mark has something. i have tonsilitis. we are all grand.
There are many things i need to say, but at the same time, i need to get to 430 anna k by 2.30 for two glorious hours with mark rawlinson.
i went to see the doctor today and he said i have a chest and throat infection, maybe tonsilitis. i knew i wasn't being wussy. he then gave me a long lecture on the benifits of nicotine patches and i wondered how many people lie to doctors. most people, i think. i should have just said i didn't smoke, it would have been easier than trying to explain bill hicks' smoking philiosphy to him, or to say that i just don't want to stop smoking, or to ask if he drinks? i mean, isn't that harming him? that's what i say to people in pubs. instead i just nodded obediently.
i didn't like him until he said this:
"oh, so you're reading anna karenina? i think russian literature is so wondeful. anna is so intense! the characters just draw you in and you're lost in another world! it's not just that they are stories, they are LIFE. i think literature is the most important thing you can study, more people should study it. i mean, people are always going on about a career, and qualifications. screw medicine, i think what your doing is valuable! i mean, you can study business, or medicine, or law- but they won't TEACH you anything about living, about being alive. people who read have something else, they KNOW something. it's not just A VIEW, it's more that that, it's reality. they have something, you can see it in their eyes..."
i was beaming and astonsished. this is grand, is it not?
i went to see the doctor today and he said i have a chest and throat infection, maybe tonsilitis. i knew i wasn't being wussy. he then gave me a long lecture on the benifits of nicotine patches and i wondered how many people lie to doctors. most people, i think. i should have just said i didn't smoke, it would have been easier than trying to explain bill hicks' smoking philiosphy to him, or to say that i just don't want to stop smoking, or to ask if he drinks? i mean, isn't that harming him? that's what i say to people in pubs. instead i just nodded obediently.
i didn't like him until he said this:
"oh, so you're reading anna karenina? i think russian literature is so wondeful. anna is so intense! the characters just draw you in and you're lost in another world! it's not just that they are stories, they are LIFE. i think literature is the most important thing you can study, more people should study it. i mean, people are always going on about a career, and qualifications. screw medicine, i think what your doing is valuable! i mean, you can study business, or medicine, or law- but they won't TEACH you anything about living, about being alive. people who read have something else, they KNOW something. it's not just A VIEW, it's more that that, it's reality. they have something, you can see it in their eyes..."
i was beaming and astonsished. this is grand, is it not?