I've been watching Summer Heights High and Flight of the Conchords a lot lately, and re-watching Arrested Development. Also, Schizopolis is a good movie ( Read more... )

"I often wonder where Norman is now. Probably wintering with his mother in Guilford, a cat, rain, vim under the sink and both bars on. But old now, there is no true beauty without decay."
--Withnail & ISo things have been happening. My life is a violent tug-of-war between: 1) knowing that I am dooming myself by procrastinating, thereby never ( Read more... )

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Anyway, things have been great. I was afraid the transition from my fantastic break back to school would be more jarring, but luckily it's been smooth. My break was fantastic, partial sarcasm implied. The novelty of it wore off, which is why the transition went so smoothly, it was a welcomed, albeit not preferred, change of pace. I wouldn't ( Read more... )

I ordered my horse to be fetched from the stable. The servant did not understand me. I went into the stable myself, saddled my horse, and mounted. In the distance I heard the sound of a trumpet; I asked him what that meant. He knew nothing and had heard nothing. At the gate he stopped me and asked: 'Where are you riding to, master?' 'I don't ( Read more... )

One of the Alexandrian fathers takes on a disciple and gives him the following as his spiritual training: Every time the disciple is badmouthed or insulted he must pay the offender 5 drachma. This goes on for several years. One day the master says to his student: your training is over. You no longer have to pay. Go to the city and learn wisdom ( Read more... )

"The fear of folly. To see folly in every emotion that strives straight ahead and makes one forget everything else. What, then, is non-folly? Non-folly is to stand like a beggar before the threshold, to one side of the entrance, to rot and collapse."

Franz Kafka
from his Diaries (1913 ( Read more... )

“Before the Law stands a doorkeeper. To this doorkeeper there comes a man from the country who begs for admittance to the Law. But the doorkeeper says that he cannot admit the man at the moment. The man, on reflection, asks if he will be allowed, then, to enter later. ‘It is possible,’ answers the doorkeeper, ‘but not at this moment.’ Since ( Read more... )

The Madman Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly, "I seek God! I Seek God!" As many of those who do not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Why, did he get lost? said one. Did he lose his way like a child? said ( Read more... )

O-BA-MA! O-BA-MA! YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN!
I BACK JACK!  I BACK JACK!
Phew, what a relief! I'm going to sleep so well tonight.

Tonight was a wild night. I didn’t take any pictures until after the riots and I made it home, and since I only live 2 blocks away from Broad, I ran out quickly with my camera, but didn’t manage to take anything spectacular. At the beginning of the night everything was relatively cool. A fire engine came down the street to try to clear everyone ( Read more... )