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I've been busy lately but for the rest of the month I'm going to try posting more often. Probably more movie reviews but who knows, it could be anything.

I just wanna mention quickly: Yesterday I re-read Eudora Welty's "Why I Live At The PO". It was in a paperback that I borrowed from my parents years ago. It had been on the big bookshelf in the living room for as long as I remember and it's called Short Story Masterpieces. It's got Hemmingway, FSF, Joey Conrad- all the big names. I like the F. Scott story, "Winter Dreams" but that's about it.

Years ago I read the short story collection that David Sedaris editted; there were some really good stories- I liked the one by Flannery O'Conner, but my favorite was by an author named Jincey Willet called "The Best of Betty". I've re-read it about 10 times. It's amazing and one of the best things I've ever read. I still can't believe that someone could come up with all that. If you ever get the chance, check it out.

Sedaris also included "Why I Live At The PO". I'd been curious about her; I've read a lot of writers say how great she is. So I Looked at the local library and all I could find was a large-print book called A Writers Beginning and it was the published version of a speech she had given later in life. I liked it a lot but I could tell that it wasn't her best work- I'm sure it didn't really represent her real writing output. So I read the short story in Sedaris's book and I have to say: I don't get what the big deal is. It was good, and there were a couple funny lines, but they weren't really funny lines.

So I re-read it yesterday and I feel the same. What's the big deal? I'm gonna have to give her another chance. She must be good, I'm probably just missing something.