listen, writing is tough work. youve got to put words on a page, then delete them, then put them back again in a different order, over and over, for hours, for years. and no one will ever know youre doing it. you will receive no attention, and no reward, and only the slightest satisfaction, the …
i got yanked out of 13 billion years of oblivion for THIS?
life is a strange and rare and beautiful thing for those of us who get to experience it. unfortunately most of us live as slaves so a few dozen people can live like kings. i am so excited to spend my one precious life working 40 hours a week so that i'll be allowed to …
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the books i read this year
since i failed to blog about any of the books I read, here they are in reverse chronological order with a little snippet about each of them: The Star by Yukio Mishima A young, sexy actor at the peak of his career, followed everywhere by adoring fans, is carrying on a secret relationship with his …
2023 Goals
I've not written one of these new year posts in a while. Covid canceled a lot of things, including this blog. I have completed some previous goals, which I never mentioned before, so I'll list some of them here: I finally managed to read 40 books in a year, last year, after that being my …
The Pastor by Hanne Orstavik
Hello wordpress my old friend, it's time to write blog posts again... By the end of this novel I felt that it was a perfect, pristine picture of a depressed and empty person. And I loved it. My first impression of the book was how appealing the physical design was. It is not your normal …
Jonas David 