"Luck makes a poor deity."
Bloody hell have I had a rough week. Since I'm planning on working like a dog this term, that's probably going to be a common theme for the next 8 weeks or so. Fun times ahead!
On the plus side the Philosophy society appears to be going well. Need to schedule a debate for... week 4, say. Hm.
Due to how stressed I felt generally this week, I took today (and much of last night, for that matter) off from... well, everything. I haven't actually slept at all. Should I be worried that I feel completely fine? Hm, no matter.
Anyways. Today, yes. Finally received Ghost in the Shells 1 & 2 in the post, and I sat down and watched both of them this morning. They're decent enough films, and the philosopher in me was positively aroused at the level of depth you can read into them. Being able to sit through three-odd hours of films and continuously think about various references to certain theories that are being made (for example, much of the dialogue between Batou and Kusanagi stems from the former's primarily physicalist/monist view of the mind/body problem, as opposed to the latter's seeming dualist stance; a discussion in Innocence about dog food is a critique of Epicurean hedonism). Geeky? Slightly. It's to be expected when I'm doing a degree that is pretty much Philosophy of Mind in all but name.
I then spent about 3 hours watching Hellsing, just because I like vampires. No hidden agenda there! Not totally certain where today's random anime indulgence came from, I normally don't watch the stuff. Weird.
Tomorrow, I shall get back into the swing of work. Fun times ahead.
On the plus side the Philosophy society appears to be going well. Need to schedule a debate for... week 4, say. Hm.
Due to how stressed I felt generally this week, I took today (and much of last night, for that matter) off from... well, everything. I haven't actually slept at all. Should I be worried that I feel completely fine? Hm, no matter.
Anyways. Today, yes. Finally received Ghost in the Shells 1 & 2 in the post, and I sat down and watched both of them this morning. They're decent enough films, and the philosopher in me was positively aroused at the level of depth you can read into them. Being able to sit through three-odd hours of films and continuously think about various references to certain theories that are being made (for example, much of the dialogue between Batou and Kusanagi stems from the former's primarily physicalist/monist view of the mind/body problem, as opposed to the latter's seeming dualist stance; a discussion in Innocence about dog food is a critique of Epicurean hedonism). Geeky? Slightly. It's to be expected when I'm doing a degree that is pretty much Philosophy of Mind in all but name.
I then spent about 3 hours watching Hellsing, just because I like vampires. No hidden agenda there! Not totally certain where today's random anime indulgence came from, I normally don't watch the stuff. Weird.
Tomorrow, I shall get back into the swing of work. Fun times ahead.