1.] grab the nearest book.
2.] open the book to page 25.
3.] find the fifth sentence.
4.] post the text of the next three sentences on your blog along with these instructions.

"'You wouldn't like to be under his thumb.'
'Wouldn't like? I wouldn't be under anyone's thumb.'
'You might have to, if he had a black hole.'"

The Pilgrim's Regress by C. S. Lewis

I must say, Adria has yet to steer me wrong when it comes to learning about things that would probably be relevant to my life. CS Lewis is indeed my friend. Granted, I would have known that sooner had I listened to Ronni in high school, but that's what redundancy is for. I started a collection of his writings that my dad had and it's kinda crazy ( Read more... )

So I started work last week. I am a web developer in training. Kinda outside my expected area of work, but It's something I've wanted to learn and it's pretty sweet to get paid to do it. The past week consisted of reading documentation to get up to speed on what's been going down. For the most part though, I've listening to music on Youtube and ( Read more... )

So, Alexa and I just got off an elevator with Barack Obama. In my apartment building. I think he's staying in the corporate suite on the top floor. Which means I live four floors below Barack Obama. @_@

Orby!

So, I've actually started using LJ again, but only for private entries. Jocelyn made it quite clear at the Chocolate Bar on Friday that sharing is supposed to go both ways. Granted, I share with her all the time in person, but there are probably people who read this who would be somewhat interested. If not, comment and I'll stick to my private ( Read more... )

So, Mr. Witt was right. The only time I've heard reference to objects, co-objects and perversities (in addition to his own in what I think was physics senior year) was in a 400 level college math course.

Because, you know, making triple layered raspberry cheesecake for me defines best suite-mate ever.

So, today I went to my first economics seminar outside of my coursework. Kind of late in the game, I know, but I thought I'd check it out to see if it's something I'd really be missing out on. The author of the paper being presented created a model for the individual choice of self-identification with a group vs national identity using consumer ( Read more... )

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