Can’t stop making these dang things… More of my latest doings, including the newest Lovespirals recording, my new celebrity yard sale dress, and details of my trip to the Queen Mary. Be forewarned that I used a different format for the show this week. I think I’ll go back to the old one next time. OH RATS - I didn’t update the episode number in the art. Sigh… Nevertheless, please go Digg my podcasts now!
Last night I finished reading Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography - all 600 something pages of it - then launched right into her own 600+ page book, The Mandarins. Man, the first chapter alone was so poignant; I found myself exclaiming, “Harsh!” out loud after reading the final scene between Henri and Paula. I can certainly see why the friends she patterned these characters after would be upset… I have to admit that this is actually the first de Beauvoir book I’ve read. I picked up the biography because I’ve read so much about the turn of the century French art and intellectual scene, I though I might enjoy her story, as well.
I’d read Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea, a few years back. I found it in a box of Ryan’s college books. He said he didn’t care for it, but I enjoyed it. Of course, I also enjoyed Crime and Punishment, which a lot of folks seem to find unreadable these days. I have a pretty high tolerance for “unreadable” literature in general, owning a fairly complete collection of William S. Burroughs and more than one book each by Gertrude Stein and James Joyce. (I was going to type a tongue-sticking-out smiley here, but on second thought, it seemed inappropriate.)
My favorite writer for years and years was Anais Nin, whose prose work is also a bit ah… what is the word I’m searching for? Formless, perhaps? I think everyone agrees that it is her vast journal writing that is most fascinating, but still, I own everything. Fills up a whole bookshelf. Perhaps one day I’ll make a page on the site to list some of my favorite books.
Saw CC Chapman’s post about the 2000 Bloggers project and thought it sounded really fun, so I joined up myself yesterday. Next time I’ve got several hours to kill, I’m going to click on all the little photos to discover who the other folks are. I have to say that this was a pretty genius way for Tino and crew to get a ton of positive traffic.
OK, so this is actually episode 59 counting all the “specials” that I neglected to number… You’ll notice that I give everything an episode number now, which is a positive change. And speaking of change, you’ll notice that’s our theme for the big 5-0 show!
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A little late this week, but better late than never, right? Quick wrap up on my week’s activities, including my little Paul & Price boo boo, conversing with the irrepressible Jules, and recording with Lovespirals, plus discussion of the vidcast viewership and it’s future release schedule, birthday plans, book reading update etc… If you love the vidcast, be sure to comment this week!
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