Remember that depravity is a spectator sport with an uncannily long season, and that on that slippery slope toward condescension there is only so much your knees can take before they buckle and you find yourself in the valley where incredulity and disenchantment mesh to form the safety net of song.

The sun is a bit too bright, and the ( Read more... )

I need a new manifestation of the sacramental power that has always been at the heart of my religious experience, but is no longer speaking to me.

I've always felt like every paper I've ever turned in has hoped that my writing ability would sufficiently wow the reader away from realizing that I don't say anything of particular value within the paper. I recently got back my 115B paper back with an A-. Paper clipped on top were the GSI's comments. Nothing particularly new, "you really write ( Read more... )

I suppose it was silly of me to think that so much would change by getting a fresh start at Berkeley. While Cal has been an amazing experience, many of the changes I was hoping for just haven’t happened ( Read more... )