Finished the Odyssey!

It is over. I have done it. There were times of trials, times of laughter, times of friendship, but all in all, it was a journey I do not regret taking.
Yeah, it wasn't that hard. But a little exaggeration never hurt anyone, right? Anyways, I did indeed finish the Odyssey. And I have to say, the ending was AWESOME. Not only had I mastered Active Reading, so I could read the book pretty much un-cluttered, but the climax was really sweet. I think that people need to stop freaking out over all the gore, because that made the ending that much more awesome. When Ulysses is shooting all the suitors with his super awesome bow and arrows, he didn't just kill Antinous. No, instead, he shot him and blood gushed forth from his nostrils, spilling into his golden cup of wine.
Epic.
And when he kills another suitor, the arrow doesn't just hit him. It enters through his nipple and embeds itself in his liver.
Absolutely epic.
The very ending itself, though, was kind of stupid. It was just like Homer had decided to stop writing. Like, all this tension is there, and suddenly, Ulysses just calms down, and "Minerva makes peace between the two contending parties." THE END. Seriously, apparently he ran out of time and just had to end it then and there. Sirry Homer. But all in all, this was an enjoyable read. Once I got past the clumsy Active Reading and got better at it, I found I could really fall into the story. I might just end up reading the Iliad, who knows? Or maybe I'll just read the Wikipedia article NO I'M GOING TO READ IT I SWEAR *cough cough cough
But all joking aside, I did like it. I also just discovered strikethrough and have been using it all the time, in case you couldn't tell XD
But that's about it for me, folks. I read some great Nano's! Good job to all! And this is Red Leader, signing off. (Star Wars FTW)

Book- A Shattered Trust (Yes, it's a novel, so it counts. Shut up and proofread plz)
Video Game- The Elder Scrolls III- Morrowind (Still not sure if it's better than Skyrim. So I'm playing them both.)
Music- Feast For The Vain- Kamelot (Yes this is kind of cheating, since this is a song off my album from last week, but I finally decided this is my favorite song, so I say you listen to it again. And again. And again.)
Classical Music- Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor, ALL 4 MOVEMENTS. THIS SONG MAKES MY LIFE WORTH LIVING.

Books XII-XVIII

Finished the reading once more. I'm really happy that we FINALLY got off Ulysses' story. As much as I love Ulysses, I'm happy to see that Telemachus and him met up. After a tearful reunion, of course. Speaking of which, I swear every single person in this book spends all day crying. Penelope's always crying. Ulysses and his crew cry at least a dozen times during the adventure. Telemachus is always crying. He cries even more when he meets up with his dad. EVERYONE CRIES!!!!!!
But anyways. I was somewhat disappointed that the confrontation with the suitors lying in ambush amounted to... well nothing really. It just kind of dissipated into thin air. That great cliffhanger, that we had to suffer READ through half the book for just went poof. Which makes me sad.
BUT I did find something that made me happy, or at least somewhat amused. You know how EVERY SINGLE DAWN it starts with "When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared"? Well I found somewhere were it didn't say that. While I can't seem to find it now (apparently it didn't hit me until AFTER I closed the book...?) I know that somewhere, it said "When dawn broke". That's right. Not even a capital on dawn. I was impressed.
Finally, my last rant of the day was with the swineherd, Eumaeus. Normally, it would just say "Eumaeus said" or whatever. But every once in a while, usually at the start of a paragraph, it says "Then you said, O swineherd Eumaeus."... Wait... what? Is the narrator talking to ME? Am I Eumaeus? I know it's no one else talking to him, since there's no quotations or anything. He's just, you know, famous and whatnot. I just hope it doesn't show up too much more. Because it bugs me more than dawn.

Book- The Skystone- Martin White
Videogame- Legend of Zelda, the Twilight Princess (Yes I am aware Skyward Sword is out. I'm just playing this to prepare myself for the awesome.)
Music- Hmmmmm... I can't choose a song so here's an entire album of awesome. Epica- Kamelot
Classical- Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor. SO. MUCH. WIN.

That's about it for today, folks. Hope you enjoyed NANO! And even more, I HOPE YOU WON! I read some pretty good stories, so I'm hopeful. And tired of reading them. BUT hopeful :"D