Every time I write an entry like the last one (and the one before that, for that matter), I feel the need to post something that requires a little less thought — for my own sake, as well as for the sake of anyone who may be keeping up on me and my little blog [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 25, 2009
Reading in Recession
Every day I read several different blogs — one of them happens to be The Guardian’s Book Blog. Last week I read an entry that gives some frank advice to writers, in point form, basically letting them know they shouldn’t panic during the current recession. While I’m a writer and I think the advice is [...]
February 19, 2009
the Grammar Queen returns
The last few days of my life have been filled with conversation and debate over the usage of English grammar rules, language education, lol speak, convention, instant messaging etiquette, and any and all things related thereto. It all started over tacos in my kitchen, and now I find myself very much in need of an [...]
February 19, 2009
the perfect wake-up
“So throw those curtains wide! One day like this a year would see me right!”
I encourage people to listen to this song while drinking their morning coffee, as it’s pretty much impossible not to have a good day after hearing this.
February 10, 2009
the three-song definition
As a bit of a reprieve after that last, rather serious entry, I have decided that I will finally write the three-song definition entry that I’d been endeavoring to write for quite some time.
There’s a bit of an explanation behind it, but the general idea is to define yourself by picking the three songs that [...]
February 9, 2009
tasty, and tasteful: free speech and brain food
“Comment is free, but facts are sacred.”
So said CP Scott, anyway.
I often find myself surfing the Guardian’s Comment is free section when I’ve nothing much else to do, these days. I’ve always been a bit curious about the particular quotation they’ve chosen to highlight as the banner of the section. Today, my curiosity got the [...]
February 9, 2009
let me in the sound
U2 has a new record coming out. It comes out on the third of March, and I’m just about beside myself with excitement. It’s been a while since there was some new U2 for me to sink my teeth into, and I’m quite ready to bite into some juicy new tracks. The anticipation for this [...]
February 8, 2009
a child’s fighting chance
Today has me feeling introspective, melancholy, and a little sentimental. I have been trying to get around to writing another post here for a few days, but my unemployed life seems to fill up with random things to do a lot faster than you’d think it would. I’m thankful for that in one way, but [...]
February 2, 2009
whatever comes to mind, or: obsessions of sorts
I’ve decided that, in my current state of being, there’s not much more to do than read and write and try to occupy myself in some productive, possibly drunken, manner. My days are filled with coffee consumption, the news and Arts sections on my favourite web sites, trying to find a way to make some [...]
