Thesis

Yes, I know I haven't written in a good long while. My excuse: 25-30 page senior thesis.

My thesis is on the evolution of the hero. It originally began as this genius attempt to trace the evolution of the hero throughout British literature (from Beowulf to Frodo Baggins). Unfortunately, that turned out to be way too long and (as I could not find any way other than chronologically to organize it) very boring. A 30 page chronological paper is boring, by the way; I learned that in my Rhetorical Criticism class. My professor looked exactly like Kevin Spacey, but after I got over that distraction, I did learn a lot.

Anyway, my thesis now compares the evolution of Sir Gawain (without a doubt, Arthur's most adaptable knight) to the evolution of Batman. That's right, folks, I wrote my thesis on Batman. Who knew I was such a nerd! Wait, everyone probably knew that...

Oh well, more on this later. I must now edit my 27 page thesis, so that it will be perfect and I can be proud of it. After that I must finish a short story for another class. Funny, it was a comedy in my head, but on paper, it's probably the most dramatic thing I've written.

Also, I earned my green belt in Budo Taijistu last night!  Which means I'm not awful!  Yay!

Comment if you'd like! Tootles

Oops

Neil Gaiman does have a blog!!  I don't know how I missed that.  He even talks about going to Tuscaloosa, AL.  I was there!  I saw him!  Go check it out!  (I can't believe I'm using all these exclamation points!  Hemingway would be so put off!)

No blog for Diana Wynne Jones, unfortunately.  I'll just have to read Howl's Moving Castle again.

I'm Back!

No, that's not a threat, and I know you all missed me (all 18 of you who accidentally found my blog). 

Anyway, I've been pretty sick for the past couple of weeks.  I won't go into detail because I just don't see why any of you would care, but before I got sick, I did some adventuring. 

Last Monday I got to introduce author Jack Pendarvis to a reasonably sized audience of Samford students and professors, and I like to imagine that it is me he is refering to in one of his more recent blog entries.  (That's right, I'm blog-stalking him, and if Neil Gaiman and Diana Wynne Jones kept a blog, I would probably stalk them too!)

He's probably one of my favorite authors right now, and I highly recommend his book The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure.  It's his collection of hilariously satirical short stories, my favorite one being "Sex Devil," which he read to us during his visit.  He also wrote the novel, Awesome, and another collection of short stories, Your Body is Changing.  Awesome is hilarious, but it's not for everyone.  If you have a problem with the word "ejaculate," don't read it!  I've only read one story so far from You're Body is Changing; I read "The Outsiders" in class when I probably should have been...well, teaching actually.  Anyway, I never claimed to be the perfect teacher's assistant or student, but I am an avid reader of good literature. 

So, go read some Jack Pendarvis!  I follow his blog, and you should, too!