Short Critique

A Fine Balance- by Rohinton Mistry
Mistry manages to maintain a fine balance of his own. He blends bad luck with a dash of hope, egging us on - only to dash our expectations with a new set of conflicts and troubles. There is always a silver lining for his characters. He creates something that is Dickensian in its sympathy for the poor while combining it with a celebration of the indomitable spirit of human desire and hope as well as the despair of unfulfilled dreams. A great piece of fiction, if one is able to identify with the characters, on the downside somewhat vague with empty spaces in a lot of areas .
I get the feel mistry did a better job with Such a Long Journey, but overall a good read.

My next read: Persepolis: The Story Of A Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Cute Little Clones!

Five of the eight kittens fathered by a cloned African wildcat rest on a blanket Friday, Aug. 19, 2005, at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species in Algiers, La. The mothers of the kittens are two clones of another wildcat. According to scientists at the centre, it's the first time that clones of two wild species, or any cats, have reproduced naturally. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Ted Jackson)

Rolling Stones!

2 weeks and the rolling stones are in moncton, i am speculating whether i should go or not, considering that i do have a cpl of free tickets that have been offered graciously by my good friend aidan, who's has to go up to toronto for that weekend for a family emergency, personally i am not a big mick jagger fan but then ,,,,might not get to watch the old fella play live again, well i'll wait till the weekend and decide!Hmm lets see what else is goin on rite now in my life,,,, frankly not much, i am at work, had a mostly sober weekend with people around me getting drunk so it was kinda cool, the funny thing is that when u are not drunk yourself you get to appreciate the antics carried out by drunk people around you and have a good laugh:-). We had a bunch of people over at the house for the weekend, patricia,mr.z,sundeep,bertie and patricia's friend from work jocelyn, so friday nite it was sweetwaters time, been prob a yr or more since i went to that place, nothing's changed, not that i expected anything to,,, was alright though considering sundeep was drunk and was trying to make an impression on jocelyn but i think she fancies bertie,and hopefully they will have a thing goin soon,lol, sat. nite was karlas party, was ok but for the fact that most people esp. the girls seem to have a prob with dogs,lol and casey, katies dog is huge, but i wonder how someone could be afraid of the poor thing afterall he is super friendly, oh well anyway, we ended up at sweetwaters anyway, second nite in a row for me and i could not handle that, one night in maybe 2 months i can handle sweets but not 2 nites in a row!!!!, anyway that was the weekend wrap!, and sunday was disappointing cause chelsea beat arsenal, and i thought this was a yr for my teams!!!!,,,, until next time!
My current read: A fine balance by rohinton mistry, will try to write a critique when i finish,lol