nobel prize
Space Oddity
Strange things are happening on my side of the universe. I can’t exactly explain what they are, but let’s just say that there are maybe two or three things that have had me thinking, Well, this never happened before. It’s nothing too terrible. I am losing sleep, but that has to do with something else. And I know how vague all of this sounds, but I guess I don’t really have a choice about that. Suffice to say, it’s an odd time for me and I don’t think it will let up any time soon.
Now for an assortment of things:
I’ve been writing again. Or at least, I began to get back to it last night. I’m not sure if there will be any sustained effort forthcoming but I certainly hope so. I have about a fifth of the manuscript left to do and I hope to be able to complete that as soon as possible.
My cat says hi.
It’s Nobel season and in case you haven’t been guessing, I named a few hopefuls in my blog post over here: [via Who Killed Lemmy Caution?]
Plenty of movies to watch, plenty of things to read. School work is… let’s say, unfriendly. I think I’m doing okay, as far as surviving goes. I’d certainly like to be saying that I have all my homework done and dusted three weeks ahead of time but you know, that stuff is theoretically possible but practically impossible. Like a car appearing on the other side of a mountain because of quantum mechanics.
I’m watching Paris Is Burning today, and I’ll soon have to rewatch Mulholland Drive. The latter is for my essay, which I’m… still thinking about. It’s starting to make sense (the essay, I mean) but there are a couple of kinks I’m going to have to iron out.
I got a haircut yesterday. I now have less hair than the day before.
It’s strange to think it’s October already because it makes me feel like the end of the year is already about.
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Super Mario
Mario Vargas Llosa takes this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, and I think this is the first time in 7 or 8 years that I’ve guessed something right. Even though I did list five names, but it’d be too difficult otherwise.
Congratulations, sir!
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Lit Prize
Just popped in to say that the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2009 has gone to Herta Müller. Congratulations.
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Physics Nobel
This year’s Physics Nobel has gone to CCD sensor pioneers Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith. Congratulations, sirs, and thanks for the cameras.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Wins Nobel Prize
Early post today as the news comes in on the Nobel Prize in Literature winner for this year. And the prize goes to Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. [via Nobelprize.org] I’m sure congratulations coming from this place won’t mean very much, but all the same, congrats, sir.
I must admit that I don’t actually know his work at all. He hasn’t been very vigorously translated as far as I know, though I guess that will certainly change now. Wiki tells me that:
In 1994 a survey conducted by the French literary magazine Lire showed that 13% of the readers considered him to be the greatest living French language writer.
From what I gather, his early work is more experimental and tormented, and (based on that alone) I’m rather intrigued. In any case, I’m sure we’ll see mass paperbacks coming out pretty soon so I’ll make it a point to have a go at his work.
In the meantime, maybe someone can drop a comment and tell me more about him. Would appreciate it very much.
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Nobel Prize Winners In Physics
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics goes to these guys. [via Nobelprize.org]
Two more days to Literature.
I mean, not that it matters, but it’s always fun to satisfy one’s curiosity.
(Except when being tracked down by sneaky ninjas.)
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