I agree. I sense we do not talk as much. But I do call your phone every day. I assume you didn't lose my number. =) And besides, we will both be in Brooklyn baby (the ungendered version of the nickname baby of course), and so there will be time for that. One thought on the real world: in college, though you do more fun things, you never REALLY have time. There is always something you COULD be doing. And guilt sets in. But in the real world- when your off from work, that time is YOURS. Its nice to not have ANYTHING you HAVE to do.
I'm really interested too in what motivates people to do what they do. Philosophers always looked at meaning as if it comes from the sign (word, symbol, etc), or from something external to us. I do not know if that makes any sense. And yet, we all do not have our own private languuages and such- there is a communal form of expression, and in order for art to make sense, at least on some level people have to be COMMUNICATING. So how did meaning "happen"? My only preliminary answer: organically. Grunts and moans slowly turned into more differentiated sounds, and as certain types of animals (home-sapiens, etc) spread, they brought their languages and eliminated the old ones. And languages evolved. Etc.
Why did I just go through that? I realize its only vaguely connected to your meaning thing. Woops! Anyway....LOL.
Give me a call today. I'm still one of your best friends, the lack of conversation the last few days not withstanding. I've had a cold anyway. I couldn't talk to ANYONE.
John
P.S.- Just to be clear: the lack of conversation is NOT some passive agressive way of me showing you Im mad. Im NOT mad. I know what you were going through, and you told me you didn't mean it, so water under the bridge. XOXO
I agree. I sense we do not talk as much. But I do call your phone every day. I assume you didn't lose my number. =) And besides, we will both be in Brooklyn baby (the ungendered version of the nickname baby of course), and so there will be time for that. One thought on the real world: in college, though you do more fun things, you never REALLY have time. There is always something you COULD be doing. And guilt sets in. But in the real world- when your off from work, that time is YOURS. Its nice to not have ANYTHING you HAVE to do.
I'm really interested too in what motivates people to do what they do. Philosophers always looked at meaning as if it comes from the sign (word, symbol, etc), or from something external to us. I do not know if that makes any sense. And yet, we all do not have our own private languuages and such- there is a communal form of expression, and in order for art to make sense, at least on some level people have to be COMMUNICATING. So how did meaning "happen"? My only preliminary answer: organically. Grunts and moans slowly turned into more differentiated sounds, and as certain types of animals (home-sapiens, etc) spread, they brought their languages and eliminated the old ones. And languages evolved. Etc.
Why did I just go through that? I realize its only vaguely connected to your meaning thing. Woops! Anyway....LOL.
Give me a call today. I'm still one of your best friends, the lack of conversation the last few days not withstanding. I've had a cold anyway. I couldn't talk to ANYONE.
John
P.S.- Just to be clear: the lack of conversation is NOT some passive agressive way of me showing you Im mad. Im NOT mad. I know what you were going through, and you told me you didn't mean it, so water under the bridge. XOXO
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