Posted in happenings on Nov 29th, 2007 2 Comments »
perhaps the best way to preface a synopsis of last week would be to quote herman hesse in demian.
One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.
somehow, years after we’d all graduated, we traveled more than 2,200 miles to meet in the middle of kentucky. and [...]
Posted in thoughts on Nov 28th, 2007 No Comments »
the quiet america – graham greene
a good one so far but it’s much more involved and a little less applicable to my current life. i’ll get to it, though, since i need to and it’s relatively short. favorite quote so far:
“God save us always,” I said, “from the innocent and the good.”
also, my first graham [...]
Posted in books on Nov 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
the moon is down – john steinbeck
ok.. haven’t been too good about staying with this one. i’m picking away at it in pieces. it’s pretty good, though, so far. i’ve always liked steinbeck’s writing and, surprising, he’s doing a pretty good job of portraying the value of individualism.
apparently, it was widely distributed during wwii, [...]
Posted in happenings, trips on Nov 28th, 2007 No Comments »
i’ll be off to visit my aunt and cousins in santa cruz, cali next week. i’m going to have to make sure i take some time to disappear while i’m out there. just need some time away from.. well.. everything.
Posted in writing on Nov 21st, 2007 No Comments »
at the job i had before my current position, it’s pretty safe to say that i wasn’t happy there. i spent five months there and i ended up making an almost daily habit of sending out some depressing or dejected email to a group of loyal readers. i’ve been meaning to and have finally collected [...]
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