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What I'm reading now:

The link above goes to a site that helps people network based on their preferences for literature. I haven't even figured out how to use it yet, but take a look and get the idea that a lot more people than me may be obsessed with what they read and how they relate to others... This sumer, I'm also reading: Kafka on the Shore (海辺のカフカ, Umibe no Kafuka ? ) is a novel by Haruki Murakami ( 2002 ). A translated story of a a modern Japanese runaway teenage boy that finds sanctuary in a library. Topics in social alientation, self-discovery, sexuality, and metaphysics. (I'm still working on this one as of 7/24/06). Torpor (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents) by Chris Kraus a semi-autobiographical novel about the author as a young(er) woman and artist struggling to develop her own artistic identity. I liked this book because it was primarily set at the time that I was a late teenager (1988- 1991) and delt with various (now) historical global and political themes that I experienced fir

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Future site of Amazon US1 and King Street Station photo taken circa 1996 Seattle imagery

Typical atmosphere in Seattle

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