The Diary of Antoine Roquentin

tempus fugit

digital cameras

I’ve been feeling a lack of drive to buy another stick of RAM just yet. My computer is fine, and I doubt I’ll have a bunch of money this month to spend. So I’ve been checking out digital cameras. I’m in love with the Nikon Coolpix 4200. I’ve found it online for $275. Not bad, [...]

essay

I got off work early so I could do some work on my essay. I’ve tentatively decided to analyze setting in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death.” It seems to me to be the most important element–the red room with black tapestries, the ebony clock, those are the most dramatic images. I [...]

$.72

Just thought I’d post my bank statement when I went to deposit that stuff. I think it’s hideously funny:

something new

I just learned something. It occurred to me: “What’s the difference between ‘et al’ and ‘et cetera.’” I looked it up. Et al means just “and others,” while et cetera means “and others of the same kind.” Just thought that was cool.

weird dream

I just must blog about this dream…in the dream I was painting my teeth with nail polish. In the dream I was vaguely thinking “There’s something wrong here..” but I just kept doing it. Weird. Tomorrow is going to be apocalyptic, Mike will be back and he will chew out Jocelyn for quitting…it’s just sad. [...]