Soaked Through But Still O.K.

I finally finished reading Moby Dick. At least the ending was somewhat exciting, once you got past all the fancy words. Everyone but Ishmael dies. I then found out how they all felt drowning by walking back to my room in a downpour that soaked through my pants, my shoes, my socks, my hat, but not my jacket (pleather is waterproof). The pocket where my phone was was black with rain water.





Lucky for me the pocket was a double layer and the rain didn't make it to my phone. It would have been quite the shock if it had shorted out (no pun intended, well, maybe kinda intended).

- Posted from my iPhone.

Tightrope Walkers and SciFi

Today there was a group of kids practicing tightrope walking on a strap tied between two trees on the campus lawn. This whole circus vibe must be contagious. I still have another hundred or so pages of moby dick to read and some research to do on the major imagery. I can hardly wait untill it's over. J.F. Came over and we watched another two episodes of Firefly. I'd almost forgotten what a great show it was. I should look into getting Buffy or Angel on DVD, Joss Whedon had a knack for great tv.


- Posted from my iPhone.

Mel Gibson Movies

Today I spent watching t.v. There was a Mel Gibson Movie marathon on. First I watched Maverick, then We Were Soldiers, and then the Patriot. All good movies. They switched it up a little and now they're showing the Gladiator. I suppose they started with an Americana theme and slowly worked their way into war movies in order to follow up with something completely different yet still somehow relateable. Now if only N.T. hadn't commented on facebook with Mel Gibson movie quotes from Mad Max and Braveheart, thus making me wish I could watch those today as well, I would have been perfectly happy. Now I'm just really happy.

Real Fire

Yesterday J.F. and I went to the mall and hung out at the bookstore. I couldn't resist buying another book. I believe it was called Desolation Road. After that we picked up a pizza at Dominoes and went back to my room to watch a couple episodes of Firefly. I've finally gotten J. into watching a series I like. Today I went with J. so she'd have someone to go eat with while she waited for her car to get fixed. Something to do with a headlight.

We just got back from the movie theater. I wanted to see the Vampire's Assistant or Model Citizen? (that one where the guy's family is killed the cops let the killer go and the guy starts offing people from prison). Instead J. insisted that we see Where the Wild Things Are. It was o.k. I wouldn't pay to see it again. I'm still slightly upset that I had to pay for both tickets as J. paid for lunch and said I owed her. At least it wasn't a horror movie.

On the bright side, when we got back to the dorm there were some kids in the parking lot twirling fireballs on ropes. Real fire. On ropes. Being twirled by kids in the parking lot. Unfortunately the flames went out right when I was going to take a picture so, like that fire twirler in Edinburgh, you'll just have to take my word for it.

Blogpress post

I finally figured out a way to post to my blog from my phone. I found this free app called blogpress so Now I don't have to go online, find my blog, and do the post in HTML. I can even upload pictures from my phone as well.



The fireplace in the library was actually on today. Isn't it nice?

- Posted from my iPhone.

Better or Worse?

It rained all day long yesterday. I was miserable. On the bright side, I woke up this morning and found out that my Recipe for Useless Junk poem made the featured writing gallery on Fifteen Minutes of Fiction. I've been getting a few things featured lately. Either I'm becoming a better poet or the admisnistrator is lowering his standards, either way there's a chance that if the site does another best of book that some of my stuff might be in it. How cool would that be?

A Successful Reading

I am still trying to figure out how to post from my iPhone. I'm not sure how successful I am as of yet. Today is national writing day and there was an open mic reading event in the cafeteria during which I gave a successful reading of It Happened One Night in Winton: The Ballad of Great Grandpa Joe. If I can figure out where I posted it on white fox: silver crow I will post a link. Meanwhile, I have lots of grammar exercises to do so I had better go and do them.

New Blog Template

I found this new blog template online but I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it. I think I'll leave it up for a while to test it out. I kind of wish I had found it before my trip this summer as it incorporates both Superior, Wisconsin and road signs from England. My only complaint is that the title is a little harder to fit.

Some Blog Stuff

I woke up this morning and just felt terrible. Unfortunately it wasn't the flu so I had to get out of bed and go to class, even though I really rather felt like sleeping for another six hours instead. After grammar class I did some important blog things on the library computer. Mostly all  I did was switch the web address of my blog White Fox: Silver Crow so that the new blog address is the same as the title of the blog. So don't worry if none of my old White Fox: Silver Crow links work anymore. Nothing's been deleted, just moved. If there's something you really want to find just click on my new White Fox: Silver Crow link here or in my sites of interest and search the white fox:silver crow blog archives. Anything linked to Fifteen Minutes of Fiction will still work as that site hasn't changed at all.

After spending a few hours on the computer I remembered that I hadn't eaten anything all day so I went to the snack bar and got a grilled cheese and a coke. Then I went to history of the middle east class and took a test. I'm pretty sure that I got most of them right. It was mostly matching with a word bank and a couple short answer questions. I also finally got around to posting a link to that maunta poem like I said I would. It can be read on my page at Fifteen Minutes of Fiction and on White Fox: Silver Crow. Also check out my oppressive weather poem at White Fox: Silver Crow. And my recipe poem.I think I'm going to hit the sack early tonight. The medicine my maunta brought me helped but I still don't feel as wonderful as I did yesterday.

To Steal a Phrase

I forgot my wallet in my room yesterday so my maunta had to buy me lunch. Maunta is my new name for my mom's friend P.S. who's kind of like a mom, an aunt, and a grandma combined. I even wrote a poem that I may post a link to later on. I haven't gotten around to typing it yet. I had another test today, this one on the early history of homo sapiens and other hominids. Boring but I think I did o.k. on it. Most of it was matching with a word bank. I got complimented on my boots today. See, they weren't such a frivolous waste of money after all. I read the first hundred pages or so of Moby Dick. Apparently the first hundred or so pages are plot, most of the middle is philosophy, and then towards the very end it picks back up on plot again. Not sure I'm going to like the middle at all. The book was a total flop when it first came out. I suppose I'll soon see why but for the moment the beginning is o.k. with lots of humor, especially that cannibal. He's just so delightfully contradictory (to steal a phrase from a classmate). In case I forget to post again I will be heading home for the weekend tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will be nice. It's been cold and either snowy or rainy all week.

It's Only Tuesday

My iPhone is really addicting. I'm a little dissapointed in myself for getting hooked on it so fast. I found out that the class average for the grammar test was 80, I don't feel as bad about my 78 anymore (especially since the teacher said she plans on grading on a curve if the average drops below that). I also found out I got a B on my Poe test in literature. I got a 90 on my quiz today. I guess that means overall I'm doing pretty good in all my classes. I made an appointment with my advisor to have her help me out with some grad school stuff tomorrow and I even went online to the career services site and started working on a resume. See ma, I'm thinking about my future. In the meantime, my immediate future includes finishing the last of my current grammar assignment and going to bed. I've had quite the week already and it's only Tuesday.

First Post Fom My New iPhone

O.K. so the only thing I managed to post via iPhone was the title. I couldn't figure out how to post the actual post part. Now, how did I get an iPhone you ask? Well, I decided to stay at school for the weekend. Last night I went a little shopping crazy and bought myself two pairs of boots, jeans, a t-shirt, a scarf, and four books. I did not, however, buy myself an iPhone. The iPhone happened when I woke up this morning at nine at was bored. I called my folks and told them they should come and visit me because my friends' folks come and visit them all the time but they never come and visit me. They said they'd think about it and call me back. I cleaned my room and washed some dishes. They called back and said they were on their way and that my mom had finally decided to quit dickering and switch to at&t for cell phone service. Everyone got new phones and they'd gotten me an iPhone. My old phone would quit working in 30 minutes but they were bringing my new iPhone down with them to give to me. How unbelievably cool is that? Not only do my folks finally decide to come visit me at school but they get me an iPhone too. Sweet! The internet didn't work at first but the gal at the mall reset it so now it works just fine.

I went with my folks to the mall, Sam's club, best buy, and then out to eat at Red Lobster. I wanted to go to the Olive garden but they had a forty minute wait. It was really cold today. In fact, it snowed two inches back home last night and there was a dusting on the grass in Duluth and Superior. My weather app on my new iPhone says it never got above 37 degrees in Duluth. I was really wishing I had a thicker coat and some wool socks every time I had to walk outside.I'm going to have to wear my sweater every day this week. Oh, and before I forget, that t-shirt I bought the other day, the gal forgot to take the security tag off so I had to bring it back today and get the tag removed. I wanted to wear that shirt today but had to wear something else instead. Oh, well. Can't have everything can you? Where would you put it?

In For a Quiet Weekend

I've been putting off my homework lately. I now have a list of sources for my annotated bibliography, I just need to annotate and bibliophy them by tomorrow. J.F. wants me to go with her tomorrow to fall con in St. Paul. If I went we wouldn't be heading home untill five o'clock on Sunday, followed by a three hour drive. I wouldn't be back untill nine or ten depending on if we stop for food and I would have no time to do any homework all weekend. It sounds like I would get bored at the con after the first two hours anyway, and it lasts all day long on Saturday and Sunday. Anyway, I decided I probably won't be going. I've got lots of reading to do anyway. I did do something creative today. I wrote a new fairy poem called The Tale of Hannah and Anna. It can be read at White Fox: Silver Crow and on my page at Fifteen Minutes of Fiction. Enjoy.

Whatever Happend to the Happy Ending?

Boy, it's been ages since I last posted something. I had two tests last week which I hopefully passed. Aside from class and homework I haven't done a whole heck of a lot, not that I did much homework either. I figured out what was wrong with the VCR in the dorm basement. Turns out some idiot unplugged the jacks and then plugged them back into the input in section instead of the input out section. J.F. and I watched the first two hours of the Dune miniseries I had on tape. J.F. also came up with me when I went home this weekend. We went with my mom to do so me shopping up in Ely. We didn't buy much, I got a Robin Hood graphic novel at the book store and J.F. and I got some dice with animals on them. We had planned on going fishing but the weather had been lousy all week, rain, wind, cold. It was still raining when I drove back last night. It didn't rain much today though.

I just finished reading New Tricks, the second book in the Dog Days series. It had such a horrible ending. The main chick turned out to be the bad guy and dissolved into a mass of lesions, sores, and horrible pustules at the end before dying. It got me thinking about how many books I've read of late have the main character or bad guy dissolving into sores and grossness, either through disease, backfired magic, or torture. At least three that I can think of off the top of my head. And those Poe horror stories we have to read for class aren't much better. Just once I wish I could read a story that doesn't involve pain and grossness. Seriously, whatever happened to the good old fashioned happy ending? Although, I must admit, even the ones you think have happy endings turn out not to if you look into the originals too closely. I dread getting to the end of Robin Hood. Maybe I'll just skip that last chapter and pretend it really does end with Robin and Maid Marian getting married and living happily ever after. Ignorance being bliss and all that.