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No cats, no country & western music, and only one bathroom run. My eyes pop open at 7:07. Almost a straight eight-hours sleep. Funny, though, I still feel more beat-up than fresh and lively, and it is taking forever for my eyes to clear and focus for the computer and this typing.
Feb. 23rd, 2012
Romance Novels
Feb. 23rd, 2012 10:41 amMen must be transformed by love and enter into the woman's realm in order to emerge as fully-realized human beings.
-- Maria Bustillos at The Awl
Ms. Bustillos writes that this is a central theme of romance novels. Her larger theme is that people are too dismissive of romance literature as little fantasies for women readers. I doubt she will persuade anyone that this is truly serious literature. The main problem for that thesis, I think, is that such books will never tell the reader something new or lead him to look at his life or world in a different way, nor does the genre draw our best wordsmiths. Nevertheless, I thought the above quote was a great line, and it gave me pause in my skimming and made me think a little.
-- Maria Bustillos at The Awl
Ms. Bustillos writes that this is a central theme of romance novels. Her larger theme is that people are too dismissive of romance literature as little fantasies for women readers. I doubt she will persuade anyone that this is truly serious literature. The main problem for that thesis, I think, is that such books will never tell the reader something new or lead him to look at his life or world in a different way, nor does the genre draw our best wordsmiths. Nevertheless, I thought the above quote was a great line, and it gave me pause in my skimming and made me think a little.
this whole Kindle business
Feb. 23rd, 2012 12:28 pmI saw that Milton's great works are available for free. But the Kindle was not to be found. I supposed Pop took it to show Jack and them. It turns out that Pop took it to have a "shield" put on the Kindle. It cost "big bucks". I shouldn't have said that I didn't like having to tap on the screen so much in order to operate the Kindle. I only hope he will follow through on Amazon's Prime membership.
Money, money, money.
As it is, before Pop got into this whole Kindle business, I was set on asking for a little extra cash to get a haircut. My hair really needs a shearing now. I'm kind of shy about asking for the help now, since Pop has just spent hundreds of dollars on something that is at least as much for my amusement as his, though let it be noted for the record that he keeps the Kindle in his possession, even if I don't have any idea what he sees in it for himself.
As far as the haircut goes, I realize that I need more than a little help, being in the middle of library season. I'm not going to skip a serving of chicken fried rice. If I had not gotten into DVD TV-shows, I would be fine, but I have gotten into them. I'm thinking I may just wait until the end of the library season for my haircut, but we are talking about a good three months. My hair will be such a moppy mess.
Money, money, money.
As it is, before Pop got into this whole Kindle business, I was set on asking for a little extra cash to get a haircut. My hair really needs a shearing now. I'm kind of shy about asking for the help now, since Pop has just spent hundreds of dollars on something that is at least as much for my amusement as his, though let it be noted for the record that he keeps the Kindle in his possession, even if I don't have any idea what he sees in it for himself.
As far as the haircut goes, I realize that I need more than a little help, being in the middle of library season. I'm not going to skip a serving of chicken fried rice. If I had not gotten into DVD TV-shows, I would be fine, but I have gotten into them. I'm thinking I may just wait until the end of the library season for my haircut, but we are talking about a good three months. My hair will be such a moppy mess.
“If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier; if I didn’t have any sex organs, I wouldn’t waver on the brink of nervous emotion and tears all the time.”
-- Sylvia Plath Journals, 1950
Teenagers! Okay, the problems and the grief never go away, but it gets a little better and we gain some perspective.
-- Sylvia Plath Journals, 1950
Teenagers! Okay, the problems and the grief never go away, but it gets a little better and we gain some perspective.
February 5, 1991
Feb. 23rd, 2012 04:50 pmMy behavior has become more worthy of concern. I seem to be doing as little as possible. This is more problemsome in light of the fact that my sizable student loan obligations are becoming due. [...] My main disappointment, however, is that I don’t seem to be able to make much of my “intellectual projects”. After all, I am not dead yet.
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February 23, 2012
At least I have been able to make something of my “intellectual projects”, thanks to my breakthrough into a real reading life, which has included making the worlds of Shakespeare, Homer, and Milton mine, and more. And no small thanks belongs to the Internet and my happy early experiences in the blogosphere, which opened me up to a lot of wonderful social contacts and feedback, even if only through the medium of cyberspace. It made me feel real and significant. Unfortunately, none of this has led to making money, nor to having a real social life. But I am okay with what I got and what I am doing with my time. The concern is how long can this last. How much longer can Pop stay healthy - physically and financially?
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February 23, 2012
At least I have been able to make something of my “intellectual projects”, thanks to my breakthrough into a real reading life, which has included making the worlds of Shakespeare, Homer, and Milton mine, and more. And no small thanks belongs to the Internet and my happy early experiences in the blogosphere, which opened me up to a lot of wonderful social contacts and feedback, even if only through the medium of cyberspace. It made me feel real and significant. Unfortunately, none of this has led to making money, nor to having a real social life. But I am okay with what I got and what I am doing with my time. The concern is how long can this last. How much longer can Pop stay healthy - physically and financially?
