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clo_againGot home intact. Unfortunately my bank account didn't; due to the evils of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kindoftrouble and ebay_pierre, when I walked past Waterstones on the way to the station, I thought I'd just see if they had On The Road. Because hey, I had loads of time to waste and it was *open* and waiting in a warm bookshop is better than waiting on a cold station platform. Long story short, I walked out five minutes later with a copy of On the Road. I'm on page thirty-six and I feel vaguely dazed every time I put it down. My god. Why did I not find this book before?
But yes. Evil. I have no money dammit! Fortunately being an English student comes in handy for some things -- I can buy books and not feel quite as guilty because hey, I *study* them. It's in aid of getting a degree. Really.
Kinda works as an excuse. Sort of. Um.
I was glad I bought it though, because it kept me from murdering the small Scottish child who sat next to me on the train to Chester. They'd come all the way from sodding Glasgow; no child should have the energy to bounce up and down, climb over seats and talk at the top of their voice for half an hour after a three or four hour train ride. It's *unnatural*. My mother pointed out that the woman probably sat him next to me -- "Look Casey, the nice lady will let you sit next to her." My face must've been a picture of horror -- in hopes that I'd like children and distract him for her. Instead I curled into the corner, turned up my cd player and buried my face in my book. There are some things I will not do, even for a Scottish accent. Seriously. This was a demon child. He spent a good five minutes making *monster* noises while his mother tried to halfheartedly dissuade him. You could've sat me next to a snarling Rottweiler and I would've been more comfortable.
Monster. Noises. Did I *mention* the demon theory?
But now I'm going to get some sleep, because apparently Roger is playing Ljubicic next and I'm actually interested. I know, I know; an interesting match in this MC? Shock, horror. It's true though, I think it'll be a good match. Worth watching at least.
Around tomorrow, slowly since my home internet seems to be getting worse. I get to start reading for my psychoanalysis essay tomorrow too. If I randomly start bitching about Freud this week, just ignore me and move on. It'll probably be for the best.
He was a nutter though, it's not just me who thinks it. Right?
Clo
kindoftrouble and ebay_pierre, when I walked past Waterstones on the way to the station, I thought I'd just see if they had On The Road. Because hey, I had loads of time to waste and it was *open* and waiting in a warm bookshop is better than waiting on a cold station platform. Long story short, I walked out five minutes later with a copy of On the Road. I'm on page thirty-six and I feel vaguely dazed every time I put it down. My god. Why did I not find this book before? But yes. Evil. I have no money dammit! Fortunately being an English student comes in handy for some things -- I can buy books and not feel quite as guilty because hey, I *study* them. It's in aid of getting a degree. Really.
Kinda works as an excuse. Sort of. Um.
I was glad I bought it though, because it kept me from murdering the small Scottish child who sat next to me on the train to Chester. They'd come all the way from sodding Glasgow; no child should have the energy to bounce up and down, climb over seats and talk at the top of their voice for half an hour after a three or four hour train ride. It's *unnatural*. My mother pointed out that the woman probably sat him next to me -- "Look Casey, the nice lady will let you sit next to her." My face must've been a picture of horror -- in hopes that I'd like children and distract him for her. Instead I curled into the corner, turned up my cd player and buried my face in my book. There are some things I will not do, even for a Scottish accent. Seriously. This was a demon child. He spent a good five minutes making *monster* noises while his mother tried to halfheartedly dissuade him. You could've sat me next to a snarling Rottweiler and I would've been more comfortable.
Monster. Noises. Did I *mention* the demon theory?
But now I'm going to get some sleep, because apparently Roger is playing Ljubicic next and I'm actually interested. I know, I know; an interesting match in this MC? Shock, horror. It's true though, I think it'll be a good match. Worth watching at least.
Around tomorrow, slowly since my home internet seems to be getting worse. I get to start reading for my psychoanalysis essay tomorrow too. If I randomly start bitching about Freud this week, just ignore me and move on. It'll probably be for the best.
He was a nutter though, it's not just me who thinks it. Right?
Clo
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Date: 2005-11-15 01:22 am (UTC)Demon kids... *shudders*
I actually think Freud was interesting but I like studying Carl Jung more.
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Date: 2005-11-15 05:09 pm (UTC)I know. -_- *shudders too*
But c'mon, he was obsessed with sex! If you dream about bananas, you're sexually repressed and all that nonsense. Maybe you just like bananas, who knows? ;-) Haven't come across Carl Jung, will have to look him up. Since I have to write an essay on the topic. *sighs*
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Date: 2005-11-15 07:26 pm (UTC)But it's interesting to think about the subconscious and his ideas were so revolutionary. *nods* :P I like psychology, what can I say? Archetypes are attributed to Jung. I love studying archetypes so he's just a given to me. :)
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Date: 2005-11-15 01:24 am (UTC)I only ask because in the States I don't think you're allowed to be a Fiction Writing Major without having read that book...
...which I HATED. But that's just me. I was a WEIRD Fiction Major. I wrote fanfic...I only met one other fiction major who wrote fanfic...
...*is done rambling*
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Date: 2005-11-15 05:15 pm (UTC)I haven't dared ask if anyone in my creative writings groups writes fanfic. I'd think that some of them must do, or at least someone in the course must, but I've never quite managed to work it into conversation.
Rambling is good. ;-) All the best things come out of rambling.
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Date: 2005-11-15 05:25 pm (UTC)And rambling can be good. My rambling to my friend last night has resulted in the fic being back on track to being finished within the next two weeks or so.
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Date: 2005-11-15 05:28 am (UTC)Have you ever read A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes? It's one of my favorite books ever, only because I'm such a book dork!
Here's my favorite part: I imagine a phonic conspiracy between the world's languages. They make a conference decision that the phrase must always sound like something to be earned, to be striven for, to be worthy of. Ich liebe dich: a late-night, cigarette-voiced whsper, with that happy rhyme of subject and object. Je t'aime: a different procedure, with the subject and object being got out of the way first, so that the long vowel or adoration can be savoured to the full. (The grammar is also one of reassurance: with the object positioned second, the beloved isn't suddenly going to turn out to be someone different.) Ya teba lyublyu: the object is once more in consoling second position, but this time, despite the hinting rhyme of subject and object- an implication of difficulty, obstacles to be overcome. Ti amo: it sounds perhaps a bit too much like an aperitif, but is full of structural conviction with the subject and verb, the doer and the deed, enclosed in the same word.
It's beautiful.
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Date: 2005-11-15 05:17 pm (UTC)We actually studied it on our course last year. I think I wrote one of my exam essays on it. :) I loved it too; especially the 'chapter' I think that quote is from. It's a fantastic book. :)
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Date: 2005-11-16 12:02 am (UTC):) I'm glad you liked it. I've actually never met anyone that's read it before. Right now, I'm actually reading Calvino for English. And I LOVE it. I love to read so much lol.
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Date: 2005-11-15 10:07 pm (UTC)Children are evil, I'm sure of it. They scare me a lot. And mothers never even try and control their kids, it really annoys me.