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So, there I was, about to post a blog entry (finally) when Terrablogs decides it's break time

Well, I wrote a long entry and, for some reason, I decided to "preview" before I saved it, and now it is gone into the vast expanse of the internet. Al Gore and Bill Gates are the only people who will be able to read it. It was a funny post. Really. Side splitting. I promise.

Even though it's not officially summer yet, it is undoubtably summertime in Louisiana. I can tell because my hair has stopped getting longer: now it just gets bigger. Another good indicator of Louisiana summer is air so thick you can swim in it...and we've only just begun.

I've decided to do something productive this summer: read. I mean it - actual books - not magazines or airplane books. We're talking classic American literature. Hey, if I'm feeling really ambitious, I might even conquer a Russian novel or two. So far, I've read Willa Cather's My Antonia, which I found enjoyable, though not exactly a "page turner." This week, I've begun Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and so far, so good. I picked up Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, but I just have a hard time getting into Faulkner. He's just wierd. I've read the book before, and I remember liking it once I got into it. I just have to get over the grammar that's almost as bad as the grammar on a 14 year old's Xanga. At least Faulkner does it on purpose. Anyway, I may or may not finish The Sound and the Fury. After that, I want to read The Grapes of Wrath, because I've never read any Steinbeck and I feel it's high time it do it.
As for the Russians, I've read Dostoyevsky before, so I think I'll try some Tolstoy. Anna Karenina, perhaps? It's less than 2000 pages, so maybe I can make it through. Those Russians certainly are verbose. The good thing about reading Russians is that their names are fun to say. Go ahead: say "Fyodor Dostoyevsky" and see if you don't have just a bit of fun.
I also want to read The Count of Monte Cristo because I hear good things, but Alexander Dumas is French and that can't be good. Who knows what I'll actually get through. I should probably read something in addition to a stack of novels, just for good measure. We'll see what happens.

I'm off to read a few chapters before bed.