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Dear people in Redhot and The World,

I am writing now only to start a trend of writing now. In actuality, I have very little to say these days. My life revolves around four things: reading, writing, lounging, and planning to do otherwise. I will now expand on these items.

I promised Hannah that I would blog about my various literary adventures this summer, and share any good books that I stumble upon. So the time has come to tell you about my latest favorite, Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman. I'm here to dispel any rumours you may have heard about it from one Ms. Egan. I think she generally has more interesting things to do than talk about books she didn't get very far into, but just in case. IT'S FANTASTIC. It is, in essence, the story of a man who, nine years after their break-up, kidnaps his university girlfriend's son. The story is told by seven different narrators, whose tales expose the various moral ambiguities at play in the event--hence, the title. I finished it over tour, so perhaps some of you have already heard me sing its praises, but yes, you should all read it. Since then, I've started and left behind a few books before settling into The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst. I'm only a short ways in, but I'm delighted with it. I will keep you up to date.

I've also been writing quite a bit, mostly working on short essays about boring things like my life. I'm going to keep working in this vein for the summer and see what I come up with.

... and that's where I stopped writing a few weeks ago. I was going to just ditch this post, but no one has yet leapt up to take the "first post of the summer" position, so here I am again. I have since read some more, written some more, and traveled to my dad's house in Kansas City, where I now find myself. I am enjoying myself, spending some time with the family, and using my free time to research jobs/other options for the future. All that I have to say about this topic is: I CANNOT BELIEVE I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS. For now, I know that I'm not going to go to med school or law school, but all other options are wide open. If you have any great plans to propose, do let me know.

Hope you're all having a delightful break. Please write, and move my post off this wall. Yes?

- Brady