Top Ten Thoughts O' The Day (11-30-10) MY BRAIN STRIKES BACK!!!

10. Man, it's been over two months since my last "Top Ten Thoughts" blog. That is far too long. The interwebs must be starving for some of my particular brand of mindless chatter. On that note, sorry for being away for so long (he says to the empty void) and I will be catching up on the backlog of blogs in my brain (alliteration!!) over the next few days, knocking the rust off my typing fingers -which, in case you were wondering, are not altogether different from my normal, every-day fingers - and gathering my blogging gusto. And if you want me to keep at it, you better leave me some comments, you hooligans.

9.
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, by My Chemical Romance. Get it. Listen to it. It's great.

8. This is a superb book. It's almost 700 pages long, but it feels like 200. If you like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, blend them together and you get this. One of the most well-written books I've had the pleasure of reading. My only gripe (which is actually a compliment) is that there is no resolution whatsoever. None. More than any other series, it feels like some one physically chopped the latter two-thirds of the book off and wrapped a cover around it. Being the first in a trilogy called the Kingkiller Chronicle, this is Day One. Day Two: The Wise Man's Fear releases in March of 2011 and I can't wait. I dread the fact that I'll have to wait years more to read Day Three.

7.
I've seen it twice, and I will see it again. It was very near perfection. I'm so excited/sad for the final film.

6.
I am completely, utterly and eternally ashamed that I played a part in helping this happen. We've made an idiot into a celebrity, folks. Now we must live with ourselves.

5.
This is the second most epic picture ever taken of me. That's right.

4.
NO NEW EPISODE THIS WEEK?? DAY RUINED.

3.
Day salvaged.

2.
Currently reading. A re-imagining of Peter Pan (He's climbing in your window, he's snatching your people up...NO!!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!), The Child Thief is darker and more brutal. I haven't finished it yet, but there are parts I like and parts that I don't. Some of the prose is clunky, some of it is beautiful. Nevertheless, an interesting read.

1. Toska

Russian - No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning.

I enjoy finding explanations of things that I experience, but could never put words to. The above is re-blogged from here.