Yesterday I wanted to go to Nikko, but decided it was too far away. I`ve been reading Waldon, and this gave me an unusual mood: I wanted to go to a "natural" place. I ended up in Mito, which is not very natural, but has a beautiful lake and Japanese gardens. ( Read more... )

I found out whilst taking the GRE Literature practice test (yes, I do strange things in my spare time) that I have little to no idea about most British literature after Shakespeare until Jane Austen. Yep. I guess I should include Shakespeare's contemporaries too...ok, maybe the whole 16th century besides Shakespeare. *is somewhat ashamed, but also ( Read more... )

Ugh. I spent most of the day horizontal, taken down by the flu.

On the upside, I got more presents from my family today (including The Time Traveler's Wife, a C.S. Lewis book of essays, and the new Reliant K cd ( Read more... )

Instead of going to a party my co-workers had for Halloween, I stayed in bed and alternated between being freezing cold and burning up. I wanted to just sleep all day.
Books I've read recently:

She-Apparently the back cover of this book claims that both Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were influenced by this book. The only thing the same is that there's ( Read more... )

Today I went to a rugby game. I will try almost anything (if it doesn't go against my moral code) at least once, so I thought I would go see the sport where brutality is lauded, and being bloody on the pitch can get one sent to the bench. Shaun wanted to explain everything to me, though I think he was surprised to find out I already knew quite a ( Read more... )