I was greatly disappointed by Timothy Findley's Pilgrim. I had high hopes for it -- I mean, how could you go wrong with Findley writing a magic realism piece about Carl Jung? He's a great craftsman, and it's great material ( Read more... )

I just thought I'd pop in to wish a Happy Lughnassadh to all those who observe it ^_^

I'm very slowly getting caught up on LJ again. Mostly I've been wrapped up in writing, in work, in Timothy Findley. I tried Psychonauts today -- I saw it at node357's -- and it deserves its reputation.

Er, yes -- how about ancient Roman Graffiti from the city of ( Read more... )

So, first day of my vacation from school, I've taken it very easy. I've written about four and a half pages with more on the way, read a little Carl Jung. There's snow outside. Add a little green tea or white chocolate, and this day would be perfect ^_ ( Read more... )

I'm so sick of postmodernism -- I know anybody reading this journal is probably sick of my being sick of PoMo.

Today I read a particularly vile piece of trash called "'Singing Our Way Out of Darkness': Findley's Anti-Censorship Argument in Headhunter." It's a Postmodern treatment of it, and I've never seen the Postmodern hypocrisy laid more ( Read more... )

ElexmasWell, I took to the streets with thousands of others in ice cold-temperatures (oh, the irony) in support of the Kyoto Accord on global warming. Organizers were expecting only 15000, but Ken Hechtman, who's pretty much in a protest march every other week and has been for decades, says that he could see about 50000 to 60000 people, and parts ( Read more... )

( Essays for the University of LaPuta, Queer Tax Returns, and Sadomasochistic Housework )

ElectionFor those of you who don't follow the news, the Liberal government fell at 7:09 pm tonight. That means we are in election mode. The precise date of the election has yet to be set, but it will likely be mid- to late January ( Read more... )

I woke up very late this morning since I spent half the night reading Headhunter. I'd gotten to a scene I just couldn't put down -- Marlow's conversation with Austin Purvis, two-thirds of the way through, for those who've read it ( Read more... )

On the downside, I am ill. On the plus side, I am reading Timothy Findley again, now that I've finished The Great Gatsby.

Still, there must be better states to read Findley in than lightheaded and nauseous.

So, I went to the Homo Hop last night -- first dance I've gotten to in years. I was hanging out with a lot of great people, and it was a lot of fun in spite of most of the music. Whatever happened to music genres other than hip hop? I'm old enough to remember them ( Read more... )