This is a great intro guide for people who want to get into the backcountry.

This is definitely a great book for people who backpack. It’s a little intimidating for a newbie, though. I’d recommend something else first.

I didn’t realize when I put this on hold at the library that it was as old as I was. Much of it is still valid, amazingly enough. I mean designs for sewing jackets and bags haven’t changed much, and Gore-Tex was invented by then. I can’t really recommend it other than a historical artifact, though.

It’s somewhat odd to read 90% of this, take acid, see Gonzo, then finish this a couple days later. Cathartic as anything, though.

The best thing about this is the cool bottle shape (“Eco-Shape™ Bottle” if you’re into re-using bottles, which I am.

My boyfriend took care to tell me there was a twist, which was easy enough to figure out 15 minutes into the film. It’s much more enjoyable knowing it.

I actually read the Gonzo Papers in reverse order, which was kind of fun. The Reagan/Bush years are more depressing, and this one focuses more on Watergate, which brings out the best in Thompson’s righteous indignity and gloating. It also has a lot of his pre-Hells Angels/F&L writing, which shows that he wasn’t just tossing shit on paper, but he really paid his dues in South/Central America and other places. I think I would have preferred to read it all in chronological order, but that’s just me.

Too much politics, not enough drugs or music.

Yet ANOTHER 3 Musketeers movie… But it’s a classic story for a reason. Mena Suvari wasn’t too painful, and everyone else was pretty good to awesome. Tim Roth makes such a wonderful soulless bad guy.

This book makes you feel snobby, at first, with its almost 600 pages and 18th century prose – but it’s a somewhat silly romance/adventure about Robin Hood and Richard the Lion-Hearted. And some of it actually happened. In other words, awesome like Shakespeare, but easier to read.