The Diary of Antoine Roquentin

We’re all just fumbling in the dark — for a heart of hearts

Month: February, 2010

Pablo’s Heart

I know I haven’t written in forever, but I was really busy last week. I was writing like mad, with a four page essay due in my critical writing class and this other two-page assignment for my methods of literary analysis class. I had class all Wednesday long, but I managed to get through it [...]

the pleasure, the privelege, is mine

I had such a fantastic Valentine’s Day with Matt. He came over Friday afternoon and hung out at my house for a while. My grandma loved him, it was hilarious. In the evening, we saw the Taken By Trees show at Union Hall (my mom couldn’t go because she was sick). It was absolutely beautiful. [...]

(don’t) let it snow

I forgot that I’d taken a bunch of pictures of the gigantic snowstorm at my university on Wednesday. For your viewing pleasure: Here’s the main part of campus in front of the library This is my view of New York City (taken from the roof of the science building, someone had left the door unlocked). [...]

a miscalculation

I’m here to chronicle a mistake. Not a large one, but a miscalculation nonetheless. So, I sort of ignored my new roommates pretty much the entire semester, and one of them gave me a “talking-to” tonight after class. I realize it was a mistake to ignore them, and forgot that the only reason that I [...]

connectalysis

In my grammar and style class, our homework was to come up with words for things that didn’t have words. I was done 10 minutes after class: interdoubt – the state after you connect to a new wi-fi network where you’re not sure if it worked or not (you’re opening your Web browser, checking to [...]