Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand’s objectivism is probably the only philosophy I subscribe to. Very capitalist. Very awesome. Happens to be wrapped up in a pretty good story, too, but I wouldn’t say her writing is superb.
Archives for February 2011
The Great Gatsby The great American dream. I know I said the books weren’t in any preferential order, but this is my all-time fave.
The Waves I know I constantly talk about this book. It’s poetry in prose form. My favorite of all Virginia Woolf’s work. She’s my favorite author, by the way.
The Bell Jar I believe this is the poet Sylvia Plath’s only novel. A hopeful, semi-autobiographical story about a college girl suffering from depression.
Health Kick Day Five
The worst thing I consumed over the course of this week was something from a vending machine. I was at Sea Bowl last night. No bowling for this handicapped girl. Just hanging out, having fun, and catching up with friends….
Health Kick Day Two
I stepped on the scale this morning and I had lost 2.2 pounds. All because I refrained from eating chips and cookies for one day. Unbelievable. I thought today–day 2–I’d return to my highly caloric ways. I imagined myself staring…
Run Loser Run
I passed the 3 kilometer mark and almost puttered to a stop. I’ve got another half of this 5k race to go. God help me. How is it that I ran the Kaiser half marathon last year? Then came enlightenment…
Health Kick in the Ass
I decided post-Superbowl, I would try to be healthy. No diet. Diets are for dodos. I simply need to make better decision about what I consume. For background, I cannot go a day without eating chips and cookies. The higher…
Sick Bookstore, Get Better
As I get older, the less I remember. Two years ago when I went hiking with a friend, she pointed and asked about a tree. Hell if I knew. She scoffed, “Weren’t you a forestry major?” You know what, bee-atch,…
40-Year-Old Tiger
Speaking of art, a beautiful tiger was drawn on a Chemistry lab chalkboard sometime in the 1970s. It stayed there for three decades–untouched with signs scrawled along side the picture, “Save…do not wash.” A few years ago, it was taken…