The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (1888)

Alright, so since I'm in a 400 level Oscar Wilde class you might end up hearing quite a bit more about him because he is one of my favorite authors and a fascinating historical figure on top of that, not to mention smack dab in like, one of my top three historical periods to study and he pretty much dominates ( Read more... )

Certain events in the last few months ((Last year)) have me considering long and hard who I am and what makes me me. There's certainly plenty of things I can point a finger too and go, hey, look! But, like everyone, there are very specific things that shape a person's mind set ( Read more... )

 Last night I completed Les Miserables. Woo! All 1,463 pages worth of it, in a little over a week. I'm going to go back to my knitting kick now... 

 On page 732 of Les Miserables. Halfway done. o.o

I did set myself up for this by reading this book, but I'm really enjoying it so far. Also, going at it much quicker than the Count of Monte Christo. Honestly, I like Hugo as a writer a great deal more than Dumas ((Though I will go back and read Three Musketeers someday! I will!)).

After this, my ( Read more... )

Ray Bradbury is my new hero. So totally. Because, he is awesome. And I just finished about half of Fahrenheit 451. Such a good book and I love his ideas and stuff. Especially how he talks about good writting ( Read more... )

I just realized I have never seen ANY of the Lord of the Rings extended editions. Mostly cuz by the time they all came out I was feeling very anti-lotr.

Now I really want to see them.

Damnit.

At least my extended family. My family, ie dad mom and brother, are really not ( Read more... )

Everyonce and a while I get it into my head that I don't like Lord of the Rings for whatever reason, probably 'cause of all the hype over Legolas and Return of the King. And then I watch Fellowship again and remember that yes, I really do love this story ( Read more... )