Thursday, October 06, 2005

A Youthful Thought

What has the Internet and 'Blogging done to the literary allusion? Will computers slowly render the novel as we know it incomprehensible? While allusion can and does exist online more commonly a blogger will simply link to what he or she is alluding to so any reader unfamiliar with the work being alluded to can be quickly brought up to speed and those in the know can ignore the highlighted text.

Much of the "work" of reading is being eliminated because there no longer need be a baseline level of literary familiarity. I can't figure out, if the Internet is indeed fundamentally changing the way we read for pleasure, if it is a good or bad thing. Author's intent becomes clearer, and there is no work too esoteric to be referenced, to me these both seem like good things. Conversely, author's intent becomes clearer which reduces the level of reader interaction via interpretation and without a need for literary common ground will the individual become even more intellectually isolated?

I don't know. I don't even know if I am making any sense. All I know is that the Internet allowing us to make allusion into instant, concrete, direct reference seems very important in my little brain.

Shoes.

I am, generally speaking, a very practical woman when it comes to footwear. I love my brown loafers and a kitten heel is my friend. I usually prefer shoes that are easy to walk in at high rates of speed. But SOMETIMES I become a cliché of a woman and I go for a SERIOUS shoe. When I say "serious shoe" please remember these shoes are anything but serious. No, a serious shoe looks more like this. Today is an excellent example of a serious shoe day:
4" stiletto heel? CHECK
Impossibly pointy toe? CHECK
Outrageous and nearly impossible to wear color/pattern? CHECK

So, I can't really walk BUT OH! the compliments!

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Strange Kid, Strange Adult

I take a perverse pride in the fact that both of the childhood beliefs I submited to I Used to Believe are doing so well and ranked so high.

Monday, October 03, 2005

There goes the neighborhood

After last year around this time and the dead cab driver just down the block from me now we have THIS GUY, one street over.

August Wilson is Dead

I have never been a big August Wilson fan but it s still sad that such a notable American playwright is dead.