I've come to terms with the fact that if I never update, no one will ever reply to my posts.

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I think Don Herdt summed up the whole Salman Rushdie lecture perfectly when he said:

"That was one fat sack of knowledge."

I'm gonna try to pick up a copy of Shalimar the Clown sometime in the not so distant future.

EDIT: I done up and done it. Ordered Midnight's Children and Shalimar the Clown off amazon. Amazon's a great place to get ( Read more... )

Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||||| 46% Stability |||||||||||||||| 63% Orderliness |||||||||| 40% Accommodation |||||||||||| 50% Interdependence |||||| 30% Intellectual |||||||||||||||||||| 83% Mystical |||||||||||| 50% Artistic |||||||||||||||| 70% Religious || 10% Hedonism |||||||||| 36% ( Read more... )

When I flop top pair and the nut flush draw, then hit top two pair on the turn, then lose to goddamned trip fours, I don't know what the fuck I'm supposed to do. I've had a ridiculous run of bad luck this past month.

The fuck am I doing up this late?

I just saw A Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The whole concept of not being able to escape the killer is great. In most other horror movies, the big question is why the kids don't just leave. Leave the haunted house. Don't put yourself in a position to get singled ( Read more... )

I'll give Plato his dues, but that doesn't mean I want to write a motherfucknable paper about him and the role of religion in The Republic. Here's an interesting fact I've learned over the course of studying The Republic: THERE IS NO MENTION OF RELIGION IN THE REPUBLICAnyway, I've managed to scribble down about four and a half pages so far, so I' ( Read more... )

I take back my anti-Plato sentiments. Upon further review, the man knew what the hell he was talking about. I won't accept his silly, mystical interpretation of the realm of forms and all that as true, but from a metaphorical standpoint, it makes sense that everything strives to be the perfect incarnation of what it is. The man was a sharp moral ( Read more... )

My brain hurts.

Did you know that The Old Man and the Sea is classified as a novella?

Upon reflection, it is also a very existentialist piece.

And good. It is also good. Ernest Hemingway was a good writer.