Stuff I've Read: December 2005

Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling by Barbara Holland

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Epicure's Lament by Kate Christensen

1984 by George Orwell

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

Seven Types of Ambiguity by Eliot Perlman

Happy New Year...

With the good must inevitably come the bad and, subsequently, the hideous. Here are my 6 biggest shitfests of 2005

Worst Flicks of 20051. The Ringer* -- Extra points for making me leave theatre after 30 minutes ( Read more... )

Just as I did at this time last year, I'm going to list my top 10 movies of 2005. Feel free to tell me if I'm fucking nuts.

Top Flicks of 20051. Good Night & Good Luck ( Read more... )

This afternoon I drove on down to the Panera in Hyde Park Plaza to have a bagel, a cup of coffee, and a nice place to sit down and read for a little while. I do this quite frequently and didn't expect today's visit to deviate to much from my experiences in the past. About an hour and a half after sitting down I went back out to my car. As I pulled ( Read more... )

I just received the first of many rejection letters, this one from The Missouri Review. The staff over at Mizzou is quite intimate. The letter was addressed "Dear Author" and signed "The Editors". Even for a form letter that's pretty aloof.

At least they have nice stationary.

For one of the few times since I began this Livejournal I'm going to use it for its' nominal purpose ( Read more... )

What I've Read: November 2005

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Dubliners by James Joyce

Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley

Generation X by Douglas Coupland

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

On The Road by Jack Kerouac

American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies by Walter Kauffman

The Rules of Attraction ( Read more... )

The bulk of my last three days has consisted of doing all the menial, pedantic tasks involved in getting a manuscript ready. Besides the editing, at which I am getting better (I would probably get a C+ from in grammer from Mrs. Richardson now instead of my average D- in 9th grade), I have spent countless hours at FedExKinkos (When did that merger ( Read more... )

Here is Part Deux:

( Driving to Nowhere: Part II )

It is finished, but is too large to fit in one post alone, so we'll make two.

( Driving to Nowhere: Part I )