The Book Fair (and some other stuff)

The Cairo international book fair:

Well, I finally got to go to the book fair yesterday. After I toured the fair ground for a good six hours, I am now finally declaring bankruptcy and I'm quite happy about it XD.
I decided to buy more arabic books and less english novels this yr for a change. Thankyou to my friend A.H. (one of the most well-read ppl I've met in my age group), who gave me some recommendations for arabic books.
These are the books I bought, save for one book my mom borrowed which is "whatever happened to the Egyptians?" and the biography of Ernesto "Che" Guevara currently residing with my friend Spellz:

13 books, just like last yr (with a small number of "rowayat masreya lel geeb") as usual..*giggle*

Things I noticed there and liked :

• It was crowded as usual but there were more ppl actually looking at the books than usual.
• Alot of ppl were donating blood (including myself..yay for all of usXD).
• There were more mini-buses moving ppl around this yr unlike the dreaded "taff-taff" or choo-choo train where the little children tend to get attached to your neck,legs and waist like super-glue with one hand and a greasy sandwich in another while their mommies smile at you in pride. Not to mention the fact that you had to wait for it quite some time and when it actually arrived ppl DIDN'T get off because apparently the ride was lottsa fun and they want to do it again, so you end up walking with your heavy book bags./end rant (can you tell I'm not a fan of the little train?).
  
• All of the ppl working there were very helpful so kudos to them for that.

Places I recommend there, though I'm probably stating the obvious to anyone who's been there:

• Dar el-Sherouk
• AUC bookstore
• The Egyptian-American book centre in ITALIA hall.
• EL-Ahram library.
• Akhbar el Youm.

And to my dear friend R.A. who tried to donate blood but almost passed out halfway and actually cried because she couldn't ; I know you were sweet, but I had no idea that you were that sweet :D!

Now on to utterly trivial matters:

Today is Actor Christian Bale's birthday, so here's a little feature about him just to satisfy the little *cough*actually really big*cough* fan girl in me:

Basic Stats :

Name:Christian Charles Philip Bale
BD&BP:30/1/1974 in Wales.
Height: 6 ft.
Spouse: Married to Winona Ryder's former assistant, Sibi 'Sandra' Blazic since 29/1/2000 who is quite possibly one of the luckiest women on earth and at the same time gives hope to average looking chicks everywhere (lol I'm so sorry, that was just awfully bitchy of me *hangs head in shame...well sorta*)
Children: Has one baby girl rumored to be named Emmaline( her name has never been released to the press..good for them), born on 27/3/2005.
Latest movie(s) released: Harsh times and The Prestige in 2006
Latest movie(s) not yet released: I'm not there (about Bob Dylan apparently) and Rescue Dawn.
Favorite charcter of mine he ever did: Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.

Now some pictures:
Christian Bale looking intense















Christian Bale looking like he's pissed and about to choke a bitch.









Christian Bale looking thoughtful.



















Christian Bale looking like he's drunk and about to mug you.












Christian Bale about to whack somebody's head off with an axe.















Christian Bale all smiley and stuff.


















Christian Bale looking emaciated and about to fall over and die in "The Machinist"











and finally, little Christian!













*****Expect something equally awful whenever it's a birthday of a favorite Actor/Actress of mine****

Guts? Well, wow...and ewww.

I've just read 'Guts' by Chuck Palahniuk. All I can say is Holy Shit, that was amazing. I was both mesmerized and repulsed . I found the first part of the story highly amusing and I did not expect the rest of it to end up the way it did.The events are so disturbing to think about yet I can't get my mind off of it.If you have a strong stomach, I highly recommend this story. It's a short story and it's online. I'm definitely going to check out more of his books.

It reminds me of another book which both fascinated me and disturbed me ; American Psycho. Except that this novel actually made me gag and throw up in my mouth a few times and I have a pretty strong stomach. Anyone who's read it will understand this; cheese, a tube , a hungry rodent and a vagina *gag*. I hate that I have the memory of reading that part in my brain yet I enjoyed it thoroughly and will probably read it again(once we move into our house which is being decorated at the moment, since all of my books are lying in a big box in its basement*sigh*). The movie on the other hand, well Christian Bale kinda distracted me from the whole psycho-killer-cuts-up-women issue. He's a fucking amazing actor (IMHO) but he's just.. awfully pretty...