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Britten

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About Me

Artist posturing.

My Interests

Bonus tracks.

I'd like to meet:

If your momma don't dance and your daddy don't rock and roll, then not you. Unless, of course, medical reasons are what prohibits them from doing so. Or, if you're adopted, it's pretty much a different story. Not because it means you're free of inheriting their not dancing and/or not rocking and rolling, but because Christ, you've probably been through enough already.

Music:

Folk Singer from the movie Factory Girl

Books:

Good stuff good authors write. Bad stuff good authors write. Good stuff bad authors write.

My Blog

Book Log = Blog? 4/23 - 4/29

O youth! Your humble atrocity -- the things you do make us, change us, ruin us forever -- all without warning, cause, or justification. Why do we allow you to do as you do, trampling upon the dreams o...
Posted by Britten on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:37:00 PST

Book Log = Blog? 4/16 - 4/22

Fury is about fury. There's no real need to clear anything up much after getting that fact straight. That said, I have to admit, having your protagonist good n' angry does a lot to keep you invol...
Posted by Britten on Tue, 29 May 2007 01:54:00 PST

Book Log = Blog? 4/8 - 4/15

What's your favorite book? Have a top 5? Now, why are they good, and what's the deal with them? That's kinda what The American Classics: A Personal Essay is, only, it grew up in Ireland, went to Unive...
Posted by Britten on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST

Book Log = Blog? 4/1 - 4/7

I never wrote a book at 15, and in a lot of ways, I wish I did. In other, more rational ways, I'm glad I didn't. I was very awesome as a 15-year-old. My book probably would have involved someone young...
Posted by Britten on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:22:00 PST

Book Log = Blog? 3/25 - 3/31

The past week was nothing but a stumble through literary biography for a course paper; I don't know what it says that In Search of J. D. Salinger made for a great break from everything else. I wi...
Posted by Britten on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:29:00 PST

Book Log = Blog? 3/18 - 3/24

Time And Again was much better than I thought it'd be, and it had been a long time since I've read anything that could be labeled "science fiction" (I feel like that should be capitalized and bolded, ...
Posted by Britten on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:45:00 PST

Book Log = Blog? 3/11 - 3/17

Eggers is good. Eggers is Eggers. You Shall Know Our Velocity! felt pertinant for some reason, even though my life in no way parallels the story. In any case, Eggers is hard to put down. He does not n...
Posted by Britten on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:21:00 PST

A Muse At Midnight

Late at night and from most angles, shadows form the shape of a cat upon my table. It has been said that in the dark all cats are grey, but my cat, composed as it is entirely of the twilight dark must...
Posted by Britten on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:07:00 PST

Book Log = Blog? 3/4 - 3/10

So, A Man Without A Country is done, and the back-to-back of it and Walden really have me thinking that when dudes get down and essay, it can be pretty alright. I probably won't have any essays flying...
Posted by Britten on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:33:00 PST

Book Log = Blog? 2/25 - 3/3

I noticed that I never said whether or not I'd be commenting on what I've read, but I guess I can just address that hear: I probably won't be, and when I do (if I really feel like I need to), it'll pr...
Posted by Britten on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:20:00 PST