I should really update this thing properly...

But I won't. At least, not tonight.

Finished the practically interminable Moby Dick this morning. Took my courage into both hands (is that even an English saying?) and read the last seventy-odd pages. I'm glad it's over. The ending was confusing. In case anyone was wondering, Ahab dies and the whales lives. I was just a little confused about *how* it all happened. I might have to re-read those five pages (yes, folks, 1% of the book has the whale in it) and try to figure it all out again.

On a random note: why do automated phone systems ALWAYS use the Four Seasons in the background? They had it at Bell Mobility, and at this place I called on Thursday (or was it Friday). Anyway. Vivaldi must be spinning in his grave.

( Not-very-uplifting rambling about depression )

( The Last Taboo )

In other words, it's been a very very active time in Phnee's brain, which means not a whole lot got done on the outside.

I'm going to go to bed now. Might get some orange juice first. Have been uncharacteristically thirsty lately.

I should really update this thing properly...

But I won't. At least, not tonight.

Finished the practically interminable Moby Dick this morning. Took my courage into both hands (is that even an English saying?) and read the last seventy-odd pages. I'm glad it's over. The ending was confusing. In case anyone was wondering, Ahab dies and the whales lives. I was just a little confused about *how* it all happened. I might have to re-read those five pages (yes, folks, 1% of the book has the whale in it) and try to figure it all out again.

On a random note: why do automated phone systems ALWAYS use the Four Seasons in the background? They had it at Bell Mobility, and at this place I called on Thursday (or was it Friday). Anyway. Vivaldi must be spinning in his grave.

( Not-very-uplifting rambling about depression )

( The Last Taboo )

In other words, it's been a very very active time in Phnee's brain, which means not a whole lot got done on the outside.

I'm going to go to bed now. Might get some orange juice first. Have been uncharacteristically thirsty lately.

Heh heh heh... *snicker*

This at first ellicited a chuckle from me, and suddenly I found myself unable to stop laughing. If you don't have at least one cat, the odds are good that you won't find this nearly as amusing as I did.

Heh heh heh... *snicker*

This at first ellicited a chuckle from me, and suddenly I found myself unable to stop laughing. If you don't have at least one cat, the odds are good that you won't find this nearly as amusing as I did.

One down, sixty-three and a half million to go

Am hesitating between Eco's The Name of the Rose and Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. So many books, so little time...

On my immediate reading list (apart from those two):

Don Quixotte (I keep threatening to read this and never get around to it, a lot like I did with Moby Dick —I wonder if there's a parallel?) -Miguel Cervantes

The God of Small Things -Arundhati Roy

Trionfo della Morte -Gabriele d'Annunzio (must rummage and find my Italian dictionary if I want to have a snowball's chance in Hell of getting through that)

The Cairo Trilogy -Naguib Mahfouz (I hope I spelled that right)

À la recherche du temps perdu -Marcel Proust

The Pastures of Heaven -John Steinbeck

Hoping that reading will keep me this side of sane for a while. Off to bed now.

One down, sixty-three and a half million to go

Am hesitating between Eco's The Name of the Rose and Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. So many books, so little time...

On my immediate reading list (apart from those two):

Don Quixotte (I keep threatening to read this and never get around to it, a lot like I did with Moby Dick —I wonder if there's a parallel?) -Miguel Cervantes

The God of Small Things -Arundhati Roy

Trionfo della Morte -Gabriele d'Annunzio (must rummage and find my Italian dictionary if I want to have a snowball's chance in Hell of getting through that)

The Cairo Trilogy -Naguib Mahfouz (I hope I spelled that right)

À la recherche du temps perdu -Marcel Proust

The Pastures of Heaven -John Steinbeck

Hoping that reading will keep me this side of sane for a while. Off to bed now.