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[hot_foot_steph]

i just acquired the following:

books:

new seeds of contemplation - thomas merton (the rachel, how is this? i noticed you read thomas merton.)
a tale of two cities - charles dickens
the bell jar - sylvia plath
a separate peace - john knowles
catcher in the rye - j.d. salinger
lord of the flies - william golding
keeping faith - jodi picoult
siddhartha - herman hesse
confessions - st. augustine (kristy, can you tell me anything about this?)

cds:

bloc party - a weekend in the city
jimmy eat world - static prevails
switchfoot - oh, gravity!
copeland - eat, sleep, repeat

dvds:

the last kiss
the family stone

i am very happy. :D

Comments

[simplesmile.livejournal.com]

how did you "acquire" all of these things? i am so jealous!

[peacefulmisery.livejournal.com]

haha. a book/cd/dvd shopping spree?

(i got a refund from some loan at school)

[bcsmurfettegirl.livejournal.com]

did ya win the lottery? lol

[rissainthesky.livejournal.com]

static prevails is amazing. loooove.

[therachel.livejournal.com]

thomas merton is the only author worth reading for me at times.
i also recommend "freedom of simplicity" by richard foster!

[iamemotoday.livejournal.com]

Ah, Confessions. I must confess (hehe) I haven't made it all the way through, but I did read most of it. Here are my thoughts:

1) I don't agree with everything Augustine, theologically. However, his love for God is evident in every line of that book, and I found myself weeping at times. I underlined MANY "quoteable quotes" that were just fantastic statements about God or humanity. In fact, I've had one of these as my e-mail signature for about a year now.
2) The first half of the book is Augustine telling the story of his youth and conversion. I very much enjoyed this half. I got hung up on the second half, where he starts philosophizing about the intellect and the mind. It just isn't my cup of tea.
3) Before you read it, I would do a brief study about the life of Augustine. It'll make his story much more interesting. A great deal of the book is about a certain philosophy that was prevalent in his day (I can't remember what it is called), so it'd be nice to get a bit of background on that before you read. I recommend John Piper's "The Legacy of Sovereign Joy" - it has a short section on Augustine that would be a good primer.

I LOVE "Static Prevails" too. Mmmm. Actually, I'm a fan of everything Jimmy Eat World has ever done from Static Prevails and on.

Kristy

[goodeveningsun.livejournal.com]

i tried reading confessions and couldn't make it, but i think that had a great deal to do with the translation. maybe i'll try again sometime.

and yes, static prevails is a really good album.

[hotcookiegirl.livejournal.com]

I had tried looking a bit for "confessions" but couldn't find it. where did you find it? I bet I could get it on amazon or something. Not that I have time for reading that type of thing anyways! But its' on my list in my head of books I'd like to read.