May 2011
13 posts
“I would copy the DVD business and bring out your hardback, expensive, boxed,...”
– The Nameless Horror, Price, Insanity And The Race To The Bottom (via kvasir)
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“Powelliphanta uses a rudimentary radula to devour its prey. The radula is like a...”
– Wikipedia. Article on carnivorous snail.
Haikur (af námskeiði í skriftum, á ensku)
I had always thought haikus were a throwaway silliness, a form of poetry for dabblers and children, and had totally ignored them. I had never heard of their complexity or the seasonal references until now.
So here are two haikus (written with newfound respect for the form).
Now autumn leaves stir The tree sways in the soft wind Hang-ed man is still.
Cliff stones are dusty Clouds hang still...
“Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions....”
– Edgar Allan Poe, From a letter to Frederick W. Thomas (February 14, 1849).
Bækur á leiðinni
Var að panta eftirfarandi bækur af amazon. Góðir tímar framundan.
“The Sheltering Sky (P.S.)” Paul Bowles; Paperback;
“David Copperfield (Penguin Classics)” Charles Dickens; Paperback;
“The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do” Daniel Woodrell; Paperback;
“Invisible Man” Ralph...
Sparkið
Við könnumst eflaust öll við tilfinninguna þegar við vitum að við ættum að vera að gera eitthvað til að breyta lífi okkar, en sláum því á frest. Förum í skóla næsta haust, ekki núna. Sækjum um vinnu í næstu viku, tollum kyrr í leiðndadjobbinu eina viku í viðbót. Tökum okkur á í matarræðinu eftir helgi, (ég meina, laugardagar eru nammidagar!).
En svo kemur sparkið.
Ég man sérstaklega vel eftir...
