2002-01-16

who says school can't be fun (um, i do. repeatedly.)

trying to read entire novels in one night is bad. especially when they are long-winded, herman melville-type novels. in the future, i will plan ahead. (yeah, just like how in the future i was going to update this every day. that sure happened.)

"Such is the summary style in which the Typees convert perverse-minded and rebellious hogs into the most docile and amiable pork; a morsel of which placed on the tongue melts like a soft smile from the lips of Beauty."

Herman Melville, Typee

what really gets me is the "amiable pork." my friendly dinner. "hello, kim, i will be your meal tonight. would you like me to get you some ketchup? we aim to please. . ."

and, i actually read more than just the melville. i'm also taking a class called 'the icelandic saga,' and i actually did some of the reading (for thursday, even.)

"Sinfjotli took the horn and said: "There is poison in this drink." Sigmund answered: "Filter it through your mustache, son." The king was quite drunk, and therefore he talked in this way."

The Saga of the Volsungs, trans. Jesse Byock

oh those zany icelanders.

12:36 a.m.

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