Results of Ruminations

Gayle has a list of things she wants to get done in the few remaining days of summer, things like spend more money, buy things, purchase something, use something up so she can buy another one, and laundry. Actually, her list is very proactive, and has a lot of lofty goals that make me feel a little bit, well, lazy. So I decided to put MY list of summer goals onto the blog to show, um, me and the three other people who look at the blog what I'm trying to get accomplished this summer.  Here's my list of things to write:  (2) Video game theory essays (1) Metal Gear Solid essay (1) Patriotism essay (10) Chapters revised of Words of the Silenced (1) Play for Utah Shakespearean Festival (March 1)--Daisy's Doughnuts (1) Essay for Utah Shakespearean Festival (April 1) (5) Poems of any sort (3) The Poets book chapters a week (?) Things Dinosaurs Eat, a children's book I want to write for Peter and, later, Jeremy The grand total of that list is over twenty four pieces o...

On NPR, I heard about this website called I Write Like that will analyze your writing and tell you what style you most closely resemble. I tried it out and had to laugh aloud. Current Project: I write like James Joyce, horribly ironic since I've never read a word of his before. Words of the Silenced : I write like Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather. Maybe the word 'Pops' really triggered that one? I don't know. My last book: I write like Neil Gaiman I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software . Analyze your writing! Flattering, to say the least. To be compared to one of the most renowned authors? Yeah, that's flattering, even if it is the 21st century's equivalent to the magazine quiz of yesterdecade. For my video game essays, I was compared to David Foster Wallace, an essayist whose books I've seen but never read (the fact that it hit an essayist is impressive, though). For my poetry, I apparently write like James Fenimore Cooper, who wrote...

A friend recently sent an email out asking all in the address field how many books they read in a year and what their level of education is. I responded a tentative 20, though I feel that's a little short. Still, this is a valid question, since, as an English (and history) teacher, I should be reading. Like, a lot. So I decided to keep a running total of books that I've read so far this year. It includes graphic novels (though not comic books, as those are periodicals, much like those relics of yesteryear, magazines, and so I read those on an almost weekly basis--you know, whenever they arrive), novels, YA, SF/F, plays, nonfiction, and theory. Basically anything that I read, cover to cover. Of course, I have a lot of books that have trailed over from last year, as well as some that are massive and have taken multiple months to push through. I will include anything that I finish on this list, and update it periodically.    As of July 14, 2010: Cyrano de Bergerac--Edmond ...