Tuesday, April 15, 2008

  • I love school!

    Currently Reading
    The Sun Also Rises
    By Ernest Hemingway
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    Ahhhhh, finally - the internet's been out all night, and I've about had a conniption not being able to get online as this is my usual beginning of the week lounge in the blog-world and get caught up with everybody!  I just went to send an email for work, and lo and behold, it was finally working, so I dropped what I was doing and ran over here to blog in case the connection jumps ship again.

    Thanks for all your great wishes for my school!  Even better news, I hunted around and found 2 classes I can take online from Texas Tech of all places, accredited and 3000 level courses in Lit. And they are more independent study type classes, so I can just go as fast as I want through them, and they are still 3 credit hours and accredited and all that good stuff!!!  Which means I don't have to do devil summer school on-campus, five days a week for a month.  I was thrilled when I found it last night, and got registered for the thing, and lickety-split, I'm in the class!  I even made a quick run to HalfPrice books ten minutes before they closed last night to buy some books for the first class - Modern and Contemporary American Literature. 

    First up is The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway, which I pretty much read most of tonight (since I was sans internet and actually had to do something  instead of fart on the internet).  I'm liking Hemingway much more than I thought I would - mainly for his great writing style more than the actual story.  It's this short, very real, almost journalistic with small details style.  But I love that kind of voice, and his observations of characters are just scathing and perfect and to the point.

    Plus, I'm just thrilled down to my socks to be able to GET STARTED!!!  To feel like I'm finally participating in making tangible steps toward my future!  THRILLED, I TELL YOU!  Hopefully I'll finish it this morning, and start working on the essay response!! 

    I LOVE BEING A STUDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comments (14)

  • weedorwildflower

    In honor of reading Hemingway, you should take a quick vacay to Key West, where he used to hang out. A research trip... :)
  • angi1972

    YEA! Good for you!

    I am a Heminway fan... he was a jerk... but a great writer.

    Cant' wait to hear about our life as a student and what you'll be doing!

  • Pinkstar007

    YEAH!!! I too love being a student. 
  • immortalwithout

    I'm reading A Farewell to Arms right now. I appreciate his style so much. Brevity is something I admire in writing style.
  • Blue__Summer

    I actually miss being a student.  And I NEVER thought I'd say that. hehe

    I am sorry to say that I've never read Hemingway. I should.  :)
  • RizzlGrizzl

    i highly recommend

    the sun also rises

    .  also his short story collection.
  • ombrastarr

    sweet!  congrats on the good online find, I know that isn't easy!
  • trnunes

    The protagonist's personal situation aside (which I doubt any male would feel comfortable with (wince)), I'll never forgot the picnic scene. The way Hemingway describes the grass, the cool water chilling the wine bottle, even their clothes... It's like you're there with them.
  • Lmoisan

    I love school.  I wish I was taking courses again.  I am rediscovering Hemmingway. I think I have missed reading his work. It is nice going back and reading him because I want to and not because I have to.
  • subarcticsuburbia

    Hooray!  Great news!
  • empress8411

    YAY! ~ L
  • six_crooked_highways

    Are you in Lubbock now? That is crazy, because I am in Amarillo.

    I would have noticed if the intelligence levels rose in West Texas, I thought. :) Let me know how it goes at Tech, I might consider doing grad work there.
  • Steal_the_Crumbs

    And imagine: being a student who doesn't have to put fundamentalist theological ducks in a row!
  • rockininkslinger

    Okay, so what I need to do is to look at your bookcase and make a revised list of what I need at Half Price.  The Sun Also Rises should definitely be on the list, even though Hemingway doesn't top my charts for favorite authors.  He's not deplorable like Faulkner and Sound and the Fury, so I guess I should try something else by him.  Farewell to Arms wasn't half bad, just too wordy.  Does the man understand that periods are there TO BE USED?  Geez, I swear, sometimes Hemingway just rambles on like a woman, but even worse at times.  That said, I don't detest him.  But I think I already said that.  And it's 2:18am.  And I've been up for like 2 hours (and no, I didn't go to bed at 8:30; I went to bed at 10:00).  I just love thunderstorms too much, and apparently I was dry humping my body pillow in my sleep.  Damn thunder, awakening me from my dreamy sexual prowess and love affair with my body pillow.  I love the flappies, goddammit!

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