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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 11:45 pm (Uncategorized) (books 2011, Jeffrey Cohen, school)

59. Some Like it Hot-Buttered – Jeffrey Cohen

So, I’ve pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I’m probably not going to hit my vaguely defined goal of 100 books per year.  That’s okay!  I’ve decided it’s quality over quantity that matters, and I’m way more interested in reading stuff that won’t make me want to bang my head against the wall. Luckily, #59 is anything but a wallbanger.  Jeffrey Cohen is genuinely funny and I wonder why it took me so long to start reading this book, because it’d been sitting on my pile for months, like so many books have.  There’s not enough of this sort of humor around — I’m not even sure how exactly to describe it — and I think I’m going to make it a point to search for more like it.

Anyway, since it’s October, most of my classes have pretty much kicked into high gear.  I’m currently stalling on a critical website review for history that’s due tomorrow morning.  Yesterday and this morning I managed to finish several pieces that were due in drawing today.  And I’m currently a bit ahead on my Japanese homework.  Two weeks in, it’s still pretty simple stuff, but I’m sure things will get more interesting soon.

Also, October is officially the month where life tends to crap on me.  Most of the low points in my life occurred in October (which is why I can’t figure out why my seasonal depression usually sets in in March…), and I just can’t wait to find out what the universe has in store this year.