Month in Review

By my calculations, I should have... 3.1278.... about 3 items done. I have 0 done. Yeah.

I should have 31 stories; I have 16. I need to read 15 more.

I should have read 31 essays; I have read 32. Thanks to school, I am ahead on these, but I'm still attempting to read one a day. I 'll be done with this one early, if all goes well.

I should have read 93 poems; I have read 48. I need 45 more. I've somehow "scheduled" myself to read 58 in my agenda. I'm sure there's a reason for that, so I'm sticking with it.

I should have written 4 very short stories; I've written none.

I should have written 4 poems; I've written 1. Three behind.

I should have written 4 essays; I've written... Oh, actually, 2. I need to add that one in. I Need 2 more.

I should've written 1 short story; I've made no effort on that.

By my calculations, I should've written 6.2 pages in my "notebook"; I'm about to start the 19th page. So that's good.

I should have made 4 new dishes; I made 2, which Ineed to add in. I'll do that when I do the essay.

Things I will force myself to do this month:

Read upon waking every day
Floss twice a day every day
Finish the Baghvad Gita and the King in Yellow
I need 2 more for this month, but I dont' knwo which ones to pick.

I'm behind, but not too far behind.

1/14/10-1/28/10

Kept running out of time to update this...

1. Short Story (2)
- "How Ivan Ivanovich quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich" by Nikolai Gogol
- "Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt" by Nikolai Gogol

2. Essay (13)
- "The Enigma" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Ete
- "Return to Tipasa" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Ete
- "The Sea Close By" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Ete
- "The Rains of New York" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays
- "A Causal Theory of Knowing" by Alvin Goldman
- "Knowledge: Undefeated Justified True Belief" by Keith Lehrer and Thomas Paxson
- "Knowledge" by Robert Nozick
- "Contextualism and Knowledge Attributions" by Keith DeRose
- Ethical Intuitionism Chapter 2 "Non-Cognitivism" by Michael Huemer
- "Toward a Regional Cosmopolitanism: The CAse of Mulk Raj Anand" by Jessica Berman
- Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy by Jerry L. Walls - Introduction
- Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy by Jerry L. Walls - Chapter 1: "Heaven and God's Goodness"
- "The Thought: A Logical Inquiry" by Gottlieb Frege (who is a badass)

4. Books (2)
- Finished Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand (for class)
- Read Thud! by Terry Pratchett

8. Checked out The King in Yellow

35. 18 pages

74. Have been reading every day upon waking for 3 days

85. 28.2% completion in GT3

88. Started the Baghvad Gita

1/13/10

1. Short Story (0)
- Began "How Ivan Ivanovich quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich" by Nikolai Gogol (25/50 pages)

2. Essay (2)
- "Helen's Exile" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Ete
- "Knowledge and Grounds: A Comment on Mr. Gettier's Paper" by Michael Clark


4. Books
-Continued Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand (86/157) (for class)

1/12/10

2. Essay (3)
- Epistemology: Contemporary Readings - Part III (The Nature and Scope of Justification and Knowledge), Ch 8 (The Analysis of Knowledge), Introduction (by Michael Huemer)
- Ethical Intuitionism - Introduction, by Michael Huemer
- "Knowing as Having the Right to be Sure" by A.J. Ayer


3. Poems (6)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Bodhidharma"
- "Rain"
- "Christmas Sparrow"
- "The Stare"
- "Surprise"
- "Poetry"

4. Books
-Continued Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand (66/157) (for class)

1/11/10

1. Short Story (1)
- "The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol

2. Essay (1)
- "A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Ete

1/10/10

1. Short Story (1)
- "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol

2. Essay (1)
- "Prometheus in the Underworld" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Ete

3. Poems (4)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Elk River Falls"
- "Earth"
- "Colorado"
- "Lying in Bed in the Dark, I Silently Address the Birds of Arizona"

4. Books
-Began Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand (31/157) (for class)

75. Job interview at Tee & Cakes; got an application for Flatiron Coffee

1/9/10

1. Short Story (2)
- "I Needs Must Part, The Policeman Said" by Richard Bowes (in Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009)
- "Diary of a Madman" by Nikolai Gogol

2. Essay (2)
- "The Minotaur, or Stopping in Oran" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Ete
- "The Almond Trees" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Ete

3. Poems (6)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "To My Patron"
- "Writing in the Afterlife"
- "The Parade"
- "The Only Day in Existence"
- "No Time"
- "Balsa"

4. Books
-Continued The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (876/1112) (page numbers are continuous with the whole trilogy)
-Began Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand (31/157) (for class)

35. Wrote 2 more pages in Notebook

1/7/10

1. Short Story (1)
- "Inside Time" by Tim Sullivan (in Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009)

2. Essay (1)
- "The Desert" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from Noces

3. Poems (3)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Death in New Orleans, a Romance"
- "Air Piano"
- "Drawing"

4. Books
-Started The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (826/1112) (page numbers are continuous with the whole trilogy)

53. Woke up at 10; tried to go to bed at midnight, ended up at 4.

60. Failed!

74. Failed the next day, so.

84. Got to the end of FH in FFVIII

1/6/10

1. Short Story (1)
- "Hell of a Fix" by Matthew Hughes (in Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009)

2. Essay (1)
- "Summer in Algiers" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from Noces

3. Poems (3)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "By a Swimming Pool Outside Siracusa"
- "Bermuda"
- "Ignorance"

4. Books (1)
-Started The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (790/1112) (page numbers are continuous with the whole trilogy)

53. Woke up at 7; tried to go to bed at midnight, ended up at 1:30.

60. Read before bed (4/30)

74. Read upon waking (2/30)

75. Dropped off resume at several bookstores and coffee shops; Actually applied for a job at one.

84. Beat NORG in FFVIII

98. Inquired into a sleep study (found out I wasn't eligible for it afterwards)

1/5/10

1. Short Story (1)
- "Dragon's Teeth" by Alex Irvine (in Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009)

2. Essay (1)
- "The Wind at Djemila" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from Noces

3. Poems (3)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "The Listener"
- "The Literary Life"
- "The Great Walter Pater"

4. Books (1)
-Started The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (741/1112) (page numbers are continuous with the whole trilogy)

53. Woke up at 8; tried to go to bed at midnight, ended up at 2.

60. Read before bed (3/30)

74. Read upon waking (1/30)

75. Rebuilt resume; found social security card; emailed two people about jobs; found out about a job fair at Tee & Cakes on Sunday

77. Saved more receipts

84. Got to the missile thingy in FFVIII

1/4/10

1. Short Story (1)
- "The Man Who Did Something About It" by Harvey Jacobs (in Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009)

2. Essay (1)
- "Nuptials at Tipasa" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from Noces

3. Poems (3)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Nine Horses"
- "Litany"
- "The Return of the Key" (pretty interesting!)

4. Books (1)
-Finished Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

14. Drafted an essay titled "Essay of Myself" (1)

35. Wrote 5 pages in notebook

60. Read before bed (2/30)

72. Put Away Laundry

75. Asked at two places about hiring

77. Started entering my receipts into a table to track my expenses

84. Finished Disc 1 of FFVIII

1/3/10

Short Story (1)
- "Iris" by Nancy Springer (in Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009)

Essay (1)
- "The Wrong Side and the Right Side" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Envers et L'Endroit

Poems (3)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Albany"
- "Study in Orange and White"
- "Rooms"

Other
-60. Read before bed (1/30)
-72. Did and Folded all laundry
-84. Played more FFVIII

1/2/10

Short Story (1)
- "The Economy of Vacuum" by Sarah Thomas (in Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009) (It made me cry)

Essay (1)
- "Love of Life" from Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Envers et L'Endroit

Poems (10)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Languor"
- "Obituaries" (reminded me of a Lou Reed song, from Magic & Loss)
- "Today"
- "Ave Atque Vale"
- "Roadside Flowers"
- "As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse"
- "Trompe L'Oeil" (I LOVED THIS ONE)
- "Creatures" (This one confused me)
- "Tipping Point" (I loved this one too!)
- "Birthday"

Other
-77. Went shopping; kept the receipts.
-84. Started FF8 again
-85. 13.7% completion in Gran Turismo 3
-Modified several entries so that they work

1/1/10

Read Essays (2)
From Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Envers et L'Endroit
- "Between Yes and No"
-"Death in the Soul"

Read Short Stories (2)
from Fantasy&ScienceFiction December
- "Illusions of Tranquillity" by Brendan DuBois
- "The Blight Family Singers" by Kit Reed (I can't say for sure whether this was good or not, but I recommend reading it.)

Other
- Got 10.3% completion in Gran Turismo 3 (It's winter break, okay?!)

12/31/09

Read Essays (2)
From Camus's Lyrical and Critical Essays, from L'Envers et L'Endroit
-Preface
-"Irony"

Other
-A lot of Gran Turismo 3; (it's one of my video games for # 86)