i haven't stood up for myself in so long, that i don't think it would even come across right if i tried. it'd just be some kind of awkward gesture that made me look like an asshole.
ever get to a point where you don't know how to verbalize your thoughts? so you just don't. that's where i've been lately.
suffice to say i love my life and my friends.
the weekend:
flat tire
traffic bike ride
awesome dinner and new friends
glimpsing totality, but knowing it is transient
dj/.danceparty
weird acrobatics
cooking and lost friends
sxe hangover
the dirty dozen.
Yeah, I ditched with an MS 'cause I was totally burned out. I didn't even take the Ph.D qualifying exams. It looks like a bitch to get into NZ, tho'. They score you based on whether you do work that they need.
so far today:
my cellphone died. (it worked when i plugged it in to charge last night, and when i woke up, nothing.)
my car is smelling like burnt plastic when it runs
and the freewheel on my cruiser has locked up,
and yet i'm still in a pretty good mood.
it's 34 degrees outside, and i'm gonna go ride my bike in traffic in... Read More
random comment yes i know. but your day is fuckin awesome apparently. actually i saw your comment on the jenna jameson moan tones thing and i found it amusing.
rightyo, i hope the next guy i go on a date with has a moan tone. just so i can kick him in the balls and walk away.
^^ i too am here b/c of the jenna jameson moan tones comment. but she basically stole my comment. and i can't think of anything else witty to say this late at night.
at least you're still in a good mood after your day.
"freedom is the unity of willing and knowing." - schelling.
this quote seems to be all over my life lately. rather, i can't seem to get it out of my head. the unity of the concious and the unconcious. the meeting point of the inward and the outward. meditation was intense last night. physically and mentally. trying to stand up after kneeling for 40 minutes... Read More
go check out sue's journal. i'm hooking you guys up. his latest entry is not very thought provoking but dig around a little, you might find stuff you like
from class today(what i said to my students):
"rabelais is not merely satire. it is satire whose object is satire; satire turned back on itself. he holds nothing sacred, not even that nothing is sacred. rabelais takes us to the slaughterhouse of sacred cows."
god, i love teaching.
it's been way too fucking cold to ride, but i've been doing it anyway. i'm glutton for... Read More