What's in the box?

Go ahead, push it! I dare you.

Well, I've been gone for quite some time. Not really...like a day, two, I think, but it feels much longer. It's not my fault though—I started school this week! This fall promises to be one of mystery and intrigue, as I have enrolled in both Detective Fiction and Film Noir of the 1940's. 

Today I spent the morning with this fine chap (the one on the right...well...I guess both of them, technically). We watched The Maltese Falcon, and like, man—that movie never gets old, man. I did enjoy hearing some newbies try to hash out (in excited whispering) just what was going to happen in the end. But, man, they totally got MacGuffed!

Among other things, I've ingested and digested The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Silver Blaze, The Adventure of the Devil's Foot, A Scandal in Bohemia and The Greek Interpreter. Sherlock Holmes, you rock! (No. Not you, Sher-lame!) Now I'm cracking the spine of Agatha Christie's first Miss Marple mystery, The Murder at the Vicarage. These are the exciting reads. I'm dreading The Intentional Fallacy and The Death of the Author—which might sound like murder mysteries, but are actually literary criticism. 

I forgot to mention Shakespeare—does that ex-nay me from English Major eligibility? Yep. Topics in Shakespeare—a pretty general course, four of his plays set in Italy. Pretty cool focus. I'm in the middle of Romeo & Juliet and should probably stop writing this post so that I can get back to homework. 

Soon soon! Happy Thursday!