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More goals
I need to learn an instrument. I've never thought seriously about it before. But which one? Something portable. Something not a guitar.
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Gaiman
I started and finished the first Sandman comic today. Pretty sweet. I think it was especially satisfying because of it being the first non-school book I've really gotten to read this semester ( Read more... ) -
This semester
This semester is slowly and thoroughly convincing me that not only do I lack the drive and insight to be a successful writer, but the likelihood that I possess no other qualities of note or use is quite high ( Read more... ) -
C.S. Lewis' Straw Men
"We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play world. I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia. "The fallacy ( Read more... ) -
The courthouse steps
I realized last night that I'm not in love with him anymore. This is not a good Thanksgiving. -
Recaps
I've been reading back through old entries in this journal, and it's interesting. I take arrogant pleasure in my own writing style, for one thing ( Read more... ) -
Philosophy
Philosophy sometimes makes me giggle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_noncontradiction
In chapter 4, book IV of the Metaphysics, Aristotle attempts several proofs of this principle. He first argues that every expression has a single meaning (otherwise we could not ( Read more... ) -
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I have of late, wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth ( Read more... ) -
The Secret to Life
I've discovered the secret to eating only as much as the body requires: seek out (healthy) things that only appeal when you're really hungry- things that you find mildly unpleasant normally. As soon as the real need for food is satisfied, your palate will realize how not enjoyable eating has become, and you stop far before you would if the food was ( Read more... ) -
Spencer and awesome
CRW class seems promising. Prof is cool, and Spencer and Veronica are there. Spencer even talked to me after class, and when I mentioned I'd turned 21 he said we'd have to get a drink after class sometime. Hope springs anew ( Read more... )