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How I Vent
Each part of my life is in some way therapy for each other part. I escape emotional interpersonal tumult with academic pursuit. I release academic pressure with books and videogames. Of work, I am simultaneously enthralled and terrified - waiting for someone to call me out for naively acting like I am capable of handling anything more basic than ( Read more... ) -
A Momentary Bout of Unadulturated Hatred and Vitriol
Forgiveness means nothing if it wasn't difficult to do. This is an essential hypocrisy of so many Christians; to worship a God of forgiveness while according that same courtesy to none. To believe that you are saved, to convince yourself that you are a righteous soul in the presence of so many sinners, is to indulge in a profoundly selfish ( Read more... ) -
Created Meaning
What have been the lessons of this semester so far?
Identity, in all its forms and permutations, is a social construct rooted in physical manifestation. Gender, race, class, sexuality, knowledge: these are determined by culture, inescapably so. The individual chooses to accept or reject these identifying markers, but this is still participation, ( Read more... ) -
A Day in Academia
Today was beautiful, taxing and revelatory. Here's a rundown:
8:00 - Wake up, leave for school.
9:30 - English; we talk about the last few chapters of Dream Boy, by Jim Grimsley. The discussion includes in-depth analysis of the motivation behind the main character's rape and murder at the hands of a boy who may or may not be in crisis because ( Read more... ) -
Fair Enough
Recently found the transcript for one of Bill Maher's New Rules:
"New Rule: California Hatin'", by Bill Maher
Lay off California. The rest of America loves to laugh at crazy California, but let's remember this: California has a lot of people. And the reason it does is that lots of people from other states end up saing, "Fuck this, I'm outta ( Read more... ) -
Conversation on the Metro Yesterday
Me: I'm very hungry.
Topher: We can pick something up at the food court.
Me: Yes, otherwise I'm going to start gnawing on your arms.
Topher: Why is it always my arms? When you're eating chicken, don't most people start with the legs?
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Teachable Dialogue, part I
This derived from a conversation with a friend, Gus, over ze Yahoo chat. I rework it here because I think it's a pretty good summation of much of my personal philosophies and the logical/emotional framework from which I derive most of my day-to-day interactions, romantic or otherwise...Nick: I have a personal motto, actually: I say it to Topher ( Read more... ) -
A Little Light Reading
I haven't been posting here lately, because quite frankly I have too much to say, too much to turn over in my head for the time I actually have to write it. In lieu of that, I've been posting links to facebook and twitter to articles which have caught my attention, mostly to do with how utterly paranoid Americans are ( Read more... )
