I’ve decided to take my Russian to the next level and incorporate it into my daily life. I’m going to start reading the Russian newspaper articles (dictionary in hand, of course), watching Russian movies without subtitles, and listening to Russian music. I think that this will be the only way that I can get my …
Tag: academics
Oct 08 2006
Powerful, poignant, painful
I just finished reading Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and I don’t know exactly how I feel right now. About halfway through the book, I found a poem that hit so close to home it was haunting–I included that in my last entry, if you care to read it. Now that I have …
Oct 06 2006
Patrick’s Poem
This poem, which was taken from Stephen Chbosky’s novel entitled The Perks of Being a Wallflower. This is the poem that Charlie (the protagonist) gave his friend Patrick at the end of the Secret Santa party. Charlie remembered the poem from his friend Michael who committed suicide. It’s been a long time since a piece …
Thought for the Moment
