The appearance of philosophy is a trauma from which we can never recover. It rained devastation on me when I was preoccupied with nothing more than getting wasted, being liked, touching myself, touching boys, eating chocolate, looking hot. It posed itself as its own problem ( Read more... )

I took a chance... ran away... and somehow or other, it seems as if fate has smiled on me and shown me that I have made the right choice, providing for me in unexpected ways.

David and I broke up.

I skipped my counseling session today because I was too tired to go. Then I couldn't sleep ( Read more... )

"A guarantee of equality that is subject to exceptions by the majority is no guarantee at all ( Read more... )

All this week... I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't focus... I keep having obsessive thoughts... it's maddening...

But I'm still trying to take this as a sign of improvement.

Yesterday was a goddamn SNOW DAY. We got a whole FOOT of snow.

Let me start by saying, a very merry Phil Day!

And since Phil Day coincides with a lesser holiday known as Valentine's Day, I thought I would take a moment to say what I love about each of you, a kind of personalized valentine for each of my LJ friends:

banjomensch: Thank you for taking all my little contrarian comments in stride. I enjoy our LJ exchanges ( Read more... )

Today is the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birthday, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species. Sadly, less than 40% of Americans believe in the theory of evolution. I hope this means that they have an advanced understanding of metaphysics and a philosophically sophisticated take on the natural sciences, maybe a ( Read more... )

My boyfriend's sister was just kicked out of the PhD program. I can't believe they would do that to her. I feel like I can't do anything about it, and it drives me mad. I hope she can reverse this somehow. They haven't kicked anybody out in 20 years. It doesn't bode well for me. I'm in a much worse position than she is, but haven't reached ( Read more... )