FINALLY

otherland. finished. incredible. so great. the ending. perfect. couldn't be better. this series. amazing. it is now 4:52 am and this last book weighed in at 1066 pages. so many passages from the book that i thought of writing about, in here, but that would simply take too long.

two things:

one for sorrow
two for joy
three for a girl
four for a boy
five for silver
six for gold
seven for a secret
never to be told

these 8 lines, attributed to traditional, start part 4 of 5 of this book. they're also in a murder of one. i'd google the passage, but i figure it will only turn up counting crows song lyrics. eh, might as well try it now. i remember i downloaded some live version of a murder of one, freshman year, off kazaa, and i've never been able to find it since. it was much more down than it is on live across a wire, and whatever album it's in. it made much more sense to me that way, and i've never been able to find it again, which sucks. (apparently, it's just a nursery rhyme? what the hell kind of nursery rhyme is it? it doesn't seem right for a little kid to hear it)

i'm reading this as i've got all the 5-star rated songs in my itunes playing. and, exactly as the hero rises, reborn, out of the well, last dinosaur by the pillows comes on. exactly. it felt so right. i don't know how it worked out that way, but it made the experience that much more vivid.