This is one of my favorite songs by The Decemberists. I found this acoustic cover while browsing around YouTube. Pretty good take on the song if I do say so myself.

I’ve been reading a lot of Robert Frost lately, courtesy of my friend Max Retter, who picked me up a compilation of Frost’s work awhile back.

While there are a huge populous of people who enjoy Frost’s writing, I worry that there are a certain niche of people who stray away from his style of writing due to depth he puts in his writing, yet nonetheless would enjoy his writing if they adequately understood it. In some of his stories the theme and message is conveyed in an obvious sense, but for a majority of Frost’s longer stories, the message is more difficult to spot.

Conversely, in some of Frost’s writing, such as “The Wood-Pile” there is not so much a theme, but a description of a scene. One passage from the poem states:

I was a cord of maple, cut and split
And piled-and measured, four by four by eight.
And not another like it could I see.

You’ll notice that Frost uses simply words to depict a simple scene. However, within its simplicity there is beauty, something I feel most modern writers cannot appropriately portray.

I’ve been reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the undead (or at least, likes to see zombies getting their butts whooped). I’d just like to share an excerpt from the book, to entice you:

“He lumbered toward Elizabeth at an impressive pace, and when he was but an arm’s length from her, she plunged the dagger into his chest and pulled it skyward. The blade continued upward, cutting through his neck and face until it burst through the very top of his skull. He fell to the ground and was still.”

“The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.” – Robert Frost

I cannot blame anyone but myself for the lack of posts. I just returned from vacation and have been spending most of my time with family and friends.

Work has been somewhat slow, however, I am continuing my portfolio website that I started a few months back. I hope to release that by the end of this month. In which time, this blog will be re-directed to mfwilson.com/blog and my portfolio will take the place of this main address.

I’m currently reading a new book I picked up in Delaware titled, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”. Naturally it’s a take on the famous “Pride and Prejudice story, written by Jane Austen. However this time, the co-author, Seth Grahame-Smith expanded on the story and incorporated our beloved undead friends in the main plot. I’m only about 50 pages into the book, but it’s already proven itself to be an amusing read. I’ll try to give more feedback on the book upon completion.

Well, it’s 8:42AM and it’s way too early for me to be up right now. However, I’m on vacation and I really don’t care about my sleeping schedule.

I just got back from a run and I am about to pass out again, however, I’m not too sure that the best idea as my friends will be waking up in a few hours. Needless to say, they will probably want to start drinking soon after (like usual) and be wasted before 4PM even rolls around. ffs.

But hey, so far it’s been a very enjoyable vacation; very relaxing at the least. The beach has been nice. We’ve had great weather so far. The water is a very warm 72 degrees fahrenheit, but at the consequence of a crap load of jelly fish. Oh well, you can’t win them all.

I can’t complain. I would marry the ocean if that was possible. I love it that much.

Late this Friday night a few friends and I are heading down to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. My family has been annually going to Rehoboth for a few decades now, however over the last couple years, my relatives and family have been busy during the summer, so only a select few of us end up going down.

This year, my aunts, uncles, cousins, younger brother, and friends will be making the five and a half hour trip to the beach. So the next few posts will probably be documenting my escapades in Rehoboth!