Thursday, July 12, 2007

I've been reading The Curious Incident of the WMD In Iraq, and it's a parody of Mark Haddon's A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It's like the british version of the farenheit 9/11 reader, featuring tony blair. It's a much more enjoyable and easier read than the Farenheit 9/11 reader, with the book structured like a novel, with a rising action, conflict, climax and all. (though it might seem a far stretch to some) I also like the humor in the book, which is british-y and mostly centres on the assumption that tony blair is stupid. (like christopher in A Curious Incident) So actually the jokes aren't that witty, but the author references a lot of songs, not all which I know about.

I went to look for this song that tony was supposed to have listened to in his youth- he was in a band- it's called Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple. It's very old-school, the kind of rock featured in the School of Rock, and mr m izar played the guitar bit on the last day of school last year. haha 210 people might/might not remember this. We also sat in a circle and sang avril lavinge and backstreet boys, if that jogs your memory. (how embarrassing for me to mention all this) /end digression.

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