Darn You, Patrick,
And your memes.
1. One book that changed your life: Moby Dick, but you knew that already. No poetry sings to me like "The Lee Shore"-- and I am always trying to get as close as I can to the sea without falling in.
2. One book that you've read more than once: E.B. White's One Man's Meat-- my cure for a bad day.
3. One book you'd want on a desert island: I hate these questions. I'm going to go with Don Quixote in the original Spanish-- with a good dictionary. I'd have plenty of time to work through it.
4. One book that made you laugh:I don't get "Hitchhiker's Guide." I am, however, enough of a snob to list Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" as one of my favorite funny books. And I do like Terry Pratchett.
5. One book that made you cry: The first and only book that has made me cry was Frances Hodgson Burnett's "A Little Princess". Mom was reading it to me at bedtime, and I have distinct memories of burying my face in the pillow to hide the fact that I was crying.
6. One book that you wish had been written: An Illustrated Introduction to Medieval Studies, with Color Charts and Extended Glossary Patrick, your "OK, I Admit That Algebraic Geometry Is A Hoax, by Robin Hartshorne." made me laugh.
7. One book that you wish had never been written: I have bad memories of wasting time reading The Chocolate War in Seventh Grade. I'm still bitter about it.*
8. One book you're currently reading: John Davies' A History of Wales. Along with Alice Hogg's God's Secret Agents and Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens
9. One book you've been meaning to read:I should really finish both The Brothers K and Great Expectations. Mom would probably like it if I gave in and read Middlemarch. And while I love Austen, I've never read Emma.
* I could get really triumphalist and disavow anything by Luther, but he's just too friggin** interesting.
** Yesterday, in class, Kat said "Mae hi'n friggin oer"-- "It's friggin cold". Esaiah was very confused and spent a great deal of time trying to find "friggin" in the dictionary.
1. One book that changed your life: Moby Dick, but you knew that already. No poetry sings to me like "The Lee Shore"-- and I am always trying to get as close as I can to the sea without falling in.
2. One book that you've read more than once: E.B. White's One Man's Meat-- my cure for a bad day.
3. One book you'd want on a desert island: I hate these questions. I'm going to go with Don Quixote in the original Spanish-- with a good dictionary. I'd have plenty of time to work through it.
4. One book that made you laugh:I don't get "Hitchhiker's Guide." I am, however, enough of a snob to list Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" as one of my favorite funny books. And I do like Terry Pratchett.
5. One book that made you cry: The first and only book that has made me cry was Frances Hodgson Burnett's "A Little Princess". Mom was reading it to me at bedtime, and I have distinct memories of burying my face in the pillow to hide the fact that I was crying.
6. One book that you wish had been written: An Illustrated Introduction to Medieval Studies, with Color Charts and Extended Glossary Patrick, your "OK, I Admit That Algebraic Geometry Is A Hoax, by Robin Hartshorne." made me laugh.
7. One book that you wish had never been written: I have bad memories of wasting time reading The Chocolate War in Seventh Grade. I'm still bitter about it.*
8. One book you're currently reading: John Davies' A History of Wales. Along with Alice Hogg's God's Secret Agents and Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens
9. One book you've been meaning to read:I should really finish both The Brothers K and Great Expectations. Mom would probably like it if I gave in and read Middlemarch. And while I love Austen, I've never read Emma.
* I could get really triumphalist and disavow anything by Luther, but he's just too friggin** interesting.
** Yesterday, in class, Kat said "Mae hi'n friggin oer"-- "It's friggin cold". Esaiah was very confused and spent a great deal of time trying to find "friggin" in the dictionary.
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As I read this your cat is friggin' annoyin' meowin'. The two girls are playing up the "starved for attention" attitude in a big way. Lu, my department chair wants to know if Asa is a common Welsh name.
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