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09.07

Mixed Verse I

Disclaimer: This is a housekeeping entry. It is not an exercise in fine writing. Please, excuse the mess.

In the interest of allowing my readers to learn more about me as a person, rather than me as a blogger, and because I fear nothing, and show everything…ask me a question. Any question you want. - Amanda

I’m following the trend that Amanda began—ask away. Questions and answers will be added to my Ask & Answer page.

two. I will blog about something other than nonsense later. Who’d have thought, right? Suggestions for blog topics or articles are welcome—if there’s anything that you want to hear me go on about, let me know!

three. Also, this layout isn’t quite right. I want to make another one with the same theme of Versailles. Suggestions? Criticisms?

It is harder, sometimes, to review a glorious book—to convey its power and influence without relying on suspicious adjectives. Good books can be slotted, characterized, explained; great books often cannot. I believe Geraldine Brooks’ new novel, March, is a very great book. I believe it breathes new life into the historical fiction genre, the borrowing- a- character- from- the- deep- past phenomenon, the old I- shall- tell- you- a- story- through- letters tradition. I believe it honors the best of the imagination. I give it a hero’s welcome. - Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune puts it best but—yes, I attempted to review March. My review is here.

five. I have an exam on Thursday. Wish me luck!

six. Things of interest:

  1. After the taser incident at the university in Florida, the domain donttazemebro.com was registered.
  2. The Prehistory of Emoticons

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9 Comments to “Mixed Verse I”

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Umm… question. If you had to teach a class (any subject, ant grade) which one would you choose and why?

Umm… layout-wise, I like this one! But if you want a change, you could do Versailles in bright sunny colours. Louis XIV was the Roi Soleil after all!

Posted by: Aisling · September 25th, 2007 at 10:33 pm · #

How would you explain the Internet to a person who didn’t know anything about it?

Posted by: Sarai · September 25th, 2007 at 10:34 pm · #

Aisling, I know. :) I noted that in my site section. I set out to make this a bright layout. I just failed. Everyone’s supposed to pretend that it’s bright. ;)

Posted by: Chantelle · September 25th, 2007 at 10:41 pm · #

What are you studying currently? (I know you must’ve mentioned it at some point, but I can’t find it any more :( )

What is studying at Yale like?

Do you get much flake for attending an Ivy League University?

Before you entered Yale, what did you think experience there would be like? Did your perceptions change much, and how did the real experience differ from what you expected?

Posted by: Belinda · September 25th, 2007 at 10:50 pm · #

If you could kill three famous persons without any bad consequences, who would you kill? (In order)

Good luck with your exam. :)

Posted by: Rilla · September 26th, 2007 at 12:46 am · #

*can’t think of any questions*

Good luck with the exam!

Posted by: Jenny · September 26th, 2007 at 1:17 pm · #

When you were younger, what did you want to become?

That emoticon history thing is interesting!

Posted by: Kaylee · September 26th, 2007 at 4:20 pm · #

Why do you want to be a lawyer?

On average, how much sleep are you getting nowadays?

What would you like from Japan?

Also, I know nothing about Versailles, but good luck pursuing your recreation/emulation. Yellows, maybe?

Posted by: Caitlin · September 27th, 2007 at 10:05 am · #

Honestly, this is one of the best CSS layouts I’ve seen in a long time, so I’d prefer if you didn’t supplant it with another so quickly. However, I’ll echo the above opinion that the next one should feature vibrant, psychedelic hues. Bright, vivid colors seem to suit your personality more.

I’m uncertain if your visitors have the patience to explore the entries by categories (I normally read by month), so you might reconsider the blog category inclusion, since it strikes me as superfluous. It’s your choice, though; I’m not irked either way.

I would suggest using RSS icons for the RSS links instead of text. Try http://www.feedicons.com/. It frees up space at the bottom of your page and draws greater attention to the feed. Also, It might behoove you to position it more conspicuously on your page to encourage subscribers..

What annoys you the most about weblogs? Is there anything in particular you find so repugnant that you decide never to revisit?

Posted by: Newton · September 27th, 2007 at 8:42 pm · #

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