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Two more book for the "finished" list:

CS Lewis: The magician's nephew
CS Lewis: The last battle

Aaaaaand a filkerdave">meme from filkerdave

Put your iPod or iTunes or whatever you use to listen to MP3s on random or shuffle. Use the corresponding songs to answer the following questions. Don't reshuffle your songs just because you don't like them or because you don't want anyone to know you have Styx on your iPod.

1) What do you think of me?
Rammstein: Amour - Wow. Thanks! I .. ummm .. you do know I'm already engaged, right?

2) Will I have a happy life?
Pasadena Roof Orchestra: Paddlin Madelin Home - Well... Won't it get boring after a while? I know that happy-swing is .. well .. happy, but ... my entire life?

3) What do my friends really think of me?
Einstürzende Neubauten: Zum Tier Machen - I'm not one already? o.O

4) Do people secretly lust after me?
Die Fantastischen Vier: Albert und die Philosophen - Oh, they do, do they? Hrm. Well. I don't know how to put this, but...

5) How can I make myself happy?
Bob Rivers: I love your breasts the way they are - Well, I guess I should just stop trying to get back into shape then?

6) What should I do with my life?
Stefan Raab: Maschendrahtzaun - So .. mathematician is out?

7) Why must life be so full of pain?
Simon & Garfunkel: Scarbourough Fair - Ummmmmmm, what?

8) Will I ever have children?
Assemblage 23: Surface.grip - *blink*blink*

9) Will I die happy?
Schandmaul: Tyrann - I dunno what to say about this. I never thought of myself as someone valuing power for power itself, but...

10) Can you give me some advice?
Gigi D'Agostino: Another way - Right. Get right back at it, it is?

11) What do you think happiness is?
Infected Mushroom: Nothing comes easy

12) What is my favorite fetish?
Dahler Mehndi: Bolo ta ra ra - saaaaay what? Dancing indian girls? Or?

13) How will I be remembered?
Bizet: Toreador - How did I end up bullfencing. Really. I wanna know what happened.

Welcome to the bizarro world of cultural journalism

DN - one of the most reputable swedish newpapers - writes in a review of the TV-series "Rome"

Året är 52 f Kr, och Gajus Julius Caesar är just i färd med att kuppa till sig den diktatoriska makten i världens mäktigaste stat, det romerska riket (stor krigare som till slut kanske blev mest känd för den julianska kalendern - säg, är det inte ett ironiskt litet löje?!).

(or - slightly free translation by me)

It is the year 52 b.C., and Gaius Julius Caesar is just about to grab the dictatorial power of the mightiest state of the world, the roman empire (large warrior who eventually was maybe most well-known due to the Julian calendar - isn't it ironic?!).

Now ... the Julian calendar being the main thing you'd remember upon hearing of Gaius Julius Caesar? Say what?

And it's not even as if the reviewer doesn't know the Asterix comic - he refers to a character in the series behaving like Obelix just a few paragraphs later.

What are these people smoking?