the weblog of robin camille davis

I’ve switched my concentration focus (again) to an emphasis in medieval and early modern literatures and cultures. It’s anybody’s guess if I’ll change for a fourth time before I graduate. In any case, one reason why I switched was because I’m taking so many awesome classes this semester that focus in that period, one of [...]

Google Books already has loads of public domain books online, and they’re working to get other out-of-print and currently in-print books up, too. Last November, Google settled a lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild and others, and the company began to work “closely with these industry partners to bring even more of the world’s books [...]

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
—Dr. Samuel Johnson

I’m coming soon, Providence. I’m coming back to your shining asphalt and your barelimbed trees so please wait up for me and keep your streetlights blazing late.

I recently (finally) watched Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, the 1990 Tom Stoppard film with Gary Oldman and Tim Roth. It was quite brilliant, rather theatrical, and often hilarious:
Rosencrantz: Another curious scientific phenomenon is the fact that the fingernails grow after death, as does the beard.
Guildenstern: What?
Rosencrantz: Beard.
Guildenstern: But you’re not dead.
Rosencrantz: I didn’t say [...]

I’ve made a new blog layout! It features me

drinking tea,
wearing my Pannikin shirt, and
lurking in the corner,

which are three things I do quite often. Note that I have also added a list of categories and an archive by month at the foot of this page. Now you can easily access my very first blog entry [...]

I watched Cléo de 5 à 7 (lovely French film, set in 1962 Paris) today. All I can think about is this dress. Look at that swingy silhouette. Look at those contrasting pleats. Il faut que j’aie cette robe, tout simplement.
And I wouldn’t say no to a platinum blonde pageboy, either.
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Postscript: I was confused by [...]

I forget where I found this picture. Somewhere on Flickr, probably. I just love what everyone’s wearing on their feet. Look at all those wingtips! Look at those T-straps + ankle socks! I wish more dances like this existed. (Or that I knew about them.)

Okay, this is awkward, um… maybe nobody’s told you yet, but it seems you have forgotten to put on your pants this morning. All seventy of you. It happens to the best of us! Next time why don’t you try putting up a reminder list by the door so you see it on the way [...]

Example of how the Internet is great: It all began when I decided to change the background color of my Twitter profile. Then I was curious how “mauve” was pronounced (rhymes with grove), and I embarked upon an Adventure in Colors on Wikipedia. Five minutes later, I was searching for Charteuse recipes (because I hadn’t [...]

The French artist Kolkoz might be the same:

Le Sacre de Christophe Colomb, 2008, by Kolkoz. Image from Galerie Perrotin. I would kill to see an entire gallery of pieces like these. Wouldn’t you?
(Discovered via Jalouse.)