who am i talking to, anyway?

As I mentioned on my HOMEPAGE, I am a PHYSICS STUDENT. I'm 22 YEARS OLD and a recent college graduate. I can't seem to get enough of school, though, because my ultimate goal is to be an academic and fulfill my lifelong prophecy of being an ABSENTMINDED PROFESSOR.

I'm interested in a lot of DIFFERENT AREAS; classics, the history of science and religion (especially up to the medieval period), illustration, music, the list goes on. I am a casual fan of the great outdoors and enjoy hiking and biking (the latter especially, as its my main form of transportation). In my spare time I am often found CAVORTING AROUND with my friends or RIDING THE BUS around in Baltimore. I have a tendency to WANDER OFF.

I'll include some of my favorite BOOKS below, to whomever it may concern.

favorites: books

The Iliad: "Homer"
The Iliad is possibly my favorite story I've read. I love the Odyssey too, but the Iliad has a special place in my heart. I first read Lattimore's translation in high school and loved it, and most recently took a class by my favorite professor where we read the entire translation by Emily Wilson which I loved as well. It's clear that Homer wants you to view Achilles as unrelatable, but in his alienation from the characters in the story, I think he becomes very special to any audience member who has stood themselves apart from their fellow man, by choice or not.

Questiones Naturales: Seneca
This one also made the list because of the same professor who taught the Iliad class. I made some really great friends reading this work, and I find myself thinking about the cosmic viewpoint pretty often. RIP Seneca, you would have loved Voyager's "Pale Blue Dot" picture.

Catch-22: Joseph Heller
This was the last book I read during my senior year of highschool, and I enjoyed it tremendously. The characters are all wonderfully fleshed out and absurd, and the way the prose and structure of the book exemplifies its themes is fantastic. I would describe it as very funny if it didn't feel wrong to say. One million man-made horrors of war and beaurocracy. Definitiely and important book.

A Short History of Nearly Everything: Bill Bryson
Another early read. I can't remember when I read this. But as a young kid obsessed with space and history and narrative, this book was endlessly entertaining to me. Bill Bryson has a delightfful narrative voice.

When We Cease to Understand the World: Benjamin Labatut
This book reached inside my head and jangled my neurons about. I felt like I was spiralling into a singlarity with the figures in the story. The book itself is nonfiction that gradually gets more fictionalized as it progresses. Very unique and a great read during the winter break after my first semester in college. Credit to my high school english teacher for recommending it to me.

Jeeves and Wooster (Series): P.G. Wodehouse
The BBC dramatization of these stories was practically on loop in my house growing up. Jeeves and Bertie Wooster will be with me in my silly phraseology for the rest of my life, I'm quite sure. Toodle-pip.