The Complete Short Prose

Great Moments in Literature #6

2008-05-08T16:01:13Z

Oh my god: Be pleased then, you, the living, in your delightfully warm bed, before Lethe's ice-cold wave will lick your escaping foot. -- Goethe, Roman Elegies Lethe: In Greek mythology, one of the rivers of Hades whose waters will cause comple...

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2008-05-07T10:36:25Z

Last week I went to view flats and at the second flat we went to, the agent who greeted us asked, "Who is the buyer?" I said, "Me," and he stared at me and said, "Huh?! So young? How old are you?" Asshole. Anyway I was thinking about it today and...

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Chinese books

2008-05-04T16:14:39Z

Why is it that whenever I finish a book, I can never decide what to read next, despite the fact that I have close to 40 unread books on my shelves (and table and floor)? Anyway. How effective would a theme-based reading regime be? I just read thi...

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Ugh

2008-04-19T16:26:21Z

There is such a feeling of dread that sloshes around inside me at the thought of the weekend ending. I will be listening to a nice song, and then when the singer hits a particular note of yearning, I will be reminded of work. Or the reminder could...

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Great moments in literature #5

2008-04-17T09:49:00Z

You think me jaded and effete. You are mistaken. If you are delicious, if you have lovely eyes,..., if your body and mind... are so lithe and tender that I feel I could mingle more intimately with your thoughts by sitting on your lap..., there is ...

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Lessons from Proust

2008-04-17T09:44:33Z

1. Read for yourself Find the people you know in the books you read. Find yourself, even, in the characters of 200 years ago. They say things you have never dared to speak aloud, they feel things you have tried to suppress for fear of being perver...

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A repository

2008-04-15T12:37:28Z

Joon and I have started a new blog where we'll write about things we like and want to share with you. It's called The Portable Reader's Guide to Good Things. There isn't much up yet because we just started it today, but we promise lots of, well, g...

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Since we are now broadcasting stuff like this

2008-04-14T11:32:23Z

Men are all the same. They say they'll call, but they won't. This is basically the root of all problems. I'm so upset. I'm so upset. I'm so upset. We fritter away time as if we have so much of it. I feel like handing in my resignation letter. The...

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I want/need another trip

2008-04-12T20:28:02Z

On that note, I know my Vietnam trip was 4 months ago and I really should have stopped talking about it by now, but... I haven't travelled since then. I feeling like it's now about time to take another trip (somewhere easier on my nerves this time...

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Late night recollections of Hanoi

2008-04-12T20:08:35Z

I should be sleeping now because I have to wake up early but my brain is still quite active. I was lying in bed just a while ago trying to let my thoughts run their course and into the darkness but instead I ended up with the urge to write. I was ...

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