feel like i’m still there
You know you put on some holiday pounds when your typically 41 mph descent turns into a 46 mph descent. Ooouuccch. It’s just my luck that my holiday love is now on the prowl.
With a semester only days away from completion, I now have the time to work on long-term projects that I have otherwise discarded. Unfortunately, procrastination doesn’t pay off as well. Fortunately, I have only one class of substance with any semester requirements still outstanding.
And I have also been spending greater time in my latest read, Foucault’s Pendulum. This is the third Umberto Eco book I’ve adventured to completing. Following my love of The Name of the Rose, I hoped Foucault’s Pendulum would produce similar ardor. However, as I was just pages into Foucault’s, my sister warned me that it was pretty much a slow read. Oh, and it’s the truth. If you want to enjoy the book, just read the first one hundred pages and the last two hundred pages. The entire middle is a quagmire of rambling that some people could assumably follow, though it’s plausible that most readers aren’t as well-versed in medieval conspiracies. Luckily, I have just pages left before I move onto a new book that will not be about the Grail.
This concludes the general post-holiday update. Hope yours went well.
November 26th, 2007 at 9:50 am
I was much more impressed by Baudolino. Maybe you’d find it interesting.
November 26th, 2007 at 10:02 am
i’ll try that after a break from eco. i haven’t read any science-centric book in quite some time, so that is on my immediate to-do.