...once more as I (re)discover more manga and classic books. So for the meantime, I'm setting aside all fanfiction projects of my favorite series and focusing on finishing the final two parts of Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" I've left to read, scouring for more good "Pride and Prejudice" fics (Lizzy & Darcy!), and working on understanding a muddled "Bride of the Water God" plot in my head...

"Ha, ha, ha! You will be finding enjoyment in toothache next," you cry, with a laugh. "Well, even in toothache there is enjoyment," I answer. I had toothache for a whole month and I know there is. In... My jests, gentlemen, are of course in bad taste, jerky, involved, lacking self-confidence. But of course that is because I do not respect myself. Can a man of perception respect himself at all

...i was playing. not in cleats, but in high fashion boots. that doesn't explain anything. all it does it make for a good story. of course, if i didn't read jeph jacque's twitter instead of reading dostoevsky, i'm sure shaq wouldn't have been involved. i don't mind curling up with fyodor, believe me, wrapped in a quilt to fight off the sub-zero temperatures of my dorm room. but i can't help but...

...what happens when I try to read other novels at the height of fandom.  I wrote this instead of attempting a serious comparative literature essay. Disclaimer : Not my manga; not my boys.  Apologies to Dostoevsky. Ryuuzaki was the most annoying person in the world. As Light went through his nightly routine, he tried to ignore the little man who was chained to him, following him around lackadaisically...

... the humanity, but you always see it coming. The foreshadowing is just not that great in this game's writing. It would have worked in 1995 when writing in games was just starting to take off, but these days it's just dry. Gears of War 2's writing is so awful it makes the original PlayStation version of Resident Evil look like Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment . There, I said it.

Lately, I've been reading a bunch of short stories. I read several last night by Dostoevsky, and they reminded me of something... but I can't figure out what they reminded me of. Which is really, really bugging me. So, a question for... er, anyone who's familiar with a lot of (obscure?) short stories? Ten years or so ago, when I lived in Hawaii, I used to spend a lot of time reading random short...

По стечению обстоятельств выложил на YouTube ещё один отрывок из фильма "Братья Карамазовы". Думаю, и здесь надо как-то отметиться.

...and brazil wood bow in a bullet-proof case. 5. One (1) pair of tennis shoes. 6. Five (5) pairs of boxer shorts. Fruit of the loom, solid grey. 7. One (1) copy of The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Is that really all I owned? [private] I think that I am falling in love. I think I can see now why it is called "falling." I think that I have never been happier... I think that I'd...