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status report
i just went through a brief holiday stint of eating lots of sugar and junk food, but now i think my binge is over, my excesses taken as far as i'd like ( Read more... ) -
from the awfulness and absurdity of existence
art saves him, and through art life saves him-for herself.- N ( Read more... ) -
the kind of sub you actually respect
i had my first mixed martial arts lesson today, very unexpectedly ( Read more... ) -
the usual preoccupation
mindfulness is, i think, the essential activity of philosophy ( Read more... ) -
3/8ths of a graduate, hooray
well, the semester is long gone at this point. i finished my last final eight hours ago ( Read more... ) -
life is good
gulag orkestar by beirut is an amazing album. i'm really blown away by this sound. thanks to thenaturegirl for sharing. ;)
a lesson i am slowly learning:
If I hold a twenty pound weight, I cannot detect a fly landing on it because the least detectable difference in the stimulus is half a pound. On the other hand, if I hold a feather, a fly landing on it ( Read more... ) -
i love tuesdays
chipped a tooth today in practice.
but i was also only tapped out once, via triangle choke.
so every time i run my tongue over that chipped tooth i'm going to remember my triangle escapes, dammit.
but, eh, i should really get off my lazy ass and start writing, what with a paper due tommorow and all.
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on faith
three more finals. one to write at home tonight, one to take tommorow and one to take thursday. the semester's almost over ( Read more... ) -
on love
This belonging to another, being psychologically nourished by another, depending on another - in all this there must always be anxiety, fear, jealousy, guilt, and so long as there is fear there is no love; a mind ridden with sorrow will never know what love is; sentimentality and emotionalism have nothing whatsoever to do with love. And so love is ( Read more... ) -
the learning curve
some things take a long time to learn. some things are learned too late ( Read more... )