April 23

Trevor’s talk was enlightening in ways! I’ve felt a lot of what we’ve read may be a little of Proust writing vicariously through our narrator. Sam and Stacey have touched on this a little as well. I feel like Trevor more or less placed it on the table for us though. The fact he’s been reading In Search of Lost Time for nearly a year made me feel a little better as well. I felt like a man with his education and expertise on such things would have finished it months ago. I realize he’s reading into this far more than our class, but the fact he didn’t finish this set in a few months’ time makes me feel better about my own reading. Patrick was an interesting character as well. I can’t quite say whether or not his occupation as a landscaper is tragic. I feel on one hand he’s far too intelligent for such a job, but on the other this would be a sigh of relief! There are days when I wish for a mindless job that allows me to earn a living while my mind id actually thousands of miles away. His description of reading a book as being able to hold a conversation with the author was quasi brilliant to me! It’s high time that I think of something non-Proust though. I’ve not fished or posted any writings for my sponsors in over a week now, so tomorrow I have to fish! Seems kind of silly, but fishing is part of how I make a living these days. Hopefully my lucky stars align tomorrow and I can throw a bone to the wolves