http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog A literary resource Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:23:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems I've had another rather long spell of silence on the blogosphere. I completely forgot to renew my fribblejunk.org domain name, so I've sadly become simply fribblejunk.jk-digital.com - I could always buy it again, but really the site isn't as active as it has been, and I think I'll ... http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog/poetry-translation-competition-recording/ I've added two more essays to the site; one is a comparison of two poems (one English, one French) and the other is an essay I wrote for my French Imagination module about Racine's play Phèdre. I've written lots of other essays in my term-and-a-bit here so far, but these ... http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog/by-the-pricking-of-my-thumbs-something-wicked-this-way-comes/ It's been over a month since my last post, and I don't have much of an excuse except that I haven't had very much to blog about. I'm not sure if anyone will still read this, but if so I hope you had excellent Christmases and New Years. I've been ... http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog/oh-dear/ I was sent a letter today from the 'Domain Registry of America', urging me to renew my domain name as it is due to expire on the 18th February 2008. This is perfectly true, and they also had my address and domain name details and the name of the person ... http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog/domain-registry-of-america-scam/ I haven't had much to blog about lately which is why there's been a lack of posts here, but right now I need to have a bit of a vent. My housemate went to a creative writing course today from 10am to 4pm. He's just come back and told me ... http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog/a-little-vent/ This week is reading week at university, which means I have no lectures or seminars and am able to focus on catching up on my work and reading. Today I've been enjoying not having to go to any seminars and I haven't really done that much work. I've nearly finished ... http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog/reading-week/ Today was the last day of the HaikuWriMo, so here is my last week's efforts: Day Twenty-Five: on the lake fountains shoot up amid soaring seagulls Day Twenty-Six: magpie thief taking the squirrel's freshly buried nuts Day Twenty-Seven: where did I put that conker? squirrel among the leaves Day Twenty-Eight: midnight: the howling of dogs and fireworks Day Twenty-Nine: two leaves nestle together on the bench Day Thirty: the tree grows ... http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog/happy-halloween/ Day Sixteen: two friends cycle and laugh in the rain Day Seventeen: sucking up leaves, these workers take away my autumn Day Eighteen: rustling bush – squirrel's tail disappears Day Nineteen: waiting for buses and watching leaves fall Day Twenty: what a racket! ducks squabbling on the lake Day Twenty-One: breathing clouds into a clear blue sky – autumn afternoon Day Twenty-Two: parading round the river bend a whole troop of ducks! Day Twenty-Three: the sun peeps ... http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog/so-much-work-and-so-little-time/ Sorry for the lack of posts recently - it's been a busy week with all of my seminars starting at university, as well as lots of new music societies in the evenings. This blog will just be to put up my latest haiku from the HaikuWriMo, and I will write ... http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog/a-quick-haiku-update/ Day Four: a sudden burst of cackles - magpies at my window Day Five: a hungry magpie pecks the ground; why do you answer, worm? Day Six: a pair of ducks keep company under the bridge Day Seven: crunchy autumn leaves: pedestrian's delight The HaikuWriMo is still going well; many of my ideas have been based on magpies as there seems to be an ... http://fribblejunk.jk-digital.com/blog/wrimo-update-and-university-work/