classic

Well, I am 0 for 2 on literature. I have read Of Mice and Men and The Catcher in the Rye over the last few days. I did not enjoy either. They were dark and empty. While I understand their title of classics in light of their echoing many modern questions and trains of thought before they came, they are not my questions or patterns of thought. So I am left hoping for more. I like Ecclesiastes. I like the questions it asks. I like the answers it gives.

Anyway, in the next week before I start real school I have some filling up my mind to do. I plan to read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho today. After that, The Gabriel Hounds which is a book that I have carried around with me for about 5 years since a good friend gave it to me just before literally disappearing. I will finally know if it is worth keeping. Then I have Bird by Bird and Through the Ivory Gate.

It is a heavy list for only one week but seeing as my only occupation right now is fixing my couch, gathering firewood and waiting for school to start in a week... I should be able to manage it. It also helps that each of these books is fairly short totaling exactly 948 pages. I can totally do that in a week...if my week goes as planned. This last week I updated my deviantart and got is almost up to speed. It's really quite close. I should be able to get it done during the next respite I have. Which is to say, for the first time in my life, my photographs resemble organization. I wish I could say the same about my music.

See. Give me a week off from class and see what I wont do.