Dear Thanksgiving Break,and Christmas soon after:please be like an unwelcome guest. Come early, leave late,leave your keys on the sink,and stand talking beside the door. Bring unhealthy food;wear garish red sweaters;monopolize conversation. Thanksgiving, Christmas:Just one thing, please promise:Don’t cancel at the last minute. That’s all.
Category Archives: Literary Love
When Benjamin Met Lynch and Blake
This is what happens when it’s 10 o’clock at night and you don’t want to read philosophy for your 9:30 class. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. When Benjamin Met Lynch and Blake When Benjamin met Lynch and BlakeThey all went out for tea,Except that Blake re-named the cakes,And Lynch forgot the brie. “No problem,Continue reading “When Benjamin Met Lynch and Blake”
Solidarity of the Scar
If you read the title and instantly knew what I was talking about, you’re well on your way to sharing in the fascinating and complex solidarity of the scar. a.k.a. Harry Potter fandom. Official announcement: I am a geek. I am a literary geek most of all. And so, with some inbred sense of sheepishness,Continue reading “Solidarity of the Scar”
A Poem About Loss
I moved recently. When you move, you lose stuff: Like your address book, And thank you cards, And office supplies, Including stamps, All things which, seemingly, Would be in the same box, But are nowhere to be found. A sad story: Sad, but true, Like a poem someone writes While standing in an animal shelterContinue reading “A Poem About Loss”
30 Degrees of Perspective
Sometimes, I do strange things when I’m sleeping. Sometimes I remember them. Sometimes I just wake up with a really sore neck. Like today. I’m currently walking around with my head tipped 30 degrees to the right because it hurts to keep my head upright, tilt it 31 degrees to the right or tilt itContinue reading “30 Degrees of Perspective”
Misleading book titles and my lack of patience
Taking a break from my heavier reading list, I recently decided to pick up The Inheritance “Trilogy” by Christopher Paolini. Friends who know I enjoy fantasy had recommended it to me, and I’d had a copy of Eragon I purchased at a library book sale sitting on my shelf for almost a year. Knowing thatContinue reading “Misleading book titles and my lack of patience”
Anthem for Doomed Indecisivists
Heading to Boston tomorrow to visit Emerson College (visit my sis!!!!) and start making my final decision about grad school. Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited about the trip, especially the sister part. But when I get back, I have to make up my mind, knowing “I could get stuck for good!” So in aContinue reading “Anthem for Doomed Indecisivists”
GRE Literature in English
It’s over. Now if only I didn’t have to wait 4-6 weeks to find out my score. I’ve already calculated all the probabilities, and I hate waiting. Why didn’t I read more postmodern philosophers and dramatists? Oh yes – I remember why.
Greater Expectations
Only one week stands between me and the GRE subject test in Literature in English, which I have been dreading for the past two months. Unlike the creator of the study site I have been using (Vade Mecum), I did not study for fifteen hours a week for five months. Two months will have toContinue reading “Greater Expectations”
Snark on the Side 