My god I'm bored.

But I don't want to do anything.

Reading gives me a headache.

Studying is completely out.

I can't work on my transcription.

For the first time in a long time... I'm wanting some TV.

I Am.

(I am)

Sofa King

(sofa king)

We Todd Ed

(we todd ed)

Now repeat fast.

In other news. Wow, Greek. Half of it is almost over. Look out Plato. Ethelw ton psuxayn ( Read more... )

Jess and I have done very little in the way of advancing our academic careers ( Read more... )

Writing another philosophy paper... blech. 

Learning to love life by living through loss and mistakes
Lessons learned then gradually surfacing
Letting go, stripping naked to scream
I am not perfect, nor do I strive to be
I am alive in this world of face-first falls and public breakdowns
I'm a retarded, disfigured clown
Dying to be heard for the simple art of letting this heavy wall finally fall
I'm ( Read more... )

Started writing my paper for X705 The Chymistry of Isaac Newton.  My topic focuses on the work and theory of Basilius Valentinus, a well known fourteenth or fifteenth or sixteenth century alchemist.  According to J.R. Partington,  the name is probably a pen name for the German chymist, Johanne Thoelde.  As of last night, I've completed two out of ( Read more... )

Shall I forever remain imprisoned in the Four Letters?  Will this tyrannical Word forever coerce me?

-Martin Buber, The Legend of the Baal-Shem (New York, 1955), pp. 90-91

Jorge Luis Borges was, for whatever reasons, obsessed with Jewish mysticism.  So much so, that it would be remiss of a paper (and especially one ( Read more... )

1) Final editing and printing of Modern Lit Paper on Borges ( Read more... )

My mouth is dry from the bitterness of java squeezins ( Read more... )