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I got up yesterday morning, a Saturday, around 5:45. I washed my face and dressed and walked to my car in the dark. I stopped by my local Starbucks and treated myself to a tall mocha.

I then made my way down Midway to 635; from there to Central Expressway from which I exited at Northwest Highway. My destination was the Half-Price Books located there, or rather the warehouse that I knew was located near it.

Once I arrived I noticed, somewhat to my chagrin, that there ...

Naked Confessions

Your lips
whisper secrets
against my skin.

As your fingers
coercively steal
away clandestine
truths.

Before Prometheus fires
let our bodies confess
untold desires
of the heart.

I recently started reading the book "The Secret History by Donna Tartt and the more I read the book the more it really reminds me of this movie I saw maybe 3 or 4 years or so back. At first I thought the movie may have been made after the book but I cannot find anything which indicates this book had ever been made into a movie, they are just very smiler, but now it is driving me crazy that I cannot think of the name of the movie.

My memory of the details of the movie are vague, ...

"The World is a book
and those who do not travel
read only one page."
-St. Augustine of Hippo 5th c.

The conductor whose efforts I have been listening to the most recently is surely Jordi Savall. Savall is known for his performances of "early music": the Baroque and earlier... much of it "forgotten" to the mainstream "classical" repertoire. He is also a leading figure in exploring music which crosses the boundaries of East and ...

I am very tired of reading articles about genre! my exam is later today and I have been reading about genres in movies and music, I thought I was studying literature!!! the thing is the classes you have to take are designed to be for both film students and lit students.

I am very happy that two girls in my french lit class asked me to be in a study group with them before the exam next week! if anyone has read my earlier blogs you know this is a pretty big deal for little, shy, avoid ...