Here we go: more about Wyoming! Yay! After we reveled in the wonders of the Mad Dog and the Pilgrim bookstore (miss that?), we took a scenic detour out to see the Virginian hotel in Medicine Bow. It’s an old gothic victorian hotel famous for being the setting of Owen Wister’s Western novel, The Virginian (which is … Continue reading
Words, words, words! As you may have guessed from the fact that I’m an English major, I’m kind of a word lover. And anyone who’s a word lover is also a book lover. I was up in Wyoming for a race this weekend. No, not one that I competed in (I like being able to … Continue reading
In one of the classes I’m taking, called “Hawthorne, Melville, and James,” we just finished reading Melville’s Moby Dick. After an intensive three-week study of the 625 pages of thrilling adventure, such as the Cetology chapter in which Melville classifies whale types, or the Extracts section full of miscellaneous whale and fish quotes, we finally … Continue reading
Well, my Spring Break just ended, and I just got back from San Francisco! Now it’s back to school, but don’t feel too bad for me; I’m off to Disneyland next weekend! Ah, the joys of Southern California. Anyway, while I was there, I gained a new-found appreciation for rain (just kidding…I’ll probably never be … Continue reading
Exploits of an English Major 