Tag Archives: reading

grumbling about personal blogs changing

Published: 24 February 2010
This will just be a brief post to grumble about blogs that I used to enjoy that have changed such that I no longer care about their content. This is probably going to sound whiny but it’s been bugging me for a while, so of course I’ve got to vent about it on my [...]
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House of Leaves

Published: 6 February 2010
I bought a new book last night: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. And by “new”, I mean new to me, not new as in it just came out. It apparently was published in 2000 but I just now heard about it (on Reddit, actually) and got intrigued so I bought [...]
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a Strange Land of cedar

Published: 2 December 2009
I’ve been reading Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein for the past couple of days, ever since I brought it back from my parents’ house over Thanksgiving break. I’ve tried to read the book before but never made it very far because 1) I’m fickle when it comes to books (my Wii [...]
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apartment, HP, grad. classes

Published: 23 April 2009
Pfhew, so let’s see what’s going on in my life, since it’s been some time since I last updated with a real entry. I’m moving this weekend to my new apartment, and it’s going to suck like all moves suck, but this one I’m hoping will be better, at least in some ways, than [...]
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philosophy and Twilight

Published: 8 October 2008
Wow, what do I blog about? I’m about to skip my astronomy class because, darn it, it’s wet out there and my feet hurt and I just want to huddle indoors by the warmth of a laptop. I’ll feel guilty later for skipping it, I just know it, but maybe I’ll decrease that [...]
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Pratchett quote

Published: 17 May 2008
I just bought Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, and I’m already tickled I did. Here’s why I love Terry Pratchett*: Two shadowy figures, one hunched and squat, the other lean and menacing, both of them Olympic-grade lurkers. If Bruce Springsteen had [...]
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lizards and coffee

Published: 20 May 2007
We caught a lizard! (The excitement never dies down in my life, does it?) There have been a few plump, gray lizards that sun themselves on Todd’s parents’ front porch, which is very sunny during the day. Todd and I caught one yesterday but he gave us the slip before I could [...]
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Harry Potter excitement and anxiety

Published: 18 May 2007
Nothing much happens when you’ve not got work or class to attend. I’ve been hanging around my apartment each day, reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix like mad and occasionally doing the dishes. I can have a completely empty sink then make one meal, and it’s full again; dishes are [...]
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Harry Potter and the endocrine system

Published: 25 April 2007
I started rereading Cujo by Stephen King the other day, but now I’m not sure I want to finish it. For those that have seen the movie, the book’s ending is different, and much sadder. I may well continue reading it because I enjoy a good scare, but the sad ending won’t be [...]
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