Fagles’s translation of the Odyssey is so great it hurts my brain. Granted, I am a sucker for epic poetry. I took eight years of Latin when I was in school, and I never loved anything we translated like I loved the Aeneid. It is epic. Plus I love the Greek and Roman gods. So [...]
What I have been doing with my fancy university library card
Posted in Misc., tagged Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, devadasis, Doctor Who, Firefly, Gunn is adorable and tall and they should not have surrounded his character with awkward racial dynamics, I read an article, let's see how many geeky tags I can put on a single post, my fancy university library, remember that time all Gunn's friends from the 'hood became violent criminals and tried to kill Lorne or something? THAT WAS AWFUL, The Guild, The West Wing, The Wire, Vashta Nerada, Wesley's comedic timing is excellent and I was sad when he got all solemn and beardy, you know who I really hated in criticism classes? Horrid Roland Horrid Barthes (yes - that is his full name) on June 28, 2010 | 57 Comments »
Scaring myself, mostly. This library has a lot of books inside of it, but it also has the scariest damn stacks I ever saw. They have these dark, narrow aisles, and the doors in the stairwells between levels swing open and shut with loud, prolonged, ominous squeaks. I always have the exact call numbers of [...]
