NOVEL ATTEMPTS by ashraya gupta

Still failed to shake off summertime lethargy.
Gotta remember to eat and shower in a timely fashion.
Must stop reading only Jezebel. But thankful to Jezebel for linking to this: Jewish Dolls for Jewish Girls
Two nights ago, after reading this, I started melting marshmallows with my butane torch and eating them with pieces of Belgian dark chocolate [...]

As with all things forgotten, let’s start with what I remember.
We moved to the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio when I was about to enter 2nd grade. I spent that first year at Maple Dale Elementary. The next year, we moved across the street to a different townhouse complex and managed to cross a township line. [...]

Admittedly, I did not think about Martha & the Vandellas at all whilst writing this. Mostly, I think it was Billie Holiday’s version of “April in Paris”—chestnuts in blossom replaced by taxi cabs sighing, obviously. Really, it was my torturous subway ride to and from band practice on Wednesday. That’s three sentences beginning with adverbs. [...]

By now, I’ve made myself hate the short story I began this past semester. It seems a good enough reason as any to return to my real vocation: reading.
Books I’ve Read Since Spring Semester ‘08 Came to Its Unpropitious Close:
Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

Location: Coach Bus, Spain (Madrid, Toledo, Granada)
Dates: May 24 - May 28
Comments: I [...]

Dear world, today, Reverend Al Green called me on the telephone.
Around 2 pm, I was playing his version of “Pretty Woman” on Across 110th Street, the Saturday soul show. The phone rang. I picked it up, said “Hello, WKCR?” The caller paused and then said, “Hi, this is Al Green. What’s your name?”
He wanted to [...]

When I was younger, I went through a period of reading every single Redwall book I could find. Redwall was/is a fantasy series, authored by Brian Jacques, an endearing British man. My brother had the good fortune to meet Jacques, since one of our English teachers in middle school knew him. Unfortunately, he only visited [...]