Month: January 2009

I am honestly interested

If you could lock any two people from history in a room indefinitely until they came to some sort of understanding, what two people would you choose? I ask because it bothers me that every philosopher ((in logic, this would be written ‘(??)?’  Only not, because that would be wrong in any language)) has been…

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It’s a state, I swear!

I get in trouble all the time whenever anyone asks me where I’m from. “New Mexico,” I say. “Ahh, Mexico!” they say. “I love South America! Have you ever been to the Leaning Tower of Pisa?” I should rephrase. I get in trouble whenever anyone with a piss-poor grasp of geography asks me where I’m…

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Can you say Eurotrip?

Dear World, I am going to Europe! Now, I’ve never been, so I don’t want to hear any disparaging remarks from all of you people with silver spoons in your mouths (whether this is a recent acquisition or a congenital defect). ((I also don’t want to hear from you because I’m pretty sure spoons affect…

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I’m rewriting my novel, what do you think?

“Little Mary walked to school one day. She stopped to pick up a pretty daisy for a moment, sniffed it, and continued skipping on her way. “La, la, laaa, la, la-la, la laaa!” She sang. There was a shadow ahead of her and Little Mary paused in her tracks. “Mr. Bunny!” Mary giggled and ran…

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2009

Happy New Year All! Write a novel Write another hundred or so microfictitious stories Ride my bike more often Keep a continuous log of the works you’re reading/have read. Move somewhere cheaper and closer OR get a roommate. Get all A’s. Get a paper accepted at a conference or (cross my fingers) for publication. Write…

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