What He Was Reading
He was reading almost a book a day these last few months and was building his own library of classic books and books he loved.  He had lists of books he wanted to acquire, had some favorite authors, and was reading a lot of poetry, particularly Charkes Bukowski. Â
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Here are some of his recent reads and what was up next on his list.  Â
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Jean-Dominique Bauby
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Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain
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The Commitments Roddy Doyle
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Love is a Dog From Hell Charles Bukowski
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The Dharma Bums Jack Kerouac
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The Basketball Diaries Jim Carroll
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The Pleasures of the Damned Charles Bukowski
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1984Â George Orwell
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Post Office Charles Bukowski
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Bonfire of the Vanities Tom Wolfe (the last book he read)
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Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy was next on his list. His Dad is reading it in his honor.Â
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Ham in Rye Charles Bukowski
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Napoleon, A Life Andrew Roberts
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LNEÂ Franklin Carbonatti
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What He Was Watching
Owen watched a lot of movies and documentaries. It was a frequent topic of conversation with his Dad. Each of them sharing the movies, music, and books they enjoyed and making recommendations to each other on what to watch next. Â
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When he lived at home, we'd pile onto the big couch in the basement for family movie night. Dan would make popcorn (he's the only one that makes it right in the popcorn machine) and we'd settle in for the night. We loved those nights. Â
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He liked to watch nature documentaries to fall asleep and said that the flight to Belize City to San Pedro Belize looked like one of his nature shows. He couldn't believe it was real and that he got to see something so beautiful in person. Â
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Here are some of his recent watches, favorite movies, and shows he binged. Â
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He skipped school to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy with his Dad.  Â
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He was re-watching the Sopranos.
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He read and saw all of the Harry Potter movies. Â
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Slapshot
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The Brutalist
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Bar Fly
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The Right Stuff
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Ironclaw
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He loved the Borat movies
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Breaking Bad
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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The Long Riders
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Once Upon a Time in America (the long version). This might have been his favorite movie.
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He recently watched the Tobey Maguire version of Spider-Man and could not believe that his sister hadn't seen it. He made fun of her for days!
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He was totally freaked out by the albino monk in the DaVinci Code.
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He loved Holes.
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The Winnie the Pooh movie made him cry when he was young.
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What He Was Listening To
Owen had broad taste in music. He mostly listened to rap but also recently went through a Tracy Chapman phase. His taste, like him, was unconventional. Here are some of his Spotify playlists. Â
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