Monthly Archives: September 2007

Getting What You Deserve (?)

9/17/2007 – 9:57 am

I’m recapping footie and football today with a recurring theme. I’m on a regular workout schedule now and since we have a TV with DVR plonked in front of the elliptical, I can watch the tube without wasting valuable time. Right, so after a few weeks of play I’ve decided that this season in England [...]

By Trent | Posted in * American Football, * Footie, - England/EPL, - Spain/La Liga, - US/MLS | Comments (1)

Honorably Mentioned

9/16/2007 – 6:50 pm

/ I was just browsing in the bookstore and happened to find that I’m listed in the Honorable Mentions of The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois. It’s for my short story “From the Mouths of Babes,” which appeared in the March 2006 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and [...]

By Trent | Posted in Writing | Comments (8)

Besieged

9/14/2007 – 11:27 am

Spanish is impossible. I can’t speak, I can’t write it, I can’t understand it. I can’t remember any conjugations of the imperfect subjunctive, and I only use the preterit when I should be using the imperfect past and vice-versa. What I need to do is spend about another 1000 hours immersed in Spanish study. Then [...]

By Trent | Posted in School, Spanish | Comments (5)

Because No One Asked For It

9/13/2007 – 10:30 am

I added a page on books I’ve read in the last couple of years. I was tracking this in a spreadsheet and figured I might as well throw this on the website as well. 45 books and counting from 2007. I should reach about 60-70 by the end of the year, which will be about [...]

By Trent | Posted in Reading, School | Comments (3)

What I’m Up to this Semester

9/12/2007 – 9:26 am

Right. Here’s what I’m taking this semester in my Ph.D. program in Creative Writing. Details and reading lists after the break. ENG 718 – Directed Writing in Poetry ENG 825 – Seminar in Major Figures – James Joyce ENG 990 – Research in English – Science Fiction

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Simpsonized

9/11/2007 – 2:04 pm

From your good friends at Burger King: Simpsonize Me

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Looking on the Bright Side of Today

9/11/2007 – 9:38 am

Quick shout-out to the wife since her birthday is today. Happy birthday sweetheart! You’re the best. It’s always a good day when you can contribute to the best footie website on the planet. The bit I supplied for today’s football365.com’s Mediawatch:

By Trent | Posted in * Footie, - England/EPL | Comments (0)

Briefly

9/10/2007 – 12:03 pm

Ah, school starts, things ramp up, time disappears. So, quickly: Brazil 4, US 2. Not a bad showing considering this was Brazil’s full team and the US had moments of luck and anti-luck. What find most impressive is that the US actually has enough composure to play Brazil, to stretch them at times and makes [...]

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How Much For A Full Set of T-Shirts?

9/9/2007 – 8:56 am

I want. And be sure to check out Demonbaby’s other Patriotism and X-treme Patriotism! t-shirts.

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Remember This Picture?

9/9/2007 – 8:46 am

Remember this picture from last week? Well, now imagine the hole being a 12-foot trench that extends length-wise down the block. Our neighbor called us (we’re at the in-laws this weekend) to let us know that the construction workers knocked out the power to our houses and she would be letting the electric company inside [...]

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