Either "The Yellow Dwarf," or "The Blue Bird," as retold by Mme. d'Aulnoy, translated from the French and anthologized by Andrew Lang in The Blue Fairy Book and The Green Fairy Book respectively (ill. by Henry J. Ford, New York: Dover, 1965).

IR editor replying to me at the last min. that Nancy Bombaci's review of my Joyce & Jung book can't be included in their forthcoming issue.  Also being informed that I didn't win an IUWC scholarship this yr. when "Thanksgiving 2003" (included in the scholarship application MS) is forthcoming in #119 of Evergreen Review--and the English DGS telling ( Read more... )

First LJ friend was Dennis.  He's the one who introduced me to LJ in the Fall of 2004 when I first met him (i.e. at Ian's Drunk & Unpublished 11/10/04 at Boxcar Books when it used to be located on S. Washington).  He's my brother forever.  But he's still banned fr. the Video Saloon (but he can get into Brothers).  Dennis the Universal Brother of ( Read more... )

No, since I've had so many guys at IU ask me for directions, esp. during the summer when freshmen orientation is at its peak.  But maybe that's because these guys use direction-asking as an excuse to chat with me.  Arright...

Watched it with other Evermann residents at IU including an English dept. colleague who said she was totally not into sports and continued to grade writing assignments and knit throughout the game.  Mega damper.  Should've gone to Kilroy's or Yogi's instead but it was convenient at EV plus there was free food--but it was major frustration I couldn' ( Read more... )