Canonical

August 30th, 2007Blog0 comments

As I run I’m listening to the audiobook version of Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It’s unusual in that the narration is a lot more “acted” than other audiobooks I’ve listened to. The narrator is taking a lot of care to do the voices in character and with the appropriate inflections. I’m not sure if I like this better than the standard practice, but it’s definitely interesting to listen to.

I think I’m going to have to read The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged soon because of my interest in BioShock. I’m kind of dreading this but it looks necessary. It’s weird to initially be exposed to a satire of something before the original object it makes fun of.

It’s hot these days. Been running in the sunshine, so I’m two shades darker than normal. I’ve heard that George Bush doesn’t care about black people, so I’m a little worried for myself. Beyond that everything’s pretty good, though it feels very odd to not be in hardcore writing mode — i.e., actually putting words on the page. It’s been a week since I was in that mode, and I feel like I just got out of the pool and I’m not weightless anymore. The mode that I’m in — outlining — is like looking at the menu at a restaurant. You’re hungry and you’d feel a lot better plowing through food.

Spider-Man was sexually abused as a child?! — from Comics with Problems, an excellent repository of the weird and fascinating things that happen when comic book characters are used to teach kids about social issues. Example: A cartoon eagle teaches kids about gun safety — funded, of course, by the NRA.

Great quote I just heard: “People who refuse to grow up tend to grow old before their time.”