell today - ouchie!
Now the Ups:
- I finally received the books I ordered
- I just watched Matrix Reloaded and totally adored it (I like my heroes hurt! and Neo does hurt so good ;P)
- I started to read the wonderfully funny "Almost Like Being In Love" by Steve Kluger - there has never been such a adorably screwed up character like Travis Puckett before 8D
About Kluger's book...
If you like hilarious gay stories, then this one is just the book you were looking for. It's not written in the usual "book-ish" style, it's like looking into someone's life through their Post-It notes, emails, journal entries etc. It's new and totally refreshing but it takes some time to get used to.
And I haven never encountered two characters that would simply fit like Craig McKenna and Travis Puckett. Travis is the guy who counts his pop-corn and lines up the peas and asparagus on his plate and wants to write a book about "Alexander Hamilton and the Designated Hitter" (with the intent to prove that American baseball league was founded on the same set of rules that are outlined in The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton)... and who is hopelessly in love with one Craig McKenna. Or he had been in High School when he spent the most wonderful summer with him. But then, they went to college and chose separate ways... But now, twenty years later, Travis decides that Craig was THE ONE and nothing can stop a determined Puckett. Though there is a little problem... Craig has a boyfriend with whom he has lived for the last 12 years... A really really nice boyfriend.
Travis simply grows on you. Like a mold. He is so great that even the football players at the University look forward to his American History classes and he has this really big heart and everybody whom he meets obviously falls in love and has the happily ever after... He is the guy that would drive you completely crazy until you couldn't but kiss him senseless. A wonderful book!
And what does Craig think of the incredible Travis? "I was right. He knows everything. Like metaphors and nuclear reactors and Luke Skywalker's middle name and the ingredients of Cheerios. All in the same sentence!" or "According to Travis, I'm not allowed to eat lettuce or grapes (exploited migrant workers on the West Coast), canned salmon (lousy living conditions for Filipino packers in Alaska), or those little peas that look like green BBs (forced labor in central California - in 1930!). So far, no problem. I mean, he hasn't come down on Junior Mints yet, so I'm okay."
Yeah, that's Travis and Craig for you :)
