HEY LOOK AT ME!
Cool little widget I got right? Huh? You like it? Are you impressed with my widgetry? Are you impressed that yes, I am running two miles? Are you impressed because you thought I was doing like…13 minute miles and you see that I’m doing 11.30 minute miles? You are? ME TOO!
Oh my god, how fun was it to run with this thing? I mean, basically, the running is still the same, the damn thing won’t run for you, but the guy came on, told me how far I had to go, my powersong jammed, and afterwards Lance Armstrong did come on and tell me that I’m awesome! YAY LANCE ARMSTRONG! And coming home and checking it out, it was all too cool. I’m totally into my Nike thing, and really actually quite impressed that I’m running that far, I really had no idea how far I was going…so nice to see I had gotten myself up to two miles. Sweet!
So let’s see, how jealous am I of the new girl on Heroes? Is that totally my power or what? Literally learn everything you see on TV? AWESEOME. Man, so jealous.
Okay, I finished reading Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner and wow. Just wow. I read all kinds of books, modern fiction, classic fiction, I like both. I’ve always been a lover of the classics because I really enjoy an epic story, a more complicated read, but lately I’ve been reading a lot of modern fiction, and I like it. But there is no comparison to a really well-written, beautifully paced, intense book like this. Angle of Repose won the Pulitzer in 1972 and it is just…so touching, so involved, so loved…it was a really hard book to read, not because it was complicated, but because there were parts that were so painful, I literally felt I could not push on, that I didn’t want to push on, that I didn’t want to read what he was throwing at me next.
I also think I’m going to keep on with the Pulitzers…try and read them all? Think I can do it? I’ve read a few; do you think I have to read them again? Because there are certain ones I truly do NOT want to read again (The Shipping News and Kavalier and Klay to be exact) but I would LOVE to read Age of Innocence again (read it twice already, so one of my favorite stories of all time).
So, do I need to revisit the ones I’ve already read? I dunno.
2 comments:
Yeah Stegner is pretty interesting - I have always identified with Lyman Ward - Susan Ward as a single character reminding me of my own Aunt Margie (!), who taught me to ride and shoot and draw, and was (and is) handicapped herself, by a car accident.
She also lives way out in the country.
I'm really stoked Margarat that you are reading all these old sorta not-in-the-popular-vein books (Fountainhaed etc.) I think I've got to add "Angle of Repose," to my books list. Hope you guys are doing great. We're going to go see "The Crucible," Friday at Steppenwolf. A. Miller has sort of dropped off my radar, lately-- I just re-read "A View from the Bridge," and although I thought it was really good (well-written, smooth and professional), it still seemed musty and dated. Miller really impressed me with a short story called "Fitter's Night," from "The Portable Arthur Miller," which was supposed to be written in a "cinema"-style prose.
OK, sorry to blather. I owe my little blog a new entry, so I won't burn up any more space, here. I am so impressed with you; that you write every day. And it's all so interesting and laid-back and fun.
We want to see you guys again sometime soon. Best to John.
My brother said the same thing about identifying with Lyman, interesting, very male I suppose? And touches on the conservative side of said males? I just pitited him so much, because he pitied himself.
I want to see The Crucible, you'll have to let me know what you think.
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