Morning

[virescere]

Yesterday, a person told me that she couldn't "touch me" because I'm "intellectual" and it'd be "awkward."

I'm now waiting for Molly to call me so we can leave for Strack's, for breakfast, to celebrate our late arrival.

I stopped reading Frankenstein around chapter ten and I fully expect to be destroyed by the infamous discussion questions

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[morsefan]

Yesterday, a person told me that she couldn't "touch me" because I'm "intellectual" and it'd be "awkward."

That is officially weird.

[gibsongravy]

physically touch...or like...emotionally?

[virescere]

physically.

[gibsongravy]

psh...well, here's what I think about that. If she can't touch you, it's because you are "awkward" and not because you're "intellectual". She's got it mixed up. I think that was her way of giving you a compliment.

[virescere]

haha, awkward is a compliment?

but this sort of brings up a new question. does the 'awkwardness' lead to the 'intellectualness' or does the 'intellectualness' lead to the 'awkwardness'...

or are they not necessarily causal at all. they're not. i know awkward non-intellectuals and intellectual non-awkwards. nevermind.

[midnitevulture6]

man, i enjoyed "Frankenstein" after chapter 10. it is tough to say who is more of a monster, Frankenstein or his creation. plus then you have the crazy arctic adventure.

oh and being an intellectual isn't causally related to awkwardness. intellectualism is (usually) related to being an introvert and being an introvert is (usually) related to being socially awkward, but that isn't always the case.

and the college lifestyle is pretty nice. a bit lonely at times, but overall much better than high school.

oh yeah-i don't know why you added me as a friend or anything, but hello and all that.

[virescere]

i'd probably enjoy frankenstein as well, i just haven't been in the mood.

and i don't know why i added you either.

[esinator87]

[Yesterday, a person told me that she couldn't "touch me" because I'm "intellectual" and it'd be "awkward."]

To harp on what everyone else is reacting to:

You know, I think that's pretty normal: I think a lot of girls feel that way about a certain type of guy ... but it is weird that she'd tell you so directly. At least, it seems weird to me.

By classifying you as "intellectual," she's putting you in a different category than the one she belongs to, and we're always uncomfortable with the unfamiliar. If she considered herself "intellectual" as well, then there probably wouldn't be any awkwardness.

So I don't think you're the source of the awkwardness; the dissimilarity she imposed between you two is the cause.

That's just my take on the situation, of course. :)

[esinator87]

Also:

I actually enjoyed Frankenstein, and I'm trying to find time to read some of Shelley's other works. I'd recommend trying it again, for the sake of the novel itself. It's so wrong and twisted and sad ... What I've read of "The Last Man" is really good also. This website [http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/monster.html] was really helpful for me.

I am having trouble "getting into" "Crime & Punishment" for my English class, though. I enjoyed what I've read of Dostoyevsky so far (a collection of his short stories), and I was really fascinated by a New Yorker article concerning his mistress-type companion ... but somehow, "Crime & Punishment" just hasn't been a page-turner yet. Perhaps it's the novel's rather daunting girth.

[virescere]

hm! maybe i'll read frankenstein this weekend.

[joybon]

Brideshead is fun and interesting and full of things to debate about it.
Have you read much Waugh?