Wednesday, 25 February 2004

trying to awake

Episode 2: "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."

The analysis in Ulysses on the Liffey is helpful and the notes are interesting for history and theme, but some of the phrases need translation too: the headmaster is always glad to break a lance with Stephen, i.e., joust or spar verbally. Or so I assume.

I am anxious to press on to episode 10 and beyond, because George Lucas has ruined the phrases "episode one," "episode two,"..."episode nine" for me.

bike

I have not been on my bike in two months. I need to toughen up my tender biking parts. Two 3.8-mile city rides.