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Summer 2010 book club getting started off with Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus, the delightful tale of one gent's descent into psychological oblivion after attempting to find spiritual completion in an age in which the individual is lost "for the sake of the greatest good for the greatest number." No, there aren't any epic fencing scenes or great wars--although Napoleon is referenced quite a bit--but the narrative and observations do reflect an age not unlike our own. 


Meetings will be held at River City Coffee in Little Rock (2715 Kavanaugh Boulevard Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 661-1496; http://www.rivercitygiftco.com/catalog/). Anyone and everyone can feel free to join, and we won't judge you (too much) if you don't make it all the way through. We're gonna shoot for weekly meetings but understand that because of time constraints and such, it's not feasible that everyone shows for every meeting. Which leads me to my next point, this site will serve as a record of what we talk about as well as a forum for anyone wanting to contribute to the conversation. 


Look for future updates including specific times and dates. Also, provide your email and we'll get updates out that way as well.


Happy reading and hope to hear from ya!

What is this "free time"?

Oh, end of semester, how I have longed for you. So many papers written, so many tests studied for, and now it's all over, for the time being at least. So how exactly is it that I'm already kind of bored when I haven't been finished with you, semester, for more than a week? The part-time job waiting on snooty children at the Little Rock Racquet Club might take up some of my newly found free time, but five hours three days a week is non satisfactory. Enter summer projects:

One: get the nightmare portion of my thesis project out of the way. I've spent two semesters so far cataloging, photographing, and hunting down all the pieces of two donated collections, and there's finally a light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe a trip to Mexico for research will ensue?

Two: study for the G.R.E. Self-explanatory. Non update worthy.

Three: learn to spin. I've been an off-and-on knitter for a little over two years now, but I can't possibly be satisfied with making my own sweaters and scarves. Nope, I have to learn to make my own damn yarn before I'll be happy. This one is in process; I bought some prepared hand dyed fiber at Toadsuck, have made my own spindle, and spent about twenty minutes looking up Youtube videos about spinning. Turns out, making yarn out of a bunch of balled up sheep hair is a lot harder than it looks on the Interwebs.

Four: fix up Boyfriend's furniture. As of now it's kind of a drab green, but I'm thinking a cool Asian theme. More to come on that.

This, my friends, is all for now. Excuse me while I go examine faux bamboo covers.