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October 1!!! Be there!!!

in the dissertation seminar, Bennett asked what I wanted to read and I said "Lessing." he said "ah yes, and so naturally what is the one text that anyone must read if theyre going to read Lessing" and I said "zu Beantworten die Frage: was ist aufklaerung." without making eye contact he snipped "that's Kant."

popozao :(

In the middle of moving out of the Shea House and into the pod on 14th street. I'm in the garden there and I have a walnut tree right outside my room. But moving is centered around all of my freakin boxes of books: books to teach with, books accumulated from all of my undergrad and grad classes, and books for the MA. Of course they all overlap, but ( Read more... )

i'm going to make guacamole today, since i hear avacados are in season. i can't wait for august because i'll be hanging out with you guys ( Read more... )

my twin penchants for silly banjo music and hip hop are realized in dylan's latest album, 'Modern Times', which drops in August ( Read more... )

happy 4th dd's! woot!

I visit Manhair, of all people, to apologize for how badly I treated her...she shrugs it off and starts talking about her job, and I am pained to hear that it sounds so much better than anything I ever did...all of her family is there, and also these 2 soldiers...we're back in Virginia Hall, but it's actually in Richmond, which I realize when I ( Read more... )

tonight was the haus dinner and Eva's bf Janis helped us cook everything and serve it...all the kinder came, except A & L ( Read more... )

wow, i'm actually surprised to see that i'm the last one who wrote on this thing...a full two months ago. i don't want to hear excuses from you kids, i have no internet. anyway, i hope this notice is worthy of the two-month delay in updates ( Read more... )

i opened the blinds in my room today, even though it was not sunny, but was surprised to see that front yard is actually green! i have purple flowers and sprouting bulbs!