As a follow up to the previous post:

I feel extraordinarily dull-witted!

Also:

I think the time on this is incorrect, but I don't want YOU to ACTUALLY know what I'm ACTUALLY doing when I'm DOING it, so it shall probably remain that way.

Having spent a total of 23 hours in a conference on "The Epic and History" this weekend, I am left with itchy eyes, a throbbing mind, and lust for a handsome young classicist! Also, I must wrestle with new ways to think about truth in history and all of that. I even almost asked a question! Then, somewhat later, and when most of the company had ( Read more... )

had a violent party!

whew! I feel much better now. Today I got out of that bed, and then, hours later, I made that bed. Lots of people looked attractive today, and some didn't. That's to be expected. I was briefly chagrined to think of all of the empires of which I know nothing, and somewhat pleased to think that I know even less about the present in some ways. Later ( Read more... )

I AM GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL TOMORROW AND I AM SCARED! BRENDAN IS GOING TO DO THE SAME THING! SO ARE MANY OF MY FRIENDS!

I AM ABOUT TO UNDERGO A DANGEROUS OPERATION ( Read more... )

I feel in a funny humor; a terrible limbo. Some reasons ( Read more... )

I CAN'T BREATHE, CAN'T BREATHE, CAN'T BREATHE.

lost: important notebook containing thoughtful research

found: a bottle of rotting milk accompanied by a young man to tend to me sweetly

that last sentence, right?

On Christmas morning two years ago, my mother gave me a particular gift. A necklace, made from little round discs. It never occurred to her that they shared a few key characteristics with something I have been battling my entire life. When I opened the box, what I saw was a necklace made entirely of...buttons. I was so startled that I had a ( Read more... )

I can not come up with a single guiding principle for my research. This is disastrous for my peace of mind. In all likelihood, I won't even end up writing a thesis anyway...but, just for fun, should I examine antebellum Spiritualism from the standpoint of: gender? gender? or gender? I mean, I'd be willing to do anything, as long as it's not gender ( Read more... )