Well I'm doing it. I'm writing a blog.
(Hmmm...now what do I write? Books? We'll start with books.)
Well today I was reading a short story called "El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan" by Jorge Luis Borges. For those of you who don't speak Spanish, that roughly translates to The Garden of Roads that Bifurcate (I'm sure there's a better translation of that title somewhere, but we'll stick with mine for now. And to give you a rough idea, think two forks in a road but in Spanish, and with a maze with a German Spy who's Chinese).
Amazingly, of all the things this story about a Chinese german spy, it made me think of science fiction. There's this part where it talks about the infinite possibilities of time, and it reminded me of first Star trek (other dimensions and what not), then an Episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and finally
For those who have not read Ender's Game do it now! Or read (at the same time) Ender's Shadow. My students in my Spanish class today asked me what books I like and I of course mentioned Twilight (how could I be in this family and not like it), Don Quijote, and Ender's Game. I really do enjoy Card's writing. His books present amazing stories and give you some good things to think about. (Good things to think about is pretty vague I know..but hey it's late and I've been writing/thinking about lit all day..give me a break!).
I suppose this concludes my first ever official blog post. Sometime I'll have to finish some thoughts on Card's writing. And maybe blog about all the movies I've watched recently including a French Film Noir called Riffifi. I get to go to the International Cinema 2-3 times a week and watch films for my class so stay tuned!
