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Nate is sick, and I want him to stop.
I saw Jonathaan Safran Foer speak at UMass tonight, and it was really cool to see an author I like in person and hear about how he writes books. A lot of people asked some silly/obvious questions, some were just weird, he didn't really directly answer many, which I liked. His attitude was pretty much that he wrote some books and people will read them and interpret them and he doesn't have much to input after that. Which is cool. I guess. Maybe that's why I like books so much, especially ones that make me feel things. You can't really read a book wrong, and it doesn't really matter (at least not entirely) what the author meant, because he might not have really known what he meant until the book was finished, and what he thinks the book means might not necessarily be what every reader takes away from it. I don't know if I know what I'm talking about. Maybe I should start writing and apply to grad school.
I keep saying that I need to do something- that I need change- but I keep not doing anything.
I saw Jonathaan Safran Foer speak at UMass tonight, and it was really cool to see an author I like in person and hear about how he writes books. A lot of people asked some silly/obvious questions, some were just weird, he didn't really directly answer many, which I liked. His attitude was pretty much that he wrote some books and people will read them and interpret them and he doesn't have much to input after that. Which is cool. I guess. Maybe that's why I like books so much, especially ones that make me feel things. You can't really read a book wrong, and it doesn't really matter (at least not entirely) what the author meant, because he might not have really known what he meant until the book was finished, and what he thinks the book means might not necessarily be what every reader takes away from it. I don't know if I know what I'm talking about. Maybe I should start writing and apply to grad school.
I keep saying that I need to do something- that I need change- but I keep not doing anything.