First rule: Don't play Fight Club - chicagotribune.com

Did you know that there is a video game based on the film version of Fight Club? Have you played it? I have not.

Apparently Levi Buchanan did not love it. Read his review - First rule: Don't play Fight Club - chicagotribune.com

Check out Fight Club (Xbox Video Game) on Amazon.com

Check out Fight Club (Playstation Video Game) on Amazon.com

In the Spirit - Fight Club

"I Think I Told You, I'm A Lover Not A Fighter." - Michael Jackson (in the song The Girl Is Mine featuring Paul McCartney)


Okay. I am not going to join a real fight club. Or make lye soap. So what am I going to do in the spirit of the book? I am glad that you asked.

1. As you already know, I have joined a number of reading challenges. I came across the book 7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups: Strengthen and Sculpt Your Arms, Abs, Chest, Back and Glutes by Training to do 100 Consecutive Push-Ups and decided to read it towards the 100 + Reading Book Challenge. It seems pretty straightforward so I signed up take the 100 Push Up Challenge. You need to have strong arms to be in a fight club, right? I will be starting my routine March 21, 2011. Please join me.

2. I am going to make some melt and pour soap.

3. For my nibble, I chose the recipe My Best Clam Chowder from PIONEERGIRL on allrecipes.com/

The 8 Rules of Fight Club - Kinetic Typography

Another cool kinetic typography video using the rules scene from Fight Club. Posted by jerryhatt on YouTube.com.

Fight Club - Chemical Burn - Kinetic Typography

Graphic artists can come up with the coolest art! Kinetic typograpghy is an animation technique that mixes text and motion. gordoteins posted Fight Club - Chemical Burn - Kinetic Typography on YouTube.com. It uses the lye burn scene from the movie.


After checking into the soapmaking process, I think that I may have to steer away from the whole lye thing ... in favor of something less scary. Like glycerin.

A Fighter's Hustle: Soap Making

Who can turn soap making into a cool job for a dude? Chuck Palahniuk, that's who. The soap hustle was completely unexpected and added a strange twist to the story. It made me curious about soap making.

I found a soap making tutorial using lye on www.YouTube.com. I wasn't able to get the Geocities site referenced at the end of her video to come up. However, I was able to find most of the necessary info on her site, http://www.californiasoapcompany.com/. Check it out for more details.

"Making Soap in a Crockpot" posted by dyavas1

Fight Club on Glass Slippers

There were some CRAZY comments in Fight Club: A Novel. I kept thinking, "How does Palahniuk come up with this stuff?" One that really tripped me out:

“You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away. The condom, I mean. Not the stranger.”- Marla Singer

What would Cinderella think about that? 

What comment in Fight Club really stood out to you?


P.S.

Check out @IAmJacksBot on Twitter. He tweets quotes from Fight Club.

Fight Club: A Novel

This is another example of a book that I probably wouldn’t have read on my own. It’s dark and gritty and violent and crazy. It’s like an impending train wreck that you cannot look away from. I finished it in two days.  

“The first rule about Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club.”  - Tyler Durden

“The second rule about Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club.” - Tyler Durden

With that said, I guess that you’ll have to read it yourself.  

Unexpected Tangent: Fight Club

You'll need to see the movie, Fight Club, to fully appreciate how funny the Jane Austen's Fight Club video is. If you haven't seen it, check out the preview below.

Guess what? TANGENT! The movie is based on Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk. Thus it went on my TBR list.

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Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter
Movie Rating: R
Length: 139 minutes