/lit/ - Literature

A simple dash works just as well; some people just prefer a semicolon.

I sent one to my dad the other week. Granted, it was because I couldn't get ahold of him any other way, though I did write in cursive to make it look nice at least.

"thrice"

I don't give a fuck - I use it regularly. Thrice a day, even.

>>1375450
Kinda wordy, but if that's what you're going for it should work. Also, shouldn't "superlative" be plural?
>captcha: imply minimum
Hmm, perhaps captcha has a point.

>>1375450
Kinda wordy, but if that's what you're going for it should work. Also, shouldn't "superlative" be plural?

>>1375412
That last sentence sounds like 4chan in a nutshell anyway. I'm merely curious.
>>1375413
I like the way you phrase the sentence and the word choice; it reminds me of Murakami somewhat. Though, are you sure "former" is the best word to use since you didn't actually give the two paths any sort of labels previously?

Let's critique each other's novels (we all have one, shut up) by only the very first sentence. Of course that doesn't say much, but first sentences are important. I'll start.

"My oldest memory is that of a dream."

Well shit. Are these the people I'm buying books from on Amazon for a penny? They are, aren't they? I feel bad, now.

>>1190417
>Animal Farm
>Fahrenheit 451
>The Metamorphosis
>The Scarlet Letter
>The Crucible
>The Glass Menagerie

Oh, yes. Thinking back, I read those ones too.

I can't remember most of elementary and middle school, it being quite some time ago (I'm 24) and mostly terrible, except I do know I read To Kill a Mockingbird in middle. I didn't even get into literature until high school really. In High School I remember we read Hamlet and Macbeth, Catcher In The Rye, some godawful novel from South Africa, and I want to say a lot of Langston Hughes' poetry.

My parents sent me to the county's public schools that concentrated in foreign languages, so I took Spanish and Russian in elementary school (can't remember a thing). In middle school I didn't take any, but my high school offered Spanish, French, German, Latin, and Japanese. Being a huge weeaboo in high school, I took Japanese. Still studying it now. The language is hard as fuck.

Oh, and I grew up in Louisville, KY, US.

>White Noise

In English I'd have to say either "authentic" for the way it sounds, or "thrice" just to be a pseudo-hipster.

>>1180561

Just read Bram Stoker's Dracula.

South Africa needs a vuvuzela.

Is anyone else extremely creeped out by that thing in the asian man's hands? What is the hell is that?

>>1172654

Where in? Near U of L?

October is midterms month, or I would. I rather like Nanowrimo if for no other reason other than it's a good source of motivation.

Edna St.Vincent Millay - Recuerdo

We were very tired, we were very merry—
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable—
But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,
We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon;
And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.

We were very tired, we were very merry—
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry;
And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear,
From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere;
And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,
And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.

We were very tired, we were very merry,
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
We hailed "Good morrow, mother!" to a shawl-covered head,
And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read;
And she wept, "God bless you!" for the apples and pears,
And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.

Sung by Belle & Sebastian

Mostly the RPGs (W and J), though I've enjoyed games from all the genres. At the moment I've been playing the shit out of Civilization V. And yes, I very very much miss the days of REAL adventure games. Really, any game where the main goal seems simply to be to explore I get lost in. Yume Nikki is fantastic, and this game I've been hearing about for the PS3, Journey, looks great. Even in games where that wasn't the goal, like Shadow of the Colossus, or Everquest my trip, that's what I'd do first is just go explore the places.

>>1169608

If you're around Louisville, Kentucky why the fuck not. Of course, there's nothing around Louisville, Kentucky for a 200 mile-radius.

>>1169520
>>1169482

Well whaddya know, people from 4chan actually meeting up in real life and having a good time. I'm envious.

Also 24, OP. High five.

I'd suggest just looking up anything on amazon.com, but you're leaving tomorrow. Where will you find an audiobook in less than a day?

Also, Is that picture from that episode of Mushishi, with the strings dangling from the sky?