It has been quite a bit of time since I’ve updated this blog. I haven’t forgotten, but I’d be lying if I said it was from a lack of interesting things happening. I’ve been doing a lot of writing in other venues (classes, preparation for other blogs, etc) which has taken up a lot of my time. In addition, the spring semester has been kicking off, and I was attempting to make the most of my January term class (and relative amount of free time) by spending time with friends. I’ve probably played more games than I have written posts in the last month, but the break was helpful for me. Read more…
Rather than finding a way to convince myself that writing a poem for tomorrow will be the best way to fill my time–a task I was having trouble beginning let alone accomplishing–I decided that I would rather just write what came to mind without much aim or goal. The following is just a collection of things I’m currently working through and/or would like to write more about but may or may not ever actually have time or necessary drive to actually do so. Forgive any errors, ideologically or in spelling, as these are rather hastily written. Most will not commit to anything so strongly as to offend, but perhaps some will strike the reader as plainly wrong or silly. For that, I do apologize. Read more…
Recently, I switched a different chat program on my computer. While I enjoyed my previous one, a new laptop is as good a time as any to try out a new program. I was relatively happy with my previous one, but felt like it was best suited to the small screen of my netbook. With a slightly larger screen, I decided to try a more ‘desktop’ style interface. Read more…
The title up there may have tipped you off, but I do intend on writing a series of posts about Earthen Vessels, Matthew Lee Anderson’s recent book. My official review can be found here, but rather than diving in (I want to let that marinate a bit), I’ll speak here on what the book purports to do: start a conversation. Read more…
Before I begin this week’s post, I want to take a moment to direct you to an entirely different expression of the amateur. This month (all of July), I will be competing head-to-head with the founder of and my co-blogger at Push of Pikes, Nathan Bennett. Neither of us are photographers, nor are we even using state-of-the-art cameras (in fact, I am using my iPhone and Nathan is using his iPod Touch). Go check it out at Photo Fight. And vote!
On to the post, then. Read more…
