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99.294387% of teen literature. Especially Australian teen literature. I can't stand the way most authors of teen literature are old people, usually retired teachers, trying to write about 'iss-yews' in a manner supposedly accessible to the youth affected by them. Hence the almost uniform...

Writing to a teenage girl, use "Coucou Sandrine!" All my letters from France contain that header! Also, for informal letters, writing phrases like "Ca va? Moi, j'ai la pêche. (Everything's peachy)" is good. :) Amicalement is a good signing off for all letters.

I'm sitting here waiting for it to upload (frickin' dialup), but I just have to say that I love your Sarah Blasko icon, absolution*. She's so hot...

As a frequent blogger and LJer, I couldn't agree more. You've hit the nail on the head. I LJ for a selected LJ friends list (people I know), and it is largely for self therapy. It's boring to people who don't know me, of course, but it enables me to get advice from people I don't get to see...

I agree that blogging is not hugely powerful. Sure, blogs may change certain people's attitudes, but they're in no way tantamount to the power that real mass media (radio, newspapers, TV, Andrew frickin' Bolt) exercises. It's quite hard to get your blog to rise above the detritus and be widely...

More memoirs than autos, but still great: Frank McCourt - Angela's Ashes Eric Campbell - Absurdistan (great even if you really really aren't a foreign affairs person! only a smidgin better if you are)

If you liked C22 you'll most probably love Douglas Adams' Hitchikers' series. Quite similar style of writing/absurd humour.

http://www.wreckered.co.uk/pics/issue09/britney_pregnant.jpg Interesting...

Jeff Buckley - Grace and... I do wish I listened to more albums.

Oh, good! So I'm not the only one. I fell asleep on the grubby hessian stuff for the first half of his set, then went back to my camp for munchies. I wasn't all that impressed.

Who did you like? I personally thought the Black Keys (listening to them now :D) were the highlight in terms of quality set, but I was too out-of-it by that time to really enjoy it, unfortunately. Other than that, I loved the Living End, JBT, Donovan Frankenreiter, and Mia Dyson. There are...

Ben Folds Five - Selfless, Cold and Composed And for something a little more classic: Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

I've just set up an FF community on LJ: http://www.livejournal.com/falls_festival Join if you have an LJ, or at least bookmark it even if you don't - anyone can view it. Anyone been/planning on going?

http://www.livejournal.com/users/lalaurenisme http://www.leatherrecliner.blogspot.com Add me!

I'm confused. What is this diary you speak of? Can I find it on Amazon?