so all this talk about finnegan's wake made me want to investigate it more and see if it was worth adding to my summer reading list (along with the twilight books...i just don't have time to read fun stuff during school. and i need to join the phenomenon and learn to love those sexually charged, yet abstinent vampires...)
anyway, i wiki'd it, and whoa - i don't think i'll be pursuing this nugget of literature. check it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_wake
it's like the longest and most detailed wikipedia page i've ever seen! ...and i also found out that dropkick murphy's have a song called "finnegan's wake," and even though i don't really like them, i gave it a listen - it's weird. i'm just getting the vibe that i'm not meant to enjoy the "genius" of joyce or something. when i read ulysses, i wanted to kill myself....sorry ireland.
so i'm trying to read yates with an open mind since i'm shunning joyce (i don't think it's good karma for a lit major to totally reject an author, but i'd put yates on my list as well), becuause the first few chapters just confused me. i find it interesting that she spells cabala with a c on page 177, because i've only seen it spelled "kaballah," so i'm wondering what's going on with that one. i feel like i've read alot about kaballah this semester - partly because of a book i read in another class, and partly because of my favorite old lady - madonna. anyway, i almost bought catholicism for dummies the other day, and now i think i should get judaism for dummies, too. it's a sign from zeus ;)
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