It's been a while since I've posted, so here's a quick update of my life ( Read more... )

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I was talking to a friend about violence today, and whether it can ever be justified (physical or otherwise) and it got me thinking about the justice system. (Massively inaccurate name, the way I see it, but I'll get onto that.) Imprisoning someone is a form of violence: violence does not have to be direct physical abuse, it can be mental, or ( Read more... )

I do not subscribe to the Romantic ideal of the suffering isolated artist. Struggle makes for a good story, a mythology, not for creative output. Overcoming challenges is obviously a positive thing, but suffering leaves a residue which can build up and cripple. It's what happens in spite of this that builds a mythology, and it's not a case of ( Read more... )

Margaret appears to be no longer talking to me. If she could do so quietly and discreetly, without her miserable face appearing wherever I go in the flat, this would be even more awesome. She's moving out in 3 weeks and I can't wait- I've really had enough of her. She's beyond rude, and extremely selfish. The dining room is still functioning as her ( Read more... )

I have:
big mug of freshly squeezed orange juice
ice cream, to balance out the healthy
half an awesome Adorno essay
most of a dissertation
a strong inclination to get hideously drunk very soon.

Handing in the last of my degree by 5 today!

I am in love with some very sad motets by Byrd. Particularly 'Tristitia et Anxietas' and 'Ne Irascaris'. I'm currently looking at metaphors of Catholic England in the late 16th century as Jerusalem in exile, in the Cantiones Sacrae of 1589 and 1591. The two motets I mentioned are from '89. They should both be on youtube- I wholeheartedly recommend ( Read more... )

I'm at home- hooray :) I decided it was time for a break, and reading week gave me the perfect excuse. I've been doing a bit of reading- mostly Adorno, and it's apparently very obvious when I've been doing so because I go all glazed over and distant. His rambly abstract unqualified prose is starting to make a bit more sense now, fortunately. Mostly ( Read more... )

Since when were chirpy madrigals breakup music? Each to their own I guess! It's been a few days and I'm coming round to he idea of living my own life and having a chance to get to know myself a bit better without someone else to complicate things. I have plans ( Read more... )

No more dodgy landlord! The deposits are coming back and I will no longer have to have anything to do with him. Such a good feeling. It's finally over!