Today’s Track : The Strokes – Under Control

I don’t want to change your mind
I don’t want to change the world
I just want to watch it go by
I just want to watch you go by
We were young darling, we don’t have no control
We’re out of control

Today’s Word : solipsism \SOH-lip-sih-zum\ noun
: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its
own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing

Today’s Books : Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood, Hey Nostradamus! – Douglas Coupland, The Well of Lost Plots – Jasper Fforde.

Today’s Blurb :

Douglas Coupland has been one of my favourite authors for some time now. I was first introduced to his works through a well-read friend and ever since then I’ve been fascinated with his writing style. I think I’d describe his stories and characters as having an envious humble worldliness. On Tuesday, I went to see Douglas Coupland read at the Harbour Front Theatre with Wanda. From his first few words you could tell he wasn’t an ordinary person. Dressed in an Agent Smith-like suit with Agent Smith-like hair (I wonder if he’s a Matrix fan) – you could tell from his first words that he was an eccentric. What was interesting was the fact that he read bits and pieces from his book but had organized it in such a way that all the separate pieces from the book flowed smoothly from one narration to the other. Random yet structured!!! I was quite surprised at his eccentric personality because his books seem so completely down to Earth. Regardless, I left that reading with more respect for Douglas. I also walked away with three autographed books. If you’ve got the time and inclination to discover a new author, these are three of my favourite Douglas Coupland books: Generation X; Girlfriend in a Coma; and Microserfs.