Holy psychidelic ego on a toasted bun with lettuce, onion, tomato and a pickle. I have discovered the most self-absorbed, Mary Sue-ish, pretentious, adolescent writer ever to wet herself over an Anne Rice novel. Go read this chick's bio. Read the damn 'preview' of her book, while you're at it, too. There are so many things to snark at, I just ( Read more... )

When I was twelve years old, I read The Odyssey for the first time, and I fell in love. But even as I sat there, loving it, I was discontent. Why? Because this epic was supposed to be poetry and as long as I was reading it in translation, I wasn't reading it in all of its original glory.

And so I set myself a goal. One day, I would read The ( Read more... )

It is only week 1. Why do I already have an essay crisis on my hands?

Oh, that's right. Franco.

Franco is going to drive me over the edge. He really, truly is. That man is a basket case and he is destroying all his students. The latest on the ever-growing pile of Franco-related crap: we recieved an email this morning (as in, five minutes ago) saying that he expects us to sit a mock exam at two o'clock this afternoon. This, to me, sound ( Read more... )

Before my very eyes, the boy-god Pan stepped out of Greek myth and onto the streets of Cambridge. I have never seen so beautiful a boy in all my life. Normally, I find beauty in a male to be on the laughable side, but this boy ( Read more... )

Instructions: Take this list of authors, remove those whose efforts do not grace your shelves, and bring the list up to ten by adding some more that do. New paragraph indicates newly added authors.

J.R.R. Tolkien
E.A. Poe
Shakespeare
Dante Alighieri
Dorothy L. Sayers

G.K. Chesterton
John Donne
Bill Bryson
Anthony Trollope
Virgil

This makes me cry.

It includes the 'happy ending' version of Romeo and Juliet.

I despair for humanity.

And furthermore, I've been scrolling about through other peoples' journals, and they are all admirably political and socially conscious. And I applaud you all. As for me, I choose not to write about politics. No point, for one thing. The only folks reading this are already responsible-types and don't really need me to help them on that score. ( Read more... )

You Know You're From Washington DC When...

You say you're from DC, but you actually live in VA or MD but are too tired to explain where ( Read more... )

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