i'm just about half way done with the kite runner (it's a very quick read, thank goodness, cuz i have lots of books waiting for me, and still more i want to get!). i try not to think of all the hype it's gotten, and how everyone loves it so much (altho i have heard a couple of comments that it's not all that great). the only complaint i have is all the farsi he uses, which he then translates to english. he does it a LOT and it's really distracting. oh, and the way he makes fremont sound like the ghetto with chain link fences and houses with bald tires and beer bottles littering their front yards. okay, fremont has it's areas that aren't so pretty, but gosh, do you have to make it sound like such a dump? and, the indian movie theater on fremont blvd didn't turn into an indian movie theater in the 80's. that didn't happen til the mid 90's. i know this cuz my friend went to the rocky horror picture show at the then ABC theater every saturday at midnight. so far i like the book, but i agree with M, there is something about the book that is very elementary.

i realized that my new blog layout was meant for ppl with larger monitors set at a higher resolution, so parts of it might not look the way i intended. i guess we underestimated everyone's monitors. sorry guys.