I have all kinds of weird ideas at this hour. I should probably write more between 3-5 am.

Here's the Wikipedia entry for "Great American Novel"This amuses me. Mostly because the selections at the bottom are all books that deserve a hefty nod in that direction, though none of them the title. If I had to choose one of that list, I'd pick Dos ( Read more... )

( Dad looks like a science project gone awry. )

So Dad's going to be on radiation for six weeks before he has surgery. In case you're keeping track, that means he'll be undergoing some surgery in early December. That happens to be right before the week I graduate with my engineering degree. We'll see how everything goes between now and then.

( I've been trying to sign up for classes next semester, etc )

My father (who turns 54 on Monday) has cancer. And has had cancer for some undetermined previous amount of time as well. I would say more, but I can't even process it yet. The next few days will involve CAT scans and long discussions.

I don't even have the recourse to freak out yet. It's coming, I just can't do it now.

What a year.

But you hate blogs, Dr. Halpern. I have no idea why you'd bother reading mine.

Still busy. All this working and studying has left me feeling that I have no social life. I realize that's a completely unreasonable assessment, but since everyone decided to complain that I live too far away from them now, it certainly feels that way. If you'd call me around midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, you'll most likely discover that I'm ( Read more... )

Ladies and Gentlemen, which movie is best seen while sitting on the couch eating Indian takeout?And yes, there IS a correct answer. I just want to see if anyone else remembers this scene because it was extremely difficult to find on the internet. In fact, I couldn't find it. I had to remember and search through DVDs. But do you know? If you do ( Read more... )

I wish I could attribute my not posting to the fact that I was out doing a bunch of really crazy or worthwhile things, but I've mostly just been doing schoolwork and devoting weekends to The Galaxy. I did have a minor birthday thing last week, since I did turn 22. It involved MarioKart, David Bowie films, cake and a lot of booze. Not too many ( Read more... )

As a few of you know, I've been struggling through Against the Day for quite a while: so long, in fact, that it's nearly been a year since it came out. While the novel is stylistically easier to read than a good number of Pynchon's works, I just cannot manage to get through it. Lately I've thought about why. There is a sense in which, being such ( Read more... )

The first week of school is over, and I only went to three classes. One of the classes was canceled, and I don't have any classes on Friday this semester. I did, however, break into the ranks of employees at the illustrious Galaxy Cinema on Friday. They're good a good bunch, and they've tolerated my inexperience reasonably well. Hopefully they' ( Read more... )