My class was cancelled. That's fine by me. The problem is that no one was notified of the cancelation, and I didn't find out until I got there and like the rest of the people in the class, sat waiting for a prof that never showed up. So now I've lost both the money and time I expend everytime I go to class. Usually I get a return for my cash in the form of learning, but nothing today. I really think the University should reimburse me for the tuition for today's class. Cheap bastards. This prof canceled a class in much the same way two weeks ago, except I also decided I didn't feel like showing up, so it didn't effect me. Seems the only solution is to never go to class.
Now for the actual purpose of this post. I would like to make some comments on a book I have just begun to read.
Dianna sent me a copy of "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" for my birthday, and I decided to start reading it on the bus on the way to class today. Two comments about AHWOSG:
A) It has the longest and funnies Acknowledgements section I have ever read or otherwise expereienced. It took me almost the entire trip from Cambridge to the bus terminal in Toronto just to read it. The bus was already on the Gardiner somewhere in Etobicoke when I finally finished. My guess is that it took about 40 minutes. Maybe I'm a slower reader than I thought.
B) It is the most depressing book I have ever read, even though I have only read about 25 pages of the actual book so far. The first chapter of this book makes Elie Wiesel's "Night" feel like good times (incidentally, "Night" existed long before Oprah started reading, although it seems you can now only buy it with her name all over it).
Keep on tranglin,
Anthony
7 comments:
I'm fairly certain that "Etobicoke" is a made up word.
Eggers is quite funny. The most entertaining parts of the book are further in. And then later, if you read the articles his bitter sister wrote after he got famous, claiming that SHE raised their little brother.
I loved that Dave Eggers always wanted to make his mom laugh the same way his dad did. I think of that a lot. I don't know why.
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well that sucks. you know i have class until 3, you could've just come over anyways. it saves you some bling money. refer to pointless email.
sidenote: i just wanted to make a sidenote. I don't want to let Nick down.
Sidenote: Nick smells.
Ubermilf you can't just have a sidenote and nothing else, Jesus.
Look at the way Sounds makes her sidenotes... so elegant. To the point and they roll off the tongue. Yours should be more like that, Ubie.
Get with the program.
how could anyone be mean to nick? look at those compliments, why if there was an emoticon for blushing i would put it down in this space ____.
but dont be too harsh on ubermilf, she has not learned the ways of the sidenote. but it will come, in due time.
I'm glad you like the book! And it does get happier, I swear. I read the majority of AHWOSG on the grey hound going from Peterborough to Cambridge and there were times I was laughing out loud. Have fun with the book!
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