I actually saw someone with one of those "looking for a japanese girlfriend" Tshirts as I glanced down at the students meandering through the library.

EWwwwwwww

School starts tomorrow. I am actually looking forward to it, mostly because of ennui, but also because it may be very interesting this quarter. Two composition courses; I am hoping that the upper level poetry class fills in the enormous gaps (flood plains, rather) left by my beginning poetry class. And a lit class about gothic literature. Might be interesting, certainly of use to the budding critic. Gothic literary traditions are probably the most useful area to brush up on if I were to wri

Following this story on Wired (courtesy of /.); well, I am enthused. That looks pretty freaking gnarly.

The nature of modernist fiction . . . big topic, I suppose . . .

The narrative technique is very important. Previously novels tended to use the third person omniscient narrators. These didactic narrators usually wrote to enlighten the reader over a moral issue. The characters would find conflict, the narrator would loom over it all like God and tell you how they resolve it and why they should.

Phantom Surfers, "The Cat Came Back"

For behold, I am the child of technology. I write in my online journal on my new mac laptop, while my desktop system/file server is downloading an unusual but interesting japanese cartoon that has been released to global english speaking audiences by fans. As I write I listen to a streaming broadcast from Radio Free Klezmer, and I just finished reading a fascinating article about a one-wheeled, gyroscopically stabilized, hydrogen fuel cell personal vehicle.

I am John, here's my report.

I have a very great responsibility, a burden upon my shoulders. I am responsible for the bachelor party of a close friend. While I know that it is true that statistically, there is a good chance that he will have multiple bachelor parties during his lifetime, it is distinctly possible that this will be the only bachelor party that will ever be thrown in his honor. That is the case that we all would prefer -- we don't want to give him a second (or god help us,

Close your eyes and think of England?

(Sorry Mr. Gibson)

I finished watching the original 13 episodes of "Saishuuheiki Kanojo" ("She, the Ultimate Weapon" in English) and,

*Spoiler Alert*

In an attempt to develop my writing techniques, I have decided to start keeping a journal. I will try to keep this out of the whole whiny LiveJournal thing, and will probably not be pitching it to friends and strangers as a document of any value. But I have been inspired by my man, Billy Gibson, and I can't resist the temptation to do this whole "blogging" thing.

Of course, there is the issue of what the hell to write about, so why not start by writing about my man Billy Gibson?

This is my journal entry.