These are a few of my favorite things...

Right now as I contemplate my favorite and most visited blogs of the course I have a peculiar song running through my head. I think it’s called “My Favorite Things” and I think it’s from The Sound of Music, although I’m not sure because I’ve never seen the movie. The only reason I know the song is because my mother would sing it to me every night when I was a little boy. Anyway … I guess I’ll try and deconstruct that strange little anecdote. The song is about all these obscure things a person likes that one would never think to ordinarily mention when asked what your favorite things are. Wow! It’s really late I hope this is going somewhere. So I guess the reason I really liked some of the bogs that I did is because certain elements of them reminded me of pieces of myself. Is that narcissistic? Probably but I’ll deal with that anther day…

• First I have to thank Rio and Sam for their highly informative and “ass-saving” blogs that I’m sure more than a few of us would have been lost with out.
• I really enjoyed Sarah’s connection of Modest Mouse and Finnegans Wake. This might seem insignificant in comparison to some of your other beautifully written post but for me it was great. It sparked me to revisit one afternoon all the old Modest Mouse albums and memories they accompany. It was a highly nostalgic experience and I learned many new things examining them through the themes of this course.
• Jon Orsi. What can I say man? Where the hell do you find the time? Everything was great. I especially liked what you wrote about Borges and your “So What” rants. Also, thanks for making me aware of Henry Darger.
• Jennie Lynn your commitment to Joyce is both astounding and intimidating – I don’t know how you do it, but hats off! I have reread the last three pages of FW a dozen times since you performed them in class – truly amazing.
• Lissa thanks for posting those Beckett videos – they’re great!
• Justin I think it’s great that you found the themes of the course in comic books. I’ve always been a fan of graphic novels and wish I had more time to devote to them.
• James your blogs are sublime – looking forward to your presentation.
• Bizz the majority of your blogs had a peculiar sense of humor I can’t quite find the proper word for but I found it very refreshing.
• "The impending dawn" is our objective, but there cannot be a dawn and following day without the night that bears it. Christina this line has a deep resonance that reverberates through out me.
• Shelby your blogs are always eloquently written with a subtle tinge of humor. I love how much you write about Beckett – it’s the book that captivated me the most as well.

Of course I have skipped over some really great blogs and for that I am sorry. Perhaps I’ll catch up on them this summer. Oh, and I don’t know if I ever made my point with the song, or if there even was a point. It’s really far too late to be writing intelligibly. Chaus…