tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23703099532582121062012-01-10T17:39:21.187-05:00Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.comBlogger2861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-63358832427477551062012-01-10T17:39:00.000-05:002012-01-10T17:39:21.202-05:00

I do intend to keep up my monthly book banishings, and delaying for a month allows me to hit one author twice, though perhaps I overstate the significance of this. It's easy to kick out the truly bad books; it's another thing entirely to turn my wrath on the mediocre ones. I don't want to seem beastly, but my shelf space is limited, and with a number of good tomes added over the holidays I must

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Inspired by my good friend, Lindsay, and her video archiving of the ND Creative Writing Program's MFA Thesis Reading last spring, I've added a Readings section to my website, complete with a link to a video of my section of the night (thanks for editing/posting this, Lindsay!).

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This month I'll be casting out Jean-Philippe Toussaint's Camera, a book from my last literature class during my MFA program, one that fully accomplishes what it sets out to do. I humbly submit, however, that what it sets out to do is not worth doing. From an interview with Toussaint in the back of the Dalkey Archive Press edition of Camera: [The first sentence of the book is] a manifesto, a

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I shall be brief. I have yet to come across a manifesto of any sort that, however well intentioned, actually provides a worthwhile solution to the problem it purports to solve. David Shield's Reality Hunger, a manifesto is no different in this regard. If you wanted to read it, I'd offer to give you my copy, except that I don't expect it will exist much longer.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-65428554897535622142011-09-07T20:23:00.000-04:002011-09-07T20:23:15.833-04:00

How time speeds along. Let's banish another book from the Lavolette Library, shall we? This month's banishing targets William H. Gass' Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife. Gass' slender tome made its way into my library as part of the syllabus for a class on contemporary conceptual fiction, a class whose readings I generally enjoyed. Willie Masters', however, was one I quite actively disliked (despite

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We all have our masochistic streaks. One of mine goes like this: I'm actually considering going to the 2012 AWP Conference (Feb. 29-Mar. 3, 2012) in Chicago. I say this is an indication of my masochism because I went to the 2011 Conference in Washington, D.C. and ultimately found it to be a frightening bizarro world, one where the lives and aspirations of those that want to call themselves "

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(After two years of intermittent sputtering, we shall now return to our regularly scheduled posting.) So, I have a lot of books. And I like having a lot of books. And people know this, and from time to time they give me books. And this is pretty great. But very few people that give me books (or recommend books for me or require that I read them for class—my MFA scars are still fresh) have a

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-32249567873026045502011-05-08T21:37:00.000-04:002011-05-08T21:37:49.072-04:00

Shigeru Miyamoto makes me go all fanboy, even if my Wii and DS tend to collect dust while I play WoW instead. But I'm coming to admire him more and more as an artist (as opposed to a designer) as I get older, and this New Yorker piece pushes me further in that direction. (To be fair, Paumgarten, who wrote the piece, is guilty of giving in to acertain stereotyping and fetishism of Japan, but I'll

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Digital Nature: The Case Collection, originally released in 2002, is far far closer to what an ebook should look like than anything one can do with the epub format. Alas, this incarnation happens to require flash... (Thanks to my advisor, Steve Tomasula, for adding this to the reading list in his lit. class this spring. He has told me it is an influence on his novel TOC.) 

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-73887991222896868102011-01-21T16:45:00.000-05:002011-01-21T16:45:41.653-05:00

I just began my last lit. class at ND, Literature as Contemporary Art. As I work my way through Ben Marcus' Notable American Women, I thought I'd share the three pieces my professor introduced to us in our last session. 1) "Shout Art" by R. Henry Nigl 2) "White Page" by Steve McCaffery (Notre Dame Review #19, &NOW portion) 3) "Dakota" by Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries Of the three, my

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When I moved to Japan in 2004, I left behind most of my books at my parents' house. There were/are heavy and expensive to ship, and my plan was to take a small selection with me as I traveled the world and exchange them whenever I was home. This has worked, in theory, during my years in Japan, Hawaii, and now Indiana, though I've probably bought just as many new books during my wanderings as I

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-19108663656701664372010-12-22T22:42:00.000-05:002010-12-22T22:42:12.313-05:00

I can see that lack of resolution now as a young writer's move. You find that you have talent as a novelist, you understand a lot more about the world than many other people your age do, and yet you haven't lived enough—certainly I hadn't—to really have something to say. Everything is still guessed at, every conclusion is provisional. And this came to be my gripe with the postmodern aversion to

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:::climbs onto soap box, wipes cobwebs from microphone::: Hello, testing, is this thing on? In this cold weather, it may take a while for the blog-engine to warm up, but I'm gonna give it a try. Anyway... I've been looking back on what I've read over the past year, and in doing so I'm trying to divine something about my reading tastes/habits that I might not already be aware of. Before I began

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-9696010402416599762010-11-21T21:44:00.000-05:002010-11-21T21:44:31.505-05:00

Is it strange or appropriate that I've been going through a bunch of old recipes in my Delicious bookmark account (which I haven't looked at for about 3 years)? Most have been fun to try once but only one has been worth saving. Behold! Kitty's Roasted Chicken & Potatoes (I really do have plans to revitalize this blog come mid-December, I swear!)

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Issue #1 of Raft is available now online, and with it is my piece On The Platform (including a long audio clip of me reading it). My thanks to editor Brian Seabolt for his effort and attention on this wonderful debut issue. May there be many more Rafts to come!

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-85560873941805439872010-08-08T21:25:00.000-04:002010-08-08T21:25:01.104-04:00

What did I spend my afternoon doing? Recording myself read one of my stories, a piece I started writing in Honolulu and plan to use in my MFA thesis. Why was I doing this? Because this audio, along with the text of the story, will be included in the first issue of Raft, a new online literary magazine, which is coming out in October! (And incidentally, the editor was kind enough to contact me

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-25166224818571891392010-07-15T11:24:00.000-04:002010-07-15T11:24:58.908-04:00

Over the summer I've been rereading several pieces that I used as supplementary materials for an independent study I did in the spring on Serbian author Milorad Pavić. Recommended by my advisor, these pieces included three hypertext novels (digital hypertexts, not printed hypertexts like Pavić's Dictionary of the Khazars): Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl Michael Joyce's afternoon: a story Stuart

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-89915394738487027542010-06-01T20:22:00.000-04:002010-06-01T20:22:45.820-04:00

Finally played around with Blogger in Draft to change the layout here. More posts to come over the summer!

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-59786333349584013642010-04-27T22:00:00.002-04:002010-04-27T22:05:59.674-04:00

Some writers hint. Some writers allude. Tonight, as a writer, I shall steal!From an email sent by Notre Dame's Creative Writing Program:Come out one last time to hear MFA students R. Jess Lavolette and Amy Marie Thomas read their prose and poetry, at Lula's Cafe, on April 28, 2010, at 8pm. These two esteemed writers have had the longest of any to work on their performance, and the writing is

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-306034281003781112010-01-26T22:01:00.003-05:002010-01-26T22:11:09.413-05:00

The ND Creative Writing Program's student reading series at Lula's Cafe for this semester starts tomorrow at 8pm with readings by my dear friends Ruth Martini and Courtney McDermott. I'll be there, and so should you!Lula's Cafe1631 Edison RoadSouth Bend, IN

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We have received your submission to The Atlantic. The magazine has a long history of reading all manuscripts and queries. Should we have interest in your piece, we will be in touch within approximately five weeks. If you do not hear from us, we were unable to find a place for your article. Thank you for the opportunity to consider your work.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-63464327052862796332010-01-13T13:46:00.002-05:002010-01-13T13:49:24.717-05:00

"As for you, the writer, never forget the following: the readers is like a circus horse which has to be taught that it will be rewarded with a lump of sugar every time it acquits itself well. If that sugar is withheld, it will not perform. As for essayists and critics, they are like cuckolded husbands: always the last to find out...." Dictionary of the Khazars, preliminary notes, p. 15

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-45734134721387957372010-01-12T20:13:00.004-05:002010-01-12T23:04:00.449-05:00

I'm doing an independent study with the director of my department, Steve Tomasula, on an author whose writing I find fascinating, Milorad Pavic. While I'm going to be keeping my own notes on my readings, I intend to share bits of what I'm doing here as well. 1/12/10 - First, let me set out a basic plan for what I intend to do, research- and reading-wise, and perhaps develop a sort of personal

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-74539242330779845142010-01-03T22:06:00.002-05:002010-01-03T22:12:44.911-05:00

Garlic Noodles. Simple, tasty.Resolution-y note: Back to posting more regularly. Lots of goodies to share (first semester of grad school finished, first winter on the mainland in several years, etc.), and they're all coming down the pipe.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-10177910935852164852009-10-14T20:17:00.002-04:002009-10-14T20:40:04.073-04:00

[Yes, I do still have a blog. Must. Post. More.]Having received a Google Wave invite (thank you, Robin!), and now having time to play with it, I'm of course looking for interesting ways to use it. Lifehacker posted a number of interesting potential uses for Wave, one of which seemed especially interesting for my current MFA pursuits.Christopher is currently working on his MFA in Creative Writing.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-21741871221416948882009-09-11T15:58:00.002-04:002009-09-11T16:02:59.979-04:00

Allow me to share the full text of my wife's latest blog post, just in case her domain gets taken down. Please, don't use Lunarpages, and spread the word about their scam!I used to use a webhosting company called Lunarpages. I was happy with them until they raised their rates. So, I decided to switch to Just Host. I informed Lunarpages on August 16 that I would be switching hosts. My site went up

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-63017934036151943592009-07-23T15:40:00.003-04:002009-07-23T15:46:43.326-04:00

I'm not a big fan of the survival horror genre of video games, but Cursed Mountain looks like it has a lot of potential. Can one make such a game, dealing with Buddhist themes, and have it come off respectfully and intelligently? We'll see. [via Kotaku]

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-15990275586528674872009-06-29T22:27:00.003-04:002009-06-29T22:32:33.549-04:00

My wife does a great job of explaining why we haven't been posting to our blogs much lately, so I'll just let you read her post for the details.BTW, I now have a profile over on the Notre Dame's Creative Writing Program site.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-26113110157758403382009-05-26T14:24:00.004-04:002009-06-29T22:34:44.654-04:00

On this, my last full day in Hawaii, I am reminded of one of my first observations about the state. Want to know what the Aloha State looks like through the eyes of the ubiquitous Japanese tourists that sprawl across Waikiki? One need go no further than Super Mario Sunshine. To that end, I leave you with this, the music that will be running through my head today as I am negotiating with carpet

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-16403524242022778892009-05-20T14:04:00.003-04:002009-05-20T14:13:26.187-04:00

"Our kitchen crew slaughtered our last four ducks. While they were still alive Julian plucked their neck fethers, before chopping off their heads on the execution block. The white turkey, that vain creature, the survivor of so many roast chickens and ducks transformed into soup, came over to inspect, gobbling and displaying, and used his ugly feet to push one of the beheaded ducks, as it lay

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-44697649422194159732009-05-14T02:16:00.002-04:002009-05-14T02:18:11.790-04:00

What an absolutely perfect post after a long hiatus...My wife & I are moving to the mainland soon, so please come take our stuff. If you live in Honolulu, that is. If you don't live in Honolulu, fly out here, take some of our stuff, and go back wherever you came from.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-26409499251682191752009-04-17T01:27:00.002-04:002009-04-17T02:22:15.600-04:00

I'm a fan of the various official overheard blogs, and I just thought I'd point out one bit of their inner workings that I've gleaned. This choice quote was submitted back when the guy who overheard it still had an office job, over 4 months ago.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-45965686186408810462009-04-13T20:10:00.002-04:002009-04-13T20:23:22.963-04:00

1) In case you haven't heard, I accepted the offer from Notre Dame. I still haven't heard from UNLV, but even if they matched ND's offer in terms of money I'd have to pass. This does mean I'll have to update the status on...2) ... my website (which is still a work in progress), not to mention...3) ... my Facebook profile.I'm still hooking all this stuff up into a powerful network of digital

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-1330768732053256162009-04-08T03:54:00.001-04:002009-04-08T03:55:39.786-04:00

I tested out this recipe from my delicious archive tonight, and it has lived up to its name: SO Amazing Roast Beef.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-11684750423555741212009-04-07T16:18:00.003-04:002009-04-07T16:21:54.885-04:00

Just received an e-mail from the University of Virginia, giving me a heads up that I won't be going there. Fine. If UNLV would get back to me in today's mail, I'd be a happy guy. Updated map below:View Larger Map

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Pleasantly surprised to receive notification from University of Oregon. Yes, it was a rejection, but that just makes me all the more certain that I'll be accepting the offer from Notre Dame. Updated map below.View Larger Map

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-48771870251275135382009-03-11T03:17:00.003-04:002009-03-11T04:32:24.159-04:00

[I planned to post this yesterday, but I was a little distracted due to my being offered a position in Notre Dame's MFA program. That's a good excuse, right?]Having completed my 10-day WoW trial, I am glad to be able to devote my free time to other pursuits. I signed up for the trial for a number of reasons. I've been following the game since before it came it. When it was released, I was living

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-9119698773196518892009-03-09T18:48:00.001-04:002009-03-09T18:49:29.824-04:00

The hits just keep coming. University of Texas is off the list. New map below.View Larger Map

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-16376753571927116322009-03-09T04:10:00.002-04:002009-03-09T04:29:39.833-04:00

I'll admit, I was skeptical at first. My first 2 games of Alliance vs. Horde capture the flag in Warsong Gulch went poorly for my side (the Alliance). And yet, in that third game, everything changed when I did something I never expected.I captured the flag.Now, to be fair, I didn't get back to my base with the flag... that time. But I did eventually. And that little rush that accompanied my

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-24332697269051461852009-03-08T05:28:00.004-04:002009-03-08T05:39:38.743-04:00

Sorry to disappoint, Dan & Doug, but Cornell's rejection arrived today.In the span of a week, I've gone from 11 schools down to 5. On one hand, this is essentially consistent with what I've been expecting. Acceptance rates at most of these schools vary between 4 and 10% and are in many ways at the subjective whims of the readers. The whole reason I applied to so many schools was that I felt it

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-9838728907041870662009-03-08T05:05:00.002-04:002009-03-08T05:25:18.417-04:00

Tomorrow is my last day in WoW. I've saved the day for a massive trip to Warsong Gulch to really see what PvP is like. It remains to be seen whether I'll enjoy it as much as rushing to defend my fellow Night Elves in Darnassus from wayward Horde ruffians.While I'll be taking some time to sum up my thoughts on the whole experience on Monday, since I'll be doing PvP tomorrow, I'd like to take this

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-49150995636497909072009-03-07T03:49:00.004-05:002009-03-07T04:10:02.434-05:00

To the degree that my time playing WoW has been a vacation of sorts, I've visited a lot of places. My Night Elf has flown by hippogryph among the bows of an Ygdrasil-esque tree, sailed from one continent to another to see the enormous castle that makes up Stormwind, even ridden a Dwarven-made, rat-infested proto-subway to the mountain city of Ironforge. My Tauren has spent time in a deep savannah

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-79679395403748594692009-03-06T14:19:00.001-05:002009-03-06T14:21:43.589-05:00

Just received rejection email from Brown. Bye bye, Providence! Bah, I really liked that program.View Larger Map

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-35131196566492118912009-03-06T03:12:00.002-05:002009-03-06T03:27:21.412-05:00

I was there.When the town guards in Auberdine yelled that the docks were under attack, I was there.When a group of level 80 Horde characters, between 25 and 40 strong (depending on who you ask) fought their way through the guards and my fellow Alliance players (most of us between levels 10 and 20) in order to board a ship sailing for the Night Elf capital of Darnassus, I was there.When this group

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-20245691000254945112009-03-05T17:07:00.002-05:002009-03-05T17:09:21.881-05:00

Rejection from University of Iowa. What a week! Actually, I'm not too broken up about this one as their funding wasn't as good as the other schools. Anyway, updated map below:View Larger Map

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-43671981133642482712009-03-05T03:27:00.004-05:002009-03-05T14:55:44.490-05:00

I'm starting to get a little bothered by the impermanence of my actions in the game. A friend of mine who also did the trial told me that he was frustrated with how little his actions actually affected the game world, and while I understand that, I don't think it's realistic for one player to expect to sway the conflict between Alliance and Horde much. We can't all be Warchief. What gets me more,

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-19935501437243861342009-03-04T03:49:00.002-05:002009-03-04T03:55:12.325-05:00

I've officially moved my Night Elf to Darnassus today. Yep, I'm a city boy, and what did I do in the big city? I went fishing! My favorite catch was an item called a 17-Pound Catfish. Unlike normal fish, it cannot be eaten. Instead, it is "held in [the] off-hand", somewhat like a shield, except it doesn't seem to do anything. You can't hit people with the 17-Pount Catfish. You can't protect

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-90311309465816550512009-03-03T03:08:00.002-05:002009-03-03T03:26:25.728-05:00

The scope of the game doesn't really dawn on you until you see and then move past the capital city for each particular race. Today I explored the Night Elf city of Darnassus, which, like all of the Night Elf starting areas, is set in the bows of a gigantic tree. Having completed a few quests, I somehow managed to teleport to the base of the tree and then ride a hippogryph to the mainland of

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Rejections from University of Michigan & University of Massachusetts today. New map below.View Larger Map

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-18263786518615389202009-03-02T03:47:00.002-05:002009-03-02T03:52:57.834-05:00

Perhaps WoW isn't crashing because it's buggy. Perhaps it's crashing because my ISP is upset with this spike in bandwidth usage. Hrmmm.Both Dondward and Zeron have hit or passed level 10, which means it's time for Talents! Zeron is good at making things bleed. Dondward is a speedy caster of druidic magic.Played through my first dungeon-y experience (as far as I'm concerned). Very intense,

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-23268017408119225392009-03-01T04:01:00.002-05:002009-03-01T04:09:26.415-05:00

If the number of times WoW crashed on me today is any indication of how it normally runs, I know I won't be too broken up about not subscribing after my trial is over. I even had Blizzard's own Error Reporter software freeze up on me several times!Professions are fun! Zeron loves to fish and will be cooking more once he gets more ingredients. Dondward is cooking up a storm and making bandages,

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-19242726637197231172009-02-28T03:42:00.003-05:002009-02-28T03:47:24.884-05:00

The University of Minnesota doesn't want me. That's okay. While I've heard nothing but good things about Minneapolis, I imagine moving there from Honolulu would have been quite a shock to the system, climate-wise. Anyway, the updated map is below.View Larger Map

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If this game weren't so freakin' awesome, I would have dropped it like 3rd period French already. Four crashes in 20 minutes? Really? When it does run properly though... whoa!My Night Elf Druid, Dondward, is level 8 and already wishing he had a mount. Walking is kinda slow, though aesthetically pleasing.I just visited my first major city, Darnasus, capital of the Night Elves. It. Is. Huge! One

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-52590128196347302052009-02-26T16:47:00.002-05:002009-02-26T16:51:30.108-05:00

Just received an envelope from the University of Oregon, one of the schools I applied to for their creative writing MFA program. It's approaching the time when acceptances and rejections should be arriving, and I became excited/worried. On one hand, it seems too early for an acceptance from them (they had one of the latest due dates). On the other hand, they wouldn't use such a large envelope as

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-7949817286333188882009-02-24T21:50:00.002-05:002009-02-24T22:12:47.155-05:00

I've been meaning to give WoW a spin (via their 10-day free trial) for a while now, and I think that time is approaching fast. My desire is to split the time into two 5-day segments, one with the Alliance, the other with the Horde, and during each time to stick to a single character (as opposed to testing out a handful of different characters for shorter periods of time). With that in mind, I put

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-91424188299508453852009-02-23T18:15:00.003-05:002009-02-23T18:33:49.842-05:00

Great Depression Cooking with Clara is great on so many levels.First, that a 93-year-old has videos on YouTube is simply sublime. Sure, Clara isn't posting them herself, but they're out there!Second, of course, would be how apropos her cooking videos are for the times. I'm not ready to call this the second Great Depression, but the message of frugality and simple cooking does resonate, and her

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-33830641297498125232009-02-21T02:09:00.003-05:002009-02-21T02:12:44.620-05:00

See The Linguists. With a roomful of linguists, second language teachers, or second language learners if possible. Their occasional laughter will add a pleasant meta-level to your own chuckles.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-19430093929646502902009-02-20T02:32:00.001-05:002009-02-20T02:35:04.395-05:00

"If there is a hard, high wall and an egg that breaks against it, no matter how right the wall or how wrong the egg, I will stand on the side of the egg." ~ Haruki Murakami

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-47967933655555279372009-02-17T02:18:00.002-05:002009-02-17T02:45:59.476-05:00

[Today (I decided that) I finished a notebook that was given to me as a college graduation present. That it's taken me so long to do so is no surprise to me. I am a terrible, inconsistent note-taker. In any event, allow me to share a few bits I felt needed to write down.]"He had to undress and then kneel and say his own prayers and be in bed before the gas was lowered so that he might not go to

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-50744641131916277982009-02-15T14:26:00.002-05:002009-02-15T14:35:39.099-05:00

Rachel Dinero shares how to love your love. [via Dr. Doug]

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-8036817651975599272009-02-12T03:15:00.001-05:002009-02-12T03:16:28.571-05:00

For those of you unsympathetic to the rare bad-weather complaint I might share, please note: Oahu had a tornado today.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-52993777016212343132009-02-09T22:07:00.003-05:002009-02-09T22:31:47.199-05:00

I have a love-hate relationship with Scouting. I was a scout, and I have a lot of fond memories and positive experiences with individual scouts, but I have become quite disillusioned with the institution as a whole. Whether it be the gender politics of the organization (both with regard to women and homosexuals), the history of its founder, or the dark shade of meritocracy (pun intended) that it

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-22509129225065820102009-02-09T02:54:00.002-05:002009-02-09T02:57:17.023-05:00

It's official! My photo of Waimea Canyon has been included in the new Schmap Kauai Guide. (iPhone version here.)

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-6964506347546131302009-02-05T01:58:00.003-05:002009-02-05T02:18:28.801-05:00

[Pardon this thank you. It will be somewhat coded.]Today, I learned that volcanoes can be made to erupt on command. I learned that video has officially replaced still photos as the primary means of preserving embarrassment and dorkdom. I learned that it's still okay to play with fast food. And I learned that bubble wrap works just as well with cookies as it does with everything else.What a

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-39572942599009916472009-02-01T16:54:00.003-05:002009-02-01T17:00:07.198-05:00

[I found this while cleaning out my file drawer. I had to submit a version of this document, along with a whole slew of other paperwork, to the Japanese immigration department to extend my work visa.]Reasons for Seeking Employment in JapanI am seeing employment with [my former company] in order to utilize my degree in English. This includes applying my skills as a negotiator, technical and

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-69048790669441862002009-01-23T18:48:00.002-05:002009-01-23T18:51:42.512-05:00

No, not to an MFA program. That's still a couple months away. I actually got accepted into the Foxmarks for Safari beta. I don't use Safari that much, but when I do it's nice to know they're working on expanding my favorite bookmark syncing tool to other browsers.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-49924082280210159672009-01-23T18:13:00.001-05:002009-01-23T18:15:07.259-05:00

After seeing this, I may start paying attention to the Narcissus Pageant.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-25299972941527409572009-01-22T02:52:00.002-05:002009-01-22T02:55:41.970-05:00

I tested out this recipe (Crispy Tofu with Shitakes and Chorizo) tonight on some unsuspecting house guests, and it went over quite well. A small note: make sure your tofu is quite dry, otherwise it won't get very crispy.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-49311880656831752282009-01-18T01:04:00.002-05:002009-01-18T01:12:52.555-05:00

...Hans Reiter replied that the only books he had seen Halder with were history books. Halder's answer took him by surprise. Halder said: "It's because I don't have a proper grasp of history and I need to brush up." "What for?" asked Hans Reiter. "To fill a void." "Voids can't be filled," said Hans Reiter. "Yes, they can," said Halder, "with a little effort everything in this

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-26040047328378060852009-01-17T02:08:00.004-05:002009-01-17T02:15:41.771-05:00

We determined that, generally speaking, the gravity in each Mario game, as game hardware has increased, is getting closer to the true value of gravity on earth of 9.8 m/s2. However, gravity, even on the newest consoles, is still extreme. According to Wikipedia, a typical person can withstand 5 g before losing consciousness, and all but the very latest of Mario games have gravity

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-78862247260039256022009-01-14T02:07:00.003-05:002009-01-14T02:15:42.504-05:00

I received the following e-mail from Emma Williams at Schmap this evening:I am writing to let you know that one of your photos has been short-listed for inclusion in the sixth edition of our Schmap Kauai Guide, to be published early February 2009....While we offer no payment for publication, many photographers are pleased to submit their photos, as Schmap Guides give their work recognition and

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-39300004998957484742009-01-11T20:57:00.002-05:002009-01-11T21:00:05.562-05:00

The Buddha Machine Wall is good.The Buddha Machine schematic is better. (Note the tiny little Buddha!)[Thanks, Matt!]

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-87041790096659492512009-01-09T23:34:00.003-05:002009-01-10T00:09:32.174-05:00

[After I graduated from MSU but before I moved to Japan, I was in a small gaming group where I ran an extended, multi-episode Hunter: The Reckoning tale. That series of stories was my personal high-water mark in terms of pen-n-paper RPGs, and consequently, I am sometimes beset with Hunter inspiration when I'm out in the world. Like today...]He sits at a patio table at a McDonalds, doing the

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-54931240678949816472009-01-03T19:27:00.002-05:002009-01-03T19:31:46.863-05:00

Darth Vader's management advice reminds me of my person teaching philosophy, Ultra-Conservative Pedagogy, a way of approaching education that view students as problems to be solved (as opposed to thinking, feeling beings deserving of respect). My personal favorite is: Deal Exclusively On Your Terms.Periodically, you will have to make deals. Alter them at your discretion, and don’t worry about any

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-67603878704576092052009-01-03T02:04:00.001-05:002009-01-03T02:06:00.115-05:00

The theme from LostWinds is charming. I want a sequel so bad!

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-30958158716924502612008-12-30T02:32:00.003-05:002008-12-30T03:00:58.910-05:00

I am enchanted by two of my Christmas presents, Frontier Developments' LostWinds and Roberto Bolaño's 2666, perhaps because they seem so complimentary. The WiiWare title grabs my attention for being small and airy (pun intended) and yet surprisingly real, while Bolaño's posthumous tome is dense, strangely visceral, and feels like an ocean of surreality must be just over the horizon. I would argue

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-29484705370405217242008-12-29T14:35:00.001-05:002008-12-29T14:37:30.845-05:00

I want Mo Rocca to make of New Years' Resolutions for me!

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-65836239270519822402008-12-23T15:37:00.002-05:002008-12-23T15:54:04.356-05:00

Today is Akihito's birthday. You may know him better by his title, Emperor of Japan. I've had the good fortune to see him at the Imperial Palace on two of his previous birthdays. He looks small, grandfatherly, like the kind of person with which you'd enjoy having a "when I was your age" conversation.Despite changes since the end of WWII, the Emperor is still a powerful symbol for

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-47958066377043986782008-12-23T15:23:00.003-05:002008-12-23T15:35:07.335-05:00

While I don't support Hawaiian sovereignty movements, I am sympathetic to them. As long as the folks who periodically occupy Iolani Palace don't bring guns or take hostages, they're welcome to being native Hawaiian issues into the limelight. That said, some of the uses the various sovereignty movements get put to upset me, to put it mildly. For example, a woman who was convicted of abusing her

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-33161047298721746132008-12-22T15:51:00.002-05:002008-12-22T15:57:47.001-05:00

Tycho at Penny Arcade speaks of D&D's influence on his life:The closet behind me is filled from bottom to top with TSR era riches, classic settings and bizarre experiments on their part that chiseled my mind into whatever this is. It is still my goal to present a cool crust, but glowing seams are sometimes visible. There was never enough shared language to communicate fairly gigantic portions of

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-82605778653841808782008-12-18T00:44:00.002-05:002008-12-18T00:47:18.320-05:00

I'm now on Twitter (this would be my third attempt). Huzzah!Actually, I'm interesting in hearing what people think are the preferred Twitter clients for desktop and iPhone. I'm aware of some of the options, but I'd like to hear from actual users.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-85472372173628505702008-12-16T22:49:00.001-05:002008-12-16T22:50:58.246-05:00

This just seems weirdly cool. [via Treehugger]

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-10621914402216158742008-12-11T13:05:00.002-05:002008-12-11T13:15:53.943-05:00

My alma mater, Michigan State University, beat Argonne National Laboratory for a $550M nuclear physics research project: the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. FYI...Plans for the new facility, which are still subject to DOE approval, call for it to be built largely underground, extending from the current cyclotron lab on the south side of Shaw Lane eastward toward the Wharton Center.That's right.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-75478947446690504742008-12-11T12:29:00.002-05:002008-12-11T12:33:45.879-05:00

Lunch Bag Art is awesome. When I'm eating a tiny bag of Fretos and sucking down a juice box, I want to feel the urge to scream "Khan!"[via Kotaku]

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-24949501583118054082008-12-09T00:00:00.002-05:002008-12-09T00:03:15.296-05:00

Today, I didn't go to work as a temp. I went to work as a writer and a wouldbe graduate student. It feels good. To celebrate, here's Paul Johnson's Price Is Right remix.The Price Is Right - Paul Johnson

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-13883476213187869152008-12-07T16:28:00.002-05:002008-12-07T16:32:09.527-05:00

Differences between Eastern and Western culture. Perhaps it comes from having lived in Japan and Hawaii, but I've certainly experiences a number of fusions of these ideas, though many seem appropriate. For those that don't, well, I've not yet been to China - ask pointsofnote, or Nixon.[via my wife]

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-2646431919434218292008-11-30T00:56:00.003-05:002008-11-30T01:16:37.572-05:00

1) Acquire a turkey carcass. This can be one you've cooked yourself, or one you request in lieu of leftovers at a Thanksgiving dinner you attended. "Keep your breasts and thighs to yourself! I require the skeleton of that bird for culinary avian necromancies! And some scraps, in a separate container, please."2) Place the carcass in your largest pot, fill it 2/3 to 3/4 full with water (enough to

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-66159343636192052642008-11-29T21:20:00.003-05:002008-11-29T21:24:27.283-05:00

Question: is it going to rain? [via my wife, via Mashable]

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-4538323393738695972008-11-29T20:19:00.004-05:002008-11-29T20:30:50.961-05:00

I'm spending this afternoon making turkey soup and catching up on a number of computer and 'round the house tasks I've been meaning to do. I just installed Dropbox on my iMac and iBook, and while looking through the sample files that the service provides to show you how everything works, I noticed this photo in my Dropbox Photos folder. The title of the file is 'Pensive Parakeet' and my first

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-73710974591758338242008-11-29T15:03:00.003-05:002008-11-29T20:31:21.503-05:00

Last year, my mother-in-law gave me a copy of Caroline Kennedy's A Family Christmas, which is a great collection of stories, songs, poetry, journalism, letters and many other tidbits on a variety of Christmas. For someone like me, who has spent far too much time of late in places where I'm separated from my own Christmas traditions (first Japan, then Hawaii), the book is a joy. One of my personal

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-11178911451556286572008-11-26T02:48:00.003-05:002008-11-29T14:37:35.663-05:00

Eiji Aonuma, the man currently behind The Legend of Zelda franchise (Miyamoto's successor in that area), is looking to make a Zelda game better than Ocarina of Time. I found Wind Waker to be better than Ocarina, and Twilight Princess to be better than both, but I think I'm in the minority here. Now, there may be some new technology that will make the better-than-Ocarina game possible, perhaps the

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-19309702427800833022008-11-25T00:20:00.003-05:002008-11-25T00:25:09.085-05:00

More from my wife (this is my blog, I promise you, not hers), DailyLit lets you read a large variety of books via e-mail or RSS. I admit I'm a little skeptical; I'm the sort of person who thinks the Kindle is slightly blasphemous. Still, I can see the potential.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-70892111381263162492008-11-23T21:45:00.001-05:002008-11-23T21:47:45.010-05:00

Behold my wife's final translation project! (We're a classy pair.)

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-62587502757230433262008-11-23T21:19:00.003-05:002008-11-23T21:23:47.094-05:00

I'm not sure whether the Atlas of True Names is interesting or just goofy. Either way, check it out.[via my wife, via Languagehat]

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-71947192698304695062008-11-22T01:57:00.004-05:002008-11-22T03:25:37.873-05:00

When I started this blog, I was essentially unemployed. While I was still one of the peons for my staffing agency, I was between jobs. Well, I'm going to be essentially unemployed again, though this time I'm much happier about it. Two weeks from today will be my last day at my agency, by my choice. I'm giving my wife, who has been the epitome of support, the opportunity to be the bread winner

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-87338383489443035332008-11-21T02:45:00.003-05:002008-11-21T03:18:02.061-05:00

Two years ago yesterday, I slid into bed at my parent's house, not long after midnight, sadly Wii-less. A similar trip a week later, on Black Friday 2006, left me in the same shape. I ended up having to wait outside the Honolulu Wal-Mart several weeks later at 3am, along with close to a hundred other gamers, parents, and resellers, for a shipment of 37 Wii (Wiis? In two years, has the proper

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-74711749105468435252008-11-19T02:24:00.002-05:002008-11-19T02:29:24.907-05:00

This is what the shape of an ant colony looks like.[via my wife, via Kottke]

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-45864071610274970702008-11-18T03:09:00.000-05:002008-11-18T03:10:53.574-05:00

My wife helped make an entire computer lab!

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-26732826612910156012008-11-18T03:00:00.002-05:002008-11-18T03:02:56.762-05:00

I know nothing of the Prince of Persia series, but I do know that this video of Gabe from Penny Arcade creating an image for the newest game is gorgeous. I want to ride that elephant. I want to wear those pants.

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370309953258212106.post-1949242061521697782008-11-17T02:55:00.004-05:002008-11-22T19:21:07.445-05:00

I've started playing around with Adium, and thus my chat presence should be increasing in the near future. For the moment, my only account is my Google Talk/Jabber account (rjesslavolette), but I'll be adding more soon. If you feel like talking, shoot me a message.

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