Et ignotas animum dimittit in artes

the place in the book where they usually have the dedications has this printed. Et ignotas animum dimittit in artes. I wonder what this means.

I'm sure the last word means art but have know Idea about the others.

The story starts with once upon a time kind of children's tale. there are

lots of lyrics written in the first couple of pages too "oh the wild rose

blossoms on the little green place, oh the the green wothe botheth." i'm

pretty sure this is an Irish folk song because James Joyce is from dublin

so that would make since. The writing so far is very old sounding. It's

actually allot like the writing in J.R.R Tolkien's "the hobit." very light

and playful. there are often little anecdotes throughout the stories.

There is this conversation between Stephen (the main character) and

Nasty Roche (bully) where Roche asks if his father is a magistrate. I can tell

from the context that its supposed to be an insult but I don't understand why.

I have a feeling im not going to understand alot of things in this book.

There are also phrases like "he'd give you a toe in your rump for your self."

I think this translates too; He would kick your @%#. fairly sure.

A portrait of the artist as a young man

This book was sitting out facing me on my bookshelf so I've decided to give it a try. random books usually end up being some of the best because you don't know what to expect. for that same reason they can also end up being some of the worst.

the back of the book says it's a classic so I'm not sure if i'll be able to read it. classics and master pieces tend to be very boring. but im going to try and appreciate it. the book was published for the first time in 1916 so it will be interesting to see what the writing style of that time was. I bet it will have a much more advanced vocabulary than books of today. Its weird how older books seem to have better vocab than new ones.

The back of the book says it's about a rebelious young artist. Who disobeys his country for his work. I wonder if this means he ducked out of getting drafted into world war 1.

Unfortunatly i just realized its not a non-fiction book so i'll have to read two in a row. I really need some book suggestions if you have any.

One thing that really bothers me about Tucker Max's writing is how he constantly uses and then. He actually explains entire scenes using and then. this really gets boring and repetitive and is hard to pay attention to for to long. Listing events is not a very good way to tell a story it blurs things together and makes the purpose of writing unclear. a good analogy to describe this would be like building a tower by just nailing a long chain of wood together; very weak. I'm definitely going to make a conscientious effort to keep this out of my writing in the future.

Today i found a huge loop hole in "I hope they serve beer in hell" Tucker is telling a story about going to Vegas (blech) with his friend junior. They stop half way through their drive at a fast food restaurant called "in n' out" where they each eat two hamburgers. Later once they've arrived in Vegas they pick up their friend "slingblade." Once they start drinking he tells you that the alcohol and "in n' out" didn't sit well in "slingblade's" stomach. if you pay attention you'll realize that slingblade was in fact not with them when they ate at the restaurant so he couldn't have been sick from the burger that he did not eat. This might not be obvious to a less critical reader but it stuck out like a sore thumb to me.

I've decided that I can no longer force myself to read this book. It may be funny at times but the stories are too unbelievable for me to take seriously.

One thing that really bothers me about Tucker Max's writing is how he constantly uses and then. He actually explains entire scenes

I hope they serve beer in hell

A friend of mine lent me a book called i hope they serve beer in hell. techniquly its a non-fiction book but after reading it, hearing all the crazy coincedences and cliches, as well as a huge plot hole, I'm not so sure.

The book revolves around a notorious "player" named tucker max, and all his out landish friends. their personalities are so simple and predictable, its hard to believe any of it is true. the main focus of the book is how freakin' awesome Tucker Max is. this kind of writing might appeal to twelve year olds but not to me. "We [Junior and I] became friends because he is one of the few people i've ever met in my life who not only does better with women than I do-Way better, actually-but simply put, he can not only keep up with me, he can exceed me at times.not many people can."

All the stories go as fallows Tucker introduces the scene; makes a couple immature jokes about fast food or pooping; tell some crazy tale about how he was the center of attention and did some really manly or cool thing at a party, bar, cocktail party or conference center etc...; got really drunk; hooked up a randomn chick and triumphed at life; he then closes with a reflection of how awesome he is. this writing is unbearably predictable to the point where the reader questions its accuracy.

I haven't decided weather or not I'm going to finish this book yet. so far i dont really like it but we'll see.

I like the way Max brooks uses dramtic language like "the time has come to hunt the hunters." i'm a sucker for language like this. although its really cheesy it has a very bad *** effect. It reminds me alot of Bruce Willis movies like die hard. although they are not the finest forms of literature they are very entertaining.
Max Brooks Zombies remind me alot of these zombie ants that we read about in biology. the ants are taken over by a parasite, which controls all of there muscles. this is just like the virus in the zombie survival guide. the parasite forces the ant to climb up a tree and hang aproximatley 32 inches off the ground. Its amazing to me that a parasite could know something like how high it was off the ground.
"On the attack describes several strategys for killing zombies. the most interesting is "the barricade." This is gathering abunch of barbed wire and cars and things, luring zobies in and, over powering them with heavy artillery and incendiary weapons. this strategy rally shows max brooks "bruce willis" side. its a very cool idea and sounds like alot of fun.
I would really like to write a book like this. it requires lots of imagination and a very creative writing style.

on the attack

On the attack starts off with a narrative about a fictional attack in Omarama. Brooks shows off his skill once again writing like a well researched reporter, even though the story is completely made up. he uses a very fast paced writing style to excite the reader. "He entered; screams, moans, shots were heard; then nothing." the semi colons in the quote keep the reader from pausing and makes them take in all this information very quickly. The last phrase "then nothing." really knocks it out of the ball park for me. Its really not what you would expect but but it is so dramatic.
The rest of the passage tells the story of an unorganized zombie assault that resulted in all members of the party being burned alive. It grabs the readers attention, kind of smacking them in the face and implying, this could be you.
After this passage, Brooks adds a little disclaimer that adds lots of authenticity to the writing. "this chapter is designed to help plasn a civillian search and destroy mission. As stated before various government agencies will have their own equipment and doctrine (hopefully) for dealing with such uncoventional war." Passage's like these really allow me to sit back and forget that this book is fictional.