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Author Archives: Mike Lesiuk
Some Unfinished Lists
SCARY THINGS 1. Sharks that shoot guns. 2. Guns that shoot sharks (!). 3. Sharks that fly and shoot lasers out of their eyes and steal drugs and carry smaller sharks and 4. BAD METAPHORS 1. A gun that cuts right to the truth. 2. A flower that smells like a different flower. 3. An [...]
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New year, new term
New year, new term Aside from beginning my TA duties today (the onerous task of attending one lecture and picking a tutorial time), today I *really* begin studying for my “Discourse and Text Analysis” field exam. The exam reading list asks you to pick two out of five subcategory reading lists. I picked “Semiotics” and [...]
Point of View, Subjectivity, and Otherness in A Song of Ice and Fire
(Note that at the time of writing this post, only four books have been released in what is expected to be a seven-book series. Also note that there are some spoilers towards the end of this post, which I’ve indicated with a rather prominent warning.) One of the unique things about George R.R. Martin’s A [...]
If you go to an alternate universe…
…and meet the alternate version of your significant other, are you allowed to make a move? I think this is the kind of thing you should decide on with your spouse beforehand. You know, like in some kind of formal contract.
The Passage by Justin Cronin
I am not a fan of the vampire craze in today’s media, because I think that vampires are being horribly misused. Being bitten by a vampire should be a very bad thing, not simply the means by which one gets a fun superpower. If you want to write about vampires, you can do whatever the [...]
The laziest movie pitch
Alright, so picture this: a kid gets his face eaten and then there’s a big investigation. And… uh, well that’s it.
Bright Star by Jane Campion
“A poem needs understanding through the senses. The point of diving in the lake is not immediately to swim to the shore, but to be in the lake, to luxuriate in the sensation of water. You do no work the lake out. It is an experience beyond thought. Poetry soothens and emboldens the soul to [...]
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