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2009 Reading in Review
I went through phases this year, where I could read a lot really fast, but also where social life, work and graduate school just sucked it all away. I read really cheap modern fiction, science fiction and mystery, and I read classics, and I read classics I had no interest in reading, but told my mother I would if she purchased the book for me ( ( Read more... ) -
November and December reading
I forgot to post my November reading (all four of them), so that is now lumped in with December.
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Prince Caspian
Tonight I saw Prince Caspian, and I figured I would post my comments (though this is, by no means, a review of the movie). They will be a little discombobulated and I will cut anything I think is a spoiler. I am sure there are more, but that is what I can think of right now and what I remember. Soon I will reread the book and have more problems, ( Read more... ) -
Books, books, books
So last week I decided to join librarything, partly in an effort to find new books to read and partly to catalogue the books I already have. What I discovered is that counting the book I am throwing away, and two uncatalogued books, I had 300 books at college. Granted this is most of my personal collection, but there are some books I am practically ( Read more... ) -
Because EVERYONE KNOWS that Robert Jordan sucks
The Wheel of Time series has its faults, certainly, but it is not entirely worthy of derision. George RR Martin wrote a very nice excerpt about Robert Jordan after the latter's death, and after rereading portions of his series, I feel like I want to write something that summarizes my view of it.
First and foremost, there are significant problems. ( Read more... ) -
Hmm...
As trying as this semester has been at times (many, many times), I don't really want it to be done. As tough as it has been to live where I am, in a pig sty, with a number of people who drive me crazy, even if not all of them technically live there, it wasn't long enough. I feel there is more I want to do, I want a re-do on a number of things from ( Read more... ) -
Update on life...
1) I have a picture to draw, a final and a paper edit. Otherwise i just have more thesis edits after my defense on Monday, then I am done with Undergrad ( Read more... ) -
*twitch*
No, I did not just spend 22.5 hours in 24 hours at the library...I didn't stay quite that long. Yes, I did just spend 21.5 out of 23 hours in the library, though ( Read more... ) -
Wikipedia is not completely useless
Though it is prone to generalization and conspiracy theories (and so is modern scholarship in general), the wikipedia article on Alexander III is not all that bad. It is thorough and generally accurate. One person also had an interesting statement about the succession that is worth further examination. I do not know how well they researched the ( Read more... ) -
Thesis and a week update a.k.a. I get what I ask for
I just want to warn people that if you see me and I am not typing/walking resolutely towards class or somewhere I can type/making a caffeine run this week, then something is wrong. Things will go somewhat downhill if I can make it through sleeping tomorrow night--It is entirely possible that I will spend upwards of 20 hours in the library tomorrow ( Read more... )