Oh. Dear Jesus Fucking Christ. I am hellishly hungover.

My head. It hurts.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY ( Read more... )

I normally like Zoe William's work, but this article is pretty terrible. She argues that belief in the NHS has become like religious belief. She writes "In its total lack of foundation, its passion, and its unshakeable grip on the political and moral consensus, our faith in the NHS resembles nothing so much as our one-time faith in God ( Read more... )

I finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. The central philosophical questions that seem to be explored in the novel are not ones that I really have much to say about - whether we need to ascribe life to something to feel empathy for it, to what extent something needs to resemble a human for us to feel empathy for it - though obviously they ( Read more... )

Hmmmm...I am quite behind with everything due to visiting Cambridge. Trying to read through Aristotle's politics for tomorrow, which is annoyingly difficult since I'm feeling rather distracted. Think I shall, in fact, have to try to stay in Brighton until Easter, since there is just so much to do!

Anyway...

( Purgatory )

I just went for Mexican food with hybryd and Anthony (another housemate). It was good! I ate much meat. Apart from that, er, things are good in Brighton. I've done a bit of reading and have seen many of my friends again. I have also been spending far too much time on MSN and generally on the internet. I'm now going to start reading yet another Philip K. ( Read more... )

Poll Smoking Ban

I don't want to start an argument about it now, since I mildly disagree with the ban, and I get the impression that a lot of people would get annoyed about that! I'd just like to see what everyone thinks.

Edit: Obviously, I'm still interested in hearing people's opinions - comments on this would be good.

I am amazingly happy at the moment for no reason in particular. Just thought I'd record it while it lasts. I think happiness is so much harder to describe than sadness, but it is great. I have been listening to the long version of Soft Cell's Tainted Love (Where Did Our Love Go?) repeatedly - the song is awesome - and dancing madly around my room ( Read more... )

OK, I've set up another account, no_ambiguity, to use to write about stuff I'm interested in - philosophy, politics, books, cartoons, maybe music occasionally. Some of the entries will be friends locked: if you add it to your friends page, I'll add you back. rachelfmb will now be friends only and will be used for keeping in touch with people and updates.

OK, I've lost all social skills, ability to interact with people in real life (even close friends), and cannot leave my room. Oh well. This isn't meant as wangst, I'm actually reasonably happy.

( Not particularly coherent philosophy and book stuff in cut )