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Today is the feast of the conversion of St. Paul. Most of you are familiar with this story, but if not, you can read it here. At any rate, I am a convert to Christianity myself, although not in such a dramatic fashion.

– YESTERDAY – Worked all day and read all night. Dinner was steak and soup. All sore from my (over?) zealous workout.
– TODAY – Work, then, the first event of the literary colloquia, and after that, my first literary seminar session with Shelley Jackson.

Truly.

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I’ll take a break from the close reading to address some points raised by my colleague, Christian. To quote his post in its entirety:

I can remain silent on this issue no longer! So let’s get some things straight: I’ve never listened to his music, and in truth I know almost nothing about him.

Of the two Sufjan Stevens albums I know, the two that inaugurate the 50 State Project, Michigan is far and away the easiest to tackle. It may actually be difficult for me to come up with much to say. While this album really impressed me with its freshness and candor, I was so disproportionately blown away by Illinois, that I have difficulty making comparisons now.

– YESTERDAY – Was wonderful in the end… I don’t know… maybe it was difficult last semester to feel excited about moving to New York after the wedding and our trip to Belize. At any rate, this time around I feel much more like I typically do at the start of a school year.

– NIMBUS – Well, kids, it’s Nimbus, and that means time for exhileration. The background you see is the east river (technically one of the inlets leading into the Brooklyn Navy Yard) as seen from Williamsburg in Brooklyn.The foreground is the fire I witness and photographed last Tuesday.

– YESTERDAY – Spent most of the day yesterday exploring the Stamr district of Williamsburg (Brooklyn). It was awesome. Later, sat up with Jess and read Jernigan by David Gates, my workshop instructor this semester. I’m enjoying it so far.

– This entry will be brief, but that has more to do with me wishing to take advantage of what has been a truly productive week and not with a lack of things to say.
– YESTERDAY – After work, I commenced my annual book buying binge, though this one was more modest than usual.

Here, then, is the summary of last weekend.

Jess went out for dinner with her friends on Friday, while I finished reading Lisa’s work and much of what Reinhardt had sent me. (This break I’ve finally managed to catch up on much of the reading I promised I’d do for friends, though I still have a ways to go).