Multi-use blog, Kavalier & Clay
1. I got a shout-out from Fuji in his blog (see the rants on public awareness), which was very sweet in its Fuji-way.
2. Ryan is using my blog for a project in Gun's class at Cornell. The base project is Beehive, and he's working on CorONA.
I got back to reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay last night, after a brief hiatus due to moving and all that jazz. I just finished Part IV: The Golden Age, and I am very much distressed. *spoilers: do not continue if you intend to read the book* The rape of Sammy, his subsequent (voluntary) break-up, the death of Thomas, the near-suicide of Josef... I'm so upset. I was dreaming about them all night long, making up my own conclusions and somewhat-happy endings. I'm almost afraid to keep reading because, given the time period and reality, things can't end well, but at the same time, Michael Chabon has me on the edge of my seat, and I'm dying to know what happens next. I am so impressed by him.
*still more spoilers* The talk about fairies, heroes and their wards... it's interesting that a similar thing happens with manga (Yaoi). I wonder why. I may have to look into this eventually, perhaps in grad school, as my fellowship is supposed to take a different turn.
*end spoilers*
More orientation today (getting a bank account too) and tomorrow is registration.
Oh, and I had a cold shower this morning. It seems my gas has been shut off. I suspect the last tenant did not pay his/her last bill, and there is some miscommunication at Tokyo Gas, so that, even though their rep came and turned the gas on for me just five days ago, they think I'm the guy/girl who lived here in June and never paid.
Poop.
2. Ryan is using my blog for a project in Gun's class at Cornell. The base project is Beehive, and he's working on CorONA.
I got back to reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay last night, after a brief hiatus due to moving and all that jazz. I just finished Part IV: The Golden Age, and I am very much distressed. *spoilers: do not continue if you intend to read the book* The rape of Sammy, his subsequent (voluntary) break-up, the death of Thomas, the near-suicide of Josef... I'm so upset. I was dreaming about them all night long, making up my own conclusions and somewhat-happy endings. I'm almost afraid to keep reading because, given the time period and reality, things can't end well, but at the same time, Michael Chabon has me on the edge of my seat, and I'm dying to know what happens next. I am so impressed by him.
*still more spoilers* The talk about fairies, heroes and their wards... it's interesting that a similar thing happens with manga (Yaoi). I wonder why. I may have to look into this eventually, perhaps in grad school, as my fellowship is supposed to take a different turn.
*end spoilers*
More orientation today (getting a bank account too) and tomorrow is registration.
Oh, and I had a cold shower this morning. It seems my gas has been shut off. I suspect the last tenant did not pay his/her last bill, and there is some miscommunication at Tokyo Gas, so that, even though their rep came and turned the gas on for me just five days ago, they think I'm the guy/girl who lived here in June and never paid.
Poop.
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